From e67da74c1fba3a78f8b781f0216de0569f5af674 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tigran Najaryan <4194920+tigrannajaryan@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 10 Jun 2022 22:19:33 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Introduce Instrumentation Scope Attributes (#2579)

---
 specification/common/mapping-to-non-otlp.md | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/specification/common/mapping-to-non-otlp.md b/specification/common/mapping-to-non-otlp.md
index cb80f685ca..656b37fa35 100644
--- a/specification/common/mapping-to-non-otlp.md
+++ b/specification/common/mapping-to-non-otlp.md
@@ -74,3 +74,9 @@ OpenTelemetry Span's dropped links count MUST be reported as a key-value pair
 associated with the Span. The key name MUST be `otel.dropped_links_count`.
 
 This key-value pair should only be recorded when it contains a non-zero value.
+
+### Instrumentation Scope Attributes
+
+Exporters to formats that don't have a concept that is equivalent to the Scope
+SHOULD record the attributes at the most suitable place in their corresponding format,
+typically at the Span, Metric or LogRecord equivalent.