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Clarify event and log glossary defs (#6363)
Co-authored-by: Trask Stalnaker <[email protected]> Co-authored-by: opentelemetrybot <[email protected]>
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### Event
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Something that happened where representation depends on the
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[Data source](#data-source). For example, [Spans](#span).
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An Event is a [Log Record](#log-record) with an event name and a well-known
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structure. For example, browser events in OpenTelemetry follow a particular
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naming convention and carry particular data in a common structure.
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### Exporter
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### Log record
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A recording of an [Event](#event). Typically, the record includes a timestamp
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indicating when the [Event](#event) happened as well as other data that
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describes what happened, where it happened, and so on. See [more][log record].
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A recording of data with a timestamp and a severity. May also have a
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[Trace ID](#trace) and [Span ID](#span) when correlated with a trace. See
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[more][log record].
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### Metadata
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