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diff --git a/contributors/devel/sig-instrumentation/instrumentation.md b/contributors/devel/sig-instrumentation/instrumentation.md index b0a11193..266c1664 100644 --- a/contributors/devel/sig-instrumentation/instrumentation.md +++ b/contributors/devel/sig-instrumentation/instrumentation.md @@ -90,7 +90,8 @@ apply additionally. ## Naming -Metrics added directly by application or package code should have a unique name. +General [metric and label naming apply](https://prometheus.io/docs/practices/naming/), +beyond that, metrics added directly by application or package code should have a unique name. This avoids collisions of metrics added via dependencies. They also clearly distinguish metrics collected with different semantics. This is solved through prefixes: |