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122122A distribution is a wrapper around an upstream OpenTelemetry repository with
123123some customizations. See [ Distributions] .
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125+ ### Entity
126+
127+ A collection of [ attributes] ( #attribute ) that identify and describe a physical
128+ or logical object. Entities are typically associated with telemetry. For
129+ example, a CPU entity describes a physical CPU, while a service entity describes
130+ a logical grouping of processes that compose an HTTP or other service.
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125132### Event
126133
127134An Event is a [ Log Record] ( #log-record ) with an event name and a well-known
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306313### Resource
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308- Captures information about the entity producing telemetry as
309- [ Attributes] ( #attribute ) . For example, a process producing telemetry that is
310- running in a container on Kubernetes has a process name, a pod name, a
311- namespace, and possibly a deployment name. All these attributes can be included
312- in the ` Resource ` .
315+ A collection of [ entities] ( #entity ) or [ attributes] ( #attribute ) that identify or
316+ describe a physical or logical object that produces telemetry.
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314318### REST
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