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Traces are a type of telemetry data that provides a detailed view of the behavior of requests as they flow through a distributed system. They allow you to see the timing and dependencies of requests across multiple services and components. With OpenTelemetry, you can instrument your code to generate trace data and use it to analyze the performance and behavior of your application.

Logs, on the other hand, provide a detailed view of what is happening in an application. They are used to record events and messages that occur during the execution of an application. OpenTelemetry supports structured logging, which allows you to create logs with a predefined structure that can be easily queried and analyzed.

Traces and logs are correlated which means that you can use trace data to enrich your logs with additional context, such as the timing and dependencies of requests. This can be incredibly useful when troubleshooting issues in a distributed system.

Spans are a type of telemetry data that provides a detailed view of the behavior of requests as they flow through a distributed system. They allow you to see the timing and dependencies of requests across multiple services and components. You can instrument your code to generate span data and use it to analyze the performance and behavior of your application.

Distributed traces are a collection of spans that represent the journey of a request through a distributed system. When a request is made, it can be traced across multiple services and components, and each span in the trace represents a specific operation or event in the journey of the request. Collect and analyze distributed traces, giving you a comprehensive view of the behavior of your application.

Tags are key-value pairs that can be attached to spans and metrics to provide additional context. For example, you could attach a tag to a span that identifies the version of your application that generated the span. This can be useful when analyzing performance and behavior data across different versions of your application.

Events are a type of telemetry data that represent a specific point in time during the execution of your application. They can be used to record significant events, such as the start or end of a request, or the occurrence of an error. Events can be attached to spans and metrics, and can be used to provide additional context when analyzing telemetry data.