Architecture
Pipeline design, deployment patterns, and scaling.
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Semantic ConventionsArchitectureCollector
OTLP support is not OpenTelemetry support
Accepting OTLP only means a vendor opened a port and can decode the wire format. Being OpenTelemetry-native means preserving and understanding the data model: semantic conventions, a shared resource model, and version drift.
May 25, 2026 · 5 min read
CollectorInstrumentationArchitecture
Six OpenTelemetry talks worth watching from KubeCon EU 2026
Our picks from KubeCon EU 2026 in Amsterdam: three applied observability talks showing real-world OTel deployments, and three core project updates that affect every Collector operator.
Apr 15, 2026 · 5 min read