diff --git a/content/en/docs/what-is-opentelemetry.md b/content/en/docs/what-is-opentelemetry.md index 4e5c1db9c431..d6d2180f985c 100644 --- a/content/en/docs/what-is-opentelemetry.md +++ b/content/en/docs/what-is-opentelemetry.md @@ -5,23 +5,24 @@ aliases: [/about, /docs/concepts/what-is-opentelemetry, /otel] weight: 150 --- -OpenTelemetry is an -[Observability](/docs/concepts/observability-primer/#what-is-observability) -framework and toolkit designed to create and manage telemetry data such as -[traces](/docs/concepts/signals/traces/), -[metrics](/docs/concepts/signals/metrics/), and -[logs](/docs/concepts/signals/logs/). Crucially, OpenTelemetry is vendor- and -tool-agnostic, meaning that it can be used with a broad variety of Observability -backends, including open source tools like -[Jaeger](https://www.jaegertracing.io/) and -[Prometheus](https://prometheus.io/), as well as commercial offerings. - -OpenTelemetry is not an observability backend like Jaeger, Prometheus, or other -commercial vendors. OpenTelemetry is focused on the generation, collection, -management, and export of telemetry. A major goal of OpenTelemetry is that you -can easily instrument your applications or systems, no matter their language, -infrastructure, or runtime environment. Crucially, the storage and visualization -of telemetry is intentionally left to other tools. +OpenTelemetry is: + +- An [Observability](/docs/concepts/observability-primer/#what-is-observability) + framework and toolkit designed to create and manage telemetry data such as + [traces](/docs/concepts/signals/traces/), + [metrics](/docs/concepts/signals/metrics/), and + [logs](/docs/concepts/signals/logs/). +- Vendor- and tool-agnostic, meaning that it can be used with a broad variety of + Observability backends, including open source tools like + [Jaeger](https://www.jaegertracing.io/) and + [Prometheus](https://prometheus.io/), as well as commercial offerings. +- Not an observability backend like Jaeger, Prometheus, or other commercial + vendors. +- Focused on the generation, collection, management, and export of telemetry. A + major goal of OpenTelemetry is that you can easily instrument your + applications or systems, no matter their language, infrastructure, or runtime + environment. The storage and visualization of telemetry is intentionally left + to other tools. ## What is observability?