document well-known props

core/src/well_known.rs

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 /*!
-Extensions to the diagnostic module using well-known properties.
+Extensions to the diagnostic model using well-known properties.
+
+Components can use the presence of well-known properties to change the way they interpret events. The current categories of well-known properties are:
+
+- Built-in:
+    - [`KEY_MODULE`]: The [`crate::event::Event::module()`].
+    - [`KEY_TS`]: The [`crate::event::Event::ts()`].
+    - [`KEY_TS_START`]: The [`crate::event::Event::ts_start()`].
+    - [`KEY_TPL`]: The [`crate::event::Event::tpl()`].
+    - [`KEY_MSG`]: The [`crate::event::Event::msg()`].
+
+- Logging:
+    - [`KEY_LVL`]: A severity level to categorize the event by.
+        - [`LVL_DEBUG`]: A weakly informative event.
+        - [`LVL_INFO`]: An informative event.
+        - [`LVL_WARN`]: A weakly erroneous event.
+        - [`LVL_ERROR`]: An erroneous event.
+    - [`KEY_ERR`]: A [`std::error::Error`] associated with the event.
+
+Extensions to the data model are signaled by the well-known [`KEY_EVENT_KIND`] property.
+
+- Tracing [`KEY_EVENT_KIND`] = [`EVENT_KIND_SPAN`]:
+    - [`KEY_SPAN_NAME`]: The informative name of the span.
+    - [`KEY_TRACE_ID`]: The trace id.
+    - [`KEY_SPAN_ID`]: The span id.
+    - [`KEY_SPAN_PARENT`]: The parent span id.
+
+- Metrics [`KEY_EVENT_KIND`] = [`EVENT_KIND_METRIC`]:
+    - [`KEY_METRIC_NAME`]: The name of the underlying data source.
+    - [`KEY_METRIC_AGG`]: The aggregation applied to the underlying data source to produce a sample.
+        - [`METRIC_AGG_SUM`]: The sample is the possibly non-monotonic sum of values.
+        - [`METRIC_AGG_COUNT`]: The sample is the count of defined values. The value is non-negative and monotonic.
+        - [`METRIC_AGG_MIN`]: The sample is the minimum defined value.
+        - [`METRIC_AGG_MAX`]: The sample is the maximum defined value.
+        - [`METRIC_AGG_LAST`]: The sample is the last or most recent value.
+    - [`KEY_METRIC_VALUE`]: The sample itself.
+    - [`KEY_METRIC_UNIT`]: The measurement unit the sample is in.
 */
 
 // Event
+/** The [`crate::event::Event::module()`]. */
 pub const KEY_MODULE: &'static str = "module";
+/** The [`crate::event::Event::ts()`]. */
 pub const KEY_TS: &'static str = "ts";
+/** The [`crate::event::Event::ts_start()`]. */
 pub const KEY_TS_START: &'static str = "ts_start";
+/** The [`crate::event::Event::tpl()`]. */
 pub const KEY_TPL: &'static str = "tpl";
+/** The [`crate::event::Event::msg()`]. */
 pub const KEY_MSG: &'static str = "msg";
+/** The kind of extension the event belongs to. */
 pub const KEY_EVENT_KIND: &'static str = "event_kind";
 
+/** The event is a span in a distributed trace. */
 pub const EVENT_KIND_SPAN: &'static str = "span";
+/** The event is a metric sample. */
 pub const EVENT_KIND_METRIC: &'static str = "metric";
 
 // Log
+/** A severity level to categorize the event by. */
 pub const KEY_LVL: &'static str = "lvl";
 
+/** A weakly informative event. */
 pub const LVL_DEBUG: &'static str = "debug";
+/** An informative event. */
 pub const LVL_INFO: &'static str = "info";
+/** A weakly erroneous event. */
 pub const LVL_WARN: &'static str = "warn";
+/** An erroneous event. */
 pub const LVL_ERROR: &'static str = "error";
 
 // Error
+/**  A [`std::error::Error`] associated with the event. */
 pub const KEY_ERR: &'static str = "err";
 
 // Trace
+/** The informative name of the span. */
 pub const KEY_SPAN_NAME: &'static str = "span_name";
+/** The trace id. */
 pub const KEY_TRACE_ID: &'static str = "trace_id";
+/** The span id. */
 pub const KEY_SPAN_ID: &'static str = "span_id";
+/** The parent span id. */
 pub const KEY_SPAN_PARENT: &'static str = "span_parent";
 
 // Metric
+/** The name of the underlying data source. */
 pub const KEY_METRIC_NAME: &'static str = "metric_name";
+/** The aggregation applied to the underlying data source to produce a sample. */
 pub const KEY_METRIC_AGG: &'static str = "metric_agg";
+/** The sample itself. */
 pub const KEY_METRIC_VALUE: &'static str = "metric_value";
+/** The measurement unit the sample is in. */
 pub const KEY_METRIC_UNIT: &'static str = "metric_unit";
 
+/** The sample is the possibly non-monotonic sum of values. */
 pub const METRIC_AGG_SUM: &'static str = "sum";
+/** The sample is the count of defined values. The value is non-negative and monotonic. */
 pub const METRIC_AGG_COUNT: &'static str = "count";
+/** The sample is the minimum defined value. */
 pub const METRIC_AGG_MIN: &'static str = "min";
+/** The sample is the maximum defined value. */
 pub const METRIC_AGG_MAX: &'static str = "max";
+/** The sample is the last or most recent value. */
 pub const METRIC_AGG_LAST: &'static str = "last";