diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index e182294952..0a1e590110 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -138,8 +138,16 @@ and the new feature doesn't fit it.
 ### How to request for release of package
 
 * Submit a PR with `CHANGELOG.md` file reflecting the version to be released
-along with the date in the following format `[yyyy-MMM-dd`]`. For example:
-"1.2.0-beta.2 [2022-May-15]".
+along with the date in the following format `yyyy-MMM-dd`.
+
+For example:
+
+```text
+## 1.2.0-beta.2
+
+Released 2022-Jun-21
+```
+
 * Tag the maintainers of this repository
 (@open-telemetry/dotnet-contrib-maintainers) who can release the package.
 
diff --git a/src/OpenTelemetry.Contrib.Extensions.AWSXRay/CHANGELOG.md b/src/OpenTelemetry.Contrib.Extensions.AWSXRay/CHANGELOG.md
index 67369c91e6..b3ffec18f8 100644
--- a/src/OpenTelemetry.Contrib.Extensions.AWSXRay/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/src/OpenTelemetry.Contrib.Extensions.AWSXRay/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,7 +6,9 @@
   instance instead of recreating with ThreadLocal
   ([#380](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-dotnet-contrib/pull/380))
 
-## 1.2.0 [2022-May-18]
+## 1.2.0
+
+Released 2022-May-18
 
 * Enhancement - AWSEKSResourceDetector - Validate ClusterName/ContainerID
   independently before adding it to the resource
@@ -15,13 +17,17 @@
   "The SSL connection could not be established"
   ([#208](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-dotnet-contrib/pull/208))
 
-## 1.1.0 [2021-Sept-20]
+## 1.1.0
+
+Released 2021-Sep-20
 
 * Added AWS resource detectors ([#149](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-dotnet-contrib/pull/149))
 * Updated OTel SDK package version to 1.1.0
   ([#100](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-dotnet-contrib/pull/100))
 
-## 1.0.1 [2021-Feb-24]
+## 1.0.1
+
+Released 2021-Feb-24
 
 This is the first release for the `OpenTelemetry.Contrib.Extensions.AWSXRay`
 project. The project targets v1.0.1 of the [OpenTelemetry
diff --git a/src/OpenTelemetry.Contrib.Instrumentation.AWS/CHANGELOG.md b/src/OpenTelemetry.Contrib.Instrumentation.AWS/CHANGELOG.md
index ea1991daf8..0e903ec307 100644
--- a/src/OpenTelemetry.Contrib.Instrumentation.AWS/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/src/OpenTelemetry.Contrib.Instrumentation.AWS/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 # Changelog - OpenTelemetry.Contrib.Instrumentation.AWS
 
-## 1.0.1 [2021-Feb-24]
+## 1.0.1
+
+Released 2021-Feb-24
 
 This is the first release for the `OpenTelemetry.Contrib.Instrumentation.AWS`
 project. The release targets v1.0.1 of the
diff --git a/src/OpenTelemetry.Contrib.Instrumentation.AWS/Implementation/AWSSemanticConventions.cs b/src/OpenTelemetry.Contrib.Instrumentation.AWS/Implementation/AWSSemanticConventions.cs
index 26665d3458..43090d2c85 100644
--- a/src/OpenTelemetry.Contrib.Instrumentation.AWS/Implementation/AWSSemanticConventions.cs
+++ b/src/OpenTelemetry.Contrib.Instrumentation.AWS/Implementation/AWSSemanticConventions.cs
@@ -28,5 +28,7 @@ internal static class AWSSemanticConventions
 
         public const string AttributeHttpStatusCode = "http.status_code";
         public const string AttributeHttpResponseContentLength = "http.response_content_length";
+
+        public const string AttributeValueDynamoDb = "dynamodb";
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/OpenTelemetry.Contrib.Instrumentation.AWS/Implementation/AWSServiceHelper.cs b/src/OpenTelemetry.Contrib.Instrumentation.AWS/Implementation/AWSServiceHelper.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d884b21003
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/OpenTelemetry.Contrib.Instrumentation.AWS/Implementation/AWSServiceHelper.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+// <copyright file="AWSServiceHelper.cs" company="OpenTelemetry Authors">
+// Copyright The OpenTelemetry Authors
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+// </copyright>
+
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using Amazon.Runtime;
+
+namespace OpenTelemetry.Contrib.Instrumentation.AWS.Implementation
+{
+    internal class AWSServiceHelper
+    {
+        internal static IReadOnlyDictionary<string, string> ServiceParameterMap = new Dictionary<string, string>()
+        {
+            { DynamoDbService, "TableName" },
+            { SQSService, "QueueUrl" },
+        };
+
+        internal static IReadOnlyDictionary<string, string> ParameterAttributeMap = new Dictionary<string, string>()
+        {
+            { "TableName", AWSSemanticConventions.AttributeAWSDynamoTableName },
+            { "QueueUrl", AWSSemanticConventions.AttributeAWSSQSQueueUrl },
+        };
+
+        private const string DynamoDbService = "DynamoDBv2";
+        private const string SQSService = "SQS";
+
+        internal static string GetAWSServiceName(IRequestContext requestContext)
+            => Utils.RemoveAmazonPrefixFromServiceName(requestContext.Request.ServiceName);
+
+        internal static string GetAWSOperationName(IRequestContext requestContext)
+        {
+            string completeRequestName = requestContext.OriginalRequest.GetType().Name;
+            string suffix = "Request";
+            var operationName = Utils.RemoveSuffix(completeRequestName, suffix);
+            return operationName;
+        }
+
+        internal static bool IsDynamoDbService(string service)
+            => DynamoDbService.Equals(service, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/OpenTelemetry.Contrib.Instrumentation.AWS/Implementation/AWSTracingPipelineHandler.cs b/src/OpenTelemetry.Contrib.Instrumentation.AWS/Implementation/AWSTracingPipelineHandler.cs
index f7b5862186..e731aabff4 100644
--- a/src/OpenTelemetry.Contrib.Instrumentation.AWS/Implementation/AWSTracingPipelineHandler.cs
+++ b/src/OpenTelemetry.Contrib.Instrumentation.AWS/Implementation/AWSTracingPipelineHandler.cs
@@ -37,18 +37,6 @@ internal class AWSTracingPipelineHandler : PipelineHandler
             carrier[name] = value;
         };
 
-        private static readonly Dictionary<string, string> ServiceParameterMap = new Dictionary<string, string>()
-        {
-            { "DynamoDBv2", "TableName" },
-            { "SQS", "QueueUrl" },
-        };
-
-        private static readonly Dictionary<string, string> ParameterAttributeMap = new Dictionary<string, string>()
-        {
-            { "TableName", AWSSemanticConventions.AttributeAWSDynamoTableName },
-            { "QueueUrl", AWSSemanticConventions.AttributeAWSSQSQueueUrl },
-        };
-
         private static readonly ActivitySource AWSSDKActivitySource = new ActivitySource(ActivitySourceName);
 
         private readonly AWSClientInstrumentationOptions options;
@@ -117,8 +105,8 @@ private Activity ProcessBeginRequest(IExecutionContext executionContext)
             Activity activity = null;
 
             var requestContext = executionContext.RequestContext;
-            var service = this.GetAWSServiceName(requestContext);
-            var operation = this.GetAWSOperationName(requestContext);
+            var service = AWSServiceHelper.GetAWSServiceName(requestContext);
+            var operation = AWSServiceHelper.GetAWSOperationName(requestContext);
 
             activity = AWSSDKActivitySource.StartActivity(service + "." + operation, ActivityKind.Client);
 
@@ -192,37 +180,26 @@ private void ProcessException(Activity activity, Exception ex)
             }
         }
 
-        private string GetAWSServiceName(IRequestContext requestContext)
-        {
-            string serviceName = string.Empty;
-            serviceName = Utils.RemoveAmazonPrefixFromServiceName(requestContext.Request.ServiceName);
-            return serviceName;
-        }
-
-        private string GetAWSOperationName(IRequestContext requestContext)
-        {
-            string operationName = string.Empty;
-            string completeRequestName = requestContext.OriginalRequest.GetType().Name;
-            string suffix = "Request";
-            operationName = Utils.RemoveSuffix(completeRequestName, suffix);
-            return operationName;
-        }
-
         private void AddRequestSpecificInformation(Activity activity, IRequestContext requestContext, string service)
         {
-            AmazonWebServiceRequest request = requestContext.OriginalRequest;
-
-            if (ServiceParameterMap.TryGetValue(service, out string parameter))
+            if (AWSServiceHelper.ServiceParameterMap.TryGetValue(service, out string parameter))
             {
+                AmazonWebServiceRequest request = requestContext.OriginalRequest;
+
                 var property = request.GetType().GetProperty(parameter);
                 if (property != null)
                 {
-                    if (ParameterAttributeMap.TryGetValue(parameter, out string attribute))
+                    if (AWSServiceHelper.ParameterAttributeMap.TryGetValue(parameter, out string attribute))
                     {
                         activity.SetTag(attribute, property.GetValue(request));
                     }
                 }
             }
+
+            if (AWSServiceHelper.IsDynamoDbService(service))
+            {
+                activity.SetTag(SemanticConventions.AttributeDbSystem, AWSSemanticConventions.AttributeValueDynamoDb);
+            }
         }
 
         private void AddStatusCodeToActivity(Activity activity, int status_code)
diff --git a/src/OpenTelemetry.Contrib.Instrumentation.AWS/OpenTelemetry.Contrib.Instrumentation.AWS.csproj b/src/OpenTelemetry.Contrib.Instrumentation.AWS/OpenTelemetry.Contrib.Instrumentation.AWS.csproj
index 45d4e245b8..01adf3f3f5 100644
--- a/src/OpenTelemetry.Contrib.Instrumentation.AWS/OpenTelemetry.Contrib.Instrumentation.AWS.csproj
+++ b/src/OpenTelemetry.Contrib.Instrumentation.AWS/OpenTelemetry.Contrib.Instrumentation.AWS.csproj
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
+<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
 
   <PropertyGroup>
     <TargetFrameworks>net452;netstandard2.0</TargetFrameworks>
@@ -13,5 +13,6 @@
 
   <ItemGroup>
     <Compile Include="$(RepoRoot)\src\OpenTelemetry.Internal\Guard.cs" Link="Includes\Guard.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="$(RepoRoot)\src\OpenTelemetry.Contrib.Shared\Api\SemanticConventions.cs" Link="Includes\SemanticConventions.cs"/>
   </ItemGroup>
 </Project>
diff --git a/src/OpenTelemetry.Contrib.Instrumentation.AWSLambda/CHANGELOG.md b/src/OpenTelemetry.Contrib.Instrumentation.AWSLambda/CHANGELOG.md
index df08983d54..8928f2bfc5 100644
--- a/src/OpenTelemetry.Contrib.Instrumentation.AWSLambda/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/src/OpenTelemetry.Contrib.Instrumentation.AWSLambda/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 # Changelog - OpenTelemetry.Contrib.Instrumentation.AWSLambda
 
-## 1.1.0-beta1 [2021-May-26]
+## 1.1.0-beta1
+
+Released 2021-May-26
 
 This is the first release for the `OpenTelemetry.Contrib.Instrumentation.AWSLambda`
 project. The project targets v1.1.0-beta1 of the [OpenTelemetry
diff --git a/src/OpenTelemetry.Exporter.Geneva/CHANGELOG.md b/src/OpenTelemetry.Exporter.Geneva/CHANGELOG.md
index 6a6d7e957e..66bf8e7480 100644
--- a/src/OpenTelemetry.Exporter.Geneva/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/src/OpenTelemetry.Exporter.Geneva/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -20,12 +20,16 @@ by throwing any exception caught by `UnixDomainSocketDataTransport.Send` so that
 `ExportResult.Failure`.
 [444](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-dotnet-contrib/pull/444)
 
-## 1.3.0-beta.2 [2022-Jun-03]
+## 1.3.0-beta.2
+
+Released 2022-Jun-03
 
 * Add support for exporting `ILogger` scopes.
 [390](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-dotnet-contrib/pull/390)
 
-## 1.3.0-beta.1 [2022-May-27]
+## 1.3.0-beta.1
+
+Released 2022-May-27
 
 * Enable PassThru TableNameMappings using the logger category name.
 [345](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-dotnet-contrib/pull/345)
@@ -44,12 +48,16 @@ by throwing any exception caught by `UnixDomainSocketDataTransport.Send` so that
 `LogRecord.Exception.GetType().FullName`.
 [375](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-dotnet-contrib/pull/375)
 
-## 1.2.6 [2022-Apr-21]
+## 1.2.6
+
+Released 2022-Apr-21
 
 * Set GenevaMetricExporter temporality preference back to Delta.
 [323](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-dotnet-contrib/pull/323)
 
-## 1.2.5 [2022-Apr-20] Broken
+## 1.2.5 Broken
+
+Released 2022-Apr-20
 
 Note: This release was broken due to the GenevaMetricExporter using a
 TemporalityPreference of Cumulative instead of Delta, it has been unlisted from
@@ -60,7 +68,9 @@ is the PR that introduced this bug to GenevaMetricExporterExtensions.cs
 * Update OTel SDK version to `1.2.0`.
 [319](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-dotnet-contrib/pull/319)
 
-## 1.2.4 [2022-Apr-20] Broken
+## 1.2.4 Broken
+
+Released 2022-Apr-20
 
 This is the first release of the `OpenTelemetry.Exporter.Geneva` project. Note:
 This release was broken due to using OpenTelemetry 1.2.0-rc5. Therefore, it has
diff --git a/src/OpenTelemetry.Exporter.Instana/CHANGELOG.md b/src/OpenTelemetry.Exporter.Instana/CHANGELOG.md
index 78dcba1e6c..4bb688b84f 100644
--- a/src/OpenTelemetry.Exporter.Instana/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/src/OpenTelemetry.Exporter.Instana/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,17 +2,23 @@
 
 ## Unreleased
 
-## 1.0.2 [2022-Jun-02]
+## 1.0.2
+
+Released 2022-Jun-02
 
 * Application is chrashing if environment variables are not defined
 [385](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-dotnet-contrib/pull/385)
 
-## 1.0.1 [2022-May-25]
+## 1.0.1
+
+Released 2022-May-25
 
 * Instana span duration was not calculated correctly
 [376](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-dotnet-contrib/pull/376)
 
-## 1.0.0 [2022-May-24]
+## 1.0.0
+
+Released 2022-May-24
 
 * This is the first release of the `OpenTelemetry.Exporter.Instana`
 project.
diff --git a/src/OpenTelemetry.Instrumentation.MySqlData/CHANGELOG.md b/src/OpenTelemetry.Instrumentation.MySqlData/CHANGELOG.md
index dca310dd3b..4d88e85de9 100644
--- a/src/OpenTelemetry.Instrumentation.MySqlData/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/src/OpenTelemetry.Instrumentation.MySqlData/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@
 
 ## Unreleased
 
+## 1.0.0-beta.3
+
+Released 2022-Jun-29
+
 * Fix incomplete db.statement when the length>300
   [(#424)](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-dotnet-contrib/pull/424)
 
diff --git a/src/OpenTelemetry.Instrumentation.Runtime/CHANGELOG.md b/src/OpenTelemetry.Instrumentation.Runtime/CHANGELOG.md
index 3557ac6b8b..6d326578d0 100644
--- a/src/OpenTelemetry.Instrumentation.Runtime/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/src/OpenTelemetry.Instrumentation.Runtime/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,13 @@
 
 ## Unreleased
 
+## 1.0.0-rc.1
+
+Released 2022-Jun-29
+
+Major refactor of the runtime instrumentation. Renamed API signature and metrics.
+Removed the options to turn off certain metrics.
+
 ## 1.0.0-beta.1
 
 Major redesign of the runtime instrumentation. Renamed metrics to be more user-friendly
diff --git a/src/OpenTelemetry.Instrumentation.StackExchangeRedis/CHANGELOG.md b/src/OpenTelemetry.Instrumentation.StackExchangeRedis/CHANGELOG.md
index f3a0adf69c..dc45bd3b30 100644
--- a/src/OpenTelemetry.Instrumentation.StackExchangeRedis/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/src/OpenTelemetry.Instrumentation.StackExchangeRedis/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 # Changelog
 
-## Unreleased
+## 1.0.0-rc9.6
+
+Released 2022-Jun-29
 
 * Added the EnrichActivityWithTimingEvents option to
   StackExchangeRedisCallsInstrumentationOptions to be able to disable adding
diff --git a/test/OpenTelemetry.Contrib.Instrumentation.AWS.Tests/TestAWSClientInstrumentation.cs b/test/OpenTelemetry.Contrib.Instrumentation.AWS.Tests/TestAWSClientInstrumentation.cs
index e4ec96ee6b..b17a0567aa 100644
--- a/test/OpenTelemetry.Contrib.Instrumentation.AWS.Tests/TestAWSClientInstrumentation.cs
+++ b/test/OpenTelemetry.Contrib.Instrumentation.AWS.Tests/TestAWSClientInstrumentation.cs
@@ -179,6 +179,7 @@ private void ValidateDynamoActivityTags(Activity ddb_activity)
             Assert.Equal("Scan", Utils.GetTagValue(ddb_activity, "aws.operation"));
             Assert.Equal("us-east-1", Utils.GetTagValue(ddb_activity, "aws.region"));
             Assert.Equal("SampleProduct", Utils.GetTagValue(ddb_activity, "aws.table_name"));
+            Assert.Equal("dynamodb", Utils.GetTagValue(ddb_activity, "db.system"));
         }
 
         private void ValidateSqsActivityTags(Activity sqs_activity)