diff --git a/src/common/Attributes.ts b/src/common/Attributes.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..11869a1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/common/Attributes.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+/*
+ * 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
+ *
+ *      https://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.
+ */
+
+/**
+ * Attributes is a map from string to attribute values.
+ */
+export interface Attributes {
+    [attributeKey: string]: AttributeValue | undefined;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Attribute values may be any non-nullish primitive value except an object.
+ *
+ * null or undefined attribute values are invalid and will result in undefined behavior.
+ */
+export type AttributeValue =
+    | string
+    | number
+    | boolean
+    | Array<null | undefined | string>
+    | Array<null | undefined | number>
+    | Array<null | undefined | boolean>;
diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index f896193..1f81da2 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ export * from './baggage/types';
 export { baggageEntryMetadataFromString } from './baggage/utils';
 export * from './common/Exception';
 export * from './common/Time';
+export * from './common/Attributes';
 export * from './diag';
 export * from './propagation/TextMapPropagator';
 export * from './trace/attributes';
diff --git a/src/trace/attributes.ts b/src/trace/attributes.ts
index a14fe1d..0fb156b 100644
--- a/src/trace/attributes.ts
+++ b/src/trace/attributes.ts
@@ -14,19 +14,14 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-export interface SpanAttributes {
-  [attributeKey: string]: SpanAttributeValue | undefined;
-}
+import { Attributes, AttributeValue } from '../common/Attributes';
 
 /**
- * Attribute values may be any non-nullish primitive value except an object.
- *
- * null or undefined attribute values are invalid and will result in undefined behavior.
+ * @deprecated please use Attributes
+ */
+export type SpanAttributes = Attributes;
+
+/**
+ * @deprecated please use AttributeValue
  */
-export type SpanAttributeValue =
-  | string
-  | number
-  | boolean
-  | Array<null | undefined | string>
-  | Array<null | undefined | number>
-  | Array<null | undefined | boolean>;
+export type SpanAttributeValue = AttributeValue;