diff --git a/model/resource/service.yaml b/model/resource/origin.yaml
similarity index 54%
rename from model/resource/service.yaml
rename to model/resource/origin.yaml
index e930b62194..10d5241288 100644
--- a/model/resource/service.yaml
+++ b/model/resource/origin.yaml
@@ -1,23 +1,23 @@
 groups:
-  - id: service
-    prefix: service
+  - id: origin
+    prefix: origin
     type: resource
     brief: >
-      A service instance.
+      A telemetry source.
     attributes:
       - id: name
         type: string
         requirement_level: required
         brief: >
-          Logical name of the service.
+          Logical name of the telemetry source.
         note: >
-          MUST be the same for all instances of horizontally scaled services.
-          If the value was not specified, SDKs MUST fallback to `unknown_service:` concatenated
-          with [`process.executable.name`](process.md#process), e.g. `unknown_service:bash`.
-          If `process.executable.name` is not available, the value MUST be set to `unknown_service`.
+          For services, it MUST be the same for all instances of horizontally scaled services.
+          If the value was not specified, SDKs MUST fallback to `unknown_origin:` concatenated
+          with [`process.executable.name`](process.md#process), e.g. `unknown_origin:bash`.
+          If `process.executable.name` is not available, the value MUST be set to `unknown_origin`.
         examples: ["shoppingcart"]
       - id: version
         type: string
         brief: >
-          The version string of the service API or implementation. The format is not defined by these conventions.
+          The version string of the source of telemetry. The format is not defined by these conventions.
         examples: ["2.0.0", "a01dbef8a"]