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Explain why custom attributes are not recommended to be placed in Otel namespaces #3507

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Expand Up @@ -133,6 +133,13 @@ To do that consider a few options:
`myuniquemapapp.longitude` is likely fine). Make sure the application name
does not clash with an existing semantic convention namespace.

- It is not recommended to use existing OpenTelemetry semantic convention namespace
as a prefix for a new company- or application-specific attribute name. Doing so
may result in a name clash in the future, if OpenTelemetry decides to use that
same name for a different purpose or if some other third party instrumentation
decides to use that exact same attribute name and you combine that instrumentation
with your own.

- The name may be generally applicable to applications in the industry. In that
case consider submitting a proposal to this specification to add a new name to
the semantic conventions, and if necessary also to add a new namespace.
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