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Log Data Model: Rename ShortName to Name
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Contributes to open-telemetry/opentelemetry-specification#622

This aligns the naming to what is already used for Embedded Logs (Span.Event).
There is no change of semantics.
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Tigran Najaryan committed May 28, 2020
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* [Error Semantics](#error-semantics)
* [Displaying Severity](#displaying-severity)
* [Comparing Severity](#comparing-severity)
* [Field: `ShortName`](#field-shortname)
* [Field: `Name`](#field-name)
* [Field: `Body`](#field-body)
* [Field: `Resource`](#field-resource)
* [Field: `Attributes`](#field-attributes)
* [Example Log Records](#example-log-records)
* [Open Questions](#open-questions)
* [Questions Resolved during OTEP discussion](#questions-resolved-during-otep-discussion)
* [TraceFlags vs TraceParent and TraceState](#traceflags-vs-traceparent-and-tracestate)
* [Severity Fields](#severity-fields-1)
* [Timestamp Requirements](#timestamp-requirements)
* [Security Logs](#security-logs)
* [Alternate Design](#alternate-design)
* [Prior Art](#prior-art)
* [RFC5424 Syslog](#rfc5424-syslog)
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* [Apache HTTP Server access log](#apache-http-server-access-log)
* [CloudTrail Log Event](#cloudtrail-log-event)
* [Google Cloud Logging](#google-cloud-logging)
* [Elastic Common Schema](#elastic-common-schema)
* [Appendix B: `SeverityNumber` example mappings](#appendix-b-severitynumber-example-mappings)
* [References](#references)

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TraceFlags |W3C trace flag.
SeverityText |The severity text (also known as log level).
SeverityNumber |Numerical value of the severity.
ShortName |Short event identifier.
Name |Short event identifier.
Body |The body of the log record.
Resource |Describes the source of the log.
Attributes |Additional information about the event.
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ensure that **severity="Informational"** and **severity="INFO"** conditions both
to are TRUE for that record.

### Field: `ShortName`
### Field: `Name`

Type: string.

Description: Short event identifier that does not contain varying parts.
`ShortName` describes what happened (e.g. "ProcessStarted"). Recommended to be
`Name` describes what happened (e.g. "ProcessStarted"). Recommended to be
no longer than 50 characters. Not guaranteed to be unique in any way. Typically
used for filtering and grouping purposes in backends. This field is optional.

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<td>MSGID</td>
<td>string</td>
<td>Defines the type of the event. Part of event source identity. Example: "TCPIN"</td>
<td>ShortName</td>
<td>Name</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>STRUCTURED-DATA</td>
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<td>EventID</td>
<td>uint</td>
<td>The identifier that the provider used to identify the event.</td>
<td>ShortName</td>
<td>Name</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Message</td>
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<td>EventType</td>
<td>string</td>
<td>Short machine understandable string describing the event type. SignalFx specific concept. Non-namespaced. Example: k8s Event Reason field.</td>
<td>ShortName</td>
<td>Name</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Category</td>
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<td>errorCode</td>
<td>string</td>
<td>The AWS service error if the request returns an error.</td>
<td>ShortName</td>
<td>Name</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>errorMessage</td>
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-----------------|--------------------| ------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------
timestamp | string | The time the event described by the log entry occurred. | Timestamp
resource | MonitoredResource | The monitored resource that produced this log entry. | Resource
log_name | string | The URL-encoded LOG_ID suffix of the log_name field identifies which log stream this entry belongs to. | ShortName
log_name | string | The URL-encoded LOG_ID suffix of the log_name field identifies which log stream this entry belongs to. | Name
json_payload | google.protobuf.Struct | The log entry payload, represented as a structure that is expressed as a JSON object. | Body
proto_payload | google.protobuf.Any | The log entry payload, represented as a protocol buffer. | Body
text_payload | string | The log entry payload, represented as a Unicode string (UTF-8). | Body
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