# Semantic conventions for Network

Site [llms.txt](/llms.txt)

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**Status**: [Development][DocumentStatus]

This document defines semantic conventions for network communication.

## Guidance

- [Choosing network address and port attributes](choosing-network-attributes.md): how to pick among
  the shared address and port families (`client.*` / `server.*`, `source.*` / `destination.*`,
  `network.local.*` / `network.peer.*`).

[DocumentStatus]: /docs/specs/otel/document-status/

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Section pages:

- [Choosing network address and port attributes](/docs/specs/semconv/network/choosing-network-attributes/)