Process: replace constraints with requirement levels and note

.chloggen/863.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+change_type: enhancement
+component: process
+note: Replace constraints with requirement_level in process attributes.
+issues: [ 863 ]

docs/resource/process.md

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 <!-- toc -->
 
 - [Process](#process)
+  - [Selecting process attributes](#selecting-process-attributes)
 - [Process runtimes](#process-runtimes)
   - [Erlang Runtimes](#erlang-runtimes)
   - [Go Runtimes](#go-runtimes)
@@ -27,32 +28,40 @@
 <!-- semconv process -->
 | Attribute  | Type | Description  | Examples  | [Requirement Level](https://opentelemetry.io/docs/specs/semconv/general/attribute-requirement-level/) | Stability |
 |---|---|---|---|---|---|
-| [`process.command`](../attributes-registry/process.md) | string | The command used to launch the process (i.e. the command name). On Linux based systems, can be set to the zeroth string in `proc/[pid]/cmdline`. On Windows, can be set to the first parameter extracted from `GetCommandLineW`. | `cmd/otelcol` | `Conditionally Required` See alternative attributes below. | ![Experimental](https://img.shields.io/badge/-experimental-blue) |
-| [`process.command_args`](../attributes-registry/process.md) | string[] | All the command arguments (including the command/executable itself) as received by the process. On Linux-based systems (and some other Unixoid systems supporting procfs), can be set according to the list of null-delimited strings extracted from `proc/[pid]/cmdline`. For libc-based executables, this would be the full argv vector passed to `main`. | `[cmd/otecol, --config=config.yaml]` | `Conditionally Required` See alternative attributes below. | ![Experimental](https://img.shields.io/badge/-experimental-blue) |
-| [`process.command_line`](../attributes-registry/process.md) | string | The full command used to launch the process as a single string representing the full command. On Windows, can be set to the result of `GetCommandLineW`. Do not set this if you have to assemble it just for monitoring; use `process.command_args` instead. | `C:\cmd\otecol --config="my directory\config.yaml"` | `Conditionally Required` See alternative attributes below. | ![Experimental](https://img.shields.io/badge/-experimental-blue) |
-| [`process.executable.name`](../attributes-registry/process.md) | string | The name of the process executable. On Linux based systems, can be set to the `Name` in `proc/[pid]/status`. On Windows, can be set to the base name of `GetProcessImageFileNameW`. | `otelcol` | `Conditionally Required` See alternative attributes below. | ![Experimental](https://img.shields.io/badge/-experimental-blue) |
-| [`process.executable.path`](../attributes-registry/process.md) | string | The full path to the process executable. On Linux based systems, can be set to the target of `proc/[pid]/exe`. On Windows, can be set to the result of `GetProcessImageFileNameW`. | `/usr/bin/cmd/otelcol` | `Conditionally Required` See alternative attributes below. | ![Experimental](https://img.shields.io/badge/-experimental-blue) |
+| [`process.command`](../attributes-registry/process.md) | string | The command used to launch the process (i.e. the command name). On Linux based systems, can be set to the zeroth string in `proc/[pid]/cmdline`. On Windows, can be set to the first parameter extracted from `GetCommandLineW`. | `cmd/otelcol` | `Conditionally Required` [1] | ![Experimental](https://img.shields.io/badge/-experimental-blue) |
+| [`process.command_args`](../attributes-registry/process.md) | string[] | All the command arguments (including the command/executable itself) as received by the process. On Linux-based systems (and some other Unixoid systems supporting procfs), can be set according to the list of null-delimited strings extracted from `proc/[pid]/cmdline`. For libc-based executables, this would be the full argv vector passed to `main`. | `[cmd/otecol, --config=config.yaml]` | `Conditionally Required` [2] | ![Experimental](https://img.shields.io/badge/-experimental-blue) |
+| [`process.command_line`](../attributes-registry/process.md) | string | The full command used to launch the process as a single string representing the full command. On Windows, can be set to the result of `GetCommandLineW`. Do not set this if you have to assemble it just for monitoring; use `process.command_args` instead. | `C:\cmd\otecol --config="my directory\config.yaml"` | `Conditionally Required` [3] | ![Experimental](https://img.shields.io/badge/-experimental-blue) |
+| [`process.executable.name`](../attributes-registry/process.md) | string | The name of the process executable. On Linux based systems, can be set to the `Name` in `proc/[pid]/status`. On Windows, can be set to the base name of `GetProcessImageFileNameW`. | `otelcol` | `Conditionally Required` [4] | ![Experimental](https://img.shields.io/badge/-experimental-blue) |
+| [`process.executable.path`](../attributes-registry/process.md) | string | The full path to the process executable. On Linux based systems, can be set to the target of `proc/[pid]/exe`. On Windows, can be set to the result of `GetProcessImageFileNameW`. | `/usr/bin/cmd/otelcol` | `Conditionally Required` [5] | ![Experimental](https://img.shields.io/badge/-experimental-blue) |
 | [`process.owner`](../attributes-registry/process.md) | string | The username of the user that owns the process. | `root` | `Recommended` | ![Experimental](https://img.shields.io/badge/-experimental-blue) |
 | [`process.parent_pid`](../attributes-registry/process.md) | int | Parent Process identifier (PPID). | `111` | `Recommended` | ![Experimental](https://img.shields.io/badge/-experimental-blue) |
 | [`process.pid`](../attributes-registry/process.md) | int | Process identifier (PID). | `1234` | `Recommended` | ![Experimental](https://img.shields.io/badge/-experimental-blue) |
 
-**Additional attribute requirements:** At least one of the following sets of attributes is required:
+**[1]:** See [Selecting process attributes](#selecting-process-attributes) for details.
+
+**[2]:** See [Selecting process attributes](#selecting-process-attributes) for details.
+
+**[3]:** See [Selecting process attributes](#selecting-process-attributes) for details.
+
+**[4]:** See [Selecting process attributes](#selecting-process-attributes) for details.
+
+**[5]:** See [Selecting process attributes](#selecting-process-attributes) for details.
+<!-- endsemconv -->
+
+### Selecting process attributes
+
+At least one of the following attributes is required:
 
 * [`process.executable.name`](../attributes-registry/process.md)
 * [`process.executable.path`](../attributes-registry/process.md)
 * [`process.command`](../attributes-registry/process.md)
 * [`process.command_line`](../attributes-registry/process.md)
 * [`process.command_args`](../attributes-registry/process.md)
-<!-- endsemconv -->
 
 Between `process.command_args` and `process.command_line`, usually `process.command_args` should be preferred.
 On Windows and other systems where the native format of process commands is a single string,
 `process.command_line` can additionally (or instead) be used.
 
-For backwards compatibility with older versions of this semantic convention,
-it is possible but deprecated to use an array as type for `process.command_line`.
-In that case it MUST be interpreted as if it was `process.command_args`.
-
 ## Process runtimes
 
 **type:** `process.runtime`
@@ -94,7 +103,7 @@ Go Runtimes SHOULD fill in the as follows:
 
   ```go
   import "runtime"
-  
+
   func getRuntimeName() string {
     if runtime.Compiler == "gc" {
       return "go"

model/resource/process.yaml

@@ -9,27 +9,20 @@ groups:
       - ref: process.parent_pid
       - ref: process.executable.name
         requirement_level:
-          conditionally_required: See alternative attributes below.
+          conditionally_required: See [Selecting process attributes](#selecting-process-attributes) for details.
       - ref: process.executable.path
         requirement_level:
-          conditionally_required: See alternative attributes below.
+          conditionally_required: See [Selecting process attributes](#selecting-process-attributes) for details.
       - ref: process.command
         requirement_level:
-          conditionally_required: See alternative attributes below.
+          conditionally_required: See [Selecting process attributes](#selecting-process-attributes) for details.
       - ref: process.command_line
         requirement_level:
-          conditionally_required: See alternative attributes below.
+          conditionally_required: See [Selecting process attributes](#selecting-process-attributes) for details.
       - ref: process.command_args
         requirement_level:
-          conditionally_required: See alternative attributes below.
+          conditionally_required: See [Selecting process attributes](#selecting-process-attributes) for details.
       - ref: process.owner
-    constraints:
-      - any_of:
-          - process.executable.name
-          - process.executable.path
-          - process.command
-          - process.command_line
-          - process.command_args
 
   - id: process.runtime
     prefix: process.runtime