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3 changes: 3 additions & 0 deletions CHANGELOG.md
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Expand Up @@ -16,6 +16,9 @@ release.

### Metrics

- Clarify that View-provided metric stream `name` is not subject to instrument
name syntax validation.
([#5094](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-specification/pull/5094))
- Add in-development `Bind` API to synchronous instruments.
([#5050](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-specification/pull/5050))
- Stabilize sections of Prometheus Metrics Exporter.
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Expand Up @@ -353,6 +353,10 @@ The SDK MUST accept the following stream configuration parameters:
MUST NOT obligate a user to provide one. If the user does not provide a
`name` value, name from the Instrument the View matches MUST be used by
default.

The `name` provided via stream configuration is NOT REQUIRED to conform to
the [instrument name syntax](./api.md#instrument-name-syntax), and the SDK
MUST NOT validate it against that syntax.
* `description`: The metric stream description that SHOULD be used.

Users can provide a `description`, but it is up to their discretion.
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