What do you mean exactly by "point in time event"? As I understand it, a metric is information at a point in time. A span however has a start timestamp and en

What do you mean exactly by "point in time event"? As I understand it, a metric is information at a point in time. A span however has a start timestamp and end timestamp, and is about a single operation that happens across that time. https://opentelemetry.io/docs/specs/otel/metrics/ https://opentelemetry.io/docs/specs/otel/metrics/ vs https://opentelemetry.io/docs/specs/otel/trace/api/#span https://opentelemetry.io/docs/specs/otel/trace/api/#span