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Emphasize that there is no user-facing Otel Logs API (#3856)
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## Logs
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Logs are distinct from Metrics and Tracing in that there is no user-facing logs
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API. Instead, there is tooling to bridge logs from existing popular log
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frameworks (e.g. SLF4j, JUL, Logback, Log4j) into the OpenTelemetry ecosystem.
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Logs are distinct from metrics and traces in that **there is no user-facing
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OpenTelemetry logs API**. Instead, there is tooling to bridge logs from existing
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popular log frameworks (e.g. SLF4j, JUL, Logback, Log4j) into the OpenTelemetry
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ecosystem. For rationale behind this design decision, see
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[Logging specification](/docs/specs/otel/logs/).
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The two typical workflows discussed below each cater to different application
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requirements.

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