Operations — how data is queried, observed, governed

Observability

2 open standards for Observability in a modern data architecture, each with an opinionated judgement: Adopt, Situational, Assess, or Caution.

Start with OpenTelemetry.

Adopt 1 standard

The standard to reach for in new work. Proven, multi-vendor, clearly the default for its slot.

  • OpenTelemetry

    Vendor-neutral observability standard.

    CNCF (Cloud Native Computing Foundation), Linux Foundation

Assess 1 standard

Promising but not yet proven for production-default use. Track it and prototype, but don't commit your architecture.

  • OORS — Open Observability Results Standard

    BITOL observability/quality-result standard; new and under-adopted.

    BITOL / Linux Foundation (draft)

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Operations covers how data is queried, observed, governed.

See Observability in context

These standards are one panel of the interactive Data Landscape, which maps every open standard a modern data architecture is built on. The underlying data is a single JSON file; disagree with a judgement? Open an issue.