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Errata for Observability Engineering

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Version	Location	Description	Submitted by	Date submitted
Other Digital Version	Chapter 6. Stitching Events into Traces Introduction para's 1-3, Conclusion	Seen in O'Reilly Learning. Chapter 6 seems to use the terms "event" and "span" interchangeably but doesn't define the difference or similarity. Are they the same thing? Or can a span consist of multiple events? Examples: Para 1 - "Distributed traces are simply an interrelated series of events" [later para's and sections say traces are a series of (nested) spans] Para 3 - "We present examples of adding relevant data to a trace event (or span)" [does this mean event and span can be used interchangeably? or the same enrichment concept can apply to both?] Section "Conclusion" para 1 - "Events are the building blocks of observability, and traces are simply an interrelated series of events. The concepts used to stitch together spans into a cohesive trace"	Anthony Attwood	Sep 27, 2023
Printed	Page P. 205, Conclusions of Chapter 16 Last paragraph	The text says that the next chapter (chapter 17) is about telemetry pipelines, whike the next chapter is about sampling, and telemetry pipelines are addressed in chapter 18	Anonymous	Feb 17, 2024