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 ## Contributing
 
+### Instrumenting a library
+
+When instrumenting a library, it is important to follow the [Trace Semantic Conventions](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-specification/blob/main/specification/trace/semantic_conventions/README.md).
 
 ### CI
 
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 ## Useful links
 
 - For more information on OpenTelemetry, visit: <https://opentelemetry.io/>
-- For help or feedback on this project, join us in [GitHub Discussions][dhttps://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-erlang-contrib/discussions], `#otel-erlang-elixir` channel in the [CNCF slack](https://slack.cncf.io/), and `#opentelemetry` channel in the [Elixir Lang slack](https://elixir-slackin.herokuapp.com/)
+- For conventions used in OpenTelemetry traces, see the following [readme](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-specification/blob/main/specification/trace/semantic_conventions/README.md).
+- For help or feedback on this project, join us in [GitHub Discussions](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-erlang-contrib/discussions), `#otel-erlang-elixir` channel in the [CNCF slack](https://slack.cncf.io/), and `#opentelemetry` channel in the [Elixir Lang slack](https://elixir-slackin.herokuapp.com/)
 - Erlang SIG [community page](https://github.com/open-telemetry/community#special-interest-groups)
 
 ## License