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+// Copyright The OpenTelemetry Authors
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+// Package semconv implements OpenTelemetry semantic conventions.
+//
+// OpenTelemetry semantic conventions are agreed standardized naming
+// patterns for OpenTelemetry things. This package represents the v1.21.0
+// version of the OpenTelemetry semantic conventions.
+package semconv // import "go.opentelemetry.io/otel/semconv/v1.21.0"
diff --git a/semconv/v1.21.0/schema.go b/semconv/v1.21.0/schema.go
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+// Copyright The OpenTelemetry Authors
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+package semconv // import "go.opentelemetry.io/collector/semconv/v1.21.0"
+
+// SchemaURL is the schema URL that matches the version of the semantic conventions
+// that this package defines. Semconv packages starting from v1.4.0 must declare
+// non-empty schema URL in the form https://opentelemetry.io/schemas/<version>
+const SchemaURL = "https://opentelemetry.io/schemas/1.21.0"