diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 0fcfa23c942..679a0b0e96b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ This project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.htm
 ## Changed
 
 - Skip links with invalid span context. (#2275)
+- Metric SDK `export.ExportKind`, `export.ExportKindSelector` types have been renamed to `aggregation.Temporality` and `aggregation.TemporalitySelector` respectively to keep in line with current specification and protocol along with built-in selectors (e.g., `aggregation.CumulativeTemporalitySelector`, ...). (#2274)
+- The Metric `Exporter` interface now requires a `TemporalitySelector` method instead of an `ExportKindSelector`. (#2274)
 - Metrics API cleanup. The `metric/sdkapi` package has been created to relocate the API-to-SDK interface:
   - The following interface types simply moved from `metric` to `metric/sdkapi`: `Descriptor`, `MeterImpl`, `InstrumentImpl`, `SyncImpl`, `BoundSyncImpl`, `AsyncImpl`, `AsyncRunner`, `AsyncSingleRunner`, and `AsyncBatchRunner`
   - The following struct types moved and are replaced with type aliases, since they are exposed to the user: `Observation`, `Measurement`.
diff --git a/bridge/opencensus/exporter.go b/bridge/opencensus/exporter.go
index 1bc4d5fc115..d52494367d1 100644
--- a/bridge/opencensus/exporter.go
+++ b/bridge/opencensus/exporter.go
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ var _ export.Reader = &metricReader{}
 
 // ForEach iterates through the metrics data, synthesizing an
 // export.Record with the appropriate aggregation for the exporter.
-func (d *metricReader) ForEach(exporter export.ExportKindSelector, f func(export.Record) error) error {
+func (d *metricReader) ForEach(_ aggregation.TemporalitySelector, f func(export.Record) error) error {
 	for _, m := range d.metrics {
 		descriptor, err := convertDescriptor(m.Descriptor)
 		if err != nil {
diff --git a/bridge/opencensus/exporter_test.go b/bridge/opencensus/exporter_test.go
index 3c0d89db8a5..710369ba5bb 100644
--- a/bridge/opencensus/exporter_test.go
+++ b/bridge/opencensus/exporter_test.go
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ type fakeExporter struct {
 }
 
 func (f *fakeExporter) Export(ctx context.Context, res *resource.Resource, ilr exportmetric.InstrumentationLibraryReader) error {
-	return controllertest.ReadAll(ilr, export.StatelessExportKindSelector(),
+	return controllertest.ReadAll(ilr, aggregation.StatelessTemporalitySelector(),
 		func(_ instrumentation.Library, record exportmetric.Record) error {
 			f.resource = res
 			f.records = append(f.records, record)
diff --git a/example/prometheus/main.go b/example/prometheus/main.go
index 2ca4eb87443..968beb3d483 100644
--- a/example/prometheus/main.go
+++ b/example/prometheus/main.go
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ import (
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/prometheus"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric/global"
-	export "go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/export/metric"
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/export/metric/aggregation"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric/aggregator/histogram"
 	controller "go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric/controller/basic"
 	processor "go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric/processor/basic"
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ func initMeter() {
 			selector.NewWithHistogramDistribution(
 				histogram.WithExplicitBoundaries(config.DefaultHistogramBoundaries),
 			),
-			export.CumulativeExportKindSelector(),
+			aggregation.CumulativeTemporalitySelector(),
 			processor.WithMemory(true),
 		),
 	)
diff --git a/exporters/otlp/otlpmetric/exporter.go b/exporters/otlp/otlpmetric/exporter.go
index cc3e0658842..798b690be01 100644
--- a/exporters/otlp/otlpmetric/exporter.go
+++ b/exporters/otlp/otlpmetric/exporter.go
@@ -33,8 +33,8 @@ var (
 
 // Exporter exports metrics data in the OTLP wire format.
 type Exporter struct {
-	client             Client
-	exportKindSelector metricsdk.ExportKindSelector
+	client              Client
+	temporalitySelector aggregation.TemporalitySelector
 
 	mu      sync.RWMutex
 	started bool
@@ -96,8 +96,8 @@ func (e *Exporter) Shutdown(ctx context.Context) error {
 	return err
 }
 
-func (e *Exporter) ExportKindFor(descriptor *sdkapi.Descriptor, aggregatorKind aggregation.Kind) metricsdk.ExportKind {
-	return e.exportKindSelector.ExportKindFor(descriptor, aggregatorKind)
+func (e *Exporter) TemporalityFor(descriptor *sdkapi.Descriptor, kind aggregation.Kind) aggregation.Temporality {
+	return e.temporalitySelector.TemporalityFor(descriptor, kind)
 }
 
 var _ metricsdk.Exporter = (*Exporter)(nil)
@@ -114,10 +114,10 @@ func New(ctx context.Context, client Client, opts ...Option) (*Exporter, error)
 // NewUnstarted constructs a new Exporter and does not start it.
 func NewUnstarted(client Client, opts ...Option) *Exporter {
 	cfg := config{
-		// Note: the default ExportKindSelector is specified
+		// Note: the default TemporalitySelector is specified
 		// as Cumulative:
 		// https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-specification/issues/731
-		exportKindSelector: metricsdk.CumulativeExportKindSelector(),
+		temporalitySelector: aggregation.CumulativeTemporalitySelector(),
 	}
 
 	for _, opt := range opts {
@@ -125,8 +125,8 @@ func NewUnstarted(client Client, opts ...Option) *Exporter {
 	}
 
 	e := &Exporter{
-		client:             client,
-		exportKindSelector: cfg.exportKindSelector,
+		client:              client,
+		temporalitySelector: cfg.temporalitySelector,
 	}
 
 	return e
diff --git a/exporters/otlp/otlpmetric/exporter_test.go b/exporters/otlp/otlpmetric/exporter_test.go
index f329627d0c4..733d1978826 100644
--- a/exporters/otlp/otlpmetric/exporter_test.go
+++ b/exporters/otlp/otlpmetric/exporter_test.go
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ import (
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric/number"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric/sdkapi"
 	metricsdk "go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/export/metric"
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/export/metric/aggregation"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/instrumentation"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric/aggregator/histogram"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric/aggregator/sum"
@@ -606,7 +607,7 @@ func TestResourceInstLibMetricGroupingExport(t *testing.T) {
 	)
 }
 
-func TestStatelessExportKind(t *testing.T) {
+func TestStatelessAggregationTemporality(t *testing.T) {
 	type testcase struct {
 		name           string
 		instrumentKind sdkapi.InstrumentKind
@@ -624,8 +625,8 @@ func TestStatelessExportKind(t *testing.T) {
 			runMetricExportTests(
 				t,
 				[]otlpmetric.Option{
-					otlpmetric.WithMetricExportKindSelector(
-						metricsdk.StatelessExportKindSelector(),
+					otlpmetric.WithMetricAggregationTemporalitySelector(
+						aggregation.StatelessTemporalitySelector(),
 					),
 				},
 				testerAResource,
diff --git a/exporters/otlp/otlpmetric/internal/metrictransform/metric.go b/exporters/otlp/otlpmetric/internal/metrictransform/metric.go
index 8774db45f1e..03f55fad873 100644
--- a/exporters/otlp/otlpmetric/internal/metrictransform/metric.go
+++ b/exporters/otlp/otlpmetric/internal/metrictransform/metric.go
@@ -72,12 +72,12 @@ func toNanos(t time.Time) uint64 {
 
 // InstrumentationLibraryReader transforms all records contained in a checkpoint into
 // batched OTLP ResourceMetrics.
-func InstrumentationLibraryReader(ctx context.Context, exportSelector export.ExportKindSelector, res *resource.Resource, ilmr export.InstrumentationLibraryReader, numWorkers uint) (*metricpb.ResourceMetrics, error) {
+func InstrumentationLibraryReader(ctx context.Context, temporalitySelector aggregation.TemporalitySelector, res *resource.Resource, ilmr export.InstrumentationLibraryReader, numWorkers uint) (*metricpb.ResourceMetrics, error) {
 	var ilms []*metricpb.InstrumentationLibraryMetrics
 
 	err := ilmr.ForEach(func(lib instrumentation.Library, mr export.Reader) error {
 
-		records, errc := source(ctx, exportSelector, mr)
+		records, errc := source(ctx, temporalitySelector, mr)
 
 		// Start a fixed number of goroutines to transform records.
 		transformed := make(chan result)
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ func InstrumentationLibraryReader(ctx context.Context, exportSelector export.Exp
 		for i := uint(0); i < numWorkers; i++ {
 			go func() {
 				defer wg.Done()
-				transformer(ctx, exportSelector, records, transformed)
+				transformer(ctx, temporalitySelector, records, transformed)
 			}()
 		}
 		go func() {
@@ -134,14 +134,14 @@ func InstrumentationLibraryReader(ctx context.Context, exportSelector export.Exp
 // source starts a goroutine that sends each one of the Records yielded by
 // the Reader on the returned chan. Any error encountered will be sent
 // on the returned error chan after seeding is complete.
-func source(ctx context.Context, exportSelector export.ExportKindSelector, mr export.Reader) (<-chan export.Record, <-chan error) {
+func source(ctx context.Context, temporalitySelector aggregation.TemporalitySelector, mr export.Reader) (<-chan export.Record, <-chan error) {
 	errc := make(chan error, 1)
 	out := make(chan export.Record)
 	// Seed records into process.
 	go func() {
 		defer close(out)
 		// No select is needed since errc is buffered.
-		errc <- mr.ForEach(exportSelector, func(r export.Record) error {
+		errc <- mr.ForEach(temporalitySelector, func(r export.Record) error {
 			select {
 			case <-ctx.Done():
 				return ErrContextCanceled
@@ -155,9 +155,9 @@ func source(ctx context.Context, exportSelector export.ExportKindSelector, mr ex
 
 // transformer transforms records read from the passed in chan into
 // OTLP Metrics which are sent on the out chan.
-func transformer(ctx context.Context, exportSelector export.ExportKindSelector, in <-chan export.Record, out chan<- result) {
+func transformer(ctx context.Context, temporalitySelector aggregation.TemporalitySelector, in <-chan export.Record, out chan<- result) {
 	for r := range in {
-		m, err := Record(exportSelector, r)
+		m, err := Record(temporalitySelector, r)
 		// Propagate errors, but do not send empty results.
 		if err == nil && m == nil {
 			continue
@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@ func sink(ctx context.Context, in <-chan result) ([]*metricpb.Metric, error) {
 
 // Record transforms a Record into an OTLP Metric. An ErrIncompatibleAgg
 // error is returned if the Record Aggregator is not supported.
-func Record(exportSelector export.ExportKindSelector, r export.Record) (*metricpb.Metric, error) {
+func Record(temporalitySelector aggregation.TemporalitySelector, r export.Record) (*metricpb.Metric, error) {
 	agg := r.Aggregation()
 	switch agg.Kind() {
 	case aggregation.MinMaxSumCountKind:
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ func Record(exportSelector export.ExportKindSelector, r export.Record) (*metricp
 		if !ok {
 			return nil, fmt.Errorf("%w: %T", ErrIncompatibleAgg, agg)
 		}
-		return histogramPoint(r, exportSelector.ExportKindFor(r.Descriptor(), aggregation.HistogramKind), h)
+		return histogramPoint(r, temporalitySelector.TemporalityFor(r.Descriptor(), aggregation.HistogramKind), h)
 
 	case aggregation.SumKind:
 		s, ok := agg.(aggregation.Sum)
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ func Record(exportSelector export.ExportKindSelector, r export.Record) (*metricp
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}
-		return sumPoint(r, sum, r.StartTime(), r.EndTime(), exportSelector.ExportKindFor(r.Descriptor(), aggregation.SumKind), r.Descriptor().InstrumentKind().Monotonic())
+		return sumPoint(r, sum, r.StartTime(), r.EndTime(), temporalitySelector.TemporalityFor(r.Descriptor(), aggregation.SumKind), r.Descriptor().InstrumentKind().Monotonic())
 
 	case aggregation.LastValueKind:
 		lv, ok := agg.(aggregation.LastValue)
@@ -388,17 +388,17 @@ func gaugePoint(record export.Record, num number.Number, start, end time.Time) (
 	return m, nil
 }
 
-func exportKindToTemporality(ek export.ExportKind) metricpb.AggregationTemporality {
-	switch ek {
-	case export.DeltaExportKind:
+func sdkTemporalityToTemporality(temporality aggregation.Temporality) metricpb.AggregationTemporality {
+	switch temporality {
+	case aggregation.DeltaTemporality:
 		return metricpb.AggregationTemporality_AGGREGATION_TEMPORALITY_DELTA
-	case export.CumulativeExportKind:
+	case aggregation.CumulativeTemporality:
 		return metricpb.AggregationTemporality_AGGREGATION_TEMPORALITY_CUMULATIVE
 	}
 	return metricpb.AggregationTemporality_AGGREGATION_TEMPORALITY_UNSPECIFIED
 }
 
-func sumPoint(record export.Record, num number.Number, start, end time.Time, ek export.ExportKind, monotonic bool) (*metricpb.Metric, error) {
+func sumPoint(record export.Record, num number.Number, start, end time.Time, temporality aggregation.Temporality, monotonic bool) (*metricpb.Metric, error) {
 	desc := record.Descriptor()
 	labels := record.Labels()
 
@@ -413,7 +413,7 @@ func sumPoint(record export.Record, num number.Number, start, end time.Time, ek
 		m.Data = &metricpb.Metric_Sum{
 			Sum: &metricpb.Sum{
 				IsMonotonic:            monotonic,
-				AggregationTemporality: exportKindToTemporality(ek),
+				AggregationTemporality: sdkTemporalityToTemporality(temporality),
 				DataPoints: []*metricpb.NumberDataPoint{
 					{
 						Value: &metricpb.NumberDataPoint_AsInt{
@@ -430,7 +430,7 @@ func sumPoint(record export.Record, num number.Number, start, end time.Time, ek
 		m.Data = &metricpb.Metric_Sum{
 			Sum: &metricpb.Sum{
 				IsMonotonic:            monotonic,
-				AggregationTemporality: exportKindToTemporality(ek),
+				AggregationTemporality: sdkTemporalityToTemporality(temporality),
 				DataPoints: []*metricpb.NumberDataPoint{
 					{
 						Value: &metricpb.NumberDataPoint_AsDouble{
@@ -522,7 +522,7 @@ func histogramValues(a aggregation.Histogram) (boundaries []float64, counts []ui
 }
 
 // histogram transforms a Histogram Aggregator into an OTLP Metric.
-func histogramPoint(record export.Record, ek export.ExportKind, a aggregation.Histogram) (*metricpb.Metric, error) {
+func histogramPoint(record export.Record, temporality aggregation.Temporality, a aggregation.Histogram) (*metricpb.Metric, error) {
 	desc := record.Descriptor()
 	labels := record.Labels()
 	boundaries, counts, err := histogramValues(a)
@@ -546,7 +546,7 @@ func histogramPoint(record export.Record, ek export.ExportKind, a aggregation.Hi
 		Unit:        string(desc.Unit()),
 		Data: &metricpb.Metric_Histogram{
 			Histogram: &metricpb.Histogram{
-				AggregationTemporality: exportKindToTemporality(ek),
+				AggregationTemporality: sdkTemporalityToTemporality(temporality),
 				DataPoints: []*metricpb.HistogramDataPoint{
 					{
 						Sum:               sum.CoerceToFloat64(desc.NumberKind()),
diff --git a/exporters/otlp/otlpmetric/internal/metrictransform/metric_test.go b/exporters/otlp/otlpmetric/internal/metrictransform/metric_test.go
index d697ae398fb..c3454659f45 100644
--- a/exporters/otlp/otlpmetric/internal/metrictransform/metric_test.go
+++ b/exporters/otlp/otlpmetric/internal/metrictransform/metric_test.go
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ func TestSumIntDataPoints(t *testing.T) {
 	value, err := ckpt.Sum()
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 
-	if m, err := sumPoint(record, value, record.StartTime(), record.EndTime(), export.CumulativeExportKind, true); assert.NoError(t, err) {
+	if m, err := sumPoint(record, value, record.StartTime(), record.EndTime(), aggregation.CumulativeTemporality, true); assert.NoError(t, err) {
 		assert.Nil(t, m.GetGauge())
 		assert.Equal(t, &metricpb.Sum{
 			AggregationTemporality: otelCumulative,
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ func TestSumFloatDataPoints(t *testing.T) {
 	value, err := ckpt.Sum()
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 
-	if m, err := sumPoint(record, value, record.StartTime(), record.EndTime(), export.DeltaExportKind, false); assert.NoError(t, err) {
+	if m, err := sumPoint(record, value, record.StartTime(), record.EndTime(), aggregation.DeltaTemporality, false); assert.NoError(t, err) {
 		assert.Nil(t, m.GetGauge())
 		assert.Equal(t, &metricpb.Sum{
 			IsMonotonic:            false,
@@ -367,7 +367,7 @@ func TestSumErrUnknownValueType(t *testing.T) {
 	value, err := s.Sum()
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 
-	_, err = sumPoint(record, value, record.StartTime(), record.EndTime(), export.CumulativeExportKind, true)
+	_, err = sumPoint(record, value, record.StartTime(), record.EndTime(), aggregation.CumulativeTemporality, true)
 	assert.Error(t, err)
 	if !errors.Is(err, ErrUnknownValueType) {
 		t.Errorf("expected ErrUnknownValueType, got %v", err)
@@ -451,7 +451,7 @@ func TestRecordAggregatorIncompatibleErrors(t *testing.T) {
 			kind: kind,
 			agg:  agg,
 		}
-		return Record(export.CumulativeExportKindSelector(), export.NewRecord(&desc, &labels, test, intervalStart, intervalEnd))
+		return Record(aggregation.CumulativeTemporalitySelector(), export.NewRecord(&desc, &labels, test, intervalStart, intervalEnd))
 	}
 
 	mpb, err := makeMpb(aggregation.SumKind, &lastvalue.New(1)[0])
@@ -483,7 +483,7 @@ func TestRecordAggregatorUnexpectedErrors(t *testing.T) {
 	makeMpb := func(kind aggregation.Kind, agg aggregation.Aggregation) (*metricpb.Metric, error) {
 		desc := metrictest.NewDescriptor("things", sdkapi.CounterInstrumentKind, number.Int64Kind)
 		labels := attribute.NewSet()
-		return Record(export.CumulativeExportKindSelector(), export.NewRecord(&desc, &labels, agg, intervalStart, intervalEnd))
+		return Record(aggregation.CumulativeTemporalitySelector(), export.NewRecord(&desc, &labels, agg, intervalStart, intervalEnd))
 	}
 
 	errEx := fmt.Errorf("timeout")
diff --git a/exporters/otlp/otlpmetric/internal/otlpmetrictest/otlptest.go b/exporters/otlp/otlpmetric/internal/otlpmetrictest/otlptest.go
index a1328312781..fc9adac15ab 100644
--- a/exporters/otlp/otlpmetric/internal/otlpmetrictest/otlptest.go
+++ b/exporters/otlp/otlpmetric/internal/otlpmetrictest/otlptest.go
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ import (
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric/number"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric/sdkapi"
-	exportmetric "go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/export/metric"
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/export/metric/aggregation"
 	controller "go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric/controller/basic"
 	processor "go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric/processor/basic"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric/selector/simple"
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ import (
 // themselves.
 func RunEndToEndTest(ctx context.Context, t *testing.T, exp *otlpmetric.Exporter, mcMetrics Collector) {
 	selector := simple.NewWithInexpensiveDistribution()
-	proc := processor.NewFactory(selector, exportmetric.StatelessExportKindSelector())
+	proc := processor.NewFactory(selector, aggregation.StatelessTemporalitySelector())
 	cont := controller.New(proc, controller.WithExporter(exp))
 	require.NoError(t, cont.Start(ctx))
 
diff --git a/exporters/otlp/otlpmetric/options.go b/exporters/otlp/otlpmetric/options.go
index 54ce1d0df79..dab33127be6 100644
--- a/exporters/otlp/otlpmetric/options.go
+++ b/exporters/otlp/otlpmetric/options.go
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 
 package otlpmetric // import "go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlpmetric"
 
-import metricsdk "go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/export/metric"
+import "go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/export/metric/aggregation"
 
 // Option are setting options passed to an Exporter on creation.
 type Option interface {
@@ -28,15 +28,15 @@ func (fn exporterOptionFunc) apply(cfg *config) {
 }
 
 type config struct {
-	exportKindSelector metricsdk.ExportKindSelector
+	temporalitySelector aggregation.TemporalitySelector
 }
 
-// WithMetricExportKindSelector defines the ExportKindSelector used
-// for selecting AggregationTemporality (i.e., Cumulative vs. Delta
+// WithMetricAggregationTemporalitySelector defines the aggregation.TemporalitySelector used
+// for selecting aggregation.Temporality (i.e., Cumulative vs. Delta
 // aggregation). If not specified otherwise, exporter will use a
-// cumulative export kind selector.
-func WithMetricExportKindSelector(selector metricsdk.ExportKindSelector) Option {
+// cumulative temporality selector.
+func WithMetricAggregationTemporalitySelector(selector aggregation.TemporalitySelector) Option {
 	return exporterOptionFunc(func(cfg *config) {
-		cfg.exportKindSelector = selector
+		cfg.temporalitySelector = selector
 	})
 }
diff --git a/exporters/prometheus/prometheus.go b/exporters/prometheus/prometheus.go
index f191aa43d2b..9fc276caafc 100644
--- a/exporters/prometheus/prometheus.go
+++ b/exporters/prometheus/prometheus.go
@@ -132,9 +132,9 @@ func (e *Exporter) Controller() *controller.Controller {
 	return e.controller
 }
 
-// ExportKindFor implements ExportKindSelector.
-func (e *Exporter) ExportKindFor(desc *sdkapi.Descriptor, kind aggregation.Kind) export.ExportKind {
-	return export.CumulativeExportKindSelector().ExportKindFor(desc, kind)
+// TemporalityFor implements TemporalitySelector.
+func (e *Exporter) TemporalityFor(desc *sdkapi.Descriptor, kind aggregation.Kind) aggregation.Temporality {
+	return aggregation.CumulativeTemporalitySelector().TemporalityFor(desc, kind)
 }
 
 // ServeHTTP implements http.Handler.
diff --git a/exporters/prometheus/prometheus_test.go b/exporters/prometheus/prometheus_test.go
index f1b217541fb..5efdba33469 100644
--- a/exporters/prometheus/prometheus_test.go
+++ b/exporters/prometheus/prometheus_test.go
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ import (
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/attribute"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/prometheus"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric"
-	export "go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/export/metric"
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/export/metric/aggregation"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric/aggregator/histogram"
 	controller "go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric/controller/basic"
 	processor "go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric/processor/basic"
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ func newPipeline(config prometheus.Config, options ...controller.Option) (*prome
 			selector.NewWithHistogramDistribution(
 				histogram.WithExplicitBoundaries(config.DefaultHistogramBoundaries),
 			),
-			export.CumulativeExportKindSelector(),
+			aggregation.CumulativeTemporalitySelector(),
 			processor.WithMemory(true),
 		),
 		options...,
diff --git a/exporters/stdout/stdoutmetric/metric.go b/exporters/stdout/stdoutmetric/metric.go
index 9fd6b28d154..07333c64fb7 100644
--- a/exporters/stdout/stdoutmetric/metric.go
+++ b/exporters/stdout/stdoutmetric/metric.go
@@ -47,8 +47,8 @@ type line struct {
 	Timestamp *time.Time `json:"Timestamp,omitempty"`
 }
 
-func (e *metricExporter) ExportKindFor(desc *sdkapi.Descriptor, kind aggregation.Kind) exportmetric.ExportKind {
-	return exportmetric.StatelessExportKindSelector().ExportKindFor(desc, kind)
+func (e *metricExporter) TemporalityFor(desc *sdkapi.Descriptor, kind aggregation.Kind) aggregation.Temporality {
+	return aggregation.StatelessTemporalitySelector().TemporalityFor(desc, kind)
 }
 
 func (e *metricExporter) Export(_ context.Context, res *resource.Resource, reader exportmetric.InstrumentationLibraryReader) error {
diff --git a/exporters/stdout/stdoutmetric/metric_test.go b/exporters/stdout/stdoutmetric/metric_test.go
index 85ae1f3fb8e..395df09c02f 100644
--- a/exporters/stdout/stdoutmetric/metric_test.go
+++ b/exporters/stdout/stdoutmetric/metric_test.go
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ import (
 
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/attribute"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric"
-	export "go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/export/metric"
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/export/metric/aggregation"
 	controller "go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric/controller/basic"
 	processor "go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric/processor/basic"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric/processor/processortest"
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ func newFixtureWithResource(t *testing.T, res *resource.Resource, opts ...stdout
 		t.Fatal("Error building fixture: ", err)
 	}
 	aggSel := processortest.AggregatorSelector()
-	proc := processor.NewFactory(aggSel, export.StatelessExportKindSelector())
+	proc := processor.NewFactory(aggSel, aggregation.StatelessTemporalitySelector())
 	cont := controller.New(proc,
 		controller.WithExporter(exp),
 		controller.WithResource(res),
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ func (fix testFixture) Output() string {
 func TestStdoutTimestamp(t *testing.T) {
 	var buf bytes.Buffer
 	aggSel := processortest.AggregatorSelector()
-	proc := processor.NewFactory(aggSel, export.CumulativeExportKindSelector())
+	proc := processor.NewFactory(aggSel, aggregation.CumulativeTemporalitySelector())
 	exporter, err := stdoutmetric.New(
 		stdoutmetric.WithWriter(&buf),
 	)
diff --git a/internal/tools/go.sum b/internal/tools/go.sum
index 46253fb418f..abd35fb0fd2 100644
--- a/internal/tools/go.sum
+++ b/internal/tools/go.sum
@@ -401,6 +401,7 @@ github.com/imdario/mergo v0.3.12 h1:b6R2BslTbIEToALKP7LxUvijTsNI9TAe80pLWN2g/HU=
 github.com/imdario/mergo v0.3.12/go.mod h1:jmQim1M+e3UYxmgPu/WyfjB3N3VflVyUjjjwH0dnCYA=
 github.com/inconshreveable/mousetrap v1.0.0 h1:Z8tu5sraLXCXIcARxBp/8cbvlwVa7Z1NHg9XEKhtSvM=
 github.com/inconshreveable/mousetrap v1.0.0/go.mod h1:PxqpIevigyE2G7u3NXJIT2ANytuPF1OarO4DADm73n8=
+github.com/itchyny/go-flags v1.5.0 h1:Z5q2ist2sfDjDlExVPBrMqlsEDxDR2h4zuOElB0OEYI=
 github.com/itchyny/go-flags v1.5.0/go.mod h1:lenkYuCobuxLBAd/HGFE4LRoW8D3B6iXRQfWYJ+MNbA=
 github.com/itchyny/gojq v0.12.5 h1:6SJ1BQ1VAwJAlIvLSIZmqHP/RUEq3qfVWvsRxrqhsD0=
 github.com/itchyny/gojq v0.12.5/go.mod h1:3e1hZXv+Kwvdp6V9HXpVrvddiHVApi5EDZwS+zLFeiE=
diff --git a/sdk/export/metric/aggregation/temporality.go b/sdk/export/metric/aggregation/temporality.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..4a4a733aa28
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sdk/export/metric/aggregation/temporality.go
@@ -0,0 +1,117 @@
+// 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.
+
+//go:generate stringer -type=Temporality
+
+package aggregation // import "go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/export/metric/aggregation"
+
+import (
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric/sdkapi"
+)
+
+// Temporality indicates the temporal aggregation exported by an exporter.
+// These bits may be OR-d together when multiple exporters are in use.
+type Temporality uint8
+
+const (
+	// CumulativeTemporality indicates that an Exporter expects a
+	// Cumulative Aggregation.
+	CumulativeTemporality Temporality = 1
+
+	// DeltaTemporality indicates that an Exporter expects a
+	// Delta Aggregation.
+	DeltaTemporality Temporality = 2
+)
+
+// Includes returns if t includes support for other temporality.
+func (t Temporality) Includes(other Temporality) bool {
+	return t&other != 0
+}
+
+// MemoryRequired returns whether an exporter of this temporality requires
+// memory to export correctly.
+func (t Temporality) MemoryRequired(mkind sdkapi.InstrumentKind) bool {
+	switch mkind {
+	case sdkapi.HistogramInstrumentKind, sdkapi.GaugeObserverInstrumentKind,
+		sdkapi.CounterInstrumentKind, sdkapi.UpDownCounterInstrumentKind:
+		// Delta-oriented instruments:
+		return t.Includes(CumulativeTemporality)
+
+	case sdkapi.CounterObserverInstrumentKind, sdkapi.UpDownCounterObserverInstrumentKind:
+		// Cumulative-oriented instruments:
+		return t.Includes(DeltaTemporality)
+	}
+	// Something unexpected is happening--we could panic.  This
+	// will become an error when the exporter tries to access a
+	// checkpoint, presumably, so let it be.
+	return false
+}
+
+type (
+	constantTemporalitySelector  Temporality
+	statelessTemporalitySelector struct{}
+)
+
+var (
+	_ TemporalitySelector = constantTemporalitySelector(0)
+	_ TemporalitySelector = statelessTemporalitySelector{}
+)
+
+// ConstantTemporalitySelector returns an TemporalitySelector that returns
+// a constant Temporality.
+func ConstantTemporalitySelector(t Temporality) TemporalitySelector {
+	return constantTemporalitySelector(t)
+}
+
+// CumulativeTemporalitySelector returns an TemporalitySelector that
+// always returns CumulativeTemporality.
+func CumulativeTemporalitySelector() TemporalitySelector {
+	return ConstantTemporalitySelector(CumulativeTemporality)
+}
+
+// DeltaTemporalitySelector returns an TemporalitySelector that
+// always returns DeltaTemporality.
+func DeltaTemporalitySelector() TemporalitySelector {
+	return ConstantTemporalitySelector(DeltaTemporality)
+}
+
+// StatelessTemporalitySelector returns an TemporalitySelector that
+// always returns the Temporality that avoids long-term memory
+// requirements.
+func StatelessTemporalitySelector() TemporalitySelector {
+	return statelessTemporalitySelector{}
+}
+
+// TemporalityFor implements TemporalitySelector.
+func (c constantTemporalitySelector) TemporalityFor(_ *sdkapi.Descriptor, _ Kind) Temporality {
+	return Temporality(c)
+}
+
+// TemporalityFor implements TemporalitySelector.
+func (s statelessTemporalitySelector) TemporalityFor(desc *sdkapi.Descriptor, kind Kind) Temporality {
+	if kind == SumKind && desc.InstrumentKind().PrecomputedSum() {
+		return CumulativeTemporality
+	}
+	return DeltaTemporality
+}
+
+// TemporalitySelector is a sub-interface of Exporter used to indicate
+// whether the Processor should compute Delta or Cumulative
+// Aggregations.
+type TemporalitySelector interface {
+	// TemporalityFor should return the correct Temporality that
+	// should be used when exporting data for the given metric
+	// instrument and Aggregator kind.
+	TemporalityFor(descriptor *sdkapi.Descriptor, aggregationKind Kind) Temporality
+}
diff --git a/sdk/export/metric/aggregation/temporality_string.go b/sdk/export/metric/aggregation/temporality_string.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c37ddb380d5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sdk/export/metric/aggregation/temporality_string.go
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+// Code generated by "stringer -type=Temporality"; DO NOT EDIT.
+
+package aggregation // import "go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/export/metric/aggregation"
+
+import "strconv"
+
+func _() {
+	// An "invalid array index" compiler error signifies that the constant values have changed.
+	// Re-run the stringer command to generate them again.
+	var x [1]struct{}
+	_ = x[CumulativeTemporality-1]
+	_ = x[DeltaTemporality-2]
+}
+
+const _Temporality_name = "CumulativeTemporalityDeltaTemporality"
+
+var _Temporality_index = [...]uint8{0, 21, 37}
+
+func (i Temporality) String() string {
+	i -= 1
+	if i >= Temporality(len(_Temporality_index)-1) {
+		return "Temporality(" + strconv.FormatInt(int64(i+1), 10) + ")"
+	}
+	return _Temporality_name[_Temporality_index[i]:_Temporality_index[i+1]]
+}
diff --git a/sdk/export/metric/aggregation/temporality_test.go b/sdk/export/metric/aggregation/temporality_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d5d73e9d049
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sdk/export/metric/aggregation/temporality_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+// 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 aggregation
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric/metrictest"
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric/number"
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric/sdkapi"
+)
+
+func TestTemporalityIncludes(t *testing.T) {
+	require.True(t, CumulativeTemporality.Includes(CumulativeTemporality))
+	require.True(t, DeltaTemporality.Includes(CumulativeTemporality|DeltaTemporality))
+}
+
+var deltaMemoryTemporalties = []sdkapi.InstrumentKind{
+	sdkapi.CounterObserverInstrumentKind,
+	sdkapi.UpDownCounterObserverInstrumentKind,
+}
+
+var cumulativeMemoryTemporalties = []sdkapi.InstrumentKind{
+	sdkapi.HistogramInstrumentKind,
+	sdkapi.GaugeObserverInstrumentKind,
+	sdkapi.CounterInstrumentKind,
+	sdkapi.UpDownCounterInstrumentKind,
+}
+
+func TestTemporalityMemoryRequired(t *testing.T) {
+	for _, kind := range deltaMemoryTemporalties {
+		require.True(t, DeltaTemporality.MemoryRequired(kind))
+		require.False(t, CumulativeTemporality.MemoryRequired(kind))
+	}
+
+	for _, kind := range cumulativeMemoryTemporalties {
+		require.True(t, CumulativeTemporality.MemoryRequired(kind))
+		require.False(t, DeltaTemporality.MemoryRequired(kind))
+	}
+}
+
+func TestTemporalitySelectors(t *testing.T) {
+	cAggTemp := CumulativeTemporalitySelector()
+	dAggTemp := DeltaTemporalitySelector()
+	sAggTemp := StatelessTemporalitySelector()
+
+	for _, ikind := range append(deltaMemoryTemporalties, cumulativeMemoryTemporalties...) {
+		desc := metrictest.NewDescriptor("instrument", ikind, number.Int64Kind)
+
+		var akind Kind
+		if ikind.Adding() {
+			akind = SumKind
+		} else {
+			akind = HistogramKind
+		}
+		require.Equal(t, CumulativeTemporality, cAggTemp.TemporalityFor(&desc, akind))
+		require.Equal(t, DeltaTemporality, dAggTemp.TemporalityFor(&desc, akind))
+		require.False(t, sAggTemp.TemporalityFor(&desc, akind).MemoryRequired(ikind))
+	}
+}
diff --git a/sdk/export/metric/exportkind_string.go b/sdk/export/metric/exportkind_string.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 3a04abdd575..00000000000
--- a/sdk/export/metric/exportkind_string.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-// Code generated by "stringer -type=ExportKind"; DO NOT EDIT.
-
-package metric // import "go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/export/metric"
-
-import "strconv"
-
-func _() {
-	// An "invalid array index" compiler error signifies that the constant values have changed.
-	// Re-run the stringer command to generate them again.
-	var x [1]struct{}
-	_ = x[CumulativeExportKind-1]
-	_ = x[DeltaExportKind-2]
-}
-
-const _ExportKind_name = "CumulativeExportKindDeltaExportKind"
-
-var _ExportKind_index = [...]uint8{0, 20, 35}
-
-func (i ExportKind) String() string {
-	i -= 1
-	if i < 0 || i >= ExportKind(len(_ExportKind_index)-1) {
-		return "ExportKind(" + strconv.FormatInt(int64(i+1), 10) + ")"
-	}
-	return _ExportKind_name[_ExportKind_index[i]:_ExportKind_index[i+1]]
-}
diff --git a/sdk/export/metric/exportkind_test.go b/sdk/export/metric/exportkind_test.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 2d8c1602841..00000000000
--- a/sdk/export/metric/exportkind_test.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,75 +0,0 @@
-// 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 metric
-
-import (
-	"testing"
-
-	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
-
-	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric/metrictest"
-	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric/number"
-	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric/sdkapi"
-	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/export/metric/aggregation"
-)
-
-func TestExportKindIncludes(t *testing.T) {
-	require.True(t, CumulativeExportKind.Includes(CumulativeExportKind))
-	require.True(t, DeltaExportKind.Includes(CumulativeExportKind|DeltaExportKind))
-}
-
-var deltaMemoryKinds = []sdkapi.InstrumentKind{
-	sdkapi.CounterObserverInstrumentKind,
-	sdkapi.UpDownCounterObserverInstrumentKind,
-}
-
-var cumulativeMemoryKinds = []sdkapi.InstrumentKind{
-	sdkapi.HistogramInstrumentKind,
-	sdkapi.GaugeObserverInstrumentKind,
-	sdkapi.CounterInstrumentKind,
-	sdkapi.UpDownCounterInstrumentKind,
-}
-
-func TestExportKindMemoryRequired(t *testing.T) {
-	for _, kind := range deltaMemoryKinds {
-		require.True(t, DeltaExportKind.MemoryRequired(kind))
-		require.False(t, CumulativeExportKind.MemoryRequired(kind))
-	}
-
-	for _, kind := range cumulativeMemoryKinds {
-		require.True(t, CumulativeExportKind.MemoryRequired(kind))
-		require.False(t, DeltaExportKind.MemoryRequired(kind))
-	}
-}
-
-func TestExportKindSelectors(t *testing.T) {
-	ceks := CumulativeExportKindSelector()
-	deks := DeltaExportKindSelector()
-	seks := StatelessExportKindSelector()
-
-	for _, ikind := range append(deltaMemoryKinds, cumulativeMemoryKinds...) {
-		desc := metrictest.NewDescriptor("instrument", ikind, number.Int64Kind)
-
-		var akind aggregation.Kind
-		if ikind.Adding() {
-			akind = aggregation.SumKind
-		} else {
-			akind = aggregation.HistogramKind
-		}
-		require.Equal(t, CumulativeExportKind, ceks.ExportKindFor(&desc, akind))
-		require.Equal(t, DeltaExportKind, deks.ExportKindFor(&desc, akind))
-		require.False(t, seks.ExportKindFor(&desc, akind).MemoryRequired(ikind))
-	}
-}
diff --git a/sdk/export/metric/metric.go b/sdk/export/metric/metric.go
index a9a77415f5b..f077f74013f 100644
--- a/sdk/export/metric/metric.go
+++ b/sdk/export/metric/metric.go
@@ -12,8 +12,6 @@
 // See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 // limitations under the License.
 
-//go:generate stringer -type=ExportKind
-
 package metric // import "go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/export/metric"
 
 import (
@@ -219,20 +217,10 @@ type Exporter interface {
 	// Processor that just completed collection.
 	Export(ctx context.Context, resource *resource.Resource, reader InstrumentationLibraryReader) error
 
-	// ExportKindSelector is an interface used by the Processor
+	// TemporalitySelector is an interface used by the Processor
 	// in deciding whether to compute Delta or Cumulative
 	// Aggregations when passing Records to this Exporter.
-	ExportKindSelector
-}
-
-// ExportKindSelector is a sub-interface of Exporter used to indicate
-// whether the Processor should compute Delta or Cumulative
-// Aggregations.
-type ExportKindSelector interface {
-	// ExportKindFor should return the correct ExportKind that
-	// should be used when exporting data for the given metric
-	// instrument and Aggregator kind.
-	ExportKindFor(descriptor *sdkapi.Descriptor, aggregatorKind aggregation.Kind) ExportKind
+	aggregation.TemporalitySelector
 }
 
 // InstrumentationLibraryReader is an interface for exporters to iterate
@@ -254,7 +242,7 @@ type Reader interface {
 	// period. Each aggregated checkpoint returned by the
 	// function parameter may return an error.
 	//
-	// The ExportKindSelector argument is used to determine
+	// The TemporalitySelector argument is used to determine
 	// whether the Record is computed using Delta or Cumulative
 	// aggregation.
 	//
@@ -262,7 +250,7 @@ type Reader interface {
 	// expected from the Meter implementation. Any other kind
 	// of error will immediately halt ForEach and return
 	// the error to the caller.
-	ForEach(kindSelector ExportKindSelector, recordFunc func(Record) error) error
+	ForEach(tempSelector aggregation.TemporalitySelector, recordFunc func(Record) error) error
 
 	// Locker supports locking the checkpoint set.  Collection
 	// into the checkpoint set cannot take place (in case of a
@@ -364,90 +352,3 @@ func (r Record) StartTime() time.Time {
 func (r Record) EndTime() time.Time {
 	return r.end
 }
-
-// ExportKind indicates the kind of data exported by an exporter.
-// These bits may be OR-d together when multiple exporters are in use.
-type ExportKind int
-
-const (
-	// CumulativeExportKind indicates that an Exporter expects a
-	// Cumulative Aggregation.
-	CumulativeExportKind ExportKind = 1
-
-	// DeltaExportKind indicates that an Exporter expects a
-	// Delta Aggregation.
-	DeltaExportKind ExportKind = 2
-)
-
-// Includes tests whether `kind` includes a specific kind of
-// exporter.
-func (kind ExportKind) Includes(has ExportKind) bool {
-	return kind&has != 0
-}
-
-// MemoryRequired returns whether an exporter of this kind requires
-// memory to export correctly.
-func (kind ExportKind) MemoryRequired(mkind sdkapi.InstrumentKind) bool {
-	switch mkind {
-	case sdkapi.HistogramInstrumentKind, sdkapi.GaugeObserverInstrumentKind,
-		sdkapi.CounterInstrumentKind, sdkapi.UpDownCounterInstrumentKind:
-		// Delta-oriented instruments:
-		return kind.Includes(CumulativeExportKind)
-
-	case sdkapi.CounterObserverInstrumentKind, sdkapi.UpDownCounterObserverInstrumentKind:
-		// Cumulative-oriented instruments:
-		return kind.Includes(DeltaExportKind)
-	}
-	// Something unexpected is happening--we could panic.  This
-	// will become an error when the exporter tries to access a
-	// checkpoint, presumably, so let it be.
-	return false
-}
-
-type (
-	constantExportKindSelector  ExportKind
-	statelessExportKindSelector struct{}
-)
-
-var (
-	_ ExportKindSelector = constantExportKindSelector(0)
-	_ ExportKindSelector = statelessExportKindSelector{}
-)
-
-// ConstantExportKindSelector returns an ExportKindSelector that returns
-// a constant ExportKind, one that is either always cumulative or always delta.
-func ConstantExportKindSelector(kind ExportKind) ExportKindSelector {
-	return constantExportKindSelector(kind)
-}
-
-// CumulativeExportKindSelector returns an ExportKindSelector that
-// always returns CumulativeExportKind.
-func CumulativeExportKindSelector() ExportKindSelector {
-	return ConstantExportKindSelector(CumulativeExportKind)
-}
-
-// DeltaExportKindSelector returns an ExportKindSelector that
-// always returns DeltaExportKind.
-func DeltaExportKindSelector() ExportKindSelector {
-	return ConstantExportKindSelector(DeltaExportKind)
-}
-
-// StatelessExportKindSelector returns an ExportKindSelector that
-// always returns the ExportKind that avoids long-term memory
-// requirements.
-func StatelessExportKindSelector() ExportKindSelector {
-	return statelessExportKindSelector{}
-}
-
-// ExportKindFor implements ExportKindSelector.
-func (c constantExportKindSelector) ExportKindFor(_ *sdkapi.Descriptor, _ aggregation.Kind) ExportKind {
-	return ExportKind(c)
-}
-
-// ExportKindFor implements ExportKindSelector.
-func (s statelessExportKindSelector) ExportKindFor(desc *sdkapi.Descriptor, kind aggregation.Kind) ExportKind {
-	if kind == aggregation.SumKind && desc.InstrumentKind().PrecomputedSum() {
-		return CumulativeExportKind
-	}
-	return DeltaExportKind
-}
diff --git a/sdk/metric/controller/basic/controller_test.go b/sdk/metric/controller/basic/controller_test.go
index dd90e7c0b7c..870e65f2c0c 100644
--- a/sdk/metric/controller/basic/controller_test.go
+++ b/sdk/metric/controller/basic/controller_test.go
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ func getMap(t *testing.T, cont *controller.Controller) map[string]float64 {
 	require.NoError(t, cont.ForEach(
 		func(_ instrumentation.Library, reader export.Reader) error {
 			return reader.ForEach(
-				export.CumulativeExportKindSelector(),
+				aggregation.CumulativeTemporalitySelector(),
 				func(record export.Record) error {
 					return out.AddRecord(record)
 				},
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ func TestControllerUsesResource(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 	for _, c := range cases {
 		t.Run(fmt.Sprintf("case-%s", c.name), func(t *testing.T) {
-			sel := export.CumulativeExportKindSelector()
+			sel := aggregation.CumulativeTemporalitySelector()
 			exp := processortest.New(sel, attribute.DefaultEncoder())
 			cont := controller.New(
 				processor.NewFactory(
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ func TestStartNoExporter(t *testing.T) {
 	cont := controller.New(
 		processor.NewFactory(
 			processortest.AggregatorSelector(),
-			export.CumulativeExportKindSelector(),
+			aggregation.CumulativeTemporalitySelector(),
 		),
 		controller.WithCollectPeriod(time.Second),
 		controller.WithResource(resource.Empty()),
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ func TestObserverCanceled(t *testing.T) {
 	cont := controller.New(
 		processor.NewFactory(
 			processortest.AggregatorSelector(),
-			export.CumulativeExportKindSelector(),
+			aggregation.CumulativeTemporalitySelector(),
 		),
 		controller.WithCollectPeriod(0),
 		controller.WithCollectTimeout(time.Millisecond),
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ func TestObserverContext(t *testing.T) {
 	cont := controller.New(
 		processor.NewFactory(
 			processortest.AggregatorSelector(),
-			export.CumulativeExportKindSelector(),
+			aggregation.CumulativeTemporalitySelector(),
 		),
 		controller.WithCollectTimeout(0),
 		controller.WithResource(resource.Empty()),
@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ type blockingExporter struct {
 func newBlockingExporter() *blockingExporter {
 	return &blockingExporter{
 		exporter: processortest.New(
-			export.CumulativeExportKindSelector(),
+			aggregation.CumulativeTemporalitySelector(),
 			attribute.DefaultEncoder(),
 		),
 	}
@@ -296,11 +296,8 @@ func (b *blockingExporter) Export(ctx context.Context, res *resource.Resource, o
 	return err
 }
 
-func (*blockingExporter) ExportKindFor(
-	*sdkapi.Descriptor,
-	aggregation.Kind,
-) export.ExportKind {
-	return export.CumulativeExportKind
+func (*blockingExporter) TemporalityFor(*sdkapi.Descriptor, aggregation.Kind) aggregation.Temporality {
+	return aggregation.CumulativeTemporality
 }
 
 func TestExportTimeout(t *testing.T) {
@@ -308,7 +305,7 @@ func TestExportTimeout(t *testing.T) {
 	cont := controller.New(
 		processor.NewFactory(
 			processortest.AggregatorSelector(),
-			export.CumulativeExportKindSelector(),
+			aggregation.CumulativeTemporalitySelector(),
 		),
 		controller.WithCollectPeriod(time.Second),
 		controller.WithPushTimeout(time.Millisecond),
@@ -357,7 +354,7 @@ func TestExportTimeout(t *testing.T) {
 
 func TestCollectAfterStopThenStartAgain(t *testing.T) {
 	exp := processortest.New(
-		export.CumulativeExportKindSelector(),
+		aggregation.CumulativeTemporalitySelector(),
 		attribute.DefaultEncoder(),
 	)
 	cont := controller.New(
@@ -436,7 +433,7 @@ func TestCollectAfterStopThenStartAgain(t *testing.T) {
 
 func TestRegistryFunction(t *testing.T) {
 	exp := processortest.New(
-		export.CumulativeExportKindSelector(),
+		aggregation.CumulativeTemporalitySelector(),
 		attribute.DefaultEncoder(),
 	)
 	cont := controller.New(
diff --git a/sdk/metric/controller/basic/pull_test.go b/sdk/metric/controller/basic/pull_test.go
index 04c25c23571..6e87c6f6a97 100644
--- a/sdk/metric/controller/basic/pull_test.go
+++ b/sdk/metric/controller/basic/pull_test.go
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ import (
 
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/attribute"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric"
-	export "go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/export/metric"
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/export/metric/aggregation"
 	controller "go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric/controller/basic"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric/controller/controllertest"
 	processor "go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric/processor/basic"
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ func TestPullNoCollect(t *testing.T) {
 	puller := controller.New(
 		processor.NewFactory(
 			processortest.AggregatorSelector(),
-			export.CumulativeExportKindSelector(),
+			aggregation.CumulativeTemporalitySelector(),
 			processor.WithMemory(true),
 		),
 		controller.WithCollectPeriod(0),
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ func TestPullNoCollect(t *testing.T) {
 
 	require.NoError(t, puller.Collect(ctx))
 	records := processortest.NewOutput(attribute.DefaultEncoder())
-	require.NoError(t, controllertest.ReadAll(puller, export.CumulativeExportKindSelector(), records.AddInstrumentationLibraryRecord))
+	require.NoError(t, controllertest.ReadAll(puller, aggregation.CumulativeTemporalitySelector(), records.AddInstrumentationLibraryRecord))
 
 	require.EqualValues(t, map[string]float64{
 		"counter.sum/A=B/": 10,
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ func TestPullNoCollect(t *testing.T) {
 
 	require.NoError(t, puller.Collect(ctx))
 	records = processortest.NewOutput(attribute.DefaultEncoder())
-	require.NoError(t, controllertest.ReadAll(puller, export.CumulativeExportKindSelector(), records.AddInstrumentationLibraryRecord))
+	require.NoError(t, controllertest.ReadAll(puller, aggregation.CumulativeTemporalitySelector(), records.AddInstrumentationLibraryRecord))
 
 	require.EqualValues(t, map[string]float64{
 		"counter.sum/A=B/": 20,
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ func TestPullWithCollect(t *testing.T) {
 	puller := controller.New(
 		processor.NewFactory(
 			processortest.AggregatorSelector(),
-			export.CumulativeExportKindSelector(),
+			aggregation.CumulativeTemporalitySelector(),
 			processor.WithMemory(true),
 		),
 		controller.WithCollectPeriod(time.Second),
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ func TestPullWithCollect(t *testing.T) {
 
 	require.NoError(t, puller.Collect(ctx))
 	records := processortest.NewOutput(attribute.DefaultEncoder())
-	require.NoError(t, controllertest.ReadAll(puller, export.CumulativeExportKindSelector(), records.AddInstrumentationLibraryRecord))
+	require.NoError(t, controllertest.ReadAll(puller, aggregation.CumulativeTemporalitySelector(), records.AddInstrumentationLibraryRecord))
 
 	require.EqualValues(t, map[string]float64{
 		"counter.sum/A=B/": 10,
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ func TestPullWithCollect(t *testing.T) {
 	// Cached value!
 	require.NoError(t, puller.Collect(ctx))
 	records = processortest.NewOutput(attribute.DefaultEncoder())
-	require.NoError(t, controllertest.ReadAll(puller, export.CumulativeExportKindSelector(), records.AddInstrumentationLibraryRecord))
+	require.NoError(t, controllertest.ReadAll(puller, aggregation.CumulativeTemporalitySelector(), records.AddInstrumentationLibraryRecord))
 
 	require.EqualValues(t, map[string]float64{
 		"counter.sum/A=B/": 10,
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ func TestPullWithCollect(t *testing.T) {
 	// Re-computed value!
 	require.NoError(t, puller.Collect(ctx))
 	records = processortest.NewOutput(attribute.DefaultEncoder())
-	require.NoError(t, controllertest.ReadAll(puller, export.CumulativeExportKindSelector(), records.AddInstrumentationLibraryRecord))
+	require.NoError(t, controllertest.ReadAll(puller, aggregation.CumulativeTemporalitySelector(), records.AddInstrumentationLibraryRecord))
 
 	require.EqualValues(t, map[string]float64{
 		"counter.sum/A=B/": 20,
diff --git a/sdk/metric/controller/basic/push_test.go b/sdk/metric/controller/basic/push_test.go
index 0b1b5474f3b..775754774bf 100644
--- a/sdk/metric/controller/basic/push_test.go
+++ b/sdk/metric/controller/basic/push_test.go
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ func init() {
 
 func newExporter() *processortest.Exporter {
 	return processortest.New(
-		export.StatelessExportKindSelector(),
+		aggregation.StatelessTemporalitySelector(),
 		attribute.DefaultEncoder(),
 	)
 }
diff --git a/sdk/metric/controller/controllertest/test.go b/sdk/metric/controller/controllertest/test.go
index d4b8d3a3299..8676129ebe5 100644
--- a/sdk/metric/controller/controllertest/test.go
+++ b/sdk/metric/controller/controllertest/test.go
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/benbjohnson/clock"
 
 	export "go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/export/metric"
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/export/metric/aggregation"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/instrumentation"
 	controllerTime "go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric/controller/time"
 )
@@ -64,7 +65,7 @@ func (t MockTicker) C() <-chan time.Time {
 // metric).
 func ReadAll(
 	reader export.InstrumentationLibraryReader,
-	kind export.ExportKindSelector,
+	kind aggregation.TemporalitySelector,
 	apply func(instrumentation.Library, export.Record) error,
 ) error {
 	return reader.ForEach(func(library instrumentation.Library, reader export.Reader) error {
diff --git a/sdk/metric/processor/basic/basic.go b/sdk/metric/processor/basic/basic.go
index c01509faf04..7e2fd26320a 100644
--- a/sdk/metric/processor/basic/basic.go
+++ b/sdk/metric/processor/basic/basic.go
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ import (
 
 type (
 	Processor struct {
-		export.ExportKindSelector
+		aggregation.TemporalitySelector
 		export.AggregatorSelector
 
 		state
@@ -118,32 +118,32 @@ var _ export.Reader = &state{}
 // ErrInconsistentState is returned when the sequence of collection's starts and finishes are incorrectly balanced.
 var ErrInconsistentState = fmt.Errorf("inconsistent processor state")
 
-// ErrInvalidExportKind is returned for unknown metric.ExportKind.
-var ErrInvalidExportKind = fmt.Errorf("invalid export kind")
+// ErrInvalidTemporality is returned for unknown metric.Temporality.
+var ErrInvalidTemporality = fmt.Errorf("invalid aggregation temporality")
 
 // New returns a basic Processor that is also a Checkpointer using the provided
-// AggregatorSelector to select Aggregators.  The ExportKindSelector
+// AggregatorSelector to select Aggregators.  The TemporalitySelector
 // is consulted to determine the kind(s) of exporter that will consume
 // data, so that this Processor can prepare to compute Delta or
 // Cumulative Aggregations as needed.
-func New(aselector export.AggregatorSelector, eselector export.ExportKindSelector, opts ...Option) *Processor {
-	return NewFactory(aselector, eselector, opts...).NewCheckpointer().(*Processor)
+func New(aselector export.AggregatorSelector, tselector aggregation.TemporalitySelector, opts ...Option) *Processor {
+	return NewFactory(aselector, tselector, opts...).NewCheckpointer().(*Processor)
 }
 
 type factory struct {
 	aselector export.AggregatorSelector
-	eselector export.ExportKindSelector
+	tselector aggregation.TemporalitySelector
 	config    config
 }
 
-func NewFactory(aselector export.AggregatorSelector, eselector export.ExportKindSelector, opts ...Option) export.CheckpointerFactory {
+func NewFactory(aselector export.AggregatorSelector, tselector aggregation.TemporalitySelector, opts ...Option) export.CheckpointerFactory {
 	var config config
 	for _, opt := range opts {
 		opt.applyProcessor(&config)
 	}
 	return factory{
 		aselector: aselector,
-		eselector: eselector,
+		tselector: tselector,
 		config:    config,
 	}
 }
@@ -153,8 +153,8 @@ var _ export.CheckpointerFactory = factory{}
 func (f factory) NewCheckpointer() export.Checkpointer {
 	now := time.Now()
 	p := &Processor{
-		AggregatorSelector: f.aselector,
-		ExportKindSelector: f.eselector,
+		AggregatorSelector:  f.aselector,
+		TemporalitySelector: f.tselector,
 		state: state{
 			values:        map[stateKey]*stateValue{},
 			processStart:  now,
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ func (b *Processor) Process(accum export.Accumulation) error {
 	// Check if there is an existing value.
 	value, ok := b.state.values[key]
 	if !ok {
-		stateful := b.ExportKindFor(desc, agg.Aggregation().Kind()).MemoryRequired(desc.InstrumentKind())
+		stateful := b.TemporalityFor(desc, agg.Aggregation().Kind()).MemoryRequired(desc.InstrumentKind())
 
 		newValue := &stateValue{
 			labels:   accum.Labels(),
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ func (b *Processor) Process(accum export.Accumulation) error {
 	// instrument reports a PrecomputedSum to a DeltaExporter or
 	// the reverse, a non-PrecomputedSum instrument with a
 	// CumulativeExporter.  This logic is encapsulated in
-	// ExportKind.MemoryRequired(InstrumentKind).
+	// Temporality.MemoryRequired(InstrumentKind).
 	//
 	// Case (b) occurs when the variable `sameCollection` is true,
 	// indicating that the stateKey for Accumulation has already
@@ -340,7 +340,7 @@ func (b *Processor) FinishCollection() error {
 // ForEach iterates through the Reader, passing an
 // export.Record with the appropriate Cumulative or Delta aggregation
 // to an exporter.
-func (b *state) ForEach(exporter export.ExportKindSelector, f func(export.Record) error) error {
+func (b *state) ForEach(exporter aggregation.TemporalitySelector, f func(export.Record) error) error {
 	if b.startedCollection != b.finishedCollection {
 		return ErrInconsistentState
 	}
@@ -356,9 +356,9 @@ func (b *state) ForEach(exporter export.ExportKindSelector, f func(export.Record
 			continue
 		}
 
-		ekind := exporter.ExportKindFor(key.descriptor, value.current.Aggregation().Kind())
-		switch ekind {
-		case export.CumulativeExportKind:
+		aggTemp := exporter.TemporalityFor(key.descriptor, value.current.Aggregation().Kind())
+		switch aggTemp {
+		case aggregation.CumulativeTemporality:
 			// If stateful, the sum has been computed.  If stateless, the
 			// input was already cumulative.  Either way, use the checkpointed
 			// value:
@@ -369,7 +369,7 @@ func (b *state) ForEach(exporter export.ExportKindSelector, f func(export.Record
 			}
 			start = b.processStart
 
-		case export.DeltaExportKind:
+		case aggregation.DeltaTemporality:
 			// Precomputed sums are a special case.
 			if mkind.PrecomputedSum() {
 				agg = value.delta.Aggregation()
@@ -379,7 +379,7 @@ func (b *state) ForEach(exporter export.ExportKindSelector, f func(export.Record
 			start = b.intervalStart
 
 		default:
-			return fmt.Errorf("%v: %w", ekind, ErrInvalidExportKind)
+			return fmt.Errorf("%v: %w", aggTemp, ErrInvalidTemporality)
 		}
 
 		if err := f(export.NewRecord(
diff --git a/sdk/metric/processor/basic/basic_test.go b/sdk/metric/processor/basic/basic_test.go
index 131d73b5c7d..d4d90e95050 100644
--- a/sdk/metric/processor/basic/basic_test.go
+++ b/sdk/metric/processor/basic/basic_test.go
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ func requireNotAfter(t *testing.T, t1, t2 time.Time) {
 // TestProcessor tests all the non-error paths in this package.
 func TestProcessor(t *testing.T) {
 	type exportCase struct {
-		kind export.ExportKind
+		kind aggregation.Temporality
 	}
 	type instrumentCase struct {
 		kind sdkapi.InstrumentKind
@@ -60,8 +60,8 @@ func TestProcessor(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	for _, tc := range []exportCase{
-		{kind: export.CumulativeExportKind},
-		{kind: export.DeltaExportKind},
+		{kind: aggregation.CumulativeTemporality},
+		{kind: aggregation.DeltaTemporality},
 	} {
 		t.Run(tc.kind.String(), func(t *testing.T) {
 			for _, ic := range []instrumentCase{
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ func updateFor(t *testing.T, desc *sdkapi.Descriptor, selector export.Aggregator
 
 func testProcessor(
 	t *testing.T,
-	ekind export.ExportKind,
+	aggTemp aggregation.Temporality,
 	mkind sdkapi.InstrumentKind,
 	nkind number.Kind,
 	akind aggregation.Kind,
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ func testProcessor(
 	labs2 := []attribute.KeyValue{attribute.String("L2", "V")}
 
 	testBody := func(t *testing.T, hasMemory bool, nAccum, nCheckpoint int) {
-		processor := basic.New(selector, export.ConstantExportKindSelector(ekind), basic.WithMemory(hasMemory))
+		processor := basic.New(selector, aggregation.ConstantTemporalitySelector(aggTemp), basic.WithMemory(hasMemory))
 
 		instSuffix := fmt.Sprint(".", strings.ToLower(akind.String()))
 
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ func testProcessor(
 				_, canSub := subr.(export.Subtractor)
 
 				// Allow unsupported subraction case only when it is called for.
-				require.True(t, mkind.PrecomputedSum() && ekind == export.DeltaExportKind && !canSub)
+				require.True(t, mkind.PrecomputedSum() && aggTemp == aggregation.DeltaTemporality && !canSub)
 				return
 			} else if err != nil {
 				t.Fatal("unexpected FinishCollection error: ", err)
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ func testProcessor(
 
 				// Test the final checkpoint state.
 				records1 := processorTest.NewOutput(attribute.DefaultEncoder())
-				err = reader.ForEach(export.ConstantExportKindSelector(ekind), records1.AddRecord)
+				err = reader.ForEach(aggregation.ConstantTemporalitySelector(aggTemp), records1.AddRecord)
 
 				// Test for an allowed error:
 				if err != nil && err != aggregation.ErrNoSubtraction {
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ func testProcessor(
 					// number of Accumulators, unless LastValue aggregation.
 					// If a precomputed sum, we expect cumulative inputs.
 					if mkind.PrecomputedSum() {
-						if ekind == export.DeltaExportKind && akind != aggregation.LastValueKind {
+						if aggTemp == aggregation.DeltaTemporality && akind != aggregation.LastValueKind {
 							multiplier = int64(nAccum)
 						} else if akind == aggregation.LastValueKind {
 							multiplier = cumulativeMultiplier
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ func testProcessor(
 							multiplier = cumulativeMultiplier * int64(nAccum)
 						}
 					} else {
-						if ekind == export.CumulativeExportKind && akind != aggregation.LastValueKind {
+						if aggTemp == aggregation.CumulativeTemporality && akind != aggregation.LastValueKind {
 							multiplier = cumulativeMultiplier * int64(nAccum)
 						} else if akind == aggregation.LastValueKind {
 							multiplier = 1
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ func testProcessor(
 					// Synchronous accumulate results from multiple accumulators,
 					// use that number as the baseline multiplier.
 					multiplier = int64(nAccum)
-					if ekind == export.CumulativeExportKind {
+					if aggTemp == aggregation.CumulativeTemporality {
 						// If a cumulative exporter, include prior checkpoints.
 						multiplier *= cumulativeMultiplier
 					}
@@ -265,8 +265,8 @@ func testProcessor(
 
 type bogusExporter struct{}
 
-func (bogusExporter) ExportKindFor(*sdkapi.Descriptor, aggregation.Kind) export.ExportKind {
-	return 1000000
+func (bogusExporter) TemporalityFor(*sdkapi.Descriptor, aggregation.Kind) aggregation.Temporality {
+	return 100
 }
 
 func (bogusExporter) Export(context.Context, export.Reader) error {
@@ -275,39 +275,39 @@ func (bogusExporter) Export(context.Context, export.Reader) error {
 
 func TestBasicInconsistent(t *testing.T) {
 	// Test double-start
-	b := basic.New(processorTest.AggregatorSelector(), export.StatelessExportKindSelector())
+	b := basic.New(processorTest.AggregatorSelector(), aggregation.StatelessTemporalitySelector())
 
 	b.StartCollection()
 	b.StartCollection()
 	require.Equal(t, basic.ErrInconsistentState, b.FinishCollection())
 
 	// Test finish without start
-	b = basic.New(processorTest.AggregatorSelector(), export.StatelessExportKindSelector())
+	b = basic.New(processorTest.AggregatorSelector(), aggregation.StatelessTemporalitySelector())
 
 	require.Equal(t, basic.ErrInconsistentState, b.FinishCollection())
 
 	// Test no finish
-	b = basic.New(processorTest.AggregatorSelector(), export.StatelessExportKindSelector())
+	b = basic.New(processorTest.AggregatorSelector(), aggregation.StatelessTemporalitySelector())
 
 	b.StartCollection()
 	require.Equal(
 		t,
 		basic.ErrInconsistentState,
 		b.ForEach(
-			export.StatelessExportKindSelector(),
+			aggregation.StatelessTemporalitySelector(),
 			func(export.Record) error { return nil },
 		),
 	)
 
 	// Test no start
-	b = basic.New(processorTest.AggregatorSelector(), export.StatelessExportKindSelector())
+	b = basic.New(processorTest.AggregatorSelector(), aggregation.StatelessTemporalitySelector())
 
 	desc := metrictest.NewDescriptor("inst", sdkapi.CounterInstrumentKind, number.Int64Kind)
 	accum := export.NewAccumulation(&desc, attribute.EmptySet(), aggregatortest.NoopAggregator{})
 	require.Equal(t, basic.ErrInconsistentState, b.Process(accum))
 
 	// Test invalid kind:
-	b = basic.New(processorTest.AggregatorSelector(), export.StatelessExportKindSelector())
+	b = basic.New(processorTest.AggregatorSelector(), aggregation.StatelessTemporalitySelector())
 	b.StartCollection()
 	require.NoError(t, b.Process(accum))
 	require.NoError(t, b.FinishCollection())
@@ -316,14 +316,14 @@ func TestBasicInconsistent(t *testing.T) {
 		bogusExporter{},
 		func(export.Record) error { return nil },
 	)
-	require.True(t, errors.Is(err, basic.ErrInvalidExportKind))
+	require.True(t, errors.Is(err, basic.ErrInvalidTemporality))
 
 }
 
 func TestBasicTimestamps(t *testing.T) {
 	beforeNew := time.Now()
 	time.Sleep(time.Nanosecond)
-	b := basic.New(processorTest.AggregatorSelector(), export.StatelessExportKindSelector())
+	b := basic.New(processorTest.AggregatorSelector(), aggregation.StatelessTemporalitySelector())
 	time.Sleep(time.Nanosecond)
 	afterNew := time.Now()
 
@@ -336,7 +336,7 @@ func TestBasicTimestamps(t *testing.T) {
 
 	var start1, end1 time.Time
 
-	require.NoError(t, b.ForEach(export.StatelessExportKindSelector(), func(rec export.Record) error {
+	require.NoError(t, b.ForEach(aggregation.StatelessTemporalitySelector(), func(rec export.Record) error {
 		start1 = rec.StartTime()
 		end1 = rec.EndTime()
 		return nil
@@ -353,7 +353,7 @@ func TestBasicTimestamps(t *testing.T) {
 
 		var start2, end2 time.Time
 
-		require.NoError(t, b.ForEach(export.StatelessExportKindSelector(), func(rec export.Record) error {
+		require.NoError(t, b.ForEach(aggregation.StatelessTemporalitySelector(), func(rec export.Record) error {
 			start2 = rec.StartTime()
 			end2 = rec.EndTime()
 			return nil
@@ -370,12 +370,12 @@ func TestBasicTimestamps(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestStatefulNoMemoryCumulative(t *testing.T) {
-	ekindSel := export.CumulativeExportKindSelector()
+	aggTempSel := aggregation.CumulativeTemporalitySelector()
 
 	desc := metrictest.NewDescriptor("inst.sum", sdkapi.CounterInstrumentKind, number.Int64Kind)
 	selector := processorTest.AggregatorSelector()
 
-	processor := basic.New(selector, ekindSel, basic.WithMemory(false))
+	processor := basic.New(selector, aggTempSel, basic.WithMemory(false))
 	reader := processor.Reader()
 
 	for i := 1; i < 3; i++ {
@@ -385,7 +385,7 @@ func TestStatefulNoMemoryCumulative(t *testing.T) {
 
 		// Verify zero elements
 		records := processorTest.NewOutput(attribute.DefaultEncoder())
-		require.NoError(t, reader.ForEach(ekindSel, records.AddRecord))
+		require.NoError(t, reader.ForEach(aggTempSel, records.AddRecord))
 		require.EqualValues(t, map[string]float64{}, records.Map())
 
 		// Add 10
@@ -395,7 +395,7 @@ func TestStatefulNoMemoryCumulative(t *testing.T) {
 
 		// Verify one element
 		records = processorTest.NewOutput(attribute.DefaultEncoder())
-		require.NoError(t, reader.ForEach(ekindSel, records.AddRecord))
+		require.NoError(t, reader.ForEach(aggTempSel, records.AddRecord))
 		require.EqualValues(t, map[string]float64{
 			"inst.sum/A=B/": float64(i * 10),
 		}, records.Map())
@@ -403,12 +403,12 @@ func TestStatefulNoMemoryCumulative(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestStatefulNoMemoryDelta(t *testing.T) {
-	ekindSel := export.DeltaExportKindSelector()
+	aggTempSel := aggregation.DeltaTemporalitySelector()
 
 	desc := metrictest.NewDescriptor("inst.sum", sdkapi.CounterObserverInstrumentKind, number.Int64Kind)
 	selector := processorTest.AggregatorSelector()
 
-	processor := basic.New(selector, ekindSel, basic.WithMemory(false))
+	processor := basic.New(selector, aggTempSel, basic.WithMemory(false))
 	reader := processor.Reader()
 
 	for i := 1; i < 3; i++ {
@@ -418,7 +418,7 @@ func TestStatefulNoMemoryDelta(t *testing.T) {
 
 		// Verify zero elements
 		records := processorTest.NewOutput(attribute.DefaultEncoder())
-		require.NoError(t, reader.ForEach(ekindSel, records.AddRecord))
+		require.NoError(t, reader.ForEach(aggTempSel, records.AddRecord))
 		require.EqualValues(t, map[string]float64{}, records.Map())
 
 		// Add 10
@@ -428,7 +428,7 @@ func TestStatefulNoMemoryDelta(t *testing.T) {
 
 		// Verify one element
 		records = processorTest.NewOutput(attribute.DefaultEncoder())
-		require.NoError(t, reader.ForEach(ekindSel, records.AddRecord))
+		require.NoError(t, reader.ForEach(aggTempSel, records.AddRecord))
 		require.EqualValues(t, map[string]float64{
 			"inst.sum/A=B/": 10,
 		}, records.Map())
@@ -436,15 +436,15 @@ func TestStatefulNoMemoryDelta(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestMultiObserverSum(t *testing.T) {
-	for _, ekindSel := range []export.ExportKindSelector{
-		export.CumulativeExportKindSelector(),
-		export.DeltaExportKindSelector(),
+	for _, aggTempSel := range []aggregation.TemporalitySelector{
+		aggregation.CumulativeTemporalitySelector(),
+		aggregation.DeltaTemporalitySelector(),
 	} {
 
 		desc := metrictest.NewDescriptor("observe.sum", sdkapi.CounterObserverInstrumentKind, number.Int64Kind)
 		selector := processorTest.AggregatorSelector()
 
-		processor := basic.New(selector, ekindSel, basic.WithMemory(false))
+		processor := basic.New(selector, aggTempSel, basic.WithMemory(false))
 		reader := processor.Reader()
 
 		for i := 1; i < 3; i++ {
@@ -457,13 +457,13 @@ func TestMultiObserverSum(t *testing.T) {
 
 			// Multiplier is 1 for deltas, otherwise i.
 			multiplier := i
-			if ekindSel.ExportKindFor(&desc, aggregation.SumKind) == export.DeltaExportKind {
+			if aggTempSel.TemporalityFor(&desc, aggregation.SumKind) == aggregation.DeltaTemporality {
 				multiplier = 1
 			}
 
 			// Verify one element
 			records := processorTest.NewOutput(attribute.DefaultEncoder())
-			require.NoError(t, reader.ForEach(ekindSel, records.AddRecord))
+			require.NoError(t, reader.ForEach(aggTempSel, records.AddRecord))
 			require.EqualValues(t, map[string]float64{
 				"observe.sum/A=B/": float64(3 * 10 * multiplier),
 			}, records.Map())
@@ -473,7 +473,7 @@ func TestMultiObserverSum(t *testing.T) {
 
 func TestCounterObserverEndToEnd(t *testing.T) {
 	ctx := context.Background()
-	eselector := export.CumulativeExportKindSelector()
+	eselector := aggregation.CumulativeTemporalitySelector()
 	proc := basic.New(
 		processorTest.AggregatorSelector(),
 		eselector,
diff --git a/sdk/metric/processor/processortest/test.go b/sdk/metric/processor/processortest/test.go
index 15488f3370e..bb6f18f7e67 100644
--- a/sdk/metric/processor/processortest/test.go
+++ b/sdk/metric/processor/processortest/test.go
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ type (
 	// Exporter is a testing implementation of export.Exporter that
 	// assembles its results as a map[string]float64.
 	Exporter struct {
-		export.ExportKindSelector
+		aggregation.TemporalitySelector
 		output      *Output
 		exportCount int
 
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ func NewOutput(labelEncoder attribute.Encoder) *Output {
 }
 
 // ForEach implements export.Reader.
-func (o *Output) ForEach(_ export.ExportKindSelector, ff func(export.Record) error) error {
+func (o *Output) ForEach(_ aggregation.TemporalitySelector, ff func(export.Record) error) error {
 	for key, value := range o.m {
 		if err := ff(export.NewRecord(
 			key.desc,
@@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ func (o *Output) AddRecordWithResource(rec export.Record, res *resource.Resource
 // is chosen, whichever is implemented by the underlying Aggregator.
 func (o *Output) Map() map[string]float64 {
 	r := make(map[string]float64)
-	err := o.ForEach(export.StatelessExportKindSelector(), func(record export.Record) error {
+	err := o.ForEach(aggregation.StatelessTemporalitySelector(), func(record export.Record) error {
 		for key, entry := range o.m {
 			encoded := entry.labels.Encoded(o.labelEncoder)
 			rencoded := entry.resource.Encoded(o.labelEncoder)
@@ -344,10 +344,10 @@ func (o *Output) AddAccumulation(acc export.Accumulation) error {
 //
 // Where in the example A=1,B=2 is the encoded labels and R=V is the
 // encoded resource value.
-func New(selector export.ExportKindSelector, encoder attribute.Encoder) *Exporter {
+func New(selector aggregation.TemporalitySelector, encoder attribute.Encoder) *Exporter {
 	return &Exporter{
-		ExportKindSelector: selector,
-		output:             NewOutput(encoder),
+		TemporalitySelector: selector,
+		output:              NewOutput(encoder),
 	}
 }
 
@@ -356,7 +356,7 @@ func (e *Exporter) Export(_ context.Context, res *resource.Resource, ckpt export
 	defer e.output.Unlock()
 	e.exportCount++
 	return ckpt.ForEach(func(library instrumentation.Library, mr export.Reader) error {
-		return mr.ForEach(e.ExportKindSelector, func(r export.Record) error {
+		return mr.ForEach(e.TemporalitySelector, func(r export.Record) error {
 			if e.InjectErr != nil {
 				if err := e.InjectErr(r); err != nil {
 					return err
@@ -433,7 +433,7 @@ type metricReader struct {
 
 var _ export.Reader = &metricReader{}
 
-func (m *metricReader) ForEach(_ export.ExportKindSelector, fn func(export.Record) error) error {
+func (m *metricReader) ForEach(_ aggregation.TemporalitySelector, fn func(export.Record) error) error {
 	for _, record := range m.records {
 		if err := fn(record); err != nil && err != aggregation.ErrNoData {
 			return err
diff --git a/sdk/metric/processor/processortest/test_test.go b/sdk/metric/processor/processortest/test_test.go
index 8ee88b55278..2ddbafc0ec8 100644
--- a/sdk/metric/processor/processortest/test_test.go
+++ b/sdk/metric/processor/processortest/test_test.go
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import (
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/attribute"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric"
 	export "go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/export/metric"
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/export/metric/aggregation"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/instrumentation"
 	metricsdk "go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric/processor/processortest"
@@ -71,7 +72,7 @@ func TestProcessorTesting(t *testing.T) {
 
 	// Export the data and validate it again.
 	exporter := processorTest.New(
-		export.StatelessExportKindSelector(),
+		aggregation.StatelessTemporalitySelector(),
 		attribute.DefaultEncoder(),
 	)
 
diff --git a/sdk/metric/processor/reducer/reducer_test.go b/sdk/metric/processor/reducer/reducer_test.go
index 652a2195b3b..bac96ae2b6c 100644
--- a/sdk/metric/processor/reducer/reducer_test.go
+++ b/sdk/metric/processor/reducer/reducer_test.go
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ import (
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/attribute"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric/sdkapi"
-	export "go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/export/metric"
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/export/metric/aggregation"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/instrumentation"
 	metricsdk "go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric/processor/basic"
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ func TestFilterProcessor(t *testing.T) {
 
 // Test a filter with the ../basic Processor.
 func TestFilterBasicProcessor(t *testing.T) {
-	basicProc := basic.New(processorTest.AggregatorSelector(), export.CumulativeExportKindSelector())
+	basicProc := basic.New(processorTest.AggregatorSelector(), aggregation.CumulativeTemporalitySelector())
 	accum := metricsdk.NewAccumulator(
 		reducer.New(testFilter{}, basicProc),
 	)