diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-api/src/api/global-utils.ts b/packages/opentelemetry-api/src/api/global-utils.ts
index a294f345d5..407399c8fb 100644
--- a/packages/opentelemetry-api/src/api/global-utils.ts
+++ b/packages/opentelemetry-api/src/api/global-utils.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
  */
 
 import { ContextManager } from '@opentelemetry/context-base';
-import { HttpTextPropagator } from '../context/propagation/HttpTextPropagator';
+import { TextMapPropagator } from '../context/propagation/TextMapPropagator';
 import { MeterProvider } from '../metrics/MeterProvider';
 import { TracerProvider } from '../trace/tracer_provider';
 import { _globalThis } from '../platform';
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ type Get<T> = (version: number) => T;
 type OtelGlobal = Partial<{
   [GLOBAL_CONTEXT_MANAGER_API_KEY]: Get<ContextManager>;
   [GLOBAL_METRICS_API_KEY]: Get<MeterProvider>;
-  [GLOBAL_PROPAGATION_API_KEY]: Get<HttpTextPropagator>;
+  [GLOBAL_PROPAGATION_API_KEY]: Get<TextMapPropagator>;
   [GLOBAL_TRACE_API_KEY]: Get<TracerProvider>;
 }>;
 
diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-api/src/api/propagation.ts b/packages/opentelemetry-api/src/api/propagation.ts
index 989e497b66..92a046a659 100644
--- a/packages/opentelemetry-api/src/api/propagation.ts
+++ b/packages/opentelemetry-api/src/api/propagation.ts
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@
 
 import { Context } from '@opentelemetry/context-base';
 import { defaultGetter, GetterFunction } from '../context/propagation/getter';
-import { HttpTextPropagator } from '../context/propagation/HttpTextPropagator';
-import { NOOP_HTTP_TEXT_PROPAGATOR } from '../context/propagation/NoopHttpTextPropagator';
+import { TextMapPropagator } from '../context/propagation/TextMapPropagator';
+import { NOOP_TEXT_MAP_PROPAGATOR } from '../context/propagation/NoopTextMapPropagator';
 import { defaultSetter, SetterFunction } from '../context/propagation/setter';
 import { ContextAPI } from './context';
 import {
@@ -50,9 +50,7 @@ export class PropagationAPI {
   /**
    * Set the current propagator. Returns the initialized propagator
    */
-  public setGlobalPropagator(
-    propagator: HttpTextPropagator
-  ): HttpTextPropagator {
+  public setGlobalPropagator(propagator: TextMapPropagator): TextMapPropagator {
     if (_global[GLOBAL_PROPAGATION_API_KEY]) {
       // global propagator has already been set
       return this._getGlobalPropagator();
@@ -61,7 +59,7 @@ export class PropagationAPI {
     _global[GLOBAL_PROPAGATION_API_KEY] = makeGetter(
       API_BACKWARDS_COMPATIBILITY_VERSION,
       propagator,
-      NOOP_HTTP_TEXT_PROPAGATOR
+      NOOP_TEXT_MAP_PROPAGATOR
     );
 
     return propagator;
@@ -102,11 +100,11 @@ export class PropagationAPI {
     delete _global[GLOBAL_PROPAGATION_API_KEY];
   }
 
-  private _getGlobalPropagator(): HttpTextPropagator {
+  private _getGlobalPropagator(): TextMapPropagator {
     return (
       _global[GLOBAL_PROPAGATION_API_KEY]?.(
         API_BACKWARDS_COMPATIBILITY_VERSION
-      ) ?? NOOP_HTTP_TEXT_PROPAGATOR
+      ) ?? NOOP_TEXT_MAP_PROPAGATOR
     );
   }
 }
diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-api/src/context/propagation/NoopHttpTextPropagator.ts b/packages/opentelemetry-api/src/context/propagation/NoopTextMapPropagator.ts
similarity index 79%
rename from packages/opentelemetry-api/src/context/propagation/NoopHttpTextPropagator.ts
rename to packages/opentelemetry-api/src/context/propagation/NoopTextMapPropagator.ts
index 7782ba30b9..c2155fadc9 100644
--- a/packages/opentelemetry-api/src/context/propagation/NoopHttpTextPropagator.ts
+++ b/packages/opentelemetry-api/src/context/propagation/NoopTextMapPropagator.ts
@@ -15,12 +15,12 @@
  */
 
 import { Context } from '@opentelemetry/context-base';
-import { HttpTextPropagator } from './HttpTextPropagator';
+import { TextMapPropagator } from './TextMapPropagator';
 
 /**
- * No-op implementations of {@link HttpTextPropagator}.
+ * No-op implementations of {@link TextMapPropagator}.
  */
-export class NoopHttpTextPropagator implements HttpTextPropagator {
+export class NoopTextMapPropagator implements TextMapPropagator {
   /** Noop inject function does nothing */
   inject(context: Context, carrier: unknown, setter: Function): void {}
   /** Noop extract function does nothing and returns the input context */
@@ -29,4 +29,4 @@ export class NoopHttpTextPropagator implements HttpTextPropagator {
   }
 }
 
-export const NOOP_HTTP_TEXT_PROPAGATOR = new NoopHttpTextPropagator();
+export const NOOP_TEXT_MAP_PROPAGATOR = new NoopTextMapPropagator();
diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-api/src/context/propagation/HttpTextPropagator.ts b/packages/opentelemetry-api/src/context/propagation/TextMapPropagator.ts
similarity index 95%
rename from packages/opentelemetry-api/src/context/propagation/HttpTextPropagator.ts
rename to packages/opentelemetry-api/src/context/propagation/TextMapPropagator.ts
index 6c6f61d668..f56112495d 100644
--- a/packages/opentelemetry-api/src/context/propagation/HttpTextPropagator.ts
+++ b/packages/opentelemetry-api/src/context/propagation/TextMapPropagator.ts
@@ -29,11 +29,11 @@ import { GetterFunction } from './getter';
  * usually implemented via library-specific request interceptors, where the
  * client-side injects values and the server-side extracts them.
  */
-export interface HttpTextPropagator {
+export interface TextMapPropagator {
   /**
    * Injects values from a given `Context` into a carrier.
    *
-   * OpenTelemetry defines a common set of format values (HttpTextPropagator),
+   * OpenTelemetry defines a common set of format values (TextMapPropagator),
    * and each has an expected `carrier` type.
    *
    * @param context the Context from which to extract values to transmit over
diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-api/src/index.ts b/packages/opentelemetry-api/src/index.ts
index 68dcb00029..96e9b9bb4c 100644
--- a/packages/opentelemetry-api/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/opentelemetry-api/src/index.ts
@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@ export * from './common/Exception';
 export * from './common/Logger';
 export * from './common/Time';
 export * from './context/propagation/getter';
-export * from './context/propagation/HttpTextPropagator';
-export * from './context/propagation/NoopHttpTextPropagator';
+export * from './context/propagation/TextMapPropagator';
+export * from './context/propagation/NoopTextMapPropagator';
 export * from './context/propagation/setter';
 export * from './correlation_context/CorrelationContext';
 export * from './correlation_context/EntryValue';
diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-core/src/context/propagation/B3Propagator.ts b/packages/opentelemetry-core/src/context/propagation/B3Propagator.ts
index 129e457cb6..43da0b1189 100644
--- a/packages/opentelemetry-core/src/context/propagation/B3Propagator.ts
+++ b/packages/opentelemetry-core/src/context/propagation/B3Propagator.ts
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 import {
   Context,
   GetterFunction,
-  HttpTextPropagator,
+  TextMapPropagator,
   SetterFunction,
   TraceFlags,
 } from '@opentelemetry/api';
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ function getTraceFlags(
  * Propagator for the B3 HTTP header format.
  * Based on: https://github.com/openzipkin/b3-propagation
  */
-export class B3Propagator implements HttpTextPropagator {
+export class B3Propagator implements TextMapPropagator {
   inject(context: Context, carrier: unknown, setter: SetterFunction) {
     const spanContext = getParentSpanContext(context);
     if (!spanContext) return;
diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-core/src/context/propagation/HttpTraceContext.ts b/packages/opentelemetry-core/src/context/propagation/HttpTraceContext.ts
index c5fe4a8e7d..2ba75607d6 100644
--- a/packages/opentelemetry-core/src/context/propagation/HttpTraceContext.ts
+++ b/packages/opentelemetry-core/src/context/propagation/HttpTraceContext.ts
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 import {
   Context,
   GetterFunction,
-  HttpTextPropagator,
+  TextMapPropagator,
   SetterFunction,
   SpanContext,
   TraceFlags,
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ export function parseTraceParent(traceParent: string): SpanContext | null {
  * Based on the Trace Context specification:
  * https://www.w3.org/TR/trace-context/
  */
-export class HttpTraceContext implements HttpTextPropagator {
+export class HttpTraceContext implements TextMapPropagator {
   inject(context: Context, carrier: unknown, setter: SetterFunction) {
     const spanContext = getParentSpanContext(context);
     if (!spanContext) return;
diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-core/src/context/propagation/composite.ts b/packages/opentelemetry-core/src/context/propagation/composite.ts
index 8b5d5d0857..e0adfb585e 100644
--- a/packages/opentelemetry-core/src/context/propagation/composite.ts
+++ b/packages/opentelemetry-core/src/context/propagation/composite.ts
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 import {
   Context,
   GetterFunction,
-  HttpTextPropagator,
+  TextMapPropagator,
   Logger,
   SetterFunction,
 } from '@opentelemetry/api';
@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@ import { NoopLogger } from '../../common/NoopLogger';
 import { CompositePropagatorConfig } from './types';
 
 /** Combines multiple propagators into a single propagator. */
-export class CompositePropagator implements HttpTextPropagator {
-  private readonly _propagators: HttpTextPropagator[];
+export class CompositePropagator implements TextMapPropagator {
+  private readonly _propagators: TextMapPropagator[];
   private readonly _logger: Logger;
 
   /**
diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-core/src/context/propagation/types.ts b/packages/opentelemetry-core/src/context/propagation/types.ts
index 9b7b2213d7..490c6ee56f 100644
--- a/packages/opentelemetry-core/src/context/propagation/types.ts
+++ b/packages/opentelemetry-core/src/context/propagation/types.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-import { HttpTextPropagator, Logger } from '@opentelemetry/api';
+import { TextMapPropagator, Logger } from '@opentelemetry/api';
 
 /** Configuration object for composite propagator */
 export interface CompositePropagatorConfig {
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ export interface CompositePropagatorConfig {
    * list order. If a propagator later in the list writes the same context
    * key as a propagator earlier in the list, the later on will "win".
    */
-  propagators?: HttpTextPropagator[];
+  propagators?: TextMapPropagator[];
 
   /** Instance of logger */
   logger?: Logger;
diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-core/src/correlation-context/propagation/HttpCorrelationContext.ts b/packages/opentelemetry-core/src/correlation-context/propagation/HttpCorrelationContext.ts
index 4c67accb97..c2db665176 100644
--- a/packages/opentelemetry-core/src/correlation-context/propagation/HttpCorrelationContext.ts
+++ b/packages/opentelemetry-core/src/correlation-context/propagation/HttpCorrelationContext.ts
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ import {
   Context,
   CorrelationContext,
   GetterFunction,
-  HttpTextPropagator,
+  TextMapPropagator,
   SetterFunction,
 } from '@opentelemetry/api';
 import {
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ type KeyPair = {
  * Based on the Correlation Context specification:
  * https://w3c.github.io/correlation-context/
  */
-export class HttpCorrelationContext implements HttpTextPropagator {
+export class HttpCorrelationContext implements TextMapPropagator {
   inject(context: Context, carrier: unknown, setter: SetterFunction) {
     const correlationContext = getCorrelationContext(context);
     if (!correlationContext) return;
diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-core/test/context/composite.test.ts b/packages/opentelemetry-core/test/context/composite.test.ts
index a26c6c5ac3..6047f40fba 100644
--- a/packages/opentelemetry-core/test/context/composite.test.ts
+++ b/packages/opentelemetry-core/test/context/composite.test.ts
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 import {
   defaultGetter,
   defaultSetter,
-  HttpTextPropagator,
+  TextMapPropagator,
   SpanContext,
 } from '@opentelemetry/api';
 import { Context } from '@opentelemetry/context-base';
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ describe('Composite Propagator', () => {
   });
 });
 
-class ThrowingPropagator implements HttpTextPropagator {
+class ThrowingPropagator implements TextMapPropagator {
   inject(context: Context, carrier: unknown) {
     throw new Error('this propagator throws');
   }
diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-node/test/registration.test.ts b/packages/opentelemetry-node/test/registration.test.ts
index af4f08183c..2e031fd6b1 100644
--- a/packages/opentelemetry-node/test/registration.test.ts
+++ b/packages/opentelemetry-node/test/registration.test.ts
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 
 import {
   context,
-  NoopHttpTextPropagator,
+  NoopTextMapPropagator,
   propagation,
   trace,
 } from '@opentelemetry/api';
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ describe('API registration', () => {
     const tracerProvider = new NodeTracerProvider();
 
     const contextManager = new NoopContextManager();
-    const propagator = new NoopHttpTextPropagator();
+    const propagator = new NoopTextMapPropagator();
 
     tracerProvider.register({
       contextManager,
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ describe('API registration', () => {
     });
 
     assert.ok(
-      propagation['_getGlobalPropagator']() instanceof NoopHttpTextPropagator
+      propagation['_getGlobalPropagator']() instanceof NoopTextMapPropagator
     );
 
     assert.ok(
diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-plugin-http/test/utils/DummyPropagation.ts b/packages/opentelemetry-plugin-http/test/utils/DummyPropagation.ts
index fe7ef01e51..0c787501a9 100644
--- a/packages/opentelemetry-plugin-http/test/utils/DummyPropagation.ts
+++ b/packages/opentelemetry-plugin-http/test/utils/DummyPropagation.ts
@@ -13,14 +13,14 @@
  * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
  * limitations under the License.
  */
-import { Context, HttpTextPropagator, TraceFlags } from '@opentelemetry/api';
+import { Context, TextMapPropagator, TraceFlags } from '@opentelemetry/api';
 import {
   getParentSpanContext,
   setExtractedSpanContext,
 } from '@opentelemetry/core';
 import * as http from 'http';
 
-export class DummyPropagation implements HttpTextPropagator {
+export class DummyPropagation implements TextMapPropagator {
   static TRACE_CONTEXT_KEY = 'x-dummy-trace-id';
   static SPAN_CONTEXT_KEY = 'x-dummy-span-id';
   extract(context: Context, carrier: http.OutgoingHttpHeaders) {
diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-plugin-https/test/utils/DummyPropagation.ts b/packages/opentelemetry-plugin-https/test/utils/DummyPropagation.ts
index 906efe7968..4acd3835dc 100644
--- a/packages/opentelemetry-plugin-https/test/utils/DummyPropagation.ts
+++ b/packages/opentelemetry-plugin-https/test/utils/DummyPropagation.ts
@@ -13,14 +13,14 @@
  * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
  * limitations under the License.
  */
-import { Context, HttpTextPropagator, TraceFlags } from '@opentelemetry/api';
+import { Context, TextMapPropagator, TraceFlags } from '@opentelemetry/api';
 import {
   setExtractedSpanContext,
   getParentSpanContext,
 } from '@opentelemetry/core';
 import * as http from 'http';
 
-export class DummyPropagation implements HttpTextPropagator {
+export class DummyPropagation implements TextMapPropagator {
   static TRACE_CONTEXT_KEY = 'x-dummy-trace-id';
   static SPAN_CONTEXT_KEY = 'x-dummy-span-id';
   extract(context: Context, carrier: http.OutgoingHttpHeaders) {
diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-sdk-node/README.md b/packages/opentelemetry-sdk-node/README.md
index 2db342d0d7..a2cf4318a4 100644
--- a/packages/opentelemetry-sdk-node/README.md
+++ b/packages/opentelemetry-sdk-node/README.md
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ Detect resources automatically from the environment using the default resource d
 
 Use a custom context manager. Default: [AsyncHooksContextManager](../opentelemetry-context-async-hooks/README.md)
 
-### httpTextPropagator
+### textMapPropagator
 
 Use a custom propagator. Default: [CompositePropagator](../opentelemetry-core/src/context/propagation/composite.ts) using [W3C Trace Context](../opentelemetry-core/README.md#httptracecontext-propagator) and [Correlation Context](../opentelemetry-core/README.md#correlation-context-propagator)
 
diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-sdk-node/src/sdk.ts b/packages/opentelemetry-sdk-node/src/sdk.ts
index 3ab7d614e2..a411ab85df 100644
--- a/packages/opentelemetry-sdk-node/src/sdk.ts
+++ b/packages/opentelemetry-sdk-node/src/sdk.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-import { HttpTextPropagator, metrics } from '@opentelemetry/api';
+import { TextMapPropagator, metrics } from '@opentelemetry/api';
 import { ContextManager } from '@opentelemetry/context-base';
 import { MeterConfig, MeterProvider } from '@opentelemetry/metrics';
 import { NodeTracerConfig, NodeTracerProvider } from '@opentelemetry/node';
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ export class NodeSDK {
     tracerConfig: NodeTracerConfig;
     spanProcessor: SpanProcessor;
     contextManager?: ContextManager;
-    httpTextPropagator?: HttpTextPropagator;
+    textMapPropagator?: TextMapPropagator;
   };
   private _meterProviderConfig?: MeterConfig;
 
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ export class NodeSDK {
         tracerProviderConfig,
         spanProcessor,
         configuration.contextManager,
-        configuration.httpTextPropagator
+        configuration.textMapPropagator
       );
     }
 
@@ -110,13 +110,13 @@ export class NodeSDK {
     tracerConfig: NodeTracerConfig,
     spanProcessor: SpanProcessor,
     contextManager?: ContextManager,
-    httpTextPropagator?: HttpTextPropagator
+    textMapPropagator?: TextMapPropagator
   ) {
     this._tracerProviderConfig = {
       tracerConfig,
       spanProcessor,
       contextManager,
-      httpTextPropagator,
+      textMapPropagator,
     };
   }
 
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ export class NodeSDK {
       tracerProvider.addSpanProcessor(this._tracerProviderConfig.spanProcessor);
       tracerProvider.register({
         contextManager: this._tracerProviderConfig.contextManager,
-        propagator: this._tracerProviderConfig.httpTextPropagator,
+        propagator: this._tracerProviderConfig.textMapPropagator,
       });
     }
 
diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-sdk-node/src/types.ts b/packages/opentelemetry-sdk-node/src/types.ts
index a093cbcfa4..4675c88b3d 100644
--- a/packages/opentelemetry-sdk-node/src/types.ts
+++ b/packages/opentelemetry-sdk-node/src/types.ts
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ export interface NodeSDKConfiguration {
   autoDetectResources: boolean;
   contextManager: ContextManager;
   defaultAttributes: api.Attributes;
-  httpTextPropagator: api.HttpTextPropagator;
+  textMapPropagator: api.TextMapPropagator;
   logger: api.Logger;
   logLevel: core.LogLevel;
   metricBatcher: metrics.Batcher;
diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-sdk-node/test/sdk.test.ts b/packages/opentelemetry-sdk-node/test/sdk.test.ts
index 0cb51a898e..474adf1b81 100644
--- a/packages/opentelemetry-sdk-node/test/sdk.test.ts
+++ b/packages/opentelemetry-sdk-node/test/sdk.test.ts
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ import * as nock from 'nock';
 import {
   context,
   metrics,
-  NoopHttpTextPropagator,
+  NoopTextMapPropagator,
   NoopMeterProvider,
   NoopTracerProvider,
   propagation,
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ describe('Node SDK', () => {
 
       assert.ok(context['_getContextManager']() instanceof NoopContextManager);
       assert.ok(
-        propagation['_getGlobalPropagator']() instanceof NoopHttpTextPropagator
+        propagation['_getGlobalPropagator']() instanceof NoopTextMapPropagator
       );
 
       assert.ok(trace.getTracerProvider() instanceof NoopTracerProvider);
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ describe('Node SDK', () => {
 
       assert.ok(context['_getContextManager']() instanceof NoopContextManager);
       assert.ok(
-        propagation['_getGlobalPropagator']() instanceof NoopHttpTextPropagator
+        propagation['_getGlobalPropagator']() instanceof NoopTextMapPropagator
       );
 
       assert.ok(trace.getTracerProvider() instanceof NoopTracerProvider);
diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-tracing/src/types.ts b/packages/opentelemetry-tracing/src/types.ts
index 4e5059cea3..c90502006e 100644
--- a/packages/opentelemetry-tracing/src/types.ts
+++ b/packages/opentelemetry-tracing/src/types.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-import { HttpTextPropagator, Logger, Sampler } from '@opentelemetry/api';
+import { TextMapPropagator, Logger, Sampler } from '@opentelemetry/api';
 import { LogLevel, IdGenerator } from '@opentelemetry/core';
 
 import { ContextManager } from '@opentelemetry/context-base';
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ export interface TracerConfig {
  */
 export interface SDKRegistrationConfig {
   /** Propagator to register as the global propagator */
-  propagator?: HttpTextPropagator | null;
+  propagator?: TextMapPropagator | null;
 
   /** Context manager to register as the global context manager */
   contextManager?: ContextManager | null;
diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-web/test/registration.test.ts b/packages/opentelemetry-web/test/registration.test.ts
index 2639072bf4..4623a6c7ad 100644
--- a/packages/opentelemetry-web/test/registration.test.ts
+++ b/packages/opentelemetry-web/test/registration.test.ts
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 
 import {
   context,
-  NoopHttpTextPropagator,
+  NoopTextMapPropagator,
   propagation,
   trace,
 } from '@opentelemetry/api';
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ describe('API registration', () => {
     const tracerProvider = new WebTracerProvider();
 
     const contextManager = new NoopContextManager();
-    const propagator = new NoopHttpTextPropagator();
+    const propagator = new NoopTextMapPropagator();
 
     tracerProvider.register({
       contextManager,
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ describe('API registration', () => {
     });
 
     assert.ok(
-      propagation['_getGlobalPropagator']() instanceof NoopHttpTextPropagator
+      propagation['_getGlobalPropagator']() instanceof NoopTextMapPropagator
     );
 
     assert.ok(context['_getContextManager']() instanceof StackContextManager);