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Fix Prometheus docs hyperlinks #4542

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2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion specification/compatibility/prometheus_and_openmetrics.md
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Expand Up @@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ This document covers OpenTelemetry compatibility with various Prometheus-related

Formats used for Scraping metrics (pull):

* [Prometheus text exposition format](https://github.com/Prometheus/docs/blob/777846211d502a287ab2b304cb515dc779de3474/content/docs/instrumenting/exposition_formats.md)
* [Prometheus text exposition format](https://github.com/prometheus/docs/blob/main/docs/instrumenting/exposition_formats.md)
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* [Prometheus protobuf format](https://github.com/prometheus/client_model/blob/01ca24cafc7877ed5ce091083068cde086b7c3dc/io/prometheus/client/metrics.proto)
* [OpenMetrics text format](https://github.com/prometheus/OpenMetrics/blob/1386544931307dff279688f332890c31b6c5de36/specification/OpenMetrics.md#text-format)
* (Not yet supported by Prometheus) [OpenMetrics protobuf format](https://github.com/prometheus/OpenMetrics/blob/1386544931307dff279688f332890c31b6c5de36/specification/OpenMetrics.md#protobuf-format)
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2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion specification/configuration/sdk-environment-variables.md
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Expand Up @@ -311,7 +311,7 @@ NOT be supported by new implementations.
Known values for `OTEL_METRICS_EXPORTER` are:

- `"otlp"`: [OTLP](../protocol/otlp.md)
- `"prometheus"`: [Prometheus](https://github.com/prometheus/docs/blob/master/content/docs/instrumenting/exposition_formats.md)
- `"prometheus"`: [Prometheus](https://github.com/prometheus/docs/blob/main/docs/instrumenting/exposition_formats.md)
- `"console"`: [Standard Output](../metrics/sdk_exporters/stdout.md)
- `"logging"`: [Standard Output](../metrics/sdk_exporters/stdout.md). It is a deprecated value left for backwards compatibility. It SHOULD
NOT be supported by new implementations.
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4 changes: 2 additions & 2 deletions specification/metrics/sdk_exporters/prometheus.md
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Expand Up @@ -15,15 +15,15 @@ OpenTelemetry metrics MUST be converted to Prometheus metrics according to the
A Prometheus Exporter SHOULD use
[Prometheus client libraries](https://prometheus.io/docs/instrumenting/clientlibs/)
for serving Prometheus metrics. This allows the prometheus client to negotiate
the [format](https://github.com/prometheus/docs/blob/main/content/docs/instrumenting/exposition_formats.md)
the [format](https://github.com/prometheus/docs/blob/main/docs/instrumenting/exposition_formats.md)
of the response using the `Content-Type` header. If a prometheus client library
is used, the OpenTelemetry Prometheus Exporter SHOULD be modeled as a
[custom Collector](https://prometheus.io/docs/instrumenting/writing_clientlibs/#overall-structure)
so it can be used in conjunction with existing Prometheus instrumentation.

Regardless of whether a Prometheus client library is used, the Prometheus
Exporter MUST support version `0.0.4` of the
[Text-based format](https://github.com/prometheus/docs/blob/main/content/docs/instrumenting/exposition_formats.md#text-based-format).
[Text-based format](https://github.com/prometheus/docs/blob/main/docs/instrumenting/exposition_formats.md#text-based-format).
A Prometheus Exporter MAY support Exemplars and Exponential Histograms,
which are [not currently supported by the Prometheus text format](../../compatibility/prometheus_and_openmetrics.md#differences-between-prometheus-formats),
by supporting other Protocols, but is not required to implement them.
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