Allow event body to represent a display message#3343
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Fixes #1076 (proposes to use an attribute "event.message" for this, not Body)
Related to #1283
Related to #2064
FWIK some tools use Body for displaying the log/event record.
OTel Rust and OTel .NET use body to represent a display message. In those are two languages nearly every LogRecord is an Event.
It is also worth mentioning that most (maybe even all) log bridges use
Bodyas the log message.Moreover it follows https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-specification/blob/main/specification/logs/data-model.md#field-body: