Dive deep into the OpenTelemetry Metrics specification in this comprehensive 53-minute live panel discussion hosted by the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF). Explore the goals, timeline, data and semantic models, and export features of OpenTelemetry Metrics. Gain insights into the separation of API, SDK, and exporters, and understand the importance of decoupling to avoid vendor lock-in. Learn about instrument and aggregation temporality, data models for different metric types, and export considerations including variable-boundary histograms and cardinality control. Discover the differences between push/pull and stateless/cumulative export methods, and explore the OpenTelemetry Collector's export pipeline on Kubernetes. Bring your questions for an informative Q&A session with industry experts.