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docs: improve clarity in observability definition (#9530)
Co-authored-by: Fabrizio Ferri-Benedetti <algernon@fastmail.com>
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## What is observability?
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[Observability][] is the ability to understand the internal state of a system by
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examining its outputs. In the context of software, this means being able to
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understand the internal state of a system by examining its telemetry data, which
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includes traces, metrics, and logs.
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examining its outputs.
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In software, this is typically achieved by analyzing telemetry data such as
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traces, metrics, and logs.
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To make a system observable, it must be [instrumented][instr]. That is, the code
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must emit [traces][], [metrics][], or [logs][]. The instrumented data must then

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