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Expand Up @@ -9,6 +9,9 @@ release.

### Context

- Clarify that environment variable carrier implementations SHOULD be maintained
and distributed as part of Core OpenTelemetry repositories.
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Expand Up @@ -55,6 +55,9 @@ When using environment variables as carriers:
- validating and parsing values
- applying any truncation or other format-specific behaviors

Environment variable carrier implementation SHOULD be maintained and distributed
as part of the Core OpenTelemetry repository.
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### Key Name Normalization

Environment variable names used for context propagation:
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