From f1bdc378204ee5dde3c1c42d06ff2497c7f191f2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Alex Boten <aboten@lightstep.com>
Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2023 07:22:20 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] add definition for standard output logging exporter (#3741)

## Changes

I couldn't find the definition for a standard output exporter for the
logging signal, so I'm submitting one. This is mostly a copy of the
definition already present for the metrics exporter. It doesn't specify
a format for the output itself.

Similar to
https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-specification/pull/3740
---
 CHANGELOG.md                               |  3 +++
 specification/logs/sdk_exporters/stdout.md | 22 ++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 25 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 specification/logs/sdk_exporters/stdout.md

diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index e46c4e9d708..b21d69656a8 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -18,6 +18,9 @@ release.
 
 ### Logs
 
+- Add definition for standard output log record exporter.
+  ([#3741](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-specification/pull/3741))
+
 ### Resource
 
 ### OpenTelemetry Protocol
diff --git a/specification/logs/sdk_exporters/stdout.md b/specification/logs/sdk_exporters/stdout.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..63efd060f44
--- /dev/null
+++ b/specification/logs/sdk_exporters/stdout.md
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+<!--- Hugo front matter used to generate the website version of this page:
+linkTitle: Stdout
+--->
+
+# OpenTelemetry LogRecord Exporter - Standard output
+
+**Status**: [Experimental](../../document-status.md)
+
+"Standard output" LogRecord Exporter is a [LogRecord
+Exporter](../sdk.md#logrecordexporter) which outputs the logs to
+stdout/console.
+
+[OpenTelemetry SDK](../../overview.md#sdk) authors MAY choose the best idiomatic
+name for their language. For example, ConsoleExporter, StdoutExporter,
+StreamExporter, etc.
+
+If a language provides a mechanism to automatically configure a
+[LogRecordProcessor](../sdk.md#logrecordprocessor) to pair with the associated
+exporter (e.g., using the [`OTEL_LOGS_EXPORTER` environment
+variable](../../configuration/sdk-environment-variables.md#exporter-selection)), by
+default the standard output exporter SHOULD be paired with a [simple
+processor](../sdk.md#simple-processor).