# SpanLink

A link to another span, potentially from a different trace.

**Type**: `object`

## Properties

- name: attributes (optional)
  type: `Variant`

- name: droppedAttributesCount (optional)
  type: integer
  description: Number of attributes that were dropped due to limits.

- name: flags (optional)
  type: integer
  description: Span flags as defined in W3C Trace Context specification.

- name: spanId (optional)
  type: string
  description: 64-bit span identifier of the linked span as a 16-character hex string.

- name: traceId (optional)
  type: string
  description: 128-bit trace identifier of the linked span as a 32-character hex string.

- name: traceState (optional)
  type: string
  description: Optional trace state information.