Add severity mapping from unified model to HEC (open-telemetry#1866)

Co-authored-by: Tigran Najaryan <[email protected]> Co-authored-by: Bogdan Drutu <[email protected]> Co-authored-by: Armin Ruech <[email protected]>
carlosalberto · Aug 26, 2021 · a304311 · a304311
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@@ -668,6 +668,8 @@ Rest of SDIDs -> Attributes["syslog.*"]</td>
 
 ### Splunk HEC
 
+We apply this mapping from HEC to the unified model:
+
 <table>
   <tr>
     <td>Field</td>
@@ -719,6 +721,35 @@ Rest of SDIDs -> Attributes["syslog.*"]</td>
   </tr>
 </table>
 
+When mapping from the unified model to HEC, we apply this additional mapping:
+
+<table>
+  <tr>
+    <td>Unified model element</td>
+    <td>Type</td>
+    <td>Description</td>
+    <td>Maps to HEC</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <td>SeverityText</td>
+    <td>string</td>
+    <td>The severity of the event as a human-readable string.</td>
+    <td>fields['otel.log.severity.text']</td>
+  </tr>
+    <tr>
+    <td>SeverityNumber</td>
+    <td>string</td>
+    <td>The severity of the event as a number.</td>
+    <td>fields['otel.log.severity.number']</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <td>Name</td>
+    <td>string</td>
+    <td>Short event identifier that does not contain varying parts.</td>
+    <td>fields['otel.log.name']</td>
+  </tr>
+</table>
+
 ### Log4j
 
 <table>