diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 587619124ab..35f25da3164 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ This project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.htm
 
 ### Changed
 
-- Move the `go.opentelemetry.io/otel/api/trace` package into `go.opentelemetry.io/otel` with the following changes. (#1229)
+- Move the `go.opentelemetry.io/otel/api/trace` package into `go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace` with the following changes. (#1229) (#1307)
   - `ID` has been renamed to `TraceID`.
   - `IDFromHex` has been renamed to `TraceIDFromHex`.
   - `ErrorOption` has been changed to an interface to conform with project design standards which included adding a `NewErrorConfig` function.
diff --git a/bridge/opentracing/bridge.go b/bridge/opentracing/bridge.go
index 402400b9a75..87449f5caaf 100644
--- a/bridge/opentracing/bridge.go
+++ b/bridge/opentracing/bridge.go
@@ -32,18 +32,19 @@ import (
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/internal/trace/noop"
 	otelparent "go.opentelemetry.io/otel/internal/trace/parent"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/label"
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace"
 
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/bridge/opentracing/migration"
 )
 
 type bridgeSpanContext struct {
 	baggageItems    baggage.Map
-	otelSpanContext otel.SpanContext
+	otelSpanContext trace.SpanContext
 }
 
 var _ ot.SpanContext = &bridgeSpanContext{}
 
-func newBridgeSpanContext(otelSpanContext otel.SpanContext, parentOtSpanContext ot.SpanContext) *bridgeSpanContext {
+func newBridgeSpanContext(otelSpanContext trace.SpanContext, parentOtSpanContext ot.SpanContext) *bridgeSpanContext {
 	bCtx := &bridgeSpanContext{
 		baggageItems:    baggage.NewEmptyMap(),
 		otelSpanContext: otelSpanContext,
@@ -75,7 +76,7 @@ func (c *bridgeSpanContext) baggageItem(restrictedKey string) string {
 }
 
 type bridgeSpan struct {
-	otelSpan          otel.Span
+	otelSpan          trace.Span
 	ctx               *bridgeSpanContext
 	tracer            *BridgeTracer
 	skipDeferHook     bool
@@ -84,7 +85,7 @@ type bridgeSpan struct {
 
 var _ ot.Span = &bridgeSpan{}
 
-func newBridgeSpan(otelSpan otel.Span, bridgeSC *bridgeSpanContext, tracer *BridgeTracer) *bridgeSpan {
+func newBridgeSpan(otelSpan trace.Span, bridgeSC *bridgeSpanContext, tracer *BridgeTracer) *bridgeSpan {
 	return &bridgeSpan{
 		otelSpan:          otelSpan,
 		ctx:               bridgeSC,
@@ -99,10 +100,10 @@ func (s *bridgeSpan) Finish() {
 }
 
 func (s *bridgeSpan) FinishWithOptions(opts ot.FinishOptions) {
-	var otelOpts []otel.SpanOption
+	var otelOpts []trace.SpanOption
 
 	if !opts.FinishTime.IsZero() {
-		otelOpts = append(otelOpts, otel.WithTimestamp(opts.FinishTime))
+		otelOpts = append(otelOpts, trace.WithTimestamp(opts.FinishTime))
 	}
 	for _, record := range opts.LogRecords {
 		s.logRecord(record)
@@ -116,8 +117,8 @@ func (s *bridgeSpan) FinishWithOptions(opts ot.FinishOptions) {
 func (s *bridgeSpan) logRecord(record ot.LogRecord) {
 	s.otelSpan.AddEvent(
 		"",
-		otel.WithTimestamp(record.Timestamp),
-		otel.WithAttributes(otLogFieldsToOTelLabels(record.Fields)...),
+		trace.WithTimestamp(record.Timestamp),
+		trace.WithAttributes(otLogFieldsToOTelLabels(record.Fields)...),
 	)
 }
 
@@ -147,7 +148,7 @@ func (s *bridgeSpan) SetTag(key string, value interface{}) ot.Span {
 func (s *bridgeSpan) LogFields(fields ...otlog.Field) {
 	s.otelSpan.AddEvent(
 		"",
-		otel.WithAttributes(otLogFieldsToOTelLabels(fields)...),
+		trace.WithAttributes(otLogFieldsToOTelLabels(fields)...),
 	)
 }
 
@@ -265,13 +266,13 @@ func (s *bridgeSpan) Log(data ot.LogData) {
 
 type bridgeSetTracer struct {
 	isSet      bool
-	otelTracer otel.Tracer
+	otelTracer trace.Tracer
 
 	warningHandler BridgeWarningHandler
 	warnOnce       sync.Once
 }
 
-func (s *bridgeSetTracer) tracer() otel.Tracer {
+func (s *bridgeSetTracer) tracer() trace.Tracer {
 	if !s.isSet {
 		s.warnOnce.Do(func() {
 			s.warningHandler("The OpenTelemetry tracer is not set, default no-op tracer is used! Call SetOpenTelemetryTracer to set it up.\n")
@@ -323,7 +324,7 @@ func (t *BridgeTracer) SetWarningHandler(handler BridgeWarningHandler) {
 // SetWarningHandler overrides the underlying OpenTelemetry
 // tracer. The passed tracer should know how to operate in the
 // environment that uses OpenTracing API.
-func (t *BridgeTracer) SetOpenTelemetryTracer(tracer otel.Tracer) {
+func (t *BridgeTracer) SetOpenTelemetryTracer(tracer trace.Tracer) {
 	t.setTracer.otelTracer = tracer
 	t.setTracer.isSet = true
 }
@@ -394,16 +395,16 @@ func (t *BridgeTracer) StartSpan(operationName string, opts ...ot.StartSpanOptio
 	attributes, kind, hadTrueErrorTag := otTagsToOTelAttributesKindAndError(sso.Tags)
 	checkCtx := migration.WithDeferredSetup(context.Background())
 	if parentBridgeSC != nil {
-		checkCtx = otel.ContextWithRemoteSpanContext(checkCtx, parentBridgeSC.otelSpanContext)
+		checkCtx = trace.ContextWithRemoteSpanContext(checkCtx, parentBridgeSC.otelSpanContext)
 	}
 	checkCtx2, otelSpan := t.setTracer.tracer().Start(
 		checkCtx,
 		operationName,
-		otel.WithAttributes(attributes...),
-		otel.WithTimestamp(sso.StartTime),
-		otel.WithLinks(links...),
-		otel.WithRecord(),
-		otel.WithSpanKind(kind),
+		trace.WithAttributes(attributes...),
+		trace.WithTimestamp(sso.StartTime),
+		trace.WithLinks(links...),
+		trace.WithRecord(),
+		trace.WithSpanKind(kind),
 	)
 	if checkCtx != checkCtx2 {
 		t.warnOnce.Do(func() {
@@ -435,7 +436,7 @@ func (t *BridgeTracer) StartSpan(operationName string, opts ...ot.StartSpanOptio
 // This function should be used by the OpenTelemetry tracers that want
 // to be aware how to operate in the environment using OpenTracing
 // API.
-func (t *BridgeTracer) ContextWithBridgeSpan(ctx context.Context, span otel.Span) context.Context {
+func (t *BridgeTracer) ContextWithBridgeSpan(ctx context.Context, span trace.Span) context.Context {
 	var otSpanContext ot.SpanContext
 	if parentSpan := ot.SpanFromContext(ctx); parentSpan != nil {
 		otSpanContext = parentSpan.Context()
@@ -465,8 +466,8 @@ func (t *BridgeTracer) ContextWithSpanHook(ctx context.Context, span ot.Span) co
 	return ctx
 }
 
-func otTagsToOTelAttributesKindAndError(tags map[string]interface{}) ([]label.KeyValue, otel.SpanKind, bool) {
-	kind := otel.SpanKindInternal
+func otTagsToOTelAttributesKindAndError(tags map[string]interface{}) ([]label.KeyValue, trace.SpanKind, bool) {
+	kind := trace.SpanKindInternal
 	err := false
 	var pairs []label.KeyValue
 	for k, v := range tags {
@@ -475,13 +476,13 @@ func otTagsToOTelAttributesKindAndError(tags map[string]interface{}) ([]label.Ke
 			if s, ok := v.(string); ok {
 				switch strings.ToLower(s) {
 				case "client":
-					kind = otel.SpanKindClient
+					kind = trace.SpanKindClient
 				case "server":
-					kind = otel.SpanKindServer
+					kind = trace.SpanKindServer
 				case "producer":
-					kind = otel.SpanKindProducer
+					kind = trace.SpanKindProducer
 				case "consumer":
-					kind = otel.SpanKindConsumer
+					kind = trace.SpanKindConsumer
 				}
 			}
 		case string(otext.Error):
@@ -527,10 +528,10 @@ func otTagToOTelLabelKey(k string) label.Key {
 	return label.Key(k)
 }
 
-func otSpanReferencesToParentAndLinks(references []ot.SpanReference) (*bridgeSpanContext, []otel.Link) {
+func otSpanReferencesToParentAndLinks(references []ot.SpanReference) (*bridgeSpanContext, []trace.Link) {
 	var (
 		parent *bridgeSpanContext
-		links  []otel.Link
+		links  []trace.Link
 	)
 	for _, reference := range references {
 		bridgeSC, ok := reference.ReferencedContext.(*bridgeSpanContext)
@@ -556,8 +557,8 @@ func otSpanReferencesToParentAndLinks(references []ot.SpanReference) (*bridgeSpa
 	return parent, links
 }
 
-func otSpanReferenceToOTelLink(bridgeSC *bridgeSpanContext, refType ot.SpanReferenceType) otel.Link {
-	return otel.Link{
+func otSpanReferenceToOTelLink(bridgeSC *bridgeSpanContext, refType ot.SpanReferenceType) trace.Link {
+	return trace.Link{
 		SpanContext: bridgeSC.otelSpanContext,
 		Attributes:  otSpanReferenceTypeToOTelLinkAttributes(refType),
 	}
@@ -586,11 +587,11 @@ func otSpanReferenceTypeToString(refType ot.SpanReferenceType) string {
 // fakeSpan is just a holder of span context, nothing more. It's for
 // propagators, so they can get the span context from Go context.
 type fakeSpan struct {
-	otel.Span
-	sc otel.SpanContext
+	trace.Span
+	sc trace.SpanContext
 }
 
-func (s fakeSpan) SpanContext() otel.SpanContext {
+func (s fakeSpan) SpanContext() trace.SpanContext {
 	return s.sc
 }
 
@@ -618,7 +619,7 @@ func (t *BridgeTracer) Inject(sm ot.SpanContext, format interface{}, carrier int
 		Span: noop.Span,
 		sc:   bridgeSC.otelSpanContext,
 	}
-	ctx := otel.ContextWithSpan(context.Background(), fs)
+	ctx := trace.ContextWithSpan(context.Background(), fs)
 	ctx = baggage.ContextWithMap(ctx, bridgeSC.baggageItems)
 	t.getPropagator().Inject(ctx, header)
 	return nil
diff --git a/bridge/opentracing/internal/mock.go b/bridge/opentracing/internal/mock.go
index 48d08eec890..b805e968e6e 100644
--- a/bridge/opentracing/internal/mock.go
+++ b/bridge/opentracing/internal/mock.go
@@ -21,11 +21,11 @@ import (
 	"sync"
 	"time"
 
-	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/codes"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/internal/baggage"
 	otelparent "go.opentelemetry.io/otel/internal/trace/parent"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/label"
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace"
 
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/bridge/opentracing/migration"
 )
@@ -47,15 +47,15 @@ type MockContextKeyValue struct {
 type MockTracer struct {
 	Resources             baggage.Map
 	FinishedSpans         []*MockSpan
-	SpareTraceIDs         []otel.TraceID
-	SpareSpanIDs          []otel.SpanID
+	SpareTraceIDs         []trace.TraceID
+	SpareSpanIDs          []trace.SpanID
 	SpareContextKeyValues []MockContextKeyValue
 
 	randLock sync.Mutex
 	rand     *rand.Rand
 }
 
-var _ otel.Tracer = &MockTracer{}
+var _ trace.Tracer = &MockTracer{}
 var _ migration.DeferredContextSetupTracerExtension = &MockTracer{}
 
 func NewMockTracer() *MockTracer {
@@ -70,13 +70,13 @@ func NewMockTracer() *MockTracer {
 	}
 }
 
-func (t *MockTracer) Start(ctx context.Context, name string, opts ...otel.SpanOption) (context.Context, otel.Span) {
-	config := otel.NewSpanConfig(opts...)
+func (t *MockTracer) Start(ctx context.Context, name string, opts ...trace.SpanOption) (context.Context, trace.Span) {
+	config := trace.NewSpanConfig(opts...)
 	startTime := config.Timestamp
 	if startTime.IsZero() {
 		startTime = time.Now()
 	}
-	spanContext := otel.SpanContext{
+	spanContext := trace.SpanContext{
 		TraceID:    t.getTraceID(ctx, config),
 		SpanID:     t.getSpanID(),
 		TraceFlags: 0,
@@ -93,10 +93,10 @@ func (t *MockTracer) Start(ctx context.Context, name string, opts ...otel.SpanOp
 		EndTime:      time.Time{},
 		ParentSpanID: t.getParentSpanID(ctx, config),
 		Events:       nil,
-		SpanKind:     otel.ValidateSpanKind(config.SpanKind),
+		SpanKind:     trace.ValidateSpanKind(config.SpanKind),
 	}
 	if !migration.SkipContextSetup(ctx) {
-		ctx = otel.ContextWithSpan(ctx, span)
+		ctx = trace.ContextWithSpan(ctx, span)
 		ctx = t.addSpareContextValue(ctx)
 	}
 	return ctx, span
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ func (t *MockTracer) addSpareContextValue(ctx context.Context) context.Context {
 	return ctx
 }
 
-func (t *MockTracer) getTraceID(ctx context.Context, config *otel.SpanConfig) otel.TraceID {
+func (t *MockTracer) getTraceID(ctx context.Context, config *trace.SpanConfig) trace.TraceID {
 	if parent := t.getParentSpanContext(ctx, config); parent.IsValid() {
 		return parent.TraceID
 	}
@@ -130,19 +130,19 @@ func (t *MockTracer) getTraceID(ctx context.Context, config *otel.SpanConfig) ot
 	return t.getRandTraceID()
 }
 
-func (t *MockTracer) getParentSpanID(ctx context.Context, config *otel.SpanConfig) otel.SpanID {
+func (t *MockTracer) getParentSpanID(ctx context.Context, config *trace.SpanConfig) trace.SpanID {
 	if parent := t.getParentSpanContext(ctx, config); parent.IsValid() {
 		return parent.SpanID
 	}
-	return otel.SpanID{}
+	return trace.SpanID{}
 }
 
-func (t *MockTracer) getParentSpanContext(ctx context.Context, config *otel.SpanConfig) otel.SpanContext {
+func (t *MockTracer) getParentSpanContext(ctx context.Context, config *trace.SpanConfig) trace.SpanContext {
 	spanCtx, _, _ := otelparent.GetSpanContextAndLinks(ctx, config.NewRoot)
 	return spanCtx
 }
 
-func (t *MockTracer) getSpanID() otel.SpanID {
+func (t *MockTracer) getSpanID() trace.SpanID {
 	if len(t.SpareSpanIDs) > 0 {
 		spanID := t.SpareSpanIDs[0]
 		t.SpareSpanIDs = t.SpareSpanIDs[1:]
@@ -154,27 +154,27 @@ func (t *MockTracer) getSpanID() otel.SpanID {
 	return t.getRandSpanID()
 }
 
-func (t *MockTracer) getRandSpanID() otel.SpanID {
+func (t *MockTracer) getRandSpanID() trace.SpanID {
 	t.randLock.Lock()
 	defer t.randLock.Unlock()
 
-	sid := otel.SpanID{}
+	sid := trace.SpanID{}
 	t.rand.Read(sid[:])
 
 	return sid
 }
 
-func (t *MockTracer) getRandTraceID() otel.TraceID {
+func (t *MockTracer) getRandTraceID() trace.TraceID {
 	t.randLock.Lock()
 	defer t.randLock.Unlock()
 
-	tid := otel.TraceID{}
+	tid := trace.TraceID{}
 	t.rand.Read(tid[:])
 
 	return tid
 }
 
-func (t *MockTracer) DeferredContextSetupHook(ctx context.Context, span otel.Span) context.Context {
+func (t *MockTracer) DeferredContextSetupHook(ctx context.Context, span trace.Span) context.Context {
 	return t.addSpareContextValue(ctx)
 }
 
@@ -186,22 +186,22 @@ type MockEvent struct {
 
 type MockSpan struct {
 	mockTracer     *MockTracer
-	officialTracer otel.Tracer
-	spanContext    otel.SpanContext
-	SpanKind       otel.SpanKind
+	officialTracer trace.Tracer
+	spanContext    trace.SpanContext
+	SpanKind       trace.SpanKind
 	recording      bool
 
 	Attributes   baggage.Map
 	StartTime    time.Time
 	EndTime      time.Time
-	ParentSpanID otel.SpanID
+	ParentSpanID trace.SpanID
 	Events       []MockEvent
 }
 
-var _ otel.Span = &MockSpan{}
+var _ trace.Span = &MockSpan{}
 var _ migration.OverrideTracerSpanExtension = &MockSpan{}
 
-func (s *MockSpan) SpanContext() otel.SpanContext {
+func (s *MockSpan) SpanContext() trace.SpanContext {
 	return s.spanContext
 }
 
@@ -231,11 +231,11 @@ func (s *MockSpan) applyUpdate(update baggage.MapUpdate) {
 	s.Attributes = s.Attributes.Apply(update)
 }
 
-func (s *MockSpan) End(options ...otel.SpanOption) {
+func (s *MockSpan) End(options ...trace.SpanOption) {
 	if !s.EndTime.IsZero() {
 		return // already finished
 	}
-	config := otel.NewSpanConfig(options...)
+	config := trace.NewSpanConfig(options...)
 	endTime := config.Timestamp
 	if endTime.IsZero() {
 		endTime = time.Now()
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ func (s *MockSpan) End(options ...otel.SpanOption) {
 	s.mockTracer.FinishedSpans = append(s.mockTracer.FinishedSpans, s)
 }
 
-func (s *MockSpan) RecordError(err error, opts ...otel.EventOption) {
+func (s *MockSpan) RecordError(err error, opts ...trace.EventOption) {
 	if err == nil {
 		return // no-op on nil error
 	}
@@ -254,19 +254,19 @@ func (s *MockSpan) RecordError(err error, opts ...otel.EventOption) {
 	}
 
 	s.SetStatus(codes.Error, "")
-	opts = append(opts, otel.WithAttributes(
+	opts = append(opts, trace.WithAttributes(
 		label.String("error.type", reflect.TypeOf(err).String()),
 		label.String("error.message", err.Error()),
 	))
 	s.AddEvent("error", opts...)
 }
 
-func (s *MockSpan) Tracer() otel.Tracer {
+func (s *MockSpan) Tracer() trace.Tracer {
 	return s.officialTracer
 }
 
-func (s *MockSpan) AddEvent(name string, o ...otel.EventOption) {
-	c := otel.NewEventConfig(o...)
+func (s *MockSpan) AddEvent(name string, o ...trace.EventOption) {
+	c := trace.NewEventConfig(o...)
 	s.Events = append(s.Events, MockEvent{
 		Timestamp: c.Timestamp,
 		Name:      name,
@@ -276,6 +276,6 @@ func (s *MockSpan) AddEvent(name string, o ...otel.EventOption) {
 	})
 }
 
-func (s *MockSpan) OverrideTracer(tracer otel.Tracer) {
+func (s *MockSpan) OverrideTracer(tracer trace.Tracer) {
 	s.officialTracer = tracer
 }
diff --git a/bridge/opentracing/migration/api.go b/bridge/opentracing/migration/api.go
index ea6d3afaa9a..c18fcea218b 100644
--- a/bridge/opentracing/migration/api.go
+++ b/bridge/opentracing/migration/api.go
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ package migration // import "go.opentelemetry.io/otel/bridge/opentracing/migrati
 import (
 	"context"
 
-	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel"
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace"
 )
 
 // DeferredContextSetupTracerExtension is an interface an
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ type DeferredContextSetupTracerExtension interface {
 	// opentracing.ContextWithSpan happens. When bridge
 	// OpenTracing tracer calls OpenTelemetry tracer's Start()
 	// function, it passes a context that shouldn't be modified.
-	DeferredContextSetupHook(ctx context.Context, span otel.Span) context.Context
+	DeferredContextSetupHook(ctx context.Context, span trace.Span) context.Context
 }
 
 // OverrideTracerSpanExtension is an interface an OpenTelemetry span
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ type DeferredContextSetupTracerExtension interface {
 // OpenTelemetry Span object and have WrapperTracer to alter the
 // current OpenTelemetry span in the context so it points to the
 // wrapped object, so the code in the tracer like
-// `otel.SpanFromContent().(*realSpan)` would still work. Another
+// `trace.SpanFromContent().(*realSpan)` would still work. Another
 // argument for getting rid of this interface is that is only called
 // by the WrapperTracer - WrapperTracer likely shouldn't require any
 // changes in the underlying OpenTelemetry tracer to have things
@@ -72,5 +72,5 @@ type OverrideTracerSpanExtension interface {
 	// API calls. In such case, there is no need to use the
 	// WrapperTracer and thus no need to override the result of
 	// the Tracer() function.
-	OverrideTracer(tracer otel.Tracer)
+	OverrideTracer(tracer trace.Tracer)
 }
diff --git a/bridge/opentracing/mix_test.go b/bridge/opentracing/mix_test.go
index 15c9e03c626..b6814ae648f 100644
--- a/bridge/opentracing/mix_test.go
+++ b/bridge/opentracing/mix_test.go
@@ -21,10 +21,10 @@ import (
 
 	ot "github.com/opentracing/opentracing-go"
 
-	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel"
 	otelglobal "go.opentelemetry.io/otel/global"
 	otelbaggage "go.opentelemetry.io/otel/internal/baggage"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/label"
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace"
 
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/bridge/opentracing/internal"
 )
@@ -142,8 +142,8 @@ func TestMixedAPIs(t *testing.T) {
 // simple test
 
 type simpleTest struct {
-	traceID otel.TraceID
-	spanIDs []otel.SpanID
+	traceID trace.TraceID
+	spanIDs []trace.SpanID
 }
 
 func newSimpleTest() *simpleTest {
@@ -177,11 +177,11 @@ func (st *simpleTest) noop(t *testing.T, ctx context.Context) context.Context {
 // current/active span test
 
 type currentActiveSpanTest struct {
-	traceID otel.TraceID
-	spanIDs []otel.SpanID
+	traceID trace.TraceID
+	spanIDs []trace.SpanID
 
-	recordedCurrentOtelSpanIDs []otel.SpanID
-	recordedActiveOTSpanIDs    []otel.SpanID
+	recordedCurrentOtelSpanIDs []trace.SpanID
+	recordedActiveOTSpanIDs    []trace.SpanID
 }
 
 func newCurrentActiveSpanTest() *currentActiveSpanTest {
@@ -229,10 +229,10 @@ func (cast *currentActiveSpanTest) runOTOtelOT(t *testing.T, ctx context.Context
 }
 
 func (cast *currentActiveSpanTest) recordSpans(t *testing.T, ctx context.Context) context.Context {
-	spanID := otel.SpanContextFromContext(ctx).SpanID
+	spanID := trace.SpanContextFromContext(ctx).SpanID
 	cast.recordedCurrentOtelSpanIDs = append(cast.recordedCurrentOtelSpanIDs, spanID)
 
-	spanID = otel.SpanID{}
+	spanID = trace.SpanID{}
 	if bridgeSpan, ok := ot.SpanFromContext(ctx).(*bridgeSpan); ok {
 		spanID = bridgeSpan.otelSpan.SpanContext().SpanID
 	}
@@ -423,7 +423,7 @@ func (bip *baggageItemsPreservationTest) addAndRecordBaggage(t *testing.T, ctx c
 
 type tracerMessTest struct {
 	recordedOTSpanTracers   []ot.Tracer
-	recordedOtelSpanTracers []otel.Tracer
+	recordedOtelSpanTracers []trace.Tracer
 }
 
 func newTracerMessTest() *tracerMessTest {
@@ -475,7 +475,7 @@ func (tm *tracerMessTest) recordTracers(t *testing.T, ctx context.Context) conte
 		tm.recordedOTSpanTracers = append(tm.recordedOTSpanTracers, otSpan.Tracer())
 	}
 
-	otelSpan := otel.SpanFromContext(ctx)
+	otelSpan := trace.SpanFromContext(ctx)
 	tm.recordedOtelSpanTracers = append(tm.recordedOtelSpanTracers, otelSpan.Tracer())
 	return ctx
 }
@@ -613,23 +613,23 @@ func generateBaggageKeys(key string) (otKey, otelKey string) {
 
 // helpers
 
-func checkTraceAndSpans(t *testing.T, tracer *internal.MockTracer, expectedTraceID otel.TraceID, expectedSpanIDs []otel.SpanID) {
+func checkTraceAndSpans(t *testing.T, tracer *internal.MockTracer, expectedTraceID trace.TraceID, expectedSpanIDs []trace.SpanID) {
 	expectedSpanCount := len(expectedSpanIDs)
 
 	// reverse spanIDs, since first span ID belongs to root, that
 	// finishes last
-	spanIDs := make([]otel.SpanID, len(expectedSpanIDs))
+	spanIDs := make([]trace.SpanID, len(expectedSpanIDs))
 	copy(spanIDs, expectedSpanIDs)
 	reverse(len(spanIDs), func(i, j int) {
 		spanIDs[i], spanIDs[j] = spanIDs[j], spanIDs[i]
 	})
 	// the last finished span has no parent
-	parentSpanIDs := append(spanIDs[1:], otel.SpanID{})
+	parentSpanIDs := append(spanIDs[1:], trace.SpanID{})
 
-	sks := map[otel.SpanID]otel.SpanKind{
-		{125}: otel.SpanKindProducer,
-		{124}: otel.SpanKindInternal,
-		{123}: otel.SpanKindClient,
+	sks := map[trace.SpanID]trace.SpanKind{
+		{125}: trace.SpanKindProducer,
+		{124}: trace.SpanKindInternal,
+		{123}: trace.SpanKindClient,
 	}
 
 	if len(tracer.FinishedSpans) != expectedSpanCount {
@@ -660,12 +660,12 @@ func reverse(length int, swap func(i, j int)) {
 	}
 }
 
-func simpleTraceID() otel.TraceID {
+func simpleTraceID() trace.TraceID {
 	return [16]byte{123, 42}
 }
 
-func simpleSpanIDs(count int) []otel.SpanID {
-	base := []otel.SpanID{
+func simpleSpanIDs(count int) []trace.SpanID {
+	base := []trace.SpanID{
 		{123},
 		{124},
 		{125},
@@ -685,7 +685,7 @@ func min(a, b int) int {
 
 func runOtelOTOtel(t *testing.T, ctx context.Context, name string, callback func(*testing.T, context.Context) context.Context) {
 	tr := otelglobal.Tracer("")
-	ctx, span := tr.Start(ctx, fmt.Sprintf("%s_Otel_OTOtel", name), otel.WithSpanKind(otel.SpanKindClient))
+	ctx, span := tr.Start(ctx, fmt.Sprintf("%s_Otel_OTOtel", name), trace.WithSpanKind(trace.SpanKindClient))
 	defer span.End()
 	ctx = callback(t, ctx)
 	func(ctx2 context.Context) {
@@ -693,7 +693,7 @@ func runOtelOTOtel(t *testing.T, ctx context.Context, name string, callback func
 		defer span.Finish()
 		ctx2 = callback(t, ctx2)
 		func(ctx3 context.Context) {
-			ctx3, span := tr.Start(ctx3, fmt.Sprintf("%sOtelOT_Otel_", name), otel.WithSpanKind(otel.SpanKindProducer))
+			ctx3, span := tr.Start(ctx3, fmt.Sprintf("%sOtelOT_Otel_", name), trace.WithSpanKind(trace.SpanKindProducer))
 			defer span.End()
 			_ = callback(t, ctx3)
 		}(ctx2)
diff --git a/bridge/opentracing/util.go b/bridge/opentracing/util.go
index 9dea292b733..4914607f7f8 100644
--- a/bridge/opentracing/util.go
+++ b/bridge/opentracing/util.go
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ package opentracing // import "go.opentelemetry.io/otel/bridge/opentracing"
 import (
 	"context"
 
-	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel"
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace"
 )
 
 // NewTracerPair is a utility function that creates a BridgeTracer and a
@@ -26,14 +26,14 @@ import (
 // that wraps the passed tracer. BridgeTracer and WrapperTracerProvider are
 // returned to the caller and the caller is expected to register BridgeTracer
 // with opentracing and WrapperTracerProvider with opentelemetry.
-func NewTracerPair(tracer otel.Tracer) (*BridgeTracer, *WrapperTracerProvider) {
+func NewTracerPair(tracer trace.Tracer) (*BridgeTracer, *WrapperTracerProvider) {
 	bridgeTracer := NewBridgeTracer()
 	wrapperProvider := NewWrappedTracerProvider(bridgeTracer, tracer)
 	bridgeTracer.SetOpenTelemetryTracer(wrapperProvider.Tracer(""))
 	return bridgeTracer, wrapperProvider
 }
 
-func NewTracerPairWithContext(ctx context.Context, tracer otel.Tracer) (context.Context, *BridgeTracer, *WrapperTracerProvider) {
+func NewTracerPairWithContext(ctx context.Context, tracer trace.Tracer) (context.Context, *BridgeTracer, *WrapperTracerProvider) {
 	bridgeTracer, wrapperProvider := NewTracerPair(tracer)
 	ctx = bridgeTracer.NewHookedContext(ctx)
 	return ctx, bridgeTracer, wrapperProvider
diff --git a/bridge/opentracing/wrapper.go b/bridge/opentracing/wrapper.go
index d13c7288416..149e520a634 100644
--- a/bridge/opentracing/wrapper.go
+++ b/bridge/opentracing/wrapper.go
@@ -17,7 +17,8 @@ package opentracing // import "go.opentelemetry.io/otel/bridge/opentracing"
 import (
 	"context"
 
-	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel"
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace"
+
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/bridge/opentracing/migration"
 )
 
@@ -25,16 +26,16 @@ type WrapperTracerProvider struct {
 	wTracer *WrapperTracer
 }
 
-var _ otel.TracerProvider = (*WrapperTracerProvider)(nil)
+var _ trace.TracerProvider = (*WrapperTracerProvider)(nil)
 
 // Tracer returns the WrapperTracer associated with the WrapperTracerProvider.
-func (p *WrapperTracerProvider) Tracer(_ string, _ ...otel.TracerOption) otel.Tracer {
+func (p *WrapperTracerProvider) Tracer(_ string, _ ...trace.TracerOption) trace.Tracer {
 	return p.wTracer
 }
 
 // NewWrappedTracerProvider creates a new trace provider that creates a single
 // instance of WrapperTracer that wraps OpenTelemetry tracer.
-func NewWrappedTracerProvider(bridge *BridgeTracer, tracer otel.Tracer) *WrapperTracerProvider {
+func NewWrappedTracerProvider(bridge *BridgeTracer, tracer trace.Tracer) *WrapperTracerProvider {
 	return &WrapperTracerProvider{
 		wTracer: NewWrapperTracer(bridge, tracer),
 	}
@@ -50,30 +51,30 @@ func NewWrappedTracerProvider(bridge *BridgeTracer, tracer otel.Tracer) *Wrapper
 // used.
 type WrapperTracer struct {
 	bridge *BridgeTracer
-	tracer otel.Tracer
+	tracer trace.Tracer
 }
 
-var _ otel.Tracer = &WrapperTracer{}
+var _ trace.Tracer = &WrapperTracer{}
 var _ migration.DeferredContextSetupTracerExtension = &WrapperTracer{}
 
 // NewWrapperTracer wraps the passed tracer and also talks to the
 // passed bridge tracer when setting up the context with the new
 // active OpenTracing span.
-func NewWrapperTracer(bridge *BridgeTracer, tracer otel.Tracer) *WrapperTracer {
+func NewWrapperTracer(bridge *BridgeTracer, tracer trace.Tracer) *WrapperTracer {
 	return &WrapperTracer{
 		bridge: bridge,
 		tracer: tracer,
 	}
 }
 
-func (t *WrapperTracer) otelTracer() otel.Tracer {
+func (t *WrapperTracer) otelTracer() trace.Tracer {
 	return t.tracer
 }
 
 // Start forwards the call to the wrapped tracer. It also tries to
 // override the tracer of the returned span if the span implements the
 // OverrideTracerSpanExtension interface.
-func (t *WrapperTracer) Start(ctx context.Context, name string, opts ...otel.SpanOption) (context.Context, otel.Span) {
+func (t *WrapperTracer) Start(ctx context.Context, name string, opts ...trace.SpanOption) (context.Context, trace.Span) {
 	ctx, span := t.otelTracer().Start(ctx, name, opts...)
 	if spanWithExtension, ok := span.(migration.OverrideTracerSpanExtension); ok {
 		spanWithExtension.OverrideTracer(t)
@@ -88,10 +89,10 @@ func (t *WrapperTracer) Start(ctx context.Context, name string, opts ...otel.Spa
 // DeferredContextSetupTracerExtension interface. It will try to
 // forward the call to the wrapped tracer if it implements the
 // interface.
-func (t *WrapperTracer) DeferredContextSetupHook(ctx context.Context, span otel.Span) context.Context {
+func (t *WrapperTracer) DeferredContextSetupHook(ctx context.Context, span trace.Span) context.Context {
 	if tracerWithExtension, ok := t.otelTracer().(migration.DeferredContextSetupTracerExtension); ok {
 		ctx = tracerWithExtension.DeferredContextSetupHook(ctx, span)
 	}
-	ctx = otel.ContextWithSpan(ctx, span)
+	ctx = trace.ContextWithSpan(ctx, span)
 	return ctx
 }
diff --git a/config.go b/config.go
index 6cf5c031f24..9b7f7ac9a63 100644
--- a/config.go
+++ b/config.go
@@ -15,170 +15,9 @@
 package otel // import "go.opentelemetry.io/otel"
 
 import (
-	"time"
-
-	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/label"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/unit"
 )
 
-// TracerConfig is a group of options for a Tracer.
-type TracerConfig struct {
-	// InstrumentationVersion is the version of the library providing
-	// instrumentation.
-	InstrumentationVersion string
-}
-
-// NewTracerConfig applies all the options to a returned TracerConfig.
-func NewTracerConfig(options ...TracerOption) *TracerConfig {
-	config := new(TracerConfig)
-	for _, option := range options {
-		option.ApplyTracer(config)
-	}
-	return config
-}
-
-// TracerOption applies an option to a TracerConfig.
-type TracerOption interface {
-	ApplyTracer(*TracerConfig)
-}
-
-// SpanConfig is a group of options for a Span.
-type SpanConfig struct {
-	// Attributes describe the associated qualities of a Span.
-	Attributes []label.KeyValue
-	// Timestamp is a time in a Span life-cycle.
-	Timestamp time.Time
-	// Links are the associations a Span has with other Spans.
-	Links []Link
-	// Record is the recording state of a Span.
-	Record bool
-	// NewRoot identifies a Span as the root Span for a new trace. This is
-	// commonly used when an existing trace crosses trust boundaries and the
-	// remote parent span context should be ignored for security.
-	NewRoot bool
-	// SpanKind is the role a Span has in a trace.
-	SpanKind SpanKind
-}
-
-// NewSpanConfig applies all the options to a returned SpanConfig.
-// No validation is performed on the returned SpanConfig (e.g. no uniqueness
-// checking or bounding of data), it is left to the SDK to perform this
-// action.
-func NewSpanConfig(options ...SpanOption) *SpanConfig {
-	c := new(SpanConfig)
-	for _, option := range options {
-		option.ApplySpan(c)
-	}
-	return c
-}
-
-// SpanOption applies an option to a SpanConfig.
-type SpanOption interface {
-	ApplySpan(*SpanConfig)
-}
-
-// NewEventConfig applies all the EventOptions to a returned SpanConfig. If no
-// timestamp option is passed, the returned SpanConfig will have a Timestamp
-// set to the call time, otherwise no validation is performed on the returned
-// SpanConfig.
-func NewEventConfig(options ...EventOption) *SpanConfig {
-	c := new(SpanConfig)
-	for _, option := range options {
-		option.ApplyEvent(c)
-	}
-	if c.Timestamp.IsZero() {
-		c.Timestamp = time.Now()
-	}
-	return c
-}
-
-// EventOption applies span event options to a SpanConfig.
-type EventOption interface {
-	ApplyEvent(*SpanConfig)
-}
-
-// LifeCycleOption applies span life-cycle options to a SpanConfig. These
-// options set values releated to events in a spans life-cycle like starting,
-// ending, experiencing an error and other user defined notable events.
-type LifeCycleOption interface {
-	SpanOption
-	EventOption
-}
-
-type attributeSpanOption []label.KeyValue
-
-func (o attributeSpanOption) ApplySpan(c *SpanConfig)  { o.apply(c) }
-func (o attributeSpanOption) ApplyEvent(c *SpanConfig) { o.apply(c) }
-func (o attributeSpanOption) apply(c *SpanConfig) {
-	c.Attributes = append(c.Attributes, []label.KeyValue(o)...)
-}
-
-// WithAttributes adds the attributes related to a span life-cycle event.
-// These attributes are used to describe the work a Span represents when this
-// option is provided to a Span's start or end events. Otherwise, these
-// attributes provide additional information about the event being recorded
-// (e.g. error, state change, processing progress, system event).
-//
-// If multiple of these options are passed the attributes of each successive
-// option will extend the attributes instead of overwriting. There is no
-// guarantee of uniqueness in the resulting attributes.
-func WithAttributes(attributes ...label.KeyValue) LifeCycleOption {
-	return attributeSpanOption(attributes)
-}
-
-type timestampSpanOption time.Time
-
-func (o timestampSpanOption) ApplySpan(c *SpanConfig)  { o.apply(c) }
-func (o timestampSpanOption) ApplyEvent(c *SpanConfig) { o.apply(c) }
-func (o timestampSpanOption) apply(c *SpanConfig)      { c.Timestamp = time.Time(o) }
-
-// WithTimestamp sets the time of a Span life-cycle moment (e.g. started,
-// stopped, errored).
-func WithTimestamp(t time.Time) LifeCycleOption {
-	return timestampSpanOption(t)
-}
-
-type linksSpanOption []Link
-
-func (o linksSpanOption) ApplySpan(c *SpanConfig) { c.Links = append(c.Links, []Link(o)...) }
-
-// WithLinks adds links to a Span. The links are added to the existing Span
-// links, i.e. this does not overwrite.
-func WithLinks(links ...Link) SpanOption {
-	return linksSpanOption(links)
-}
-
-type recordSpanOption bool
-
-func (o recordSpanOption) ApplySpan(c *SpanConfig) { c.Record = bool(o) }
-
-// WithRecord specifies that the span should be recorded. It is important to
-// note that implementations may override this option, i.e. if the span is a
-// child of an un-sampled trace.
-func WithRecord() SpanOption {
-	return recordSpanOption(true)
-}
-
-type newRootSpanOption bool
-
-func (o newRootSpanOption) ApplySpan(c *SpanConfig) { c.NewRoot = bool(o) }
-
-// WithNewRoot specifies that the Span should be treated as a root Span. Any
-// existing parent span context will be ignored when defining the Span's trace
-// identifiers.
-func WithNewRoot() SpanOption {
-	return newRootSpanOption(true)
-}
-
-type spanKindSpanOption SpanKind
-
-func (o spanKindSpanOption) ApplySpan(c *SpanConfig) { c.SpanKind = SpanKind(o) }
-
-// WithSpanKind sets the SpanKind of a Span.
-func WithSpanKind(kind SpanKind) SpanOption {
-	return spanKindSpanOption(kind)
-}
-
 // InstrumentConfig contains options for metric instrument descriptors.
 type InstrumentConfig struct {
 	// Description describes the instrument in human-readable terms.
@@ -271,7 +110,6 @@ func NewMeterConfig(opts ...MeterOption) MeterConfig {
 type InstrumentationOption interface {
 	InstrumentOption
 	MeterOption
-	TracerOption
 }
 
 // WithInstrumentationVersion sets the instrumentation version.
@@ -288,7 +126,3 @@ func (i instrumentationVersionOption) ApplyMeter(config *MeterConfig) {
 func (i instrumentationVersionOption) ApplyInstrument(config *InstrumentConfig) {
 	config.InstrumentationVersion = string(i)
 }
-
-func (i instrumentationVersionOption) ApplyTracer(config *TracerConfig) {
-	config.InstrumentationVersion = string(i)
-}
diff --git a/example/basic/main.go b/example/basic/main.go
index f4f094d8255..a0d05508862 100644
--- a/example/basic/main.go
+++ b/example/basic/main.go
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import (
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric/processor/basic"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric/selector/simple"
 	sdktrace "go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/trace"
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace"
 )
 
 var (
@@ -83,11 +84,11 @@ func main() {
 	defer valuerecorder.Unbind()
 
 	err = func(ctx context.Context) error {
-		var span otel.Span
+		var span trace.Span
 		ctx, span = tracer.Start(ctx, "operation")
 		defer span.End()
 
-		span.AddEvent("Nice operation!", otel.WithAttributes(label.Int("bogons", 100)))
+		span.AddEvent("Nice operation!", trace.WithAttributes(label.Int("bogons", 100)))
 		span.SetAttributes(anotherKey.String("yes"))
 
 		meter.RecordBatch(
@@ -99,7 +100,7 @@ func main() {
 		)
 
 		return func(ctx context.Context) error {
-			var span otel.Span
+			var span trace.Span
 			ctx, span = tracer.Start(ctx, "Sub operation...")
 			defer span.End()
 
diff --git a/example/namedtracer/foo/foo.go b/example/namedtracer/foo/foo.go
index d91b99362c6..c8ee668c604 100644
--- a/example/namedtracer/foo/foo.go
+++ b/example/namedtracer/foo/foo.go
@@ -17,9 +17,9 @@ package foo // import "go.opentelemetry.io/otel/example/namedtracer/foo"
 import (
 	"context"
 
-	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/global"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/label"
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace"
 )
 
 var (
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ func SubOperation(ctx context.Context) error {
 	// for its component to get the instance of the provider.
 	tr := global.Tracer("example/namedtracer/foo")
 
-	var span otel.Span
+	var span trace.Span
 	_, span = tr.Start(ctx, "Sub operation...")
 	defer span.End()
 	span.SetAttributes(lemonsKey.String("five"))
diff --git a/example/namedtracer/main.go b/example/namedtracer/main.go
index aacd97d8f06..75995ee75cc 100644
--- a/example/namedtracer/main.go
+++ b/example/namedtracer/main.go
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import (
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/global"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/label"
 	sdktrace "go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/trace"
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace"
 )
 
 var (
@@ -64,10 +65,10 @@ func main() {
 	defer func() { _ = tp.Shutdown(ctx) }()
 	ctx = otel.ContextWithBaggageValues(ctx, fooKey.String("foo1"), barKey.String("bar1"))
 
-	var span otel.Span
+	var span trace.Span
 	ctx, span = tracer.Start(ctx, "operation")
 	defer span.End()
-	span.AddEvent("Nice operation!", otel.WithAttributes(label.Int("bogons", 100)))
+	span.AddEvent("Nice operation!", trace.WithAttributes(label.Int("bogons", 100)))
 	span.SetAttributes(anotherKey.String("yes"))
 	if err := foo.SubOperation(ctx); err != nil {
 		panic(err)
diff --git a/example/otel-collector/main.go b/example/otel-collector/main.go
index acbe3373107..77b9171b5b0 100644
--- a/example/otel-collector/main.go
+++ b/example/otel-collector/main.go
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ import (
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/resource"
 	sdktrace "go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/trace"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/semconv"
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace"
 )
 
 // Initializes an OTLP exporter, and configures the corresponding trace and
@@ -121,7 +122,7 @@ func main() {
 	ctx, span := tracer.Start(
 		context.Background(),
 		"CollectorExporter-Example",
-		otel.WithAttributes(commonLabels...))
+		trace.WithAttributes(commonLabels...))
 	defer span.End()
 	for i := 0; i < 10; i++ {
 		_, iSpan := tracer.Start(ctx, fmt.Sprintf("Sample-%d", i))
diff --git a/exporters/otlp/internal/transform/span.go b/exporters/otlp/internal/transform/span.go
index 8066f2d2def..78420739c45 100644
--- a/exporters/otlp/internal/transform/span.go
+++ b/exporters/otlp/internal/transform/span.go
@@ -15,13 +15,13 @@
 package transform
 
 import (
-	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/codes"
 	tracepb "go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/internal/opentelemetry-proto-gen/trace/v1"
 
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/label"
 	export "go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/export/trace"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/instrumentation"
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace"
 )
 
 const (
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ func status(status codes.Code, message string) *tracepb.Status {
 }
 
 // links transforms span Links to OTLP span links.
-func links(links []otel.Link) []*tracepb.Span_Link {
+func links(links []trace.Link) []*tracepb.Span_Link {
 	if len(links) == 0 {
 		return nil
 	}
@@ -193,17 +193,17 @@ func spanEvents(es []export.Event) []*tracepb.Span_Event {
 }
 
 // spanKind transforms a SpanKind to an OTLP span kind.
-func spanKind(kind otel.SpanKind) tracepb.Span_SpanKind {
+func spanKind(kind trace.SpanKind) tracepb.Span_SpanKind {
 	switch kind {
-	case otel.SpanKindInternal:
+	case trace.SpanKindInternal:
 		return tracepb.Span_SPAN_KIND_INTERNAL
-	case otel.SpanKindClient:
+	case trace.SpanKindClient:
 		return tracepb.Span_SPAN_KIND_CLIENT
-	case otel.SpanKindServer:
+	case trace.SpanKindServer:
 		return tracepb.Span_SPAN_KIND_SERVER
-	case otel.SpanKindProducer:
+	case trace.SpanKindProducer:
 		return tracepb.Span_SPAN_KIND_PRODUCER
-	case otel.SpanKindConsumer:
+	case trace.SpanKindConsumer:
 		return tracepb.Span_SPAN_KIND_CONSUMER
 	default:
 		return tracepb.Span_SPAN_KIND_UNSPECIFIED
diff --git a/exporters/otlp/internal/transform/span_test.go b/exporters/otlp/internal/transform/span_test.go
index f8bd5e5e145..8a339d7427c 100644
--- a/exporters/otlp/internal/transform/span_test.go
+++ b/exporters/otlp/internal/transform/span_test.go
@@ -24,9 +24,9 @@ import (
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 
-	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel"
 	tracepb "go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/internal/opentelemetry-proto-gen/trace/v1"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/label"
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace"
 
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/codes"
 	export "go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/export/trace"
@@ -36,31 +36,31 @@ import (
 
 func TestSpanKind(t *testing.T) {
 	for _, test := range []struct {
-		kind     otel.SpanKind
+		kind     trace.SpanKind
 		expected tracepb.Span_SpanKind
 	}{
 		{
-			otel.SpanKindInternal,
+			trace.SpanKindInternal,
 			tracepb.Span_SPAN_KIND_INTERNAL,
 		},
 		{
-			otel.SpanKindClient,
+			trace.SpanKindClient,
 			tracepb.Span_SPAN_KIND_CLIENT,
 		},
 		{
-			otel.SpanKindServer,
+			trace.SpanKindServer,
 			tracepb.Span_SPAN_KIND_SERVER,
 		},
 		{
-			otel.SpanKindProducer,
+			trace.SpanKindProducer,
 			tracepb.Span_SPAN_KIND_PRODUCER,
 		},
 		{
-			otel.SpanKindConsumer,
+			trace.SpanKindConsumer,
 			tracepb.Span_SPAN_KIND_CONSUMER,
 		},
 		{
-			otel.SpanKind(-1),
+			trace.SpanKind(-1),
 			tracepb.Span_SPAN_KIND_UNSPECIFIED,
 		},
 	} {
@@ -117,15 +117,15 @@ func TestNilLinks(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestEmptyLinks(t *testing.T) {
-	assert.Nil(t, links([]otel.Link{}))
+	assert.Nil(t, links([]trace.Link{}))
 }
 
 func TestLinks(t *testing.T) {
 	attrs := []label.KeyValue{label.Int("one", 1), label.Int("two", 2)}
-	l := []otel.Link{
+	l := []trace.Link{
 		{},
 		{
-			SpanContext: otel.SpanContext{},
+			SpanContext: trace.SpanContext{},
 			Attributes:  attrs,
 		},
 	}
@@ -200,12 +200,12 @@ func TestSpanData(t *testing.T) {
 	startTime := time.Unix(1585674086, 1234)
 	endTime := startTime.Add(10 * time.Second)
 	spanData := &export.SpanData{
-		SpanContext: otel.SpanContext{
-			TraceID: otel.TraceID{0x00, 0x01, 0x02, 0x03, 0x04, 0x05, 0x06, 0x07, 0x08, 0x09, 0x0A, 0x0B, 0x0C, 0x0D, 0x0E, 0x0F},
-			SpanID:  otel.SpanID{0xFF, 0xFE, 0xFD, 0xFC, 0xFB, 0xFA, 0xF9, 0xF8},
+		SpanContext: trace.SpanContext{
+			TraceID: trace.TraceID{0x00, 0x01, 0x02, 0x03, 0x04, 0x05, 0x06, 0x07, 0x08, 0x09, 0x0A, 0x0B, 0x0C, 0x0D, 0x0E, 0x0F},
+			SpanID:  trace.SpanID{0xFF, 0xFE, 0xFD, 0xFC, 0xFB, 0xFA, 0xF9, 0xF8},
 		},
-		SpanKind:     otel.SpanKindServer,
-		ParentSpanID: otel.SpanID{0xEF, 0xEE, 0xED, 0xEC, 0xEB, 0xEA, 0xE9, 0xE8},
+		SpanKind:     trace.SpanKindServer,
+		ParentSpanID: trace.SpanID{0xEF, 0xEE, 0xED, 0xEC, 0xEB, 0xEA, 0xE9, 0xE8},
 		Name:         "span data to span data",
 		StartTime:    startTime,
 		EndTime:      endTime,
@@ -221,11 +221,11 @@ func TestSpanData(t *testing.T) {
 				},
 			},
 		},
-		Links: []otel.Link{
+		Links: []trace.Link{
 			{
-				SpanContext: otel.SpanContext{
-					TraceID:    otel.TraceID{0xC0, 0xC1, 0xC2, 0xC3, 0xC4, 0xC5, 0xC6, 0xC7, 0xC8, 0xC9, 0xCA, 0xCB, 0xCC, 0xCD, 0xCE, 0xCF},
-					SpanID:     otel.SpanID{0xB0, 0xB1, 0xB2, 0xB3, 0xB4, 0xB5, 0xB6, 0xB7},
+				SpanContext: trace.SpanContext{
+					TraceID:    trace.TraceID{0xC0, 0xC1, 0xC2, 0xC3, 0xC4, 0xC5, 0xC6, 0xC7, 0xC8, 0xC9, 0xCA, 0xCB, 0xCC, 0xCD, 0xCE, 0xCF},
+					SpanID:     trace.SpanID{0xB0, 0xB1, 0xB2, 0xB3, 0xB4, 0xB5, 0xB6, 0xB7},
 					TraceFlags: 0,
 				},
 				Attributes: []label.KeyValue{
@@ -233,9 +233,9 @@ func TestSpanData(t *testing.T) {
 				},
 			},
 			{
-				SpanContext: otel.SpanContext{
-					TraceID:    otel.TraceID{0xE0, 0xE1, 0xE2, 0xE3, 0xE4, 0xE5, 0xE6, 0xE7, 0xE8, 0xE9, 0xEA, 0xEB, 0xEC, 0xED, 0xEE, 0xEF},
-					SpanID:     otel.SpanID{0xD0, 0xD1, 0xD2, 0xD3, 0xD4, 0xD5, 0xD6, 0xD7},
+				SpanContext: trace.SpanContext{
+					TraceID:    trace.TraceID{0xE0, 0xE1, 0xE2, 0xE3, 0xE4, 0xE5, 0xE6, 0xE7, 0xE8, 0xE9, 0xEA, 0xEB, 0xEC, 0xED, 0xEE, 0xEF},
+					SpanID:     trace.SpanID{0xD0, 0xD1, 0xD2, 0xD3, 0xD4, 0xD5, 0xD6, 0xD7},
 					TraceFlags: 0,
 				},
 				Attributes: []label.KeyValue{
diff --git a/exporters/otlp/otlp_span_test.go b/exporters/otlp/otlp_span_test.go
index 27b75055454..2e0e71b3462 100644
--- a/exporters/otlp/otlp_span_test.go
+++ b/exporters/otlp/otlp_span_test.go
@@ -22,13 +22,13 @@ import (
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 	"google.golang.org/grpc"
 
-	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/codes"
 	coltracepb "go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/internal/opentelemetry-proto-gen/collector/trace/v1"
 	commonpb "go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/internal/opentelemetry-proto-gen/common/v1"
 	resourcepb "go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/internal/opentelemetry-proto-gen/resource/v1"
 	tracepb "go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/internal/opentelemetry-proto-gen/trace/v1"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/label"
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace"
 
 	tracesdk "go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/export/trace"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/instrumentation"
@@ -82,12 +82,12 @@ func TestExportSpans(t *testing.T) {
 		{
 			[]*tracesdk.SpanData{
 				{
-					SpanContext: otel.SpanContext{
-						TraceID:    otel.TraceID([16]byte{0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1}),
-						SpanID:     otel.SpanID([8]byte{0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1}),
+					SpanContext: trace.SpanContext{
+						TraceID:    trace.TraceID([16]byte{0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1}),
+						SpanID:     trace.SpanID([8]byte{0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1}),
 						TraceFlags: byte(1),
 					},
-					SpanKind:  otel.SpanKindServer,
+					SpanKind:  trace.SpanKindServer,
 					Name:      "parent process",
 					StartTime: startTime,
 					EndTime:   endTime,
@@ -104,12 +104,12 @@ func TestExportSpans(t *testing.T) {
 					},
 				},
 				{
-					SpanContext: otel.SpanContext{
-						TraceID:    otel.TraceID([16]byte{0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 2}),
-						SpanID:     otel.SpanID([8]byte{0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1}),
+					SpanContext: trace.SpanContext{
+						TraceID:    trace.TraceID([16]byte{0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 2}),
+						SpanID:     trace.SpanID([8]byte{0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1}),
 						TraceFlags: byte(1),
 					},
-					SpanKind:  otel.SpanKindServer,
+					SpanKind:  trace.SpanKindServer,
 					Name:      "secondary parent process",
 					StartTime: startTime,
 					EndTime:   endTime,
@@ -126,13 +126,13 @@ func TestExportSpans(t *testing.T) {
 					},
 				},
 				{
-					SpanContext: otel.SpanContext{
-						TraceID:    otel.TraceID([16]byte{0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1}),
-						SpanID:     otel.SpanID([8]byte{0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 2}),
+					SpanContext: trace.SpanContext{
+						TraceID:    trace.TraceID([16]byte{0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1}),
+						SpanID:     trace.SpanID([8]byte{0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 2}),
 						TraceFlags: byte(1),
 					},
-					ParentSpanID: otel.SpanID([8]byte{0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1}),
-					SpanKind:     otel.SpanKindInternal,
+					ParentSpanID: trace.SpanID([8]byte{0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1}),
+					SpanKind:     trace.SpanKindInternal,
 					Name:         "internal process",
 					StartTime:    startTime,
 					EndTime:      endTime,
@@ -149,12 +149,12 @@ func TestExportSpans(t *testing.T) {
 					},
 				},
 				{
-					SpanContext: otel.SpanContext{
-						TraceID:    otel.TraceID([16]byte{0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 2}),
-						SpanID:     otel.SpanID([8]byte{0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1}),
+					SpanContext: trace.SpanContext{
+						TraceID:    trace.TraceID([16]byte{0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 2}),
+						SpanID:     trace.SpanID([8]byte{0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1}),
 						TraceFlags: byte(1),
 					},
-					SpanKind:  otel.SpanKindServer,
+					SpanKind:  trace.SpanKindServer,
 					Name:      "parent process",
 					StartTime: startTime,
 					EndTime:   endTime,
diff --git a/exporters/stdout/example_test.go b/exporters/stdout/example_test.go
index 21b30d2348e..191e9848f34 100644
--- a/exporters/stdout/example_test.go
+++ b/exporters/stdout/example_test.go
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import (
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/stdout"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/global"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/label"
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace"
 )
 
 const (
@@ -32,7 +33,7 @@ const (
 var (
 	tracer = global.TracerProvider().Tracer(
 		instrumentationName,
-		otel.WithInstrumentationVersion(instrumentationVersion),
+		trace.WithInstrumentationVersion(instrumentationVersion),
 	)
 
 	meter = global.MeterProvider().Meter(
@@ -49,7 +50,7 @@ var (
 func add(ctx context.Context, x, y int64) int64 {
 	nameKV := nameKey.String("add")
 
-	var span otel.Span
+	var span trace.Span
 	ctx, span = tracer.Start(ctx, "Addition")
 	defer span.End()
 
@@ -63,7 +64,7 @@ func add(ctx context.Context, x, y int64) int64 {
 func multiply(ctx context.Context, x, y int64) int64 {
 	nameKV := nameKey.String("multiply")
 
-	var span otel.Span
+	var span trace.Span
 	ctx, span = tracer.Start(ctx, "Multiplication")
 	defer span.End()
 
diff --git a/exporters/stdout/exporter.go b/exporters/stdout/exporter.go
index 56f1aaa15d9..493a71a525a 100644
--- a/exporters/stdout/exporter.go
+++ b/exporters/stdout/exporter.go
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
 package stdout // import "go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/stdout"
 
 import (
-	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/global"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/export/metric"
 	exporttrace "go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/export/trace"
@@ -23,6 +22,7 @@ import (
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric/processor/basic"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric/selector/simple"
 	sdktrace "go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/trace"
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace"
 )
 
 type Exporter struct {
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ func NewExporter(options ...Option) (*Exporter, error) {
 // NewExportPipeline creates a complete export pipeline with the default
 // selectors, processors, and trace registration. It is the responsibility
 // of the caller to stop the returned push Controller.
-func NewExportPipeline(exportOpts []Option, pushOpts []push.Option) (otel.TracerProvider, *push.Controller, error) {
+func NewExportPipeline(exportOpts []Option, pushOpts []push.Option) (trace.TracerProvider, *push.Controller, error) {
 	exporter, err := NewExporter(exportOpts...)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, nil, err
diff --git a/exporters/stdout/trace_test.go b/exporters/stdout/trace_test.go
index 2a1665545a2..83df6fe4ab4 100644
--- a/exporters/stdout/trace_test.go
+++ b/exporters/stdout/trace_test.go
@@ -22,12 +22,12 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 
-	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/codes"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/stdout"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/label"
 	export "go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/export/trace"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/resource"
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace"
 )
 
 func TestExporter_ExportSpan(t *testing.T) {
@@ -40,14 +40,14 @@ func TestExporter_ExportSpan(t *testing.T) {
 
 	// setup test span
 	now := time.Now()
-	traceID, _ := otel.TraceIDFromHex("0102030405060708090a0b0c0d0e0f10")
-	spanID, _ := otel.SpanIDFromHex("0102030405060708")
+	traceID, _ := trace.TraceIDFromHex("0102030405060708090a0b0c0d0e0f10")
+	spanID, _ := trace.SpanIDFromHex("0102030405060708")
 	keyValue := "value"
 	doubleValue := 123.456
 	resource := resource.NewWithAttributes(label.String("rk1", "rv11"))
 
 	testSpan := &export.SpanData{
-		SpanContext: otel.SpanContext{
+		SpanContext: trace.SpanContext{
 			TraceID: traceID,
 			SpanID:  spanID,
 		},
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ func TestExporter_ExportSpan(t *testing.T) {
 			{Name: "foo", Attributes: []label.KeyValue{label.String("key", keyValue)}, Time: now},
 			{Name: "bar", Attributes: []label.KeyValue{label.Float64("double", doubleValue)}, Time: now},
 		},
-		SpanKind:      otel.SpanKindInternal,
+		SpanKind:      trace.SpanKindInternal,
 		StatusCode:    codes.Error,
 		StatusMessage: "interesting",
 		Resource:      resource,
diff --git a/exporters/trace/jaeger/jaeger.go b/exporters/trace/jaeger/jaeger.go
index d6557c63aab..05df3cd5df2 100644
--- a/exporters/trace/jaeger/jaeger.go
+++ b/exporters/trace/jaeger/jaeger.go
@@ -22,13 +22,13 @@ import (
 
 	"google.golang.org/api/support/bundler"
 
-	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/codes"
 	gen "go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/trace/jaeger/internal/gen-go/jaeger"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/global"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/label"
 	export "go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/export/trace"
 	sdktrace "go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/trace"
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace"
 )
 
 const (
@@ -151,14 +151,14 @@ func NewRawExporter(endpointOption EndpointOption, opts ...Option) (*Exporter, e
 
 // NewExportPipeline sets up a complete export pipeline
 // with the recommended setup for trace provider
-func NewExportPipeline(endpointOption EndpointOption, opts ...Option) (otel.TracerProvider, func(), error) {
+func NewExportPipeline(endpointOption EndpointOption, opts ...Option) (trace.TracerProvider, func(), error) {
 	o := options{}
 	opts = append(opts, WithDisabledFromEnv())
 	for _, opt := range opts {
 		opt(&o)
 	}
 	if o.Disabled {
-		return otel.NewNoopTracerProvider(), func() {}, nil
+		return trace.NewNoopTracerProvider(), func() {}, nil
 	}
 
 	exporter, err := NewRawExporter(endpointOption, opts...)
diff --git a/exporters/trace/jaeger/jaeger_test.go b/exporters/trace/jaeger/jaeger_test.go
index 2eaef9d045d..7c2eaeb6ffd 100644
--- a/exporters/trace/jaeger/jaeger_test.go
+++ b/exporters/trace/jaeger/jaeger_test.go
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 	"google.golang.org/api/support/bundler"
 
-	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/codes"
 	gen "go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/trace/jaeger/internal/gen-go/jaeger"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/global"
@@ -38,6 +37,7 @@ import (
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/instrumentation"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/resource"
 	sdktrace "go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/trace"
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace"
 )
 
 const (
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ func TestInstallNewPipeline(t *testing.T) {
 		name             string
 		endpoint         EndpointOption
 		options          []Option
-		expectedProvider otel.TracerProvider
+		expectedProvider trace.TracerProvider
 	}{
 		{
 			name:             "simple pipeline",
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ func TestInstallNewPipeline(t *testing.T) {
 			options: []Option{
 				WithDisabled(true),
 			},
-			expectedProvider: otel.NewNoopTracerProvider(),
+			expectedProvider: trace.NewNoopTracerProvider(),
 		},
 	}
 
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ func TestNewExportPipeline(t *testing.T) {
 		name                                  string
 		endpoint                              EndpointOption
 		options                               []Option
-		expectedProviderType                  otel.TracerProvider
+		expectedProviderType                  trace.TracerProvider
 		testSpanSampling, spanShouldBeSampled bool
 	}{
 		{
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ func TestNewExportPipeline(t *testing.T) {
 			options: []Option{
 				WithDisabled(true),
 			},
-			expectedProviderType: otel.NewNoopTracerProvider(),
+			expectedProviderType: trace.NewNoopTracerProvider(),
 		},
 		{
 			name:     "always on",
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ func TestNewExportPipelineWithDisabledFromEnv(t *testing.T) {
 	)
 	defer fn()
 	assert.NoError(t, err)
-	assert.IsType(t, otel.NewNoopTracerProvider(), tp)
+	assert.IsType(t, trace.NewNoopTracerProvider(), tp)
 }
 
 func TestNewRawExporter(t *testing.T) {
@@ -355,11 +355,11 @@ func TestExporter_ExportSpan(t *testing.T) {
 
 func Test_spanDataToThrift(t *testing.T) {
 	now := time.Now()
-	traceID, _ := otel.TraceIDFromHex("0102030405060708090a0b0c0d0e0f10")
-	spanID, _ := otel.SpanIDFromHex("0102030405060708")
+	traceID, _ := trace.TraceIDFromHex("0102030405060708090a0b0c0d0e0f10")
+	spanID, _ := trace.SpanIDFromHex("0102030405060708")
 
-	linkTraceID, _ := otel.TraceIDFromHex("0102030405060709090a0b0c0d0e0f11")
-	linkSpanID, _ := otel.SpanIDFromHex("0102030405060709")
+	linkTraceID, _ := trace.TraceIDFromHex("0102030405060709090a0b0c0d0e0f11")
+	linkSpanID, _ := trace.SpanIDFromHex("0102030405060709")
 
 	eventNameValue := "event-test"
 	keyValue := "value"
@@ -382,16 +382,16 @@ func Test_spanDataToThrift(t *testing.T) {
 		{
 			name: "no parent",
 			data: &export.SpanData{
-				SpanContext: otel.SpanContext{
+				SpanContext: trace.SpanContext{
 					TraceID: traceID,
 					SpanID:  spanID,
 				},
 				Name:      "/foo",
 				StartTime: now,
 				EndTime:   now,
-				Links: []otel.Link{
+				Links: []trace.Link{
 					{
-						SpanContext: otel.SpanContext{
+						SpanContext: trace.SpanContext{
 							TraceID: linkTraceID,
 							SpanID:  linkSpanID,
 						},
@@ -408,7 +408,7 @@ func Test_spanDataToThrift(t *testing.T) {
 				},
 				StatusCode:    codes.Error,
 				StatusMessage: statusMessage,
-				SpanKind:      otel.SpanKindClient,
+				SpanKind:      trace.SpanKindClient,
 				Resource:      resource.NewWithAttributes(label.String("rk1", rv1), label.Int64("rk2", rv2)),
 				InstrumentationLibrary: instrumentation.Library{
 					Name:    instrLibName,
diff --git a/exporters/trace/zipkin/model.go b/exporters/trace/zipkin/model.go
index 4070c64fe2b..e9d264b68aa 100644
--- a/exporters/trace/zipkin/model.go
+++ b/exporters/trace/zipkin/model.go
@@ -21,9 +21,9 @@ import (
 
 	zkmodel "github.com/openzipkin/zipkin-go/model"
 
-	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/label"
 	export "go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/export/trace"
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace"
 )
 
 const (
@@ -67,18 +67,18 @@ func toZipkinSpanContext(data *export.SpanData) zkmodel.SpanContext {
 	}
 }
 
-func toZipkinTraceID(traceID otel.TraceID) zkmodel.TraceID {
+func toZipkinTraceID(traceID trace.TraceID) zkmodel.TraceID {
 	return zkmodel.TraceID{
 		High: binary.BigEndian.Uint64(traceID[:8]),
 		Low:  binary.BigEndian.Uint64(traceID[8:]),
 	}
 }
 
-func toZipkinID(spanID otel.SpanID) zkmodel.ID {
+func toZipkinID(spanID trace.SpanID) zkmodel.ID {
 	return zkmodel.ID(binary.BigEndian.Uint64(spanID[:]))
 }
 
-func toZipkinParentID(spanID otel.SpanID) *zkmodel.ID {
+func toZipkinParentID(spanID trace.SpanID) *zkmodel.ID {
 	if spanID.IsValid() {
 		id := toZipkinID(spanID)
 		return &id
@@ -86,21 +86,21 @@ func toZipkinParentID(spanID otel.SpanID) *zkmodel.ID {
 	return nil
 }
 
-func toZipkinKind(kind otel.SpanKind) zkmodel.Kind {
+func toZipkinKind(kind trace.SpanKind) zkmodel.Kind {
 	switch kind {
-	case otel.SpanKindUnspecified:
+	case trace.SpanKindUnspecified:
 		return zkmodel.Undetermined
-	case otel.SpanKindInternal:
+	case trace.SpanKindInternal:
 		// The spec says we should set the kind to nil, but
 		// the model does not allow that.
 		return zkmodel.Undetermined
-	case otel.SpanKindServer:
+	case trace.SpanKindServer:
 		return zkmodel.Server
-	case otel.SpanKindClient:
+	case trace.SpanKindClient:
 		return zkmodel.Client
-	case otel.SpanKindProducer:
+	case trace.SpanKindProducer:
 		return zkmodel.Producer
-	case otel.SpanKindConsumer:
+	case trace.SpanKindConsumer:
 		return zkmodel.Consumer
 	}
 	return zkmodel.Undetermined
diff --git a/exporters/trace/zipkin/model_test.go b/exporters/trace/zipkin/model_test.go
index edb45f9b670..ef0123341c8 100644
--- a/exporters/trace/zipkin/model_test.go
+++ b/exporters/trace/zipkin/model_test.go
@@ -24,23 +24,23 @@ import (
 	zkmodel "github.com/openzipkin/zipkin-go/model"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 
-	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/codes"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/label"
 	export "go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/export/trace"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/instrumentation"
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace"
 )
 
 func TestModelConversion(t *testing.T) {
 	inputBatch := []*export.SpanData{
 		// typical span data
 		{
-			SpanContext: otel.SpanContext{
-				TraceID: otel.TraceID{0x00, 0x01, 0x02, 0x03, 0x04, 0x05, 0x06, 0x07, 0x08, 0x09, 0x0A, 0x0B, 0x0C, 0x0D, 0x0E, 0x0F},
-				SpanID:  otel.SpanID{0xFF, 0xFE, 0xFD, 0xFC, 0xFB, 0xFA, 0xF9, 0xF8},
+			SpanContext: trace.SpanContext{
+				TraceID: trace.TraceID{0x00, 0x01, 0x02, 0x03, 0x04, 0x05, 0x06, 0x07, 0x08, 0x09, 0x0A, 0x0B, 0x0C, 0x0D, 0x0E, 0x0F},
+				SpanID:  trace.SpanID{0xFF, 0xFE, 0xFD, 0xFC, 0xFB, 0xFA, 0xF9, 0xF8},
 			},
-			ParentSpanID: otel.SpanID{0x3F, 0x3E, 0x3D, 0x3C, 0x3B, 0x3A, 0x39, 0x38},
-			SpanKind:     otel.SpanKindServer,
+			ParentSpanID: trace.SpanID{0x3F, 0x3E, 0x3D, 0x3C, 0x3B, 0x3A, 0x39, 0x38},
+			SpanKind:     trace.SpanKindServer,
 			Name:         "foo",
 			StartTime:    time.Date(2020, time.March, 11, 19, 24, 0, 0, time.UTC),
 			EndTime:      time.Date(2020, time.March, 11, 19, 25, 0, 0, time.UTC),
@@ -68,12 +68,12 @@ func TestModelConversion(t *testing.T) {
 		// span data with no parent (same as typical, but has
 		// invalid parent)
 		{
-			SpanContext: otel.SpanContext{
-				TraceID: otel.TraceID{0x00, 0x01, 0x02, 0x03, 0x04, 0x05, 0x06, 0x07, 0x08, 0x09, 0x0A, 0x0B, 0x0C, 0x0D, 0x0E, 0x0F},
-				SpanID:  otel.SpanID{0xFF, 0xFE, 0xFD, 0xFC, 0xFB, 0xFA, 0xF9, 0xF8},
+			SpanContext: trace.SpanContext{
+				TraceID: trace.TraceID{0x00, 0x01, 0x02, 0x03, 0x04, 0x05, 0x06, 0x07, 0x08, 0x09, 0x0A, 0x0B, 0x0C, 0x0D, 0x0E, 0x0F},
+				SpanID:  trace.SpanID{0xFF, 0xFE, 0xFD, 0xFC, 0xFB, 0xFA, 0xF9, 0xF8},
 			},
-			ParentSpanID: otel.SpanID{},
-			SpanKind:     otel.SpanKindServer,
+			ParentSpanID: trace.SpanID{},
+			SpanKind:     trace.SpanKindServer,
 			Name:         "foo",
 			StartTime:    time.Date(2020, time.March, 11, 19, 24, 0, 0, time.UTC),
 			EndTime:      time.Date(2020, time.March, 11, 19, 25, 0, 0, time.UTC),
@@ -100,12 +100,12 @@ func TestModelConversion(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 		// span data of unspecified kind
 		{
-			SpanContext: otel.SpanContext{
-				TraceID: otel.TraceID{0x00, 0x01, 0x02, 0x03, 0x04, 0x05, 0x06, 0x07, 0x08, 0x09, 0x0A, 0x0B, 0x0C, 0x0D, 0x0E, 0x0F},
-				SpanID:  otel.SpanID{0xFF, 0xFE, 0xFD, 0xFC, 0xFB, 0xFA, 0xF9, 0xF8},
+			SpanContext: trace.SpanContext{
+				TraceID: trace.TraceID{0x00, 0x01, 0x02, 0x03, 0x04, 0x05, 0x06, 0x07, 0x08, 0x09, 0x0A, 0x0B, 0x0C, 0x0D, 0x0E, 0x0F},
+				SpanID:  trace.SpanID{0xFF, 0xFE, 0xFD, 0xFC, 0xFB, 0xFA, 0xF9, 0xF8},
 			},
-			ParentSpanID: otel.SpanID{0x3F, 0x3E, 0x3D, 0x3C, 0x3B, 0x3A, 0x39, 0x38},
-			SpanKind:     otel.SpanKindUnspecified,
+			ParentSpanID: trace.SpanID{0x3F, 0x3E, 0x3D, 0x3C, 0x3B, 0x3A, 0x39, 0x38},
+			SpanKind:     trace.SpanKindUnspecified,
 			Name:         "foo",
 			StartTime:    time.Date(2020, time.March, 11, 19, 24, 0, 0, time.UTC),
 			EndTime:      time.Date(2020, time.March, 11, 19, 25, 0, 0, time.UTC),
@@ -132,12 +132,12 @@ func TestModelConversion(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 		// span data of internal kind
 		{
-			SpanContext: otel.SpanContext{
-				TraceID: otel.TraceID{0x00, 0x01, 0x02, 0x03, 0x04, 0x05, 0x06, 0x07, 0x08, 0x09, 0x0A, 0x0B, 0x0C, 0x0D, 0x0E, 0x0F},
-				SpanID:  otel.SpanID{0xFF, 0xFE, 0xFD, 0xFC, 0xFB, 0xFA, 0xF9, 0xF8},
+			SpanContext: trace.SpanContext{
+				TraceID: trace.TraceID{0x00, 0x01, 0x02, 0x03, 0x04, 0x05, 0x06, 0x07, 0x08, 0x09, 0x0A, 0x0B, 0x0C, 0x0D, 0x0E, 0x0F},
+				SpanID:  trace.SpanID{0xFF, 0xFE, 0xFD, 0xFC, 0xFB, 0xFA, 0xF9, 0xF8},
 			},
-			ParentSpanID: otel.SpanID{0x3F, 0x3E, 0x3D, 0x3C, 0x3B, 0x3A, 0x39, 0x38},
-			SpanKind:     otel.SpanKindInternal,
+			ParentSpanID: trace.SpanID{0x3F, 0x3E, 0x3D, 0x3C, 0x3B, 0x3A, 0x39, 0x38},
+			SpanKind:     trace.SpanKindInternal,
 			Name:         "foo",
 			StartTime:    time.Date(2020, time.March, 11, 19, 24, 0, 0, time.UTC),
 			EndTime:      time.Date(2020, time.March, 11, 19, 25, 0, 0, time.UTC),
@@ -164,12 +164,12 @@ func TestModelConversion(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 		// span data of client kind
 		{
-			SpanContext: otel.SpanContext{
-				TraceID: otel.TraceID{0x00, 0x01, 0x02, 0x03, 0x04, 0x05, 0x06, 0x07, 0x08, 0x09, 0x0A, 0x0B, 0x0C, 0x0D, 0x0E, 0x0F},
-				SpanID:  otel.SpanID{0xFF, 0xFE, 0xFD, 0xFC, 0xFB, 0xFA, 0xF9, 0xF8},
+			SpanContext: trace.SpanContext{
+				TraceID: trace.TraceID{0x00, 0x01, 0x02, 0x03, 0x04, 0x05, 0x06, 0x07, 0x08, 0x09, 0x0A, 0x0B, 0x0C, 0x0D, 0x0E, 0x0F},
+				SpanID:  trace.SpanID{0xFF, 0xFE, 0xFD, 0xFC, 0xFB, 0xFA, 0xF9, 0xF8},
 			},
-			ParentSpanID: otel.SpanID{0x3F, 0x3E, 0x3D, 0x3C, 0x3B, 0x3A, 0x39, 0x38},
-			SpanKind:     otel.SpanKindClient,
+			ParentSpanID: trace.SpanID{0x3F, 0x3E, 0x3D, 0x3C, 0x3B, 0x3A, 0x39, 0x38},
+			SpanKind:     trace.SpanKindClient,
 			Name:         "foo",
 			StartTime:    time.Date(2020, time.March, 11, 19, 24, 0, 0, time.UTC),
 			EndTime:      time.Date(2020, time.March, 11, 19, 25, 0, 0, time.UTC),
@@ -196,12 +196,12 @@ func TestModelConversion(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 		// span data of producer kind
 		{
-			SpanContext: otel.SpanContext{
-				TraceID: otel.TraceID{0x00, 0x01, 0x02, 0x03, 0x04, 0x05, 0x06, 0x07, 0x08, 0x09, 0x0A, 0x0B, 0x0C, 0x0D, 0x0E, 0x0F},
-				SpanID:  otel.SpanID{0xFF, 0xFE, 0xFD, 0xFC, 0xFB, 0xFA, 0xF9, 0xF8},
+			SpanContext: trace.SpanContext{
+				TraceID: trace.TraceID{0x00, 0x01, 0x02, 0x03, 0x04, 0x05, 0x06, 0x07, 0x08, 0x09, 0x0A, 0x0B, 0x0C, 0x0D, 0x0E, 0x0F},
+				SpanID:  trace.SpanID{0xFF, 0xFE, 0xFD, 0xFC, 0xFB, 0xFA, 0xF9, 0xF8},
 			},
-			ParentSpanID: otel.SpanID{0x3F, 0x3E, 0x3D, 0x3C, 0x3B, 0x3A, 0x39, 0x38},
-			SpanKind:     otel.SpanKindProducer,
+			ParentSpanID: trace.SpanID{0x3F, 0x3E, 0x3D, 0x3C, 0x3B, 0x3A, 0x39, 0x38},
+			SpanKind:     trace.SpanKindProducer,
 			Name:         "foo",
 			StartTime:    time.Date(2020, time.March, 11, 19, 24, 0, 0, time.UTC),
 			EndTime:      time.Date(2020, time.March, 11, 19, 25, 0, 0, time.UTC),
@@ -228,12 +228,12 @@ func TestModelConversion(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 		// span data of consumer kind
 		{
-			SpanContext: otel.SpanContext{
-				TraceID: otel.TraceID{0x00, 0x01, 0x02, 0x03, 0x04, 0x05, 0x06, 0x07, 0x08, 0x09, 0x0A, 0x0B, 0x0C, 0x0D, 0x0E, 0x0F},
-				SpanID:  otel.SpanID{0xFF, 0xFE, 0xFD, 0xFC, 0xFB, 0xFA, 0xF9, 0xF8},
+			SpanContext: trace.SpanContext{
+				TraceID: trace.TraceID{0x00, 0x01, 0x02, 0x03, 0x04, 0x05, 0x06, 0x07, 0x08, 0x09, 0x0A, 0x0B, 0x0C, 0x0D, 0x0E, 0x0F},
+				SpanID:  trace.SpanID{0xFF, 0xFE, 0xFD, 0xFC, 0xFB, 0xFA, 0xF9, 0xF8},
 			},
-			ParentSpanID: otel.SpanID{0x3F, 0x3E, 0x3D, 0x3C, 0x3B, 0x3A, 0x39, 0x38},
-			SpanKind:     otel.SpanKindConsumer,
+			ParentSpanID: trace.SpanID{0x3F, 0x3E, 0x3D, 0x3C, 0x3B, 0x3A, 0x39, 0x38},
+			SpanKind:     trace.SpanKindConsumer,
 			Name:         "foo",
 			StartTime:    time.Date(2020, time.March, 11, 19, 24, 0, 0, time.UTC),
 			EndTime:      time.Date(2020, time.March, 11, 19, 25, 0, 0, time.UTC),
@@ -260,12 +260,12 @@ func TestModelConversion(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 		// span data with no events
 		{
-			SpanContext: otel.SpanContext{
-				TraceID: otel.TraceID{0x00, 0x01, 0x02, 0x03, 0x04, 0x05, 0x06, 0x07, 0x08, 0x09, 0x0A, 0x0B, 0x0C, 0x0D, 0x0E, 0x0F},
-				SpanID:  otel.SpanID{0xFF, 0xFE, 0xFD, 0xFC, 0xFB, 0xFA, 0xF9, 0xF8},
+			SpanContext: trace.SpanContext{
+				TraceID: trace.TraceID{0x00, 0x01, 0x02, 0x03, 0x04, 0x05, 0x06, 0x07, 0x08, 0x09, 0x0A, 0x0B, 0x0C, 0x0D, 0x0E, 0x0F},
+				SpanID:  trace.SpanID{0xFF, 0xFE, 0xFD, 0xFC, 0xFB, 0xFA, 0xF9, 0xF8},
 			},
-			ParentSpanID: otel.SpanID{0x3F, 0x3E, 0x3D, 0x3C, 0x3B, 0x3A, 0x39, 0x38},
-			SpanKind:     otel.SpanKindServer,
+			ParentSpanID: trace.SpanID{0x3F, 0x3E, 0x3D, 0x3C, 0x3B, 0x3A, 0x39, 0x38},
+			SpanKind:     trace.SpanKindServer,
 			Name:         "foo",
 			StartTime:    time.Date(2020, time.March, 11, 19, 24, 0, 0, time.UTC),
 			EndTime:      time.Date(2020, time.March, 11, 19, 25, 0, 0, time.UTC),
@@ -279,12 +279,12 @@ func TestModelConversion(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 		// span data with an "error" attribute set to "false"
 		{
-			SpanContext: otel.SpanContext{
-				TraceID: otel.TraceID{0x00, 0x01, 0x02, 0x03, 0x04, 0x05, 0x06, 0x07, 0x08, 0x09, 0x0A, 0x0B, 0x0C, 0x0D, 0x0E, 0x0F},
-				SpanID:  otel.SpanID{0xFF, 0xFE, 0xFD, 0xFC, 0xFB, 0xFA, 0xF9, 0xF8},
+			SpanContext: trace.SpanContext{
+				TraceID: trace.TraceID{0x00, 0x01, 0x02, 0x03, 0x04, 0x05, 0x06, 0x07, 0x08, 0x09, 0x0A, 0x0B, 0x0C, 0x0D, 0x0E, 0x0F},
+				SpanID:  trace.SpanID{0xFF, 0xFE, 0xFD, 0xFC, 0xFB, 0xFA, 0xF9, 0xF8},
 			},
-			ParentSpanID: otel.SpanID{0x3F, 0x3E, 0x3D, 0x3C, 0x3B, 0x3A, 0x39, 0x38},
-			SpanKind:     otel.SpanKindServer,
+			ParentSpanID: trace.SpanID{0x3F, 0x3E, 0x3D, 0x3C, 0x3B, 0x3A, 0x39, 0x38},
+			SpanKind:     trace.SpanKindServer,
 			Name:         "foo",
 			StartTime:    time.Date(2020, time.March, 11, 19, 24, 0, 0, time.UTC),
 			EndTime:      time.Date(2020, time.March, 11, 19, 25, 0, 0, time.UTC),
diff --git a/exporters/trace/zipkin/zipkin_test.go b/exporters/trace/zipkin/zipkin_test.go
index 5bd3b4e39b5..a8d45a56036 100644
--- a/exporters/trace/zipkin/zipkin_test.go
+++ b/exporters/trace/zipkin/zipkin_test.go
@@ -30,11 +30,11 @@ import (
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 
-	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/codes"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/global"
 	export "go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/export/trace"
 	sdktrace "go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/trace"
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace"
 )
 
 const (
@@ -241,12 +241,12 @@ func TestExportSpans(t *testing.T) {
 	spans := []*export.SpanData{
 		// parent
 		{
-			SpanContext: otel.SpanContext{
-				TraceID: otel.TraceID{0x00, 0x01, 0x02, 0x03, 0x04, 0x05, 0x06, 0x07, 0x08, 0x09, 0x0A, 0x0B, 0x0C, 0x0D, 0x0E, 0x0F},
-				SpanID:  otel.SpanID{0xFF, 0xFE, 0xFD, 0xFC, 0xFB, 0xFA, 0xF9, 0xF8},
+			SpanContext: trace.SpanContext{
+				TraceID: trace.TraceID{0x00, 0x01, 0x02, 0x03, 0x04, 0x05, 0x06, 0x07, 0x08, 0x09, 0x0A, 0x0B, 0x0C, 0x0D, 0x0E, 0x0F},
+				SpanID:  trace.SpanID{0xFF, 0xFE, 0xFD, 0xFC, 0xFB, 0xFA, 0xF9, 0xF8},
 			},
-			ParentSpanID:  otel.SpanID{},
-			SpanKind:      otel.SpanKindServer,
+			ParentSpanID:  trace.SpanID{},
+			SpanKind:      trace.SpanKindServer,
 			Name:          "foo",
 			StartTime:     time.Date(2020, time.March, 11, 19, 24, 0, 0, time.UTC),
 			EndTime:       time.Date(2020, time.March, 11, 19, 25, 0, 0, time.UTC),
@@ -257,12 +257,12 @@ func TestExportSpans(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 		// child
 		{
-			SpanContext: otel.SpanContext{
-				TraceID: otel.TraceID{0x00, 0x01, 0x02, 0x03, 0x04, 0x05, 0x06, 0x07, 0x08, 0x09, 0x0A, 0x0B, 0x0C, 0x0D, 0x0E, 0x0F},
-				SpanID:  otel.SpanID{0xDF, 0xDE, 0xDD, 0xDC, 0xDB, 0xDA, 0xD9, 0xD8},
+			SpanContext: trace.SpanContext{
+				TraceID: trace.TraceID{0x00, 0x01, 0x02, 0x03, 0x04, 0x05, 0x06, 0x07, 0x08, 0x09, 0x0A, 0x0B, 0x0C, 0x0D, 0x0E, 0x0F},
+				SpanID:  trace.SpanID{0xDF, 0xDE, 0xDD, 0xDC, 0xDB, 0xDA, 0xD9, 0xD8},
 			},
-			ParentSpanID:  otel.SpanID{0xFF, 0xFE, 0xFD, 0xFC, 0xFB, 0xFA, 0xF9, 0xF8},
-			SpanKind:      otel.SpanKindServer,
+			ParentSpanID:  trace.SpanID{0xFF, 0xFE, 0xFD, 0xFC, 0xFB, 0xFA, 0xF9, 0xF8},
+			SpanKind:      trace.SpanKindServer,
 			Name:          "bar",
 			StartTime:     time.Date(2020, time.March, 11, 19, 24, 15, 0, time.UTC),
 			EndTime:       time.Date(2020, time.March, 11, 19, 24, 45, 0, time.UTC),
diff --git a/global/internal/state.go b/global/internal/state.go
index 7248664978a..cb22a5ef7fb 100644
--- a/global/internal/state.go
+++ b/global/internal/state.go
@@ -19,11 +19,12 @@ import (
 	"sync/atomic"
 
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel"
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace"
 )
 
 type (
 	tracerProviderHolder struct {
-		tp otel.TracerProvider
+		tp trace.TracerProvider
 	}
 
 	meterProviderHolder struct {
@@ -46,12 +47,12 @@ var (
 )
 
 // TracerProvider is the internal implementation for global.TracerProvider.
-func TracerProvider() otel.TracerProvider {
+func TracerProvider() trace.TracerProvider {
 	return globalTracer.Load().(tracerProviderHolder).tp
 }
 
 // SetTracerProvider is the internal implementation for global.SetTracerProvider.
-func SetTracerProvider(tp otel.TracerProvider) {
+func SetTracerProvider(tp trace.TracerProvider) {
 	delegateTraceOnce.Do(func() {
 		current := TracerProvider()
 		if current == tp {
diff --git a/global/internal/trace.go b/global/internal/trace.go
index d74966c0465..c60828e8a44 100644
--- a/global/internal/trace.go
+++ b/global/internal/trace.go
@@ -35,8 +35,8 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"sync"
 
-	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/internal/trace/noop"
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace"
 )
 
 // tracerProvider is a placeholder for a configured SDK TracerProvider.
@@ -47,12 +47,12 @@ type tracerProvider struct {
 	mtx     sync.Mutex
 	tracers []*tracer
 
-	delegate otel.TracerProvider
+	delegate trace.TracerProvider
 }
 
 // Compile-time guarantee that tracerProvider implements the TracerProvider
 // interface.
-var _ otel.TracerProvider = &tracerProvider{}
+var _ trace.TracerProvider = &tracerProvider{}
 
 // setDelegate configures p to delegate all TracerProvider functionality to
 // provider.
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ var _ otel.TracerProvider = &tracerProvider{}
 //
 // Delegation only happens on the first call to this method. All subsequent
 // calls result in no delegation changes.
-func (p *tracerProvider) setDelegate(provider otel.TracerProvider) {
+func (p *tracerProvider) setDelegate(provider trace.TracerProvider) {
 	if p.delegate != nil {
 		return
 	}
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ func (p *tracerProvider) setDelegate(provider otel.TracerProvider) {
 }
 
 // Tracer implements TracerProvider.
-func (p *tracerProvider) Tracer(name string, opts ...otel.TracerOption) otel.Tracer {
+func (p *tracerProvider) Tracer(name string, opts ...trace.TracerOption) trace.Tracer {
 	p.mtx.Lock()
 	defer p.mtx.Unlock()
 
@@ -92,20 +92,20 @@ func (p *tracerProvider) Tracer(name string, opts ...otel.TracerOption) otel.Tra
 	return t
 }
 
-// tracer is a placeholder for a otel.Tracer.
+// tracer is a placeholder for a trace.Tracer.
 //
 // All Tracer functionality is forwarded to a delegate once configured.
 // Otherwise, all functionality is forwarded to a NoopTracer.
 type tracer struct {
 	once sync.Once
 	name string
-	opts []otel.TracerOption
+	opts []trace.TracerOption
 
-	delegate otel.Tracer
+	delegate trace.Tracer
 }
 
-// Compile-time guarantee that tracer implements the otel.Tracer interface.
-var _ otel.Tracer = &tracer{}
+// Compile-time guarantee that tracer implements the trace.Tracer interface.
+var _ trace.Tracer = &tracer{}
 
 // setDelegate configures t to delegate all Tracer functionality to Tracers
 // created by provider.
@@ -114,13 +114,13 @@ var _ otel.Tracer = &tracer{}
 //
 // Delegation only happens on the first call to this method. All subsequent
 // calls result in no delegation changes.
-func (t *tracer) setDelegate(provider otel.TracerProvider) {
+func (t *tracer) setDelegate(provider trace.TracerProvider) {
 	t.once.Do(func() { t.delegate = provider.Tracer(t.name, t.opts...) })
 }
 
-// Start implements otel.Tracer by forwarding the call to t.delegate if
+// Start implements trace.Tracer by forwarding the call to t.delegate if
 // set, otherwise it forwards the call to a NoopTracer.
-func (t *tracer) Start(ctx context.Context, name string, opts ...otel.SpanOption) (context.Context, otel.Span) {
+func (t *tracer) Start(ctx context.Context, name string, opts ...trace.SpanOption) (context.Context, trace.Span) {
 	if t.delegate != nil {
 		return t.delegate.Start(ctx, name, opts...)
 	}
diff --git a/global/trace.go b/global/trace.go
index c0410e178d8..97660fbac5d 100644
--- a/global/trace.go
+++ b/global/trace.go
@@ -15,15 +15,15 @@
 package global // import "go.opentelemetry.io/otel/global"
 
 import (
-	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/global/internal"
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace"
 )
 
 // Tracer creates a named tracer that implements Tracer interface.
 // If the name is an empty string then provider uses default name.
 //
 // This is short for TracerProvider().Tracer(name)
-func Tracer(name string) otel.Tracer {
+func Tracer(name string) trace.Tracer {
 	return TracerProvider().Tracer(name)
 }
 
@@ -34,11 +34,11 @@ func Tracer(name string) otel.Tracer {
 //     tracer := global.TracerProvider().Tracer("example.com/foo")
 // or
 //     tracer := global.Tracer("example.com/foo")
-func TracerProvider() otel.TracerProvider {
+func TracerProvider() trace.TracerProvider {
 	return internal.TracerProvider()
 }
 
 // SetTracerProvider registers `tp` as the global trace provider.
-func SetTracerProvider(tp otel.TracerProvider) {
+func SetTracerProvider(tp trace.TracerProvider) {
 	internal.SetTracerProvider(tp)
 }
diff --git a/global/trace_test.go b/global/trace_test.go
index cbcbeef74e2..0c6bd385896 100644
--- a/global/trace_test.go
+++ b/global/trace_test.go
@@ -17,22 +17,22 @@ package global_test
 import (
 	"testing"
 
-	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/global"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/internal/trace/noop"
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace"
 )
 
 type testTracerProvider struct{}
 
-var _ otel.TracerProvider = &testTracerProvider{}
+var _ trace.TracerProvider = &testTracerProvider{}
 
-func (*testTracerProvider) Tracer(_ string, _ ...otel.TracerOption) otel.Tracer {
+func (*testTracerProvider) Tracer(_ string, _ ...trace.TracerOption) trace.Tracer {
 	return noop.Tracer
 }
 
 func TestMultipleGlobalTracerProvider(t *testing.T) {
 	p1 := testTracerProvider{}
-	p2 := otel.NewNoopTracerProvider()
+	p2 := trace.NewNoopTracerProvider()
 	global.SetTracerProvider(&p1)
 	global.SetTracerProvider(p2)
 
diff --git a/internal/trace/noop/noop.go b/internal/trace/noop/noop.go
index bfca48381a1..765c21a289c 100644
--- a/internal/trace/noop/noop.go
+++ b/internal/trace/noop/noop.go
@@ -18,18 +18,18 @@ package noop
 import (
 	"context"
 
-	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel"
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace"
 )
 
 var (
 	// Tracer is a noop tracer that starts noop spans.
-	Tracer otel.Tracer
+	Tracer trace.Tracer
 
 	// Span is a noop Span.
-	Span otel.Span
+	Span trace.Span
 )
 
 func init() {
-	Tracer = otel.NewNoopTracerProvider().Tracer("")
+	Tracer = trace.NewNoopTracerProvider().Tracer("")
 	_, Span = Tracer.Start(context.Background(), "")
 }
diff --git a/internal/trace/parent/parent.go b/internal/trace/parent/parent.go
index 27d65579a6a..0529265108d 100644
--- a/internal/trace/parent/parent.go
+++ b/internal/trace/parent/parent.go
@@ -17,19 +17,19 @@ package parent
 import (
 	"context"
 
-	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/label"
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace"
 )
 
-func GetSpanContextAndLinks(ctx context.Context, ignoreContext bool) (otel.SpanContext, bool, []otel.Link) {
-	lsctx := otel.SpanContextFromContext(ctx)
-	rsctx := otel.RemoteSpanContextFromContext(ctx)
+func GetSpanContextAndLinks(ctx context.Context, ignoreContext bool) (trace.SpanContext, bool, []trace.Link) {
+	lsctx := trace.SpanContextFromContext(ctx)
+	rsctx := trace.RemoteSpanContextFromContext(ctx)
 
 	if ignoreContext {
 		links := addLinkIfValid(nil, lsctx, "current")
 		links = addLinkIfValid(links, rsctx, "remote")
 
-		return otel.SpanContext{}, false, links
+		return trace.SpanContext{}, false, links
 	}
 	if lsctx.IsValid() {
 		return lsctx, false, nil
@@ -37,14 +37,14 @@ func GetSpanContextAndLinks(ctx context.Context, ignoreContext bool) (otel.SpanC
 	if rsctx.IsValid() {
 		return rsctx, true, nil
 	}
-	return otel.SpanContext{}, false, nil
+	return trace.SpanContext{}, false, nil
 }
 
-func addLinkIfValid(links []otel.Link, sc otel.SpanContext, kind string) []otel.Link {
+func addLinkIfValid(links []trace.Link, sc trace.SpanContext, kind string) []trace.Link {
 	if !sc.IsValid() {
 		return links
 	}
-	return append(links, otel.Link{
+	return append(links, trace.Link{
 		SpanContext: sc,
 		Attributes: []label.KeyValue{
 			label.String("ignored-on-demand", kind),
diff --git a/oteltest/config.go b/oteltest/config.go
index 582beaa1548..5ef080424fc 100644
--- a/oteltest/config.go
+++ b/oteltest/config.go
@@ -20,17 +20,17 @@ import (
 	"sync"
 	"sync/atomic"
 
-	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel"
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace"
 )
 
 // defaultSpanContextFunc returns the default SpanContextFunc.
-func defaultSpanContextFunc() func(context.Context) otel.SpanContext {
+func defaultSpanContextFunc() func(context.Context) trace.SpanContext {
 	var traceID, spanID uint64 = 1, 1
-	return func(ctx context.Context) otel.SpanContext {
-		var sc otel.SpanContext
-		if lsc := otel.SpanContextFromContext(ctx); lsc.IsValid() {
+	return func(ctx context.Context) trace.SpanContext {
+		var sc trace.SpanContext
+		if lsc := trace.SpanContextFromContext(ctx); lsc.IsValid() {
 			sc = lsc
-		} else if rsc := otel.RemoteSpanContextFromContext(ctx); rsc.IsValid() {
+		} else if rsc := trace.RemoteSpanContextFromContext(ctx); rsc.IsValid() {
 			sc = rsc
 		} else {
 			binary.BigEndian.PutUint64(sc.TraceID[:], atomic.AddUint64(&traceID, 1))
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ func defaultSpanContextFunc() func(context.Context) otel.SpanContext {
 type config struct {
 	// SpanContextFunc returns a SpanContext from an parent Context for a
 	// new span.
-	SpanContextFunc func(context.Context) otel.SpanContext
+	SpanContextFunc func(context.Context) trace.SpanContext
 
 	// SpanRecorder keeps track of spans.
 	SpanRecorder SpanRecorder
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ type Option interface {
 }
 
 type spanContextFuncOption struct {
-	SpanContextFunc func(context.Context) otel.SpanContext
+	SpanContextFunc func(context.Context) trace.SpanContext
 }
 
 func (o spanContextFuncOption) Apply(c *config) {
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ func (o spanContextFuncOption) Apply(c *config) {
 
 // WithSpanContextFunc sets the SpanContextFunc used to generate a new Spans
 // context from a parent SpanContext.
-func WithSpanContextFunc(f func(context.Context) otel.SpanContext) Option {
+func WithSpanContextFunc(f func(context.Context) trace.SpanContext) Option {
 	return spanContextFuncOption{f}
 }
 
diff --git a/oteltest/harness.go b/oteltest/harness.go
index 7ce4b080d1d..309e6832a5c 100644
--- a/oteltest/harness.go
+++ b/oteltest/harness.go
@@ -20,10 +20,10 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 
-	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/codes"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/internal/matchers"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/label"
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace"
 )
 
 // Harness is a testing harness used to test implementations of the
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ func NewHarness(t *testing.T) *Harness {
 
 // TestTracer runs validation tests for an implementation of the OpenTelemetry
 // Tracer API.
-func (h *Harness) TestTracer(subjectFactory func() otel.Tracer) {
+func (h *Harness) TestTracer(subjectFactory func() trace.Tracer) {
 	h.t.Run("#Start", func(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Run("propagates the original context", func(t *testing.T) {
 			t.Parallel()
@@ -81,8 +81,8 @@ func (h *Harness) TestTracer(subjectFactory func() otel.Tracer) {
 			ctx, span := subject.Start(context.Background(), "test")
 
 			e.Expect(span).NotToBeNil()
-			e.Expect(span.SpanContext()).NotToEqual(otel.SpanContext{})
-			e.Expect(otel.SpanFromContext(ctx)).ToEqual(span)
+			e.Expect(span.SpanContext()).NotToEqual(trace.SpanContext{})
+			e.Expect(trace.SpanFromContext(ctx)).ToEqual(span)
 		})
 
 		t.Run("starts spans with unique trace and span IDs", func(t *testing.T) {
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ func (h *Harness) TestTracer(subjectFactory func() otel.Tracer) {
 			e := matchers.NewExpecter(t)
 			subject := subjectFactory()
 
-			_, span := subject.Start(context.Background(), "span", otel.WithRecord())
+			_, span := subject.Start(context.Background(), "span", trace.WithRecord())
 
 			e.Expect(span.IsRecording()).ToBeTrue()
 		})
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ func (h *Harness) TestTracer(subjectFactory func() otel.Tracer) {
 			subject := subjectFactory()
 
 			ctx, parent := subject.Start(context.Background(), "parent")
-			_, child := subject.Start(ctx, "child", otel.WithNewRoot())
+			_, child := subject.Start(ctx, "child", trace.WithNewRoot())
 
 			psc := parent.SpanContext()
 			csc := child.SpanContext()
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ func (h *Harness) TestTracer(subjectFactory func() otel.Tracer) {
 			subject := subjectFactory()
 
 			_, remoteParent := subject.Start(context.Background(), "remote parent")
-			parentCtx := otel.ContextWithRemoteSpanContext(context.Background(), remoteParent.SpanContext())
+			parentCtx := trace.ContextWithRemoteSpanContext(context.Background(), remoteParent.SpanContext())
 			_, child := subject.Start(parentCtx, "child")
 
 			psc := remoteParent.SpanContext()
@@ -168,8 +168,8 @@ func (h *Harness) TestTracer(subjectFactory func() otel.Tracer) {
 			subject := subjectFactory()
 
 			_, remoteParent := subject.Start(context.Background(), "remote parent")
-			parentCtx := otel.ContextWithRemoteSpanContext(context.Background(), remoteParent.SpanContext())
-			_, child := subject.Start(parentCtx, "child", otel.WithNewRoot())
+			parentCtx := trace.ContextWithRemoteSpanContext(context.Background(), remoteParent.SpanContext())
+			_, child := subject.Start(parentCtx, "child", trace.WithNewRoot())
 
 			psc := remoteParent.SpanContext()
 			csc := child.SpanContext()
@@ -182,29 +182,29 @@ func (h *Harness) TestTracer(subjectFactory func() otel.Tracer) {
 	h.testSpan(subjectFactory)
 }
 
-func (h *Harness) testSpan(tracerFactory func() otel.Tracer) {
-	var methods = map[string]func(span otel.Span){
-		"#End": func(span otel.Span) {
+func (h *Harness) testSpan(tracerFactory func() trace.Tracer) {
+	var methods = map[string]func(span trace.Span){
+		"#End": func(span trace.Span) {
 			span.End()
 		},
-		"#AddEvent": func(span otel.Span) {
+		"#AddEvent": func(span trace.Span) {
 			span.AddEvent("test event")
 		},
-		"#AddEventWithTimestamp": func(span otel.Span) {
-			span.AddEvent("test event", otel.WithTimestamp(time.Now().Add(1*time.Second)))
+		"#AddEventWithTimestamp": func(span trace.Span) {
+			span.AddEvent("test event", trace.WithTimestamp(time.Now().Add(1*time.Second)))
 		},
-		"#SetStatus": func(span otel.Span) {
+		"#SetStatus": func(span trace.Span) {
 			span.SetStatus(codes.Error, "internal")
 		},
-		"#SetName": func(span otel.Span) {
+		"#SetName": func(span trace.Span) {
 			span.SetName("new name")
 		},
-		"#SetAttributes": func(span otel.Span) {
+		"#SetAttributes": func(span trace.Span) {
 			span.SetAttributes(label.String("key1", "value"), label.Int("key2", 123))
 		},
 	}
-	var mechanisms = map[string]func() otel.Span{
-		"Span created via Tracer#Start": func() otel.Span {
+	var mechanisms = map[string]func() trace.Span{
+		"Span created via Tracer#Start": func() trace.Span {
 			tracer := tracerFactory()
 			_, subject := tracer.Start(context.Background(), "test")
 
diff --git a/oteltest/provider.go b/oteltest/provider.go
index e35ba9c959e..babba528e12 100644
--- a/oteltest/provider.go
+++ b/oteltest/provider.go
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ package oteltest // import "go.opentelemetry.io/otel/oteltest"
 import (
 	"sync"
 
-	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel"
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace"
 )
 
 // TracerProvider is a testing TracerProvider. It is an functioning
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ type TracerProvider struct {
 	tracers   map[instrumentation]*Tracer
 }
 
-var _ otel.TracerProvider = (*TracerProvider)(nil)
+var _ trace.TracerProvider = (*TracerProvider)(nil)
 
 // NewTracerProvider returns a *TracerProvider configured with options.
 func NewTracerProvider(options ...Option) *TracerProvider {
@@ -46,8 +46,8 @@ type instrumentation struct {
 }
 
 // Tracer returns an OpenTelemetry Tracer used for testing.
-func (p *TracerProvider) Tracer(instName string, opts ...otel.TracerOption) otel.Tracer {
-	conf := otel.NewTracerConfig(opts...)
+func (p *TracerProvider) Tracer(instName string, opts ...trace.TracerOption) trace.Tracer {
+	conf := trace.NewTracerConfig(opts...)
 
 	inst := instrumentation{
 		Name:    instName,
@@ -68,6 +68,6 @@ func (p *TracerProvider) Tracer(instName string, opts ...otel.TracerOption) otel
 }
 
 // DefaulTracer returns a default tracer for testing purposes.
-func DefaultTracer() otel.Tracer {
+func DefaultTracer() trace.Tracer {
 	return NewTracerProvider().Tracer("")
 }
diff --git a/oteltest/span.go b/oteltest/span.go
index 3321eb82d70..feb892fdd59 100644
--- a/oteltest/span.go
+++ b/oteltest/span.go
@@ -20,9 +20,9 @@ import (
 	"sync"
 	"time"
 
-	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/codes"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/label"
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace"
 )
 
 const (
@@ -31,14 +31,14 @@ const (
 	errorEventName  = "error"
 )
 
-var _ otel.Span = (*Span)(nil)
+var _ trace.Span = (*Span)(nil)
 
 // Span is an OpenTelemetry Span used for testing.
 type Span struct {
 	lock          sync.RWMutex
 	tracer        *Tracer
-	spanContext   otel.SpanContext
-	parentSpanID  otel.SpanID
+	spanContext   trace.SpanContext
+	parentSpanID  trace.SpanID
 	ended         bool
 	name          string
 	startTime     time.Time
@@ -47,19 +47,19 @@ type Span struct {
 	statusMessage string
 	attributes    map[label.Key]label.Value
 	events        []Event
-	links         map[otel.SpanContext][]label.KeyValue
-	spanKind      otel.SpanKind
+	links         map[trace.SpanContext][]label.KeyValue
+	spanKind      trace.SpanKind
 }
 
 // Tracer returns the Tracer that created s.
-func (s *Span) Tracer() otel.Tracer {
+func (s *Span) Tracer() trace.Tracer {
 	return s.tracer
 }
 
 // End ends s. If the Tracer that created s was configured with a
 // SpanRecorder, that recorder's OnEnd method is called as the final part of
 // this method.
-func (s *Span) End(opts ...otel.SpanOption) {
+func (s *Span) End(opts ...trace.SpanOption) {
 	s.lock.Lock()
 	defer s.lock.Unlock()
 
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ func (s *Span) End(opts ...otel.SpanOption) {
 		return
 	}
 
-	c := otel.NewSpanConfig(opts...)
+	c := trace.NewSpanConfig(opts...)
 	s.endTime = time.Now()
 	if endTime := c.Timestamp; !endTime.IsZero() {
 		s.endTime = endTime
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ func (s *Span) End(opts ...otel.SpanOption) {
 }
 
 // RecordError records an error as a Span event.
-func (s *Span) RecordError(err error, opts ...otel.EventOption) {
+func (s *Span) RecordError(err error, opts ...trace.EventOption) {
 	if err == nil || s.ended {
 		return
 	}
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ func (s *Span) RecordError(err error, opts ...otel.EventOption) {
 	}
 
 	s.SetStatus(codes.Error, "")
-	opts = append(opts, otel.WithAttributes(
+	opts = append(opts, trace.WithAttributes(
 		errorTypeKey.String(errTypeString),
 		errorMessageKey.String(err.Error()),
 	))
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ func (s *Span) RecordError(err error, opts ...otel.EventOption) {
 }
 
 // AddEvent adds an event to s.
-func (s *Span) AddEvent(name string, o ...otel.EventOption) {
+func (s *Span) AddEvent(name string, o ...trace.EventOption) {
 	s.lock.Lock()
 	defer s.lock.Unlock()
 
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ func (s *Span) AddEvent(name string, o ...otel.EventOption) {
 		return
 	}
 
-	c := otel.NewEventConfig(o...)
+	c := trace.NewEventConfig(o...)
 
 	var attributes map[label.Key]label.Value
 	if l := len(c.Attributes); l > 0 {
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ func (s *Span) IsRecording() bool {
 }
 
 // SpanContext returns the SpanContext of s.
-func (s *Span) SpanContext() otel.SpanContext {
+func (s *Span) SpanContext() trace.SpanContext {
 	return s.spanContext
 }
 
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ func (s *Span) Name() string { return s.name }
 // ParentSpanID returns the SpanID of the parent Span. If s is a root Span,
 // and therefore does not have a parent, the returned SpanID will be invalid
 // (i.e., it will contain all zeroes).
-func (s *Span) ParentSpanID() otel.SpanID { return s.parentSpanID }
+func (s *Span) ParentSpanID() trace.SpanID { return s.parentSpanID }
 
 // Attributes returns the attributes set on s, either at or after creation
 // time. If the same attribute key was set multiple times, the last call will
@@ -206,8 +206,8 @@ func (s *Span) Events() []Event { return s.events }
 
 // Links returns the links set on s at creation time. If multiple links for
 // the same SpanContext were set, the last link will be used.
-func (s *Span) Links() map[otel.SpanContext][]label.KeyValue {
-	links := make(map[otel.SpanContext][]label.KeyValue)
+func (s *Span) Links() map[trace.SpanContext][]label.KeyValue {
+	links := make(map[trace.SpanContext][]label.KeyValue)
 
 	for sc, attributes := range s.links {
 		links[sc] = append([]label.KeyValue{}, attributes...)
@@ -239,4 +239,4 @@ func (s *Span) StatusCode() codes.Code { return s.statusCode }
 func (s *Span) StatusMessage() string { return s.statusMessage }
 
 // SpanKind returns the span kind of s.
-func (s *Span) SpanKind() otel.SpanKind { return s.spanKind }
+func (s *Span) SpanKind() trace.SpanKind { return s.spanKind }
diff --git a/oteltest/span_test.go b/oteltest/span_test.go
index de0171da7c4..cc526c6ebf8 100644
--- a/oteltest/span_test.go
+++ b/oteltest/span_test.go
@@ -22,12 +22,12 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 
-	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/codes"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/internal/matchers"
 	ottest "go.opentelemetry.io/otel/internal/testing"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/label"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/oteltest"
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace"
 )
 
 func TestSpan(t *testing.T) {
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ func TestSpan(t *testing.T) {
 			e.Expect(ok).ToBeTrue()
 
 			expectedEndTime := time.Now().AddDate(5, 0, 0)
-			subject.End(otel.WithTimestamp(expectedEndTime))
+			subject.End(trace.WithTimestamp(expectedEndTime))
 
 			e.Expect(subject.Ended()).ToBeTrue()
 
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ func TestSpan(t *testing.T) {
 				e.Expect(ok).ToBeTrue()
 
 				testTime := time.Now()
-				subject.RecordError(s.err, otel.WithTimestamp(testTime))
+				subject.RecordError(s.err, trace.WithTimestamp(testTime))
 
 				expectedEvents := []oteltest.Event{{
 					Timestamp: testTime,
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ func TestSpan(t *testing.T) {
 			errMsg := "test error message"
 			testErr := ottest.NewTestError(errMsg)
 			testTime := time.Now()
-			subject.RecordError(testErr, otel.WithTimestamp(testTime))
+			subject.RecordError(testErr, trace.WithTimestamp(testTime))
 
 			expectedEvents := []oteltest.Event{{
 				Timestamp: testTime,
@@ -464,7 +464,7 @@ func TestSpan(t *testing.T) {
 			}
 
 			event1Start := time.Now()
-			subject.AddEvent(event1Name, otel.WithAttributes(event1Attributes...))
+			subject.AddEvent(event1Name, trace.WithAttributes(event1Attributes...))
 			event1End := time.Now()
 
 			event2Timestamp := time.Now().AddDate(5, 0, 0)
@@ -473,7 +473,7 @@ func TestSpan(t *testing.T) {
 				label.String("event2Attr", "abc"),
 			}
 
-			subject.AddEvent(event2Name, otel.WithTimestamp(event2Timestamp), otel.WithAttributes(event2Attributes...))
+			subject.AddEvent(event2Name, trace.WithTimestamp(event2Timestamp), trace.WithAttributes(event2Attributes...))
 
 			events := subject.Events()
 
@@ -601,13 +601,13 @@ func TestSpan(t *testing.T) {
 
 			tracer := tp.Tracer(t.Name())
 			_, span := tracer.Start(context.Background(), "test",
-				otel.WithSpanKind(otel.SpanKindConsumer))
+				trace.WithSpanKind(trace.SpanKindConsumer))
 
 			subject, ok := span.(*oteltest.Span)
 			e.Expect(ok).ToBeTrue()
 			subject.End()
 
-			e.Expect(subject.SpanKind()).ToEqual(otel.SpanKindConsumer)
+			e.Expect(subject.SpanKind()).ToEqual(trace.SpanKindConsumer)
 		})
 	})
 }
diff --git a/oteltest/tracer.go b/oteltest/tracer.go
index bf18e30c78a..45446e70a84 100644
--- a/oteltest/tracer.go
+++ b/oteltest/tracer.go
@@ -18,11 +18,11 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"time"
 
-	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/label"
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace"
 )
 
-var _ otel.Tracer = (*Tracer)(nil)
+var _ trace.Tracer = (*Tracer)(nil)
 
 // Tracer is an OpenTelemetry Tracer implementation used for testing.
 type Tracer struct {
@@ -36,8 +36,8 @@ type Tracer struct {
 
 // Start creates a span. If t is configured with a SpanRecorder its OnStart
 // method will be called after the created Span has been initialized.
-func (t *Tracer) Start(ctx context.Context, name string, opts ...otel.SpanOption) (context.Context, otel.Span) {
-	c := otel.NewSpanConfig(opts...)
+func (t *Tracer) Start(ctx context.Context, name string, opts ...trace.SpanOption) (context.Context, trace.Span) {
+	c := trace.NewSpanConfig(opts...)
 	startTime := time.Now()
 	if st := c.Timestamp; !st.IsZero() {
 		startTime = st
@@ -47,26 +47,26 @@ func (t *Tracer) Start(ctx context.Context, name string, opts ...otel.SpanOption
 		tracer:     t,
 		startTime:  startTime,
 		attributes: make(map[label.Key]label.Value),
-		links:      make(map[otel.SpanContext][]label.KeyValue),
+		links:      make(map[trace.SpanContext][]label.KeyValue),
 		spanKind:   c.SpanKind,
 	}
 
 	if c.NewRoot {
-		span.spanContext = otel.SpanContext{}
+		span.spanContext = trace.SpanContext{}
 
 		iodKey := label.Key("ignored-on-demand")
-		if lsc := otel.SpanContextFromContext(ctx); lsc.IsValid() {
+		if lsc := trace.SpanContextFromContext(ctx); lsc.IsValid() {
 			span.links[lsc] = []label.KeyValue{iodKey.String("current")}
 		}
-		if rsc := otel.RemoteSpanContextFromContext(ctx); rsc.IsValid() {
+		if rsc := trace.RemoteSpanContextFromContext(ctx); rsc.IsValid() {
 			span.links[rsc] = []label.KeyValue{iodKey.String("remote")}
 		}
 	} else {
 		span.spanContext = t.config.SpanContextFunc(ctx)
-		if lsc := otel.SpanContextFromContext(ctx); lsc.IsValid() {
+		if lsc := trace.SpanContextFromContext(ctx); lsc.IsValid() {
 			span.spanContext.TraceID = lsc.TraceID
 			span.parentSpanID = lsc.SpanID
-		} else if rsc := otel.RemoteSpanContextFromContext(ctx); rsc.IsValid() {
+		} else if rsc := trace.RemoteSpanContextFromContext(ctx); rsc.IsValid() {
 			span.spanContext.TraceID = rsc.TraceID
 			span.parentSpanID = rsc.SpanID
 		}
@@ -82,5 +82,5 @@ func (t *Tracer) Start(ctx context.Context, name string, opts ...otel.SpanOption
 	if t.config.SpanRecorder != nil {
 		t.config.SpanRecorder.OnStart(span)
 	}
-	return otel.ContextWithSpan(ctx, span), span
+	return trace.ContextWithSpan(ctx, span), span
 }
diff --git a/oteltest/tracer_test.go b/oteltest/tracer_test.go
index c0959908209..1de96913a4f 100644
--- a/oteltest/tracer_test.go
+++ b/oteltest/tracer_test.go
@@ -22,25 +22,25 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 
-	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/internal/matchers"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/label"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/oteltest"
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace"
 )
 
 func TestTracer(t *testing.T) {
 	tp := oteltest.NewTracerProvider()
 
-	oteltest.NewHarness(t).TestTracer(func() func() otel.Tracer {
+	oteltest.NewHarness(t).TestTracer(func() func() trace.Tracer {
 		tp := oteltest.NewTracerProvider()
 		var i uint64
-		return func() otel.Tracer {
+		return func() trace.Tracer {
 			return tp.Tracer(fmt.Sprintf("tracer %d", atomic.AddUint64(&i, 1)))
 		}
 	}())
 
 	t.Run("#Start", func(t *testing.T) {
-		testTracedSpan(t, func(tracer otel.Tracer, name string) (otel.Span, error) {
+		testTracedSpan(t, func(tracer trace.Tracer, name string) (trace.Span, error) {
 			_, span := tracer.Start(context.Background(), name)
 
 			return span, nil
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ func TestTracer(t *testing.T) {
 			expectedStartTime := time.Now().AddDate(5, 0, 0)
 
 			subject := tp.Tracer(t.Name())
-			_, span := subject.Start(context.Background(), "test", otel.WithTimestamp(expectedStartTime))
+			_, span := subject.Start(context.Background(), "test", trace.WithTimestamp(expectedStartTime))
 
 			testSpan, ok := span.(*oteltest.Span)
 			e.Expect(ok).ToBeTrue()
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ func TestTracer(t *testing.T) {
 			attr2 := label.String("b", "2")
 
 			subject := tp.Tracer(t.Name())
-			_, span := subject.Start(context.Background(), "test", otel.WithAttributes(attr1, attr2))
+			_, span := subject.Start(context.Background(), "test", trace.WithAttributes(attr1, attr2))
 
 			testSpan, ok := span.(*oteltest.Span)
 			e.Expect(ok).ToBeTrue()
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ func TestTracer(t *testing.T) {
 
 			parent, parentSpan := subject.Start(context.Background(), "parent")
 			_, remoteParentSpan := subject.Start(context.Background(), "remote not-a-parent")
-			parent = otel.ContextWithRemoteSpanContext(parent, remoteParentSpan.SpanContext())
+			parent = trace.ContextWithRemoteSpanContext(parent, remoteParentSpan.SpanContext())
 			parentSpanContext := parentSpan.SpanContext()
 
 			_, span := subject.Start(parent, "child")
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ func TestTracer(t *testing.T) {
 			subject := tp.Tracer(t.Name())
 
 			_, remoteParentSpan := subject.Start(context.Background(), "remote parent")
-			parent := otel.ContextWithRemoteSpanContext(context.Background(), remoteParentSpan.SpanContext())
+			parent := trace.ContextWithRemoteSpanContext(context.Background(), remoteParentSpan.SpanContext())
 			remoteParentSpanContext := remoteParentSpan.SpanContext()
 
 			_, span := subject.Start(parent, "child")
@@ -183,9 +183,9 @@ func TestTracer(t *testing.T) {
 			_, remoteParentSpan := subject.Start(context.Background(), "remote not-a-parent")
 			parentSpanContext := parentSpan.SpanContext()
 			remoteParentSpanContext := remoteParentSpan.SpanContext()
-			parentCtx = otel.ContextWithRemoteSpanContext(parentCtx, remoteParentSpanContext)
+			parentCtx = trace.ContextWithRemoteSpanContext(parentCtx, remoteParentSpanContext)
 
-			_, span := subject.Start(parentCtx, "child", otel.WithNewRoot())
+			_, span := subject.Start(parentCtx, "child", trace.WithNewRoot())
 
 			testSpan, ok := span.(*oteltest.Span)
 			e.Expect(ok).ToBeTrue()
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ func TestTracer(t *testing.T) {
 			e.Expect(childSpanContext.SpanID).NotToEqual(remoteParentSpanContext.SpanID)
 			e.Expect(testSpan.ParentSpanID().IsValid()).ToBeFalse()
 
-			expectedLinks := []otel.Link{
+			expectedLinks := []trace.Link{
 				{
 					SpanContext: parentSpanContext,
 					Attributes: []label.KeyValue{
@@ -212,9 +212,9 @@ func TestTracer(t *testing.T) {
 				},
 			}
 			tsLinks := testSpan.Links()
-			gotLinks := make([]otel.Link, 0, len(tsLinks))
+			gotLinks := make([]trace.Link, 0, len(tsLinks))
 			for sc, attributes := range tsLinks {
-				gotLinks = append(gotLinks, otel.Link{
+				gotLinks = append(gotLinks, trace.Link{
 					SpanContext: sc,
 					Attributes:  attributes,
 				})
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ func TestTracer(t *testing.T) {
 			subject := tp.Tracer(t.Name())
 
 			_, span := subject.Start(context.Background(), "link1")
-			link1 := otel.Link{
+			link1 := trace.Link{
 				SpanContext: span.SpanContext(),
 				Attributes: []label.KeyValue{
 					label.String("a", "1"),
@@ -238,14 +238,14 @@ func TestTracer(t *testing.T) {
 			}
 
 			_, span = subject.Start(context.Background(), "link2")
-			link2 := otel.Link{
+			link2 := trace.Link{
 				SpanContext: span.SpanContext(),
 				Attributes: []label.KeyValue{
 					label.String("b", "2"),
 				},
 			}
 
-			_, span = subject.Start(context.Background(), "test", otel.WithLinks(link1, link2))
+			_, span = subject.Start(context.Background(), "test", trace.WithLinks(link1, link2))
 
 			testSpan, ok := span.(*oteltest.Span)
 			e.Expect(ok).ToBeTrue()
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ func TestTracer(t *testing.T) {
 	})
 }
 
-func testTracedSpan(t *testing.T, fn func(tracer otel.Tracer, name string) (otel.Span, error)) {
+func testTracedSpan(t *testing.T, fn func(tracer trace.Tracer, name string) (trace.Span, error)) {
 	tp := oteltest.NewTracerProvider()
 	t.Run("starts a span with the expected name", func(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Parallel()
diff --git a/propagators/propagators_test.go b/propagators/propagators_test.go
index c5e0509e9ad..03af3ca0d38 100644
--- a/propagators/propagators_test.go
+++ b/propagators/propagators_test.go
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import (
 
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/propagators"
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace"
 )
 
 const (
@@ -35,18 +36,18 @@ var (
 	spanID  = mustSpanIDFromHex(spanIDStr)
 )
 
-func mustTraceIDFromHex(s string) (t otel.TraceID) {
+func mustTraceIDFromHex(s string) (t trace.TraceID) {
 	var err error
-	t, err = otel.TraceIDFromHex(s)
+	t, err = trace.TraceIDFromHex(s)
 	if err != nil {
 		panic(err)
 	}
 	return
 }
 
-func mustSpanIDFromHex(s string) (t otel.SpanID) {
+func mustSpanIDFromHex(s string) (t trace.SpanID) {
 	var err error
-	t, err = otel.SpanIDFromHex(s)
+	t, err = trace.SpanIDFromHex(s)
 	if err != nil {
 		panic(err)
 	}
@@ -60,13 +61,13 @@ type outOfThinAirPropagator struct {
 var _ otel.TextMapPropagator = outOfThinAirPropagator{}
 
 func (p outOfThinAirPropagator) Extract(ctx context.Context, carrier otel.TextMapCarrier) context.Context {
-	sc := otel.SpanContext{
+	sc := trace.SpanContext{
 		TraceID:    traceID,
 		SpanID:     spanID,
 		TraceFlags: 0,
 	}
 	require.True(p.t, sc.IsValid())
-	return otel.ContextWithRemoteSpanContext(ctx, sc)
+	return trace.ContextWithRemoteSpanContext(ctx, sc)
 }
 
 func (outOfThinAirPropagator) Inject(context.Context, otel.TextMapCarrier) {}
@@ -96,7 +97,7 @@ func TestMultiplePropagators(t *testing.T) {
 	// generates the valid span context out of thin air
 	{
 		ctx := ootaProp.Extract(bg, ns)
-		sc := otel.RemoteSpanContextFromContext(ctx)
+		sc := trace.RemoteSpanContextFromContext(ctx)
 		require.True(t, sc.IsValid(), "oota prop failed sanity check")
 	}
 	// sanity check for real propagators, ensuring that they
@@ -104,13 +105,13 @@ func TestMultiplePropagators(t *testing.T) {
 	// go context in absence of the HTTP headers.
 	for _, prop := range testProps {
 		ctx := prop.Extract(bg, ns)
-		sc := otel.RemoteSpanContextFromContext(ctx)
+		sc := trace.RemoteSpanContextFromContext(ctx)
 		require.Falsef(t, sc.IsValid(), "%#v failed sanity check", prop)
 	}
 	for _, prop := range testProps {
 		props := otel.NewCompositeTextMapPropagator(ootaProp, prop)
 		ctx := props.Extract(bg, ns)
-		sc := otel.RemoteSpanContextFromContext(ctx)
+		sc := trace.RemoteSpanContextFromContext(ctx)
 		assert.Truef(t, sc.IsValid(), "%#v clobbers span context", prop)
 	}
 }
diff --git a/propagators/trace_context.go b/propagators/trace_context.go
index b93c59bcf27..0e25da785b5 100644
--- a/propagators/trace_context.go
+++ b/propagators/trace_context.go
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import (
 	"regexp"
 
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel"
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace"
 )
 
 const (
@@ -56,7 +57,7 @@ func (tc TraceContext) Inject(ctx context.Context, carrier otel.TextMapCarrier)
 		carrier.Set(tracestateHeader, state)
 	}
 
-	sc := otel.SpanContextFromContext(ctx)
+	sc := trace.SpanContextFromContext(ctx)
 	if !sc.IsValid() {
 		return
 	}
@@ -64,7 +65,7 @@ func (tc TraceContext) Inject(ctx context.Context, carrier otel.TextMapCarrier)
 		supportedVersion,
 		sc.TraceID,
 		sc.SpanID,
-		sc.TraceFlags&otel.FlagsSampled)
+		sc.TraceFlags&trace.FlagsSampled)
 	carrier.Set(traceparentHeader, h)
 }
 
@@ -79,72 +80,72 @@ func (tc TraceContext) Extract(ctx context.Context, carrier otel.TextMapCarrier)
 	if !sc.IsValid() {
 		return ctx
 	}
-	return otel.ContextWithRemoteSpanContext(ctx, sc)
+	return trace.ContextWithRemoteSpanContext(ctx, sc)
 }
 
-func (tc TraceContext) extract(carrier otel.TextMapCarrier) otel.SpanContext {
+func (tc TraceContext) extract(carrier otel.TextMapCarrier) trace.SpanContext {
 	h := carrier.Get(traceparentHeader)
 	if h == "" {
-		return otel.SpanContext{}
+		return trace.SpanContext{}
 	}
 
 	matches := traceCtxRegExp.FindStringSubmatch(h)
 
 	if len(matches) == 0 {
-		return otel.SpanContext{}
+		return trace.SpanContext{}
 	}
 
 	if len(matches) < 5 { // four subgroups plus the overall match
-		return otel.SpanContext{}
+		return trace.SpanContext{}
 	}
 
 	if len(matches[1]) != 2 {
-		return otel.SpanContext{}
+		return trace.SpanContext{}
 	}
 	ver, err := hex.DecodeString(matches[1])
 	if err != nil {
-		return otel.SpanContext{}
+		return trace.SpanContext{}
 	}
 	version := int(ver[0])
 	if version > maxVersion {
-		return otel.SpanContext{}
+		return trace.SpanContext{}
 	}
 
 	if version == 0 && len(matches) != 5 { // four subgroups plus the overall match
-		return otel.SpanContext{}
+		return trace.SpanContext{}
 	}
 
 	if len(matches[2]) != 32 {
-		return otel.SpanContext{}
+		return trace.SpanContext{}
 	}
 
-	var sc otel.SpanContext
+	var sc trace.SpanContext
 
-	sc.TraceID, err = otel.TraceIDFromHex(matches[2][:32])
+	sc.TraceID, err = trace.TraceIDFromHex(matches[2][:32])
 	if err != nil {
-		return otel.SpanContext{}
+		return trace.SpanContext{}
 	}
 
 	if len(matches[3]) != 16 {
-		return otel.SpanContext{}
+		return trace.SpanContext{}
 	}
-	sc.SpanID, err = otel.SpanIDFromHex(matches[3])
+	sc.SpanID, err = trace.SpanIDFromHex(matches[3])
 	if err != nil {
-		return otel.SpanContext{}
+		return trace.SpanContext{}
 	}
 
 	if len(matches[4]) != 2 {
-		return otel.SpanContext{}
+		return trace.SpanContext{}
 	}
 	opts, err := hex.DecodeString(matches[4])
 	if err != nil || len(opts) < 1 || (version == 0 && opts[0] > 2) {
-		return otel.SpanContext{}
+		return trace.SpanContext{}
 	}
 	// Clear all flags other than the trace-context supported sampling bit.
-	sc.TraceFlags = opts[0] & otel.FlagsSampled
+	sc.TraceFlags = opts[0] & trace.FlagsSampled
 
 	if !sc.IsValid() {
-		return otel.SpanContext{}
+		return trace.SpanContext{}
 	}
 
 	return sc
diff --git a/propagators/trace_context_benchmark_test.go b/propagators/trace_context_benchmark_test.go
index 3f5ff715567..ba029cb481c 100644
--- a/propagators/trace_context_benchmark_test.go
+++ b/propagators/trace_context_benchmark_test.go
@@ -19,9 +19,9 @@ import (
 	"net/http"
 	"testing"
 
-	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/oteltest"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/propagators"
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace"
 )
 
 func BenchmarkInject(b *testing.B) {
@@ -38,17 +38,17 @@ func BenchmarkInject(b *testing.B) {
 
 func injectSubBenchmarks(b *testing.B, fn func(context.Context, *testing.B)) {
 	b.Run("SampledSpanContext", func(b *testing.B) {
-		spanID, _ := otel.SpanIDFromHex("00f067aa0ba902b7")
-		traceID, _ := otel.TraceIDFromHex("4bf92f3577b34da6a3ce929d0e0e4736")
+		spanID, _ := trace.SpanIDFromHex("00f067aa0ba902b7")
+		traceID, _ := trace.TraceIDFromHex("4bf92f3577b34da6a3ce929d0e0e4736")
 
 		mockTracer := oteltest.DefaultTracer()
 		b.ReportAllocs()
-		sc := otel.SpanContext{
+		sc := trace.SpanContext{
 			TraceID:    traceID,
 			SpanID:     spanID,
-			TraceFlags: otel.FlagsSampled,
+			TraceFlags: trace.FlagsSampled,
 		}
-		ctx := otel.ContextWithRemoteSpanContext(context.Background(), sc)
+		ctx := trace.ContextWithRemoteSpanContext(context.Background(), sc)
 		ctx, _ = mockTracer.Start(ctx, "inject")
 		fn(ctx, b)
 	})
diff --git a/propagators/trace_context_test.go b/propagators/trace_context_test.go
index d63c8b9f2a2..b32460ed241 100644
--- a/propagators/trace_context_test.go
+++ b/propagators/trace_context_test.go
@@ -21,9 +21,9 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/google/go-cmp/cmp"
 
-	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/oteltest"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/propagators"
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace"
 )
 
 func TestExtractValidTraceContextFromHTTPReq(t *testing.T) {
@@ -31,12 +31,12 @@ func TestExtractValidTraceContextFromHTTPReq(t *testing.T) {
 	tests := []struct {
 		name   string
 		header string
-		wantSc otel.SpanContext
+		wantSc trace.SpanContext
 	}{
 		{
 			name:   "valid w3cHeader",
 			header: "00-4bf92f3577b34da6a3ce929d0e0e4736-00f067aa0ba902b7-00",
-			wantSc: otel.SpanContext{
+			wantSc: trace.SpanContext{
 				TraceID: traceID,
 				SpanID:  spanID,
 			},
@@ -44,34 +44,34 @@ func TestExtractValidTraceContextFromHTTPReq(t *testing.T) {
 		{
 			name:   "valid w3cHeader and sampled",
 			header: "00-4bf92f3577b34da6a3ce929d0e0e4736-00f067aa0ba902b7-01",
-			wantSc: otel.SpanContext{
+			wantSc: trace.SpanContext{
 				TraceID:    traceID,
 				SpanID:     spanID,
-				TraceFlags: otel.FlagsSampled,
+				TraceFlags: trace.FlagsSampled,
 			},
 		},
 		{
 			name:   "future version",
 			header: "02-4bf92f3577b34da6a3ce929d0e0e4736-00f067aa0ba902b7-01",
-			wantSc: otel.SpanContext{
+			wantSc: trace.SpanContext{
 				TraceID:    traceID,
 				SpanID:     spanID,
-				TraceFlags: otel.FlagsSampled,
+				TraceFlags: trace.FlagsSampled,
 			},
 		},
 		{
 			name:   "future options with sampled bit set",
 			header: "02-4bf92f3577b34da6a3ce929d0e0e4736-00f067aa0ba902b7-09",
-			wantSc: otel.SpanContext{
+			wantSc: trace.SpanContext{
 				TraceID:    traceID,
 				SpanID:     spanID,
-				TraceFlags: otel.FlagsSampled,
+				TraceFlags: trace.FlagsSampled,
 			},
 		},
 		{
 			name:   "future options with sampled bit cleared",
 			header: "02-4bf92f3577b34da6a3ce929d0e0e4736-00f067aa0ba902b7-08",
-			wantSc: otel.SpanContext{
+			wantSc: trace.SpanContext{
 				TraceID: traceID,
 				SpanID:  spanID,
 			},
@@ -79,28 +79,28 @@ func TestExtractValidTraceContextFromHTTPReq(t *testing.T) {
 		{
 			name:   "future additional data",
 			header: "02-4bf92f3577b34da6a3ce929d0e0e4736-00f067aa0ba902b7-09-XYZxsf09",
-			wantSc: otel.SpanContext{
+			wantSc: trace.SpanContext{
 				TraceID:    traceID,
 				SpanID:     spanID,
-				TraceFlags: otel.FlagsSampled,
+				TraceFlags: trace.FlagsSampled,
 			},
 		},
 		{
 			name:   "valid b3Header ending in dash",
 			header: "00-4bf92f3577b34da6a3ce929d0e0e4736-00f067aa0ba902b7-01-",
-			wantSc: otel.SpanContext{
+			wantSc: trace.SpanContext{
 				TraceID:    traceID,
 				SpanID:     spanID,
-				TraceFlags: otel.FlagsSampled,
+				TraceFlags: trace.FlagsSampled,
 			},
 		},
 		{
 			name:   "future valid b3Header ending in dash",
 			header: "01-4bf92f3577b34da6a3ce929d0e0e4736-00f067aa0ba902b7-09-",
-			wantSc: otel.SpanContext{
+			wantSc: trace.SpanContext{
 				TraceID:    traceID,
 				SpanID:     spanID,
-				TraceFlags: otel.FlagsSampled,
+				TraceFlags: trace.FlagsSampled,
 			},
 		},
 	}
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ func TestExtractValidTraceContextFromHTTPReq(t *testing.T) {
 
 			ctx := context.Background()
 			ctx = prop.Extract(ctx, req.Header)
-			gotSc := otel.RemoteSpanContextFromContext(ctx)
+			gotSc := trace.RemoteSpanContextFromContext(ctx)
 			if diff := cmp.Diff(gotSc, tt.wantSc); diff != "" {
 				t.Errorf("Extract Tracecontext: %s: -got +want %s", tt.name, diff)
 			}
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ func TestExtractValidTraceContextFromHTTPReq(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestExtractInvalidTraceContextFromHTTPReq(t *testing.T) {
-	wantSc := otel.SpanContext{}
+	wantSc := trace.SpanContext{}
 	prop := propagators.TraceContext{}
 	tests := []struct {
 		name   string
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ func TestExtractInvalidTraceContextFromHTTPReq(t *testing.T) {
 
 			ctx := context.Background()
 			ctx = prop.Extract(ctx, req.Header)
-			gotSc := otel.RemoteSpanContextFromContext(ctx)
+			gotSc := trace.RemoteSpanContextFromContext(ctx)
 			if diff := cmp.Diff(gotSc, wantSc); diff != "" {
 				t.Errorf("Extract Tracecontext: %s: -got +want %s", tt.name, diff)
 			}
@@ -213,21 +213,21 @@ func TestInjectTraceContextToHTTPReq(t *testing.T) {
 	prop := propagators.TraceContext{}
 	tests := []struct {
 		name       string
-		sc         otel.SpanContext
+		sc         trace.SpanContext
 		wantHeader string
 	}{
 		{
 			name: "valid spancontext, sampled",
-			sc: otel.SpanContext{
+			sc: trace.SpanContext{
 				TraceID:    traceID,
 				SpanID:     spanID,
-				TraceFlags: otel.FlagsSampled,
+				TraceFlags: trace.FlagsSampled,
 			},
 			wantHeader: "00-4bf92f3577b34da6a3ce929d0e0e4736-0000000000000002-01",
 		},
 		{
 			name: "valid spancontext, not sampled",
-			sc: otel.SpanContext{
+			sc: trace.SpanContext{
 				TraceID: traceID,
 				SpanID:  spanID,
 			},
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ func TestInjectTraceContextToHTTPReq(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 		{
 			name: "valid spancontext, with unsupported bit set in traceflags",
-			sc: otel.SpanContext{
+			sc: trace.SpanContext{
 				TraceID:    traceID,
 				SpanID:     spanID,
 				TraceFlags: 0xff,
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ func TestInjectTraceContextToHTTPReq(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 		{
 			name:       "invalid spancontext",
-			sc:         otel.SpanContext{},
+			sc:         trace.SpanContext{},
 			wantHeader: "",
 		},
 	}
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ func TestInjectTraceContextToHTTPReq(t *testing.T) {
 			req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", "http://example.com", nil)
 			ctx := context.Background()
 			if tt.sc.IsValid() {
-				ctx = otel.ContextWithRemoteSpanContext(ctx, tt.sc)
+				ctx = trace.ContextWithRemoteSpanContext(ctx, tt.sc)
 				ctx, _ = mockTracer.Start(ctx, "inject")
 			}
 			prop.Inject(ctx, req.Header)
diff --git a/sdk/export/trace/trace.go b/sdk/export/trace/trace.go
index 83a0b1c28e7..a9883bff73f 100644
--- a/sdk/export/trace/trace.go
+++ b/sdk/export/trace/trace.go
@@ -18,9 +18,10 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"time"
 
-	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/codes"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/label"
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace"
+
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/instrumentation"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/resource"
 )
@@ -49,9 +50,9 @@ type SpanExporter interface {
 
 // SpanData contains all the information collected by a completed span.
 type SpanData struct {
-	SpanContext  otel.SpanContext
-	ParentSpanID otel.SpanID
-	SpanKind     otel.SpanKind
+	SpanContext  trace.SpanContext
+	ParentSpanID trace.SpanID
+	SpanKind     trace.SpanKind
 	Name         string
 	StartTime    time.Time
 	// The wall clock time of EndTime will be adjusted to always be offset
@@ -59,7 +60,7 @@ type SpanData struct {
 	EndTime                  time.Time
 	Attributes               []label.KeyValue
 	MessageEvents            []Event
-	Links                    []otel.Link
+	Links                    []trace.Link
 	StatusCode               codes.Code
 	StatusMessage            string
 	HasRemoteParent          bool
diff --git a/sdk/trace/batch_span_processor_test.go b/sdk/trace/batch_span_processor_test.go
index 173903b8e03..f240c694682 100644
--- a/sdk/trace/batch_span_processor_test.go
+++ b/sdk/trace/batch_span_processor_test.go
@@ -21,7 +21,8 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 
-	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel"
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace"
+
 	export "go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/export/trace"
 	sdktrace "go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/trace"
 )
@@ -190,15 +191,15 @@ func createAndRegisterBatchSP(option testOption, te *testBatchExporter) *sdktrac
 	return sdktrace.NewBatchSpanProcessor(te, options...)
 }
 
-func generateSpan(t *testing.T, parallel bool, tr otel.Tracer, option testOption) {
+func generateSpan(t *testing.T, parallel bool, tr trace.Tracer, option testOption) {
 	sc := getSpanContext()
 
 	wg := &sync.WaitGroup{}
 	for i := 0; i < option.genNumSpans; i++ {
 		binary.BigEndian.PutUint64(sc.TraceID[0:8], uint64(i+1))
 		wg.Add(1)
-		f := func(sc otel.SpanContext) {
-			ctx := otel.ContextWithRemoteSpanContext(context.Background(), sc)
+		f := func(sc trace.SpanContext) {
+			ctx := trace.ContextWithRemoteSpanContext(context.Background(), sc)
 			_, span := tr.Start(ctx, option.name)
 			span.End()
 			wg.Done()
@@ -212,10 +213,10 @@ func generateSpan(t *testing.T, parallel bool, tr otel.Tracer, option testOption
 	wg.Wait()
 }
 
-func getSpanContext() otel.SpanContext {
-	tid, _ := otel.TraceIDFromHex("01020304050607080102040810203040")
-	sid, _ := otel.SpanIDFromHex("0102040810203040")
-	return otel.SpanContext{
+func getSpanContext() trace.SpanContext {
+	tid, _ := trace.TraceIDFromHex("01020304050607080102040810203040")
+	sid, _ := trace.SpanIDFromHex("0102040810203040")
+	return trace.SpanContext{
 		TraceID:    tid,
 		SpanID:     sid,
 		TraceFlags: 0x1,
diff --git a/sdk/trace/benchmark_test.go b/sdk/trace/benchmark_test.go
index 4e6dcf1b267..15061e21b85 100644
--- a/sdk/trace/benchmark_test.go
+++ b/sdk/trace/benchmark_test.go
@@ -18,13 +18,14 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"testing"
 
-	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/label"
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace"
+
 	sdktrace "go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/trace"
 )
 
 func BenchmarkStartEndSpan(b *testing.B) {
-	traceBenchmark(b, "Benchmark StartEndSpan", func(b *testing.B, t otel.Tracer) {
+	traceBenchmark(b, "Benchmark StartEndSpan", func(b *testing.B, t trace.Tracer) {
 		ctx := context.Background()
 		b.ResetTimer()
 		for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
@@ -35,7 +36,7 @@ func BenchmarkStartEndSpan(b *testing.B) {
 }
 
 func BenchmarkSpanWithAttributes_4(b *testing.B) {
-	traceBenchmark(b, "Benchmark Start With 4 Attributes", func(b *testing.B, t otel.Tracer) {
+	traceBenchmark(b, "Benchmark Start With 4 Attributes", func(b *testing.B, t trace.Tracer) {
 		ctx := context.Background()
 		b.ResetTimer()
 
@@ -53,7 +54,7 @@ func BenchmarkSpanWithAttributes_4(b *testing.B) {
 }
 
 func BenchmarkSpanWithAttributes_8(b *testing.B) {
-	traceBenchmark(b, "Benchmark Start With 8 Attributes", func(b *testing.B, t otel.Tracer) {
+	traceBenchmark(b, "Benchmark Start With 8 Attributes", func(b *testing.B, t trace.Tracer) {
 		ctx := context.Background()
 		b.ResetTimer()
 
@@ -75,7 +76,7 @@ func BenchmarkSpanWithAttributes_8(b *testing.B) {
 }
 
 func BenchmarkSpanWithAttributes_all(b *testing.B) {
-	traceBenchmark(b, "Benchmark Start With all Attribute types", func(b *testing.B, t otel.Tracer) {
+	traceBenchmark(b, "Benchmark Start With all Attribute types", func(b *testing.B, t trace.Tracer) {
 		ctx := context.Background()
 		b.ResetTimer()
 
@@ -99,7 +100,7 @@ func BenchmarkSpanWithAttributes_all(b *testing.B) {
 }
 
 func BenchmarkSpanWithAttributes_all_2x(b *testing.B) {
-	traceBenchmark(b, "Benchmark Start With all Attributes types twice", func(b *testing.B, t otel.Tracer) {
+	traceBenchmark(b, "Benchmark Start With all Attributes types twice", func(b *testing.B, t trace.Tracer) {
 		ctx := context.Background()
 		b.ResetTimer()
 
@@ -133,8 +134,8 @@ func BenchmarkSpanWithAttributes_all_2x(b *testing.B) {
 }
 
 func BenchmarkTraceID_DotString(b *testing.B) {
-	t, _ := otel.TraceIDFromHex("0000000000000001000000000000002a")
-	sc := otel.SpanContext{TraceID: t}
+	t, _ := trace.TraceIDFromHex("0000000000000001000000000000002a")
+	sc := trace.SpanContext{TraceID: t}
 
 	want := "0000000000000001000000000000002a"
 	for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
@@ -145,7 +146,7 @@ func BenchmarkTraceID_DotString(b *testing.B) {
 }
 
 func BenchmarkSpanID_DotString(b *testing.B) {
-	sc := otel.SpanContext{SpanID: otel.SpanID{1}}
+	sc := trace.SpanContext{SpanID: trace.SpanID{1}}
 	want := "0100000000000000"
 	for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
 		if got := sc.SpanID.String(); got != want {
@@ -154,7 +155,7 @@ func BenchmarkSpanID_DotString(b *testing.B) {
 	}
 }
 
-func traceBenchmark(b *testing.B, name string, fn func(*testing.B, otel.Tracer)) {
+func traceBenchmark(b *testing.B, name string, fn func(*testing.B, trace.Tracer)) {
 	b.Run("AlwaysSample", func(b *testing.B) {
 		b.ReportAllocs()
 		fn(b, tracer(b, name, sdktrace.AlwaysSample()))
@@ -165,7 +166,7 @@ func traceBenchmark(b *testing.B, name string, fn func(*testing.B, otel.Tracer))
 	})
 }
 
-func tracer(b *testing.B, name string, sampler sdktrace.Sampler) otel.Tracer {
+func tracer(b *testing.B, name string, sampler sdktrace.Sampler) trace.Tracer {
 	tp := sdktrace.NewTracerProvider(sdktrace.WithConfig(sdktrace.Config{DefaultSampler: sampler}))
 	return tp.Tracer(name)
 }
diff --git a/sdk/trace/id_generator.go b/sdk/trace/id_generator.go
index c5ab4bf4b7c..3a4abe62833 100644
--- a/sdk/trace/id_generator.go
+++ b/sdk/trace/id_generator.go
@@ -18,7 +18,8 @@ import (
 	"math/rand"
 	"sync"
 
-	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel"
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace"
+
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/trace/internal"
 )
 
@@ -30,20 +31,20 @@ type defaultIDGenerator struct {
 var _ internal.IDGenerator = &defaultIDGenerator{}
 
 // NewSpanID returns a non-zero span ID from a randomly-chosen sequence.
-func (gen *defaultIDGenerator) NewSpanID() otel.SpanID {
+func (gen *defaultIDGenerator) NewSpanID() trace.SpanID {
 	gen.Lock()
 	defer gen.Unlock()
-	sid := otel.SpanID{}
+	sid := trace.SpanID{}
 	gen.randSource.Read(sid[:])
 	return sid
 }
 
 // NewTraceID returns a non-zero trace ID from a randomly-chosen sequence.
 // mu should be held while this function is called.
-func (gen *defaultIDGenerator) NewTraceID() otel.TraceID {
+func (gen *defaultIDGenerator) NewTraceID() trace.TraceID {
 	gen.Lock()
 	defer gen.Unlock()
-	tid := otel.TraceID{}
+	tid := trace.TraceID{}
 	gen.randSource.Read(tid[:])
 	return tid
 }
diff --git a/sdk/trace/internal/internal.go b/sdk/trace/internal/internal.go
index da9f13d6bd3..08898efae35 100644
--- a/sdk/trace/internal/internal.go
+++ b/sdk/trace/internal/internal.go
@@ -15,10 +15,10 @@
 // Package internal provides trace internals.
 package internal
 
-import "go.opentelemetry.io/otel"
+import "go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace"
 
 // IDGenerator allows custom generators for TraceId and SpanId.
 type IDGenerator interface {
-	NewTraceID() otel.TraceID
-	NewSpanID() otel.SpanID
+	NewTraceID() trace.TraceID
+	NewSpanID() trace.SpanID
 }
diff --git a/sdk/trace/provider.go b/sdk/trace/provider.go
index 7fa9af65c97..267a0d36fbe 100644
--- a/sdk/trace/provider.go
+++ b/sdk/trace/provider.go
@@ -19,8 +19,9 @@ import (
 	"sync"
 	"sync/atomic"
 
-	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/global"
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace"
+
 	export "go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/export/trace"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/instrumentation"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/resource"
@@ -48,7 +49,7 @@ type TracerProvider struct {
 	config         atomic.Value // access atomically
 }
 
-var _ otel.TracerProvider = &TracerProvider{}
+var _ trace.TracerProvider = &TracerProvider{}
 
 // NewTracerProvider creates an instance of trace provider. Optional
 // parameter configures the provider with common options applicable
@@ -82,8 +83,8 @@ func NewTracerProvider(opts ...TracerProviderOption) *TracerProvider {
 
 // Tracer with the given name. If a tracer for the given name does not exist,
 // it is created first. If the name is empty, DefaultTracerName is used.
-func (p *TracerProvider) Tracer(name string, opts ...otel.TracerOption) otel.Tracer {
-	c := otel.NewTracerConfig(opts...)
+func (p *TracerProvider) Tracer(name string, opts ...trace.TracerOption) trace.Tracer {
+	c := trace.NewTracerConfig(opts...)
 
 	p.mu.Lock()
 	defer p.mu.Unlock()
diff --git a/sdk/trace/sampling.go b/sdk/trace/sampling.go
index 437f7aa70f7..e66dd65ec0c 100644
--- a/sdk/trace/sampling.go
+++ b/sdk/trace/sampling.go
@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@ import (
 	"encoding/binary"
 	"fmt"
 
-	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/label"
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace"
 )
 
 // Sampler decides whether a trace should be sampled and exported.
@@ -30,13 +30,13 @@ type Sampler interface {
 
 // SamplingParameters contains the values passed to a Sampler.
 type SamplingParameters struct {
-	ParentContext   otel.SpanContext
-	TraceID         otel.TraceID
+	ParentContext   trace.SpanContext
+	TraceID         trace.TraceID
 	Name            string
 	HasRemoteParent bool
-	Kind            otel.SpanKind
+	Kind            trace.SpanKind
 	Attributes      []label.KeyValue
-	Links           []otel.Link
+	Links           []trace.Link
 }
 
 // SamplingDecision indicates whether a span is dropped, recorded and/or sampled.
diff --git a/sdk/trace/sampling_test.go b/sdk/trace/sampling_test.go
index f4fb817426f..3c998773327 100644
--- a/sdk/trace/sampling_test.go
+++ b/sdk/trace/sampling_test.go
@@ -21,17 +21,17 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 
-	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel"
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace"
 )
 
 func TestParentBasedDefaultLocalParentSampled(t *testing.T) {
 	sampler := ParentBased(AlwaysSample())
-	traceID, _ := otel.TraceIDFromHex("4bf92f3577b34da6a3ce929d0e0e4736")
-	spanID, _ := otel.SpanIDFromHex("00f067aa0ba902b7")
-	parentCtx := otel.SpanContext{
+	traceID, _ := trace.TraceIDFromHex("4bf92f3577b34da6a3ce929d0e0e4736")
+	spanID, _ := trace.SpanIDFromHex("00f067aa0ba902b7")
+	parentCtx := trace.SpanContext{
 		TraceID:    traceID,
 		SpanID:     spanID,
-		TraceFlags: otel.FlagsSampled,
+		TraceFlags: trace.FlagsSampled,
 	}
 	if sampler.ShouldSample(SamplingParameters{ParentContext: parentCtx}).Decision != RecordAndSample {
 		t.Error("Sampling decision should be RecordAndSample")
@@ -40,9 +40,9 @@ func TestParentBasedDefaultLocalParentSampled(t *testing.T) {
 
 func TestParentBasedDefaultLocalParentNotSampled(t *testing.T) {
 	sampler := ParentBased(AlwaysSample())
-	traceID, _ := otel.TraceIDFromHex("4bf92f3577b34da6a3ce929d0e0e4736")
-	spanID, _ := otel.SpanIDFromHex("00f067aa0ba902b7")
-	parentCtx := otel.SpanContext{
+	traceID, _ := trace.TraceIDFromHex("4bf92f3577b34da6a3ce929d0e0e4736")
+	spanID, _ := trace.SpanIDFromHex("00f067aa0ba902b7")
+	parentCtx := trace.SpanContext{
 		TraceID: traceID,
 		SpanID:  spanID,
 	}
@@ -104,15 +104,15 @@ func TestParentBasedWithSamplerOptions(t *testing.T) {
 
 	for _, tc := range testCases {
 		t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
-			traceID, _ := otel.TraceIDFromHex("4bf92f3577b34da6a3ce929d0e0e4736")
-			spanID, _ := otel.SpanIDFromHex("00f067aa0ba902b7")
-			parentCtx := otel.SpanContext{
+			traceID, _ := trace.TraceIDFromHex("4bf92f3577b34da6a3ce929d0e0e4736")
+			spanID, _ := trace.SpanIDFromHex("00f067aa0ba902b7")
+			parentCtx := trace.SpanContext{
 				TraceID: traceID,
 				SpanID:  spanID,
 			}
 
 			if tc.isParentSampled {
-				parentCtx.TraceFlags = otel.FlagsSampled
+				parentCtx.TraceFlags = trace.FlagsSampled
 			}
 
 			params := SamplingParameters{ParentContext: parentCtx}
diff --git a/sdk/trace/simple_span_processor_test.go b/sdk/trace/simple_span_processor_test.go
index 98b570308a5..8abbad213ed 100644
--- a/sdk/trace/simple_span_processor_test.go
+++ b/sdk/trace/simple_span_processor_test.go
@@ -18,7 +18,8 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"testing"
 
-	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel"
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace"
+
 	export "go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/export/trace"
 	sdktrace "go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/trace"
 )
@@ -60,14 +61,14 @@ func TestSimpleSpanProcessorOnEnd(t *testing.T) {
 
 	tp.RegisterSpanProcessor(ssp)
 	tr := tp.Tracer("SimpleSpanProcessor")
-	tid, _ := otel.TraceIDFromHex("01020304050607080102040810203040")
-	sid, _ := otel.SpanIDFromHex("0102040810203040")
-	sc := otel.SpanContext{
+	tid, _ := trace.TraceIDFromHex("01020304050607080102040810203040")
+	sid, _ := trace.SpanIDFromHex("0102040810203040")
+	sc := trace.SpanContext{
 		TraceID:    tid,
 		SpanID:     sid,
 		TraceFlags: 0x1,
 	}
-	ctx := otel.ContextWithRemoteSpanContext(context.Background(), sc)
+	ctx := trace.ContextWithRemoteSpanContext(context.Background(), sc)
 	_, span := tr.Start(ctx, "OnEnd")
 	span.End()
 
diff --git a/sdk/trace/span.go b/sdk/trace/span.go
index 18d5d1a3f0e..5f10165d61e 100644
--- a/sdk/trace/span.go
+++ b/sdk/trace/span.go
@@ -21,10 +21,11 @@ import (
 	"sync"
 	"time"
 
-	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/codes"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/global"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/label"
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace"
+
 	export "go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/export/trace"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/internal"
 )
@@ -35,7 +36,7 @@ const (
 	errorEventName  = "error"
 )
 
-var emptySpanContext = otel.SpanContext{}
+var emptySpanContext = trace.SpanContext{}
 
 // span is an implementation of the OpenTelemetry Span API representing the
 // individual component of a trace.
@@ -47,7 +48,7 @@ type span struct {
 	// SpanContext, so that the trace ID is propagated.
 	data        *export.SpanData
 	mu          sync.Mutex // protects the contents of *data (but not the pointer value.)
-	spanContext otel.SpanContext
+	spanContext trace.SpanContext
 
 	// attributes are capped at configured limit. When the capacity is reached an oldest entry
 	// is removed to create room for a new entry.
@@ -67,11 +68,11 @@ type span struct {
 	tracer                 *tracer // tracer used to create span.
 }
 
-var _ otel.Span = &span{}
+var _ trace.Span = &span{}
 
-func (s *span) SpanContext() otel.SpanContext {
+func (s *span) SpanContext() trace.SpanContext {
 	if s == nil {
-		return otel.SpanContext{}
+		return trace.SpanContext{}
 	}
 	return s.spanContext
 }
@@ -110,7 +111,7 @@ func (s *span) SetAttributes(attributes ...label.KeyValue) {
 //
 // If this method is called while panicking an error event is added to the
 // Span before ending it and the panic is continued.
-func (s *span) End(options ...otel.SpanOption) {
+func (s *span) End(options ...trace.SpanOption) {
 	if s == nil {
 		return
 	}
@@ -120,7 +121,7 @@ func (s *span) End(options ...otel.SpanOption) {
 		defer panic(recovered)
 		s.addEvent(
 			errorEventName,
-			otel.WithAttributes(
+			trace.WithAttributes(
 				errorTypeKey.String(typeStr(recovered)),
 				errorMessageKey.String(fmt.Sprint(recovered)),
 			),
@@ -133,7 +134,7 @@ func (s *span) End(options ...otel.SpanOption) {
 	if !s.IsRecording() {
 		return
 	}
-	config := otel.NewSpanConfig(options...)
+	config := trace.NewSpanConfig(options...)
 	s.endOnce.Do(func() {
 		sps, ok := s.tracer.provider.spanProcessors.Load().(spanProcessorStates)
 		mustExportOrProcess := ok && len(sps) > 0
@@ -151,13 +152,13 @@ func (s *span) End(options ...otel.SpanOption) {
 	})
 }
 
-func (s *span) RecordError(err error, opts ...otel.EventOption) {
+func (s *span) RecordError(err error, opts ...trace.EventOption) {
 	if s == nil || err == nil || !s.IsRecording() {
 		return
 	}
 
 	s.SetStatus(codes.Error, "")
-	opts = append(opts, otel.WithAttributes(
+	opts = append(opts, trace.WithAttributes(
 		errorTypeKey.String(typeStr(err)),
 		errorMessageKey.String(err.Error()),
 	))
@@ -173,19 +174,19 @@ func typeStr(i interface{}) string {
 	return fmt.Sprintf("%s.%s", t.PkgPath(), t.Name())
 }
 
-func (s *span) Tracer() otel.Tracer {
+func (s *span) Tracer() trace.Tracer {
 	return s.tracer
 }
 
-func (s *span) AddEvent(name string, o ...otel.EventOption) {
+func (s *span) AddEvent(name string, o ...trace.EventOption) {
 	if !s.IsRecording() {
 		return
 	}
 	s.addEvent(name, o...)
 }
 
-func (s *span) addEvent(name string, o ...otel.EventOption) {
-	c := otel.NewEventConfig(o...)
+func (s *span) addEvent(name string, o ...trace.EventOption) {
+	c := trace.NewEventConfig(o...)
 
 	s.mu.Lock()
 	defer s.mu.Unlock()
@@ -209,9 +210,9 @@ func (s *span) SetName(name string) {
 	s.data.Name = name
 	// SAMPLING
 	noParent := !s.data.ParentSpanID.IsValid()
-	var ctx otel.SpanContext
+	var ctx trace.SpanContext
 	if noParent {
-		ctx = otel.SpanContext{}
+		ctx = trace.SpanContext{}
 	} else {
 		// FIXME: Where do we get the parent context from?
 		// From SpanStore?
@@ -237,7 +238,7 @@ func (s *span) SetName(name string) {
 	}
 }
 
-func (s *span) addLink(link otel.Link) {
+func (s *span) addLink(link trace.Link) {
 	if !s.IsRecording() {
 		return
 	}
@@ -267,10 +268,10 @@ func (s *span) makeSpanData() *export.SpanData {
 	return &sd
 }
 
-func (s *span) interfaceArrayToLinksArray() []otel.Link {
-	linkArr := make([]otel.Link, 0)
+func (s *span) interfaceArrayToLinksArray() []trace.Link {
+	linkArr := make([]trace.Link, 0)
 	for _, value := range s.links.queue {
-		linkArr = append(linkArr, value.(otel.Link))
+		linkArr = append(linkArr, value.(trace.Link))
 	}
 	return linkArr
 }
@@ -302,7 +303,7 @@ func (s *span) addChild() {
 	s.mu.Unlock()
 }
 
-func startSpanInternal(tr *tracer, name string, parent otel.SpanContext, remoteParent bool, o *otel.SpanConfig) *span {
+func startSpanInternal(tr *tracer, name string, parent trace.SpanContext, remoteParent bool, o *trace.SpanConfig) *span {
 	var noParent bool
 	span := &span{}
 	span.spanContext = parent
@@ -340,7 +341,7 @@ func startSpanInternal(tr *tracer, name string, parent otel.SpanContext, remoteP
 	span.data = &export.SpanData{
 		SpanContext:            span.spanContext,
 		StartTime:              startTime,
-		SpanKind:               otel.ValidateSpanKind(o.SpanKind),
+		SpanKind:               trace.ValidateSpanKind(o.SpanKind),
 		Name:                   name,
 		HasRemoteParent:        remoteParent,
 		Resource:               cfg.Resource,
@@ -370,13 +371,13 @@ func startSpanInternal(tr *tracer, name string, parent otel.SpanContext, remoteP
 type samplingData struct {
 	noParent     bool
 	remoteParent bool
-	parent       otel.SpanContext
+	parent       trace.SpanContext
 	name         string
 	cfg          *Config
 	span         *span
 	attributes   []label.KeyValue
-	links        []otel.Link
-	kind         otel.SpanKind
+	links        []trace.Link
+	kind         trace.SpanKind
 }
 
 func makeSamplingDecision(data samplingData) SamplingResult {
@@ -392,9 +393,9 @@ func makeSamplingDecision(data samplingData) SamplingResult {
 		Links:           data.links,
 	})
 	if sampled.Decision == RecordAndSample {
-		spanContext.TraceFlags |= otel.FlagsSampled
+		spanContext.TraceFlags |= trace.FlagsSampled
 	} else {
-		spanContext.TraceFlags &^= otel.FlagsSampled
+		spanContext.TraceFlags &^= trace.FlagsSampled
 	}
 	return sampled
 }
diff --git a/sdk/trace/trace_test.go b/sdk/trace/trace_test.go
index f12ab6db3f8..af904ebb349 100644
--- a/sdk/trace/trace_test.go
+++ b/sdk/trace/trace_test.go
@@ -25,11 +25,11 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 
-	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/codes"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/global"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/label"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/oteltest"
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace"
 
 	"github.com/google/go-cmp/cmp"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
@@ -42,8 +42,8 @@ import (
 )
 
 var (
-	tid otel.TraceID
-	sid otel.SpanID
+	tid trace.TraceID
+	sid trace.SpanID
 )
 
 type discardHandler struct{}
@@ -51,8 +51,8 @@ type discardHandler struct{}
 func (*discardHandler) Handle(_ error) {}
 
 func init() {
-	tid, _ = otel.TraceIDFromHex("01020304050607080102040810203040")
-	sid, _ = otel.SpanIDFromHex("0102040810203040")
+	tid, _ = trace.TraceIDFromHex("01020304050607080102040810203040")
+	sid, _ = trace.SpanIDFromHex("0102040810203040")
 
 	global.SetErrorHandler(new(discardHandler))
 }
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ func init() {
 func TestTracerFollowsExpectedAPIBehaviour(t *testing.T) {
 	tp := NewTracerProvider(WithConfig(Config{DefaultSampler: TraceIDRatioBased(0)}))
 	harness := oteltest.NewHarness(t)
-	subjectFactory := func() otel.Tracer {
+	subjectFactory := func() trace.Tracer {
 		return tp.Tracer("")
 	}
 
@@ -263,14 +263,14 @@ func TestSampling(t *testing.T) {
 			for i := 0; i < total; i++ {
 				ctx := context.Background()
 				if tc.parent {
-					psc := otel.SpanContext{
+					psc := trace.SpanContext{
 						TraceID: idg.NewTraceID(),
 						SpanID:  idg.NewSpanID(),
 					}
 					if tc.sampledParent {
-						psc.TraceFlags = otel.FlagsSampled
+						psc.TraceFlags = trace.FlagsSampled
 					}
-					ctx = otel.ContextWithRemoteSpanContext(ctx, psc)
+					ctx = trace.ContextWithRemoteSpanContext(ctx, psc)
 				}
 				_, span := tr.Start(ctx, "test")
 				if span.SpanContext().IsSampled() {
@@ -299,33 +299,33 @@ func TestStartSpanWithParent(t *testing.T) {
 	tr := tp.Tracer("SpanWithParent")
 	ctx := context.Background()
 
-	sc1 := otel.SpanContext{
+	sc1 := trace.SpanContext{
 		TraceID:    tid,
 		SpanID:     sid,
 		TraceFlags: 0x1,
 	}
-	_, s1 := tr.Start(otel.ContextWithRemoteSpanContext(ctx, sc1), "span1-unsampled-parent1")
+	_, s1 := tr.Start(trace.ContextWithRemoteSpanContext(ctx, sc1), "span1-unsampled-parent1")
 	if err := checkChild(sc1, s1); err != nil {
 		t.Error(err)
 	}
 
-	_, s2 := tr.Start(otel.ContextWithRemoteSpanContext(ctx, sc1), "span2-unsampled-parent1")
+	_, s2 := tr.Start(trace.ContextWithRemoteSpanContext(ctx, sc1), "span2-unsampled-parent1")
 	if err := checkChild(sc1, s2); err != nil {
 		t.Error(err)
 	}
 
-	sc2 := otel.SpanContext{
+	sc2 := trace.SpanContext{
 		TraceID:    tid,
 		SpanID:     sid,
 		TraceFlags: 0x1,
 		//Tracestate:   testTracestate,
 	}
-	_, s3 := tr.Start(otel.ContextWithRemoteSpanContext(ctx, sc2), "span3-sampled-parent2")
+	_, s3 := tr.Start(trace.ContextWithRemoteSpanContext(ctx, sc2), "span3-sampled-parent2")
 	if err := checkChild(sc2, s3); err != nil {
 		t.Error(err)
 	}
 
-	ctx2, s4 := tr.Start(otel.ContextWithRemoteSpanContext(ctx, sc2), "span4-sampled-parent2")
+	ctx2, s4 := tr.Start(trace.ContextWithRemoteSpanContext(ctx, sc2), "span4-sampled-parent2")
 	if err := checkChild(sc2, s4); err != nil {
 		t.Error(err)
 	}
@@ -342,8 +342,8 @@ func TestSetSpanAttributesOnStart(t *testing.T) {
 	tp := NewTracerProvider(WithSyncer(te))
 	span := startSpan(tp,
 		"StartSpanAttribute",
-		otel.WithAttributes(label.String("key1", "value1")),
-		otel.WithAttributes(label.String("key2", "value2")),
+		trace.WithAttributes(label.String("key1", "value1")),
+		trace.WithAttributes(label.String("key2", "value2")),
 	)
 	got, err := endSpan(te, span)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -351,7 +351,7 @@ func TestSetSpanAttributesOnStart(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	want := &export.SpanData{
-		SpanContext: otel.SpanContext{
+		SpanContext: trace.SpanContext{
 			TraceID:    tid,
 			TraceFlags: 0x1,
 		},
@@ -361,7 +361,7 @@ func TestSetSpanAttributesOnStart(t *testing.T) {
 			label.String("key1", "value1"),
 			label.String("key2", "value2"),
 		},
-		SpanKind:               otel.SpanKindInternal,
+		SpanKind:               trace.SpanKindInternal,
 		HasRemoteParent:        true,
 		InstrumentationLibrary: instrumentation.Library{Name: "StartSpanAttribute"},
 	}
@@ -381,7 +381,7 @@ func TestSetSpanAttributes(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	want := &export.SpanData{
-		SpanContext: otel.SpanContext{
+		SpanContext: trace.SpanContext{
 			TraceID:    tid,
 			TraceFlags: 0x1,
 		},
@@ -390,7 +390,7 @@ func TestSetSpanAttributes(t *testing.T) {
 		Attributes: []label.KeyValue{
 			label.String("key1", "value1"),
 		},
-		SpanKind:               otel.SpanKindInternal,
+		SpanKind:               trace.SpanKindInternal,
 		HasRemoteParent:        true,
 		InstrumentationLibrary: instrumentation.Library{Name: "SpanAttribute"},
 	}
@@ -424,36 +424,36 @@ func TestSamplerAttributesLocalChildSpan(t *testing.T) {
 	checkTime(&got[0].StartTime)
 	checkTime(&got[0].EndTime)
 
-	got[1].SpanContext.SpanID = otel.SpanID{}
+	got[1].SpanContext.SpanID = trace.SpanID{}
 	got[1].SpanContext.TraceID = tid
 	got[1].ParentSpanID = pid
-	got[0].SpanContext.SpanID = otel.SpanID{}
+	got[0].SpanContext.SpanID = trace.SpanID{}
 
 	checkTime(&got[1].StartTime)
 	checkTime(&got[1].EndTime)
 
 	want := []*export.SpanData{
 		{
-			SpanContext: otel.SpanContext{
+			SpanContext: trace.SpanContext{
 				TraceID:    tid,
 				TraceFlags: 0x1,
 			},
 			ParentSpanID:           sid,
 			Name:                   "span1",
 			Attributes:             []label.KeyValue{label.Int("callCount", 2)},
-			SpanKind:               otel.SpanKindInternal,
+			SpanKind:               trace.SpanKindInternal,
 			HasRemoteParent:        false,
 			InstrumentationLibrary: instrumentation.Library{Name: "SpanTwo"},
 		},
 		{
-			SpanContext: otel.SpanContext{
+			SpanContext: trace.SpanContext{
 				TraceID:    tid,
 				TraceFlags: 0x1,
 			},
 			ParentSpanID:           pid,
 			Name:                   "span0",
 			Attributes:             []label.KeyValue{label.Int("callCount", 1)},
-			SpanKind:               otel.SpanKindInternal,
+			SpanKind:               trace.SpanKindInternal,
 			HasRemoteParent:        false,
 			ChildSpanCount:         1,
 			InstrumentationLibrary: instrumentation.Library{Name: "SpanOne"},
@@ -483,7 +483,7 @@ func TestSetSpanAttributesOverLimit(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	want := &export.SpanData{
-		SpanContext: otel.SpanContext{
+		SpanContext: trace.SpanContext{
 			TraceID:    tid,
 			TraceFlags: 0x1,
 		},
@@ -493,7 +493,7 @@ func TestSetSpanAttributesOverLimit(t *testing.T) {
 			label.Bool("key1", false),
 			label.Int64("key4", 4),
 		},
-		SpanKind:               otel.SpanKindInternal,
+		SpanKind:               trace.SpanKindInternal,
 		HasRemoteParent:        true,
 		DroppedAttributeCount:  1,
 		InstrumentationLibrary: instrumentation.Library{Name: "SpanAttributesOverLimit"},
@@ -512,8 +512,8 @@ func TestEvents(t *testing.T) {
 	k2v2 := label.Bool("key2", true)
 	k3v3 := label.Int64("key3", 3)
 
-	span.AddEvent("foo", otel.WithAttributes(label.String("key1", "value1")))
-	span.AddEvent("bar", otel.WithAttributes(
+	span.AddEvent("foo", trace.WithAttributes(label.String("key1", "value1")))
+	span.AddEvent("bar", trace.WithAttributes(
 		label.Bool("key2", true),
 		label.Int64("key3", 3),
 	))
@@ -529,7 +529,7 @@ func TestEvents(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	want := &export.SpanData{
-		SpanContext: otel.SpanContext{
+		SpanContext: trace.SpanContext{
 			TraceID:    tid,
 			TraceFlags: 0x1,
 		},
@@ -540,7 +540,7 @@ func TestEvents(t *testing.T) {
 			{Name: "foo", Attributes: []label.KeyValue{k1v1}},
 			{Name: "bar", Attributes: []label.KeyValue{k2v2, k3v3}},
 		},
-		SpanKind:               otel.SpanKindInternal,
+		SpanKind:               trace.SpanKindInternal,
 		InstrumentationLibrary: instrumentation.Library{Name: "Events"},
 	}
 	if diff := cmpDiff(got, want); diff != "" {
@@ -558,13 +558,13 @@ func TestEventsOverLimit(t *testing.T) {
 	k2v2 := label.Bool("key2", false)
 	k3v3 := label.String("key3", "value3")
 
-	span.AddEvent("fooDrop", otel.WithAttributes(label.String("key1", "value1")))
-	span.AddEvent("barDrop", otel.WithAttributes(
+	span.AddEvent("fooDrop", trace.WithAttributes(label.String("key1", "value1")))
+	span.AddEvent("barDrop", trace.WithAttributes(
 		label.Bool("key2", true),
 		label.String("key3", "value3"),
 	))
-	span.AddEvent("foo", otel.WithAttributes(label.String("key1", "value1")))
-	span.AddEvent("bar", otel.WithAttributes(
+	span.AddEvent("foo", trace.WithAttributes(label.String("key1", "value1")))
+	span.AddEvent("bar", trace.WithAttributes(
 		label.Bool("key2", false),
 		label.String("key3", "value3"),
 	))
@@ -580,7 +580,7 @@ func TestEventsOverLimit(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	want := &export.SpanData{
-		SpanContext: otel.SpanContext{
+		SpanContext: trace.SpanContext{
 			TraceID:    tid,
 			TraceFlags: 0x1,
 		},
@@ -592,7 +592,7 @@ func TestEventsOverLimit(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 		DroppedMessageEventCount: 2,
 		HasRemoteParent:          true,
-		SpanKind:                 otel.SpanKindInternal,
+		SpanKind:                 trace.SpanKindInternal,
 		InstrumentationLibrary:   instrumentation.Library{Name: "EventsOverLimit"},
 	}
 	if diff := cmpDiff(got, want); diff != "" {
@@ -608,14 +608,14 @@ func TestLinks(t *testing.T) {
 	k2v2 := label.String("key2", "value2")
 	k3v3 := label.String("key3", "value3")
 
-	sc1 := otel.SpanContext{TraceID: otel.TraceID([16]byte{1, 1}), SpanID: otel.SpanID{3}}
-	sc2 := otel.SpanContext{TraceID: otel.TraceID([16]byte{1, 1}), SpanID: otel.SpanID{3}}
+	sc1 := trace.SpanContext{TraceID: trace.TraceID([16]byte{1, 1}), SpanID: trace.SpanID{3}}
+	sc2 := trace.SpanContext{TraceID: trace.TraceID([16]byte{1, 1}), SpanID: trace.SpanID{3}}
 
-	links := []otel.Link{
+	links := []trace.Link{
 		{SpanContext: sc1, Attributes: []label.KeyValue{k1v1}},
 		{SpanContext: sc2, Attributes: []label.KeyValue{k2v2, k3v3}},
 	}
-	span := startSpan(tp, "Links", otel.WithLinks(links...))
+	span := startSpan(tp, "Links", trace.WithLinks(links...))
 
 	got, err := endSpan(te, span)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -623,7 +623,7 @@ func TestLinks(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	want := &export.SpanData{
-		SpanContext: otel.SpanContext{
+		SpanContext: trace.SpanContext{
 			TraceID:    tid,
 			TraceFlags: 0x1,
 		},
@@ -631,7 +631,7 @@ func TestLinks(t *testing.T) {
 		Name:                   "span0",
 		HasRemoteParent:        true,
 		Links:                  links,
-		SpanKind:               otel.SpanKindInternal,
+		SpanKind:               trace.SpanKindInternal,
 		InstrumentationLibrary: instrumentation.Library{Name: "Links"},
 	}
 	if diff := cmpDiff(got, want); diff != "" {
@@ -643,17 +643,17 @@ func TestLinksOverLimit(t *testing.T) {
 	te := NewTestExporter()
 	cfg := Config{MaxLinksPerSpan: 2}
 
-	sc1 := otel.SpanContext{TraceID: otel.TraceID([16]byte{1, 1}), SpanID: otel.SpanID{3}}
-	sc2 := otel.SpanContext{TraceID: otel.TraceID([16]byte{1, 1}), SpanID: otel.SpanID{3}}
-	sc3 := otel.SpanContext{TraceID: otel.TraceID([16]byte{1, 1}), SpanID: otel.SpanID{3}}
+	sc1 := trace.SpanContext{TraceID: trace.TraceID([16]byte{1, 1}), SpanID: trace.SpanID{3}}
+	sc2 := trace.SpanContext{TraceID: trace.TraceID([16]byte{1, 1}), SpanID: trace.SpanID{3}}
+	sc3 := trace.SpanContext{TraceID: trace.TraceID([16]byte{1, 1}), SpanID: trace.SpanID{3}}
 
 	tp := NewTracerProvider(WithConfig(cfg), WithSyncer(te))
 
 	span := startSpan(tp, "LinksOverLimit",
-		otel.WithLinks(
-			otel.Link{SpanContext: sc1, Attributes: []label.KeyValue{label.String("key1", "value1")}},
-			otel.Link{SpanContext: sc2, Attributes: []label.KeyValue{label.String("key2", "value2")}},
-			otel.Link{SpanContext: sc3, Attributes: []label.KeyValue{label.String("key3", "value3")}},
+		trace.WithLinks(
+			trace.Link{SpanContext: sc1, Attributes: []label.KeyValue{label.String("key1", "value1")}},
+			trace.Link{SpanContext: sc2, Attributes: []label.KeyValue{label.String("key2", "value2")}},
+			trace.Link{SpanContext: sc3, Attributes: []label.KeyValue{label.String("key3", "value3")}},
 		),
 	)
 
@@ -666,19 +666,19 @@ func TestLinksOverLimit(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	want := &export.SpanData{
-		SpanContext: otel.SpanContext{
+		SpanContext: trace.SpanContext{
 			TraceID:    tid,
 			TraceFlags: 0x1,
 		},
 		ParentSpanID: sid,
 		Name:         "span0",
-		Links: []otel.Link{
+		Links: []trace.Link{
 			{SpanContext: sc2, Attributes: []label.KeyValue{k2v2}},
 			{SpanContext: sc3, Attributes: []label.KeyValue{k3v3}},
 		},
 		DroppedLinkCount:       1,
 		HasRemoteParent:        true,
-		SpanKind:               otel.SpanKindInternal,
+		SpanKind:               trace.SpanKindInternal,
 		InstrumentationLibrary: instrumentation.Library{Name: "LinksOverLimit"},
 	}
 	if diff := cmpDiff(got, want); diff != "" {
@@ -692,7 +692,7 @@ func TestSetSpanName(t *testing.T) {
 	ctx := context.Background()
 
 	want := "SpanName-1"
-	ctx = otel.ContextWithRemoteSpanContext(ctx, otel.SpanContext{
+	ctx = trace.ContextWithRemoteSpanContext(ctx, trace.SpanContext{
 		TraceID:    tid,
 		SpanID:     sid,
 		TraceFlags: 1,
@@ -720,13 +720,13 @@ func TestSetSpanStatus(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	want := &export.SpanData{
-		SpanContext: otel.SpanContext{
+		SpanContext: trace.SpanContext{
 			TraceID:    tid,
 			TraceFlags: 0x1,
 		},
 		ParentSpanID:           sid,
 		Name:                   "span0",
-		SpanKind:               otel.SpanKindInternal,
+		SpanKind:               trace.SpanKindInternal,
 		StatusCode:             codes.Error,
 		StatusMessage:          "Error",
 		HasRemoteParent:        true,
@@ -743,8 +743,8 @@ func cmpDiff(x, y interface{}) string {
 		cmp.AllowUnexported(export.Event{}))
 }
 
-func remoteSpanContext() otel.SpanContext {
-	return otel.SpanContext{
+func remoteSpanContext() trace.SpanContext {
+	return trace.SpanContext{
 		TraceID:    tid,
 		SpanID:     sid,
 		TraceFlags: 1,
@@ -753,7 +753,7 @@ func remoteSpanContext() otel.SpanContext {
 
 // checkChild is test utility function that tests that c has fields set appropriately,
 // given that it is a child span of p.
-func checkChild(p otel.SpanContext, apiSpan otel.Span) error {
+func checkChild(p trace.SpanContext, apiSpan trace.Span) error {
 	s := apiSpan.(*span)
 	if s == nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("got nil child span, want non-nil")
@@ -776,7 +776,7 @@ func checkChild(p otel.SpanContext, apiSpan otel.Span) error {
 
 // startSpan starts a span with a name "span0". See startNamedSpan for
 // details.
-func startSpan(tp *TracerProvider, trName string, args ...otel.SpanOption) otel.Span {
+func startSpan(tp *TracerProvider, trName string, args ...trace.SpanOption) trace.Span {
 	return startNamedSpan(tp, trName, "span0", args...)
 }
 
@@ -784,10 +784,10 @@ func startSpan(tp *TracerProvider, trName string, args ...otel.SpanOption) otel.
 // passed name and with remote span context as parent. The remote span
 // context contains TraceFlags with sampled bit set. This allows the
 // span to be automatically sampled.
-func startNamedSpan(tp *TracerProvider, trName, name string, args ...otel.SpanOption) otel.Span {
+func startNamedSpan(tp *TracerProvider, trName, name string, args ...trace.SpanOption) trace.Span {
 	ctx := context.Background()
-	ctx = otel.ContextWithRemoteSpanContext(ctx, remoteSpanContext())
-	args = append(args, otel.WithRecord())
+	ctx = trace.ContextWithRemoteSpanContext(ctx, remoteSpanContext())
+	args = append(args, trace.WithRecord())
 	_, span := tp.Tracer(trName).Start(
 		ctx,
 		name,
@@ -800,8 +800,8 @@ func startNamedSpan(tp *TracerProvider, trName, name string, args ...otel.SpanOp
 // passed name and with the passed context. The context is returned
 // along with the span so this parent can be used to create child
 // spans.
-func startLocalSpan(tp *TracerProvider, ctx context.Context, trName, name string, args ...otel.SpanOption) (context.Context, otel.Span) {
-	args = append(args, otel.WithRecord())
+func startLocalSpan(tp *TracerProvider, ctx context.Context, trName, name string, args ...trace.SpanOption) (context.Context, trace.Span) {
+	args = append(args, trace.WithRecord())
 	ctx, span := tp.Tracer(trName).Start(
 		ctx,
 		name,
@@ -819,7 +819,7 @@ func startLocalSpan(tp *TracerProvider, ctx context.Context, trName, name string
 //
 // It also does some basic tests on the span.
 // It also clears spanID in the export.SpanData to make the comparison easier.
-func endSpan(te *testExporter, span otel.Span) (*export.SpanData, error) {
+func endSpan(te *testExporter, span trace.Span) (*export.SpanData, error) {
 	if !span.IsRecording() {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("IsRecording: got false, want true")
 	}
@@ -834,7 +834,7 @@ func endSpan(te *testExporter, span otel.Span) (*export.SpanData, error) {
 	if !got.SpanContext.SpanID.IsValid() {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("exporting span: expected nonzero SpanID")
 	}
-	got.SpanContext.SpanID = otel.SpanID{}
+	got.SpanContext.SpanID = trace.SpanID{}
 	if !checkTime(&got.StartTime) {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("exporting span: expected nonzero StartTime")
 	}
@@ -871,7 +871,7 @@ func TestStartSpanAfterEnd(t *testing.T) {
 	ctx := context.Background()
 
 	tr := tp.Tracer("SpanAfterEnd")
-	ctx, span0 := tr.Start(otel.ContextWithRemoteSpanContext(ctx, remoteSpanContext()), "parent")
+	ctx, span0 := tr.Start(trace.ContextWithRemoteSpanContext(ctx, remoteSpanContext()), "parent")
 	ctx1, span1 := tr.Start(ctx, "span-1")
 	span1.End()
 	// Start a new span with the context containing span-1
@@ -980,12 +980,12 @@ func TestExecutionTracerTaskEnd(t *testing.T) {
 	s.executionTracerTaskEnd = executionTracerTaskEnd
 	spans = append(spans, s) // never sample
 
-	tID, _ := otel.TraceIDFromHex("0102030405060708090a0b0c0d0e0f")
-	sID, _ := otel.SpanIDFromHex("0001020304050607")
+	tID, _ := trace.TraceIDFromHex("0102030405060708090a0b0c0d0e0f")
+	sID, _ := trace.SpanIDFromHex("0001020304050607")
 	ctx := context.Background()
 
-	ctx = otel.ContextWithRemoteSpanContext(ctx,
-		otel.SpanContext{
+	ctx = trace.ContextWithRemoteSpanContext(ctx,
+		trace.SpanContext{
 			TraceID:    tID,
 			SpanID:     sID,
 			TraceFlags: 0,
@@ -1022,9 +1022,9 @@ func TestCustomStartEndTime(t *testing.T) {
 	_, span := tp.Tracer("Custom Start and End time").Start(
 		context.Background(),
 		"testspan",
-		otel.WithTimestamp(startTime),
+		trace.WithTimestamp(startTime),
 	)
-	span.End(otel.WithTimestamp(endTime))
+	span.End(trace.WithTimestamp(endTime))
 
 	if te.Len() != 1 {
 		t.Fatalf("got %d exported spans, want one span", te.Len())
@@ -1062,7 +1062,7 @@ func TestRecordError(t *testing.T) {
 		span := startSpan(tp, "RecordError")
 
 		errTime := time.Now()
-		span.RecordError(s.err, otel.WithTimestamp(errTime))
+		span.RecordError(s.err, trace.WithTimestamp(errTime))
 
 		got, err := endSpan(te, span)
 		if err != nil {
@@ -1070,14 +1070,14 @@ func TestRecordError(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 
 		want := &export.SpanData{
-			SpanContext: otel.SpanContext{
+			SpanContext: trace.SpanContext{
 				TraceID:    tid,
 				TraceFlags: 0x1,
 			},
 			ParentSpanID:    sid,
 			Name:            "span0",
 			StatusCode:      codes.Error,
-			SpanKind:        otel.SpanKindInternal,
+			SpanKind:        trace.SpanKindInternal,
 			HasRemoteParent: true,
 			MessageEvents: []export.Event{
 				{
@@ -1110,13 +1110,13 @@ func TestRecordErrorNil(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	want := &export.SpanData{
-		SpanContext: otel.SpanContext{
+		SpanContext: trace.SpanContext{
 			TraceID:    tid,
 			TraceFlags: 0x1,
 		},
 		ParentSpanID:           sid,
 		Name:                   "span0",
-		SpanKind:               otel.SpanKindInternal,
+		SpanKind:               trace.SpanKindInternal,
 		HasRemoteParent:        true,
 		StatusCode:             codes.Unset,
 		StatusMessage:          "",
@@ -1138,22 +1138,22 @@ func TestWithSpanKind(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Error(err.Error())
 	}
 
-	if spanData.SpanKind != otel.SpanKindInternal {
-		t.Errorf("Default value of Spankind should be Internal: got %+v, want %+v\n", spanData.SpanKind, otel.SpanKindInternal)
+	if spanData.SpanKind != trace.SpanKindInternal {
+		t.Errorf("Default value of Spankind should be Internal: got %+v, want %+v\n", spanData.SpanKind, trace.SpanKindInternal)
 	}
 
-	sks := []otel.SpanKind{
-		otel.SpanKindInternal,
-		otel.SpanKindServer,
-		otel.SpanKindClient,
-		otel.SpanKindProducer,
-		otel.SpanKindConsumer,
+	sks := []trace.SpanKind{
+		trace.SpanKindInternal,
+		trace.SpanKindServer,
+		trace.SpanKindClient,
+		trace.SpanKindProducer,
+		trace.SpanKindConsumer,
 	}
 
 	for _, sk := range sks {
 		te.Reset()
 
-		_, span := tr.Start(context.Background(), fmt.Sprintf("SpanKind-%v", sk), otel.WithSpanKind(sk))
+		_, span := tr.Start(context.Background(), fmt.Sprintf("SpanKind-%v", sk), trace.WithSpanKind(sk))
 		spanData, err := endSpan(te, span)
 		if err != nil {
 			t.Error(err.Error())
@@ -1178,7 +1178,7 @@ func TestWithResource(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	want := &export.SpanData{
-		SpanContext: otel.SpanContext{
+		SpanContext: trace.SpanContext{
 			TraceID:    tid,
 			TraceFlags: 0x1,
 		},
@@ -1187,7 +1187,7 @@ func TestWithResource(t *testing.T) {
 		Attributes: []label.KeyValue{
 			label.String("key1", "value1"),
 		},
-		SpanKind:               otel.SpanKindInternal,
+		SpanKind:               trace.SpanKindInternal,
 		HasRemoteParent:        true,
 		Resource:               resource.NewWithAttributes(label.String("rk1", "rv1"), label.Int64("rk2", 5)),
 		InstrumentationLibrary: instrumentation.Library{Name: "WithResource"},
@@ -1202,24 +1202,24 @@ func TestWithInstrumentationVersion(t *testing.T) {
 	tp := NewTracerProvider(WithSyncer(te))
 
 	ctx := context.Background()
-	ctx = otel.ContextWithRemoteSpanContext(ctx, remoteSpanContext())
+	ctx = trace.ContextWithRemoteSpanContext(ctx, remoteSpanContext())
 	_, span := tp.Tracer(
 		"WithInstrumentationVersion",
-		otel.WithInstrumentationVersion("v0.1.0"),
-	).Start(ctx, "span0", otel.WithRecord())
+		trace.WithInstrumentationVersion("v0.1.0"),
+	).Start(ctx, "span0", trace.WithRecord())
 	got, err := endSpan(te, span)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Error(err.Error())
 	}
 
 	want := &export.SpanData{
-		SpanContext: otel.SpanContext{
+		SpanContext: trace.SpanContext{
 			TraceID:    tid,
 			TraceFlags: 0x1,
 		},
 		ParentSpanID:    sid,
 		Name:            "span0",
-		SpanKind:        otel.SpanKindInternal,
+		SpanKind:        trace.SpanKindInternal,
 		HasRemoteParent: true,
 		InstrumentationLibrary: instrumentation.Library{
 			Name:    "WithInstrumentationVersion",
@@ -1237,7 +1237,7 @@ func TestSpanCapturesPanic(t *testing.T) {
 	_, span := tp.Tracer("CatchPanic").Start(
 		context.Background(),
 		"span",
-		otel.WithRecord(),
+		trace.WithRecord(),
 	)
 
 	f := func() {
diff --git a/sdk/trace/tracer.go b/sdk/trace/tracer.go
index 659d20dc9eb..55e90b836ba 100644
--- a/sdk/trace/tracer.go
+++ b/sdk/trace/tracer.go
@@ -17,8 +17,9 @@ package trace // import "go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/trace"
 import (
 	"context"
 
-	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/internal/trace/parent"
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace"
+
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/instrumentation"
 )
 
@@ -27,7 +28,7 @@ type tracer struct {
 	instrumentationLibrary instrumentation.Library
 }
 
-var _ otel.Tracer = &tracer{}
+var _ trace.Tracer = &tracer{}
 
 // Start starts a Span and returns it along with a context containing it.
 //
@@ -35,12 +36,12 @@ var _ otel.Tracer = &tracer{}
 // span context found in the passed context. The created Span will be
 // configured appropriately by any SpanOption passed. Any Timestamp option
 // passed will be used as the start time of the Span's life-cycle.
-func (tr *tracer) Start(ctx context.Context, name string, options ...otel.SpanOption) (context.Context, otel.Span) {
-	config := otel.NewSpanConfig(options...)
+func (tr *tracer) Start(ctx context.Context, name string, options ...trace.SpanOption) (context.Context, trace.Span) {
+	config := trace.NewSpanConfig(options...)
 
 	parentSpanContext, remoteParent, links := parent.GetSpanContextAndLinks(ctx, config.NewRoot)
 
-	if p := otel.SpanFromContext(ctx); p != nil {
+	if p := trace.SpanFromContext(ctx); p != nil {
 		if sdkSpan, ok := p.(*span); ok {
 			sdkSpan.addChild()
 		}
@@ -66,5 +67,5 @@ func (tr *tracer) Start(ctx context.Context, name string, options ...otel.SpanOp
 
 	ctx, end := startExecutionTracerTask(ctx, name)
 	span.executionTracerTaskEnd = end
-	return otel.ContextWithSpan(ctx, span), span
+	return trace.ContextWithSpan(ctx, span), span
 }
diff --git a/trace/config.go b/trace/config.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9a343633d57
--- /dev/null
+++ b/trace/config.go
@@ -0,0 +1,196 @@
+// Copyright The OpenTelemetry Authors
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+package trace
+
+import (
+	"time"
+
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/label"
+)
+
+// TracerConfig is a group of options for a Tracer.
+type TracerConfig struct {
+	// InstrumentationVersion is the version of the library providing
+	// instrumentation.
+	InstrumentationVersion string
+}
+
+// NewTracerConfig applies all the options to a returned TracerConfig.
+func NewTracerConfig(options ...TracerOption) *TracerConfig {
+	config := new(TracerConfig)
+	for _, option := range options {
+		option.ApplyTracer(config)
+	}
+	return config
+}
+
+// TracerOption applies an option to a TracerConfig.
+type TracerOption interface {
+	ApplyTracer(*TracerConfig)
+}
+
+// SpanConfig is a group of options for a Span.
+type SpanConfig struct {
+	// Attributes describe the associated qualities of a Span.
+	Attributes []label.KeyValue
+	// Timestamp is a time in a Span life-cycle.
+	Timestamp time.Time
+	// Links are the associations a Span has with other Spans.
+	Links []Link
+	// Record is the recording state of a Span.
+	Record bool
+	// NewRoot identifies a Span as the root Span for a new trace. This is
+	// commonly used when an existing trace crosses trust boundaries and the
+	// remote parent span context should be ignored for security.
+	NewRoot bool
+	// SpanKind is the role a Span has in a trace.
+	SpanKind SpanKind
+}
+
+// NewSpanConfig applies all the options to a returned SpanConfig.
+// No validation is performed on the returned SpanConfig (e.g. no uniqueness
+// checking or bounding of data), it is left to the SDK to perform this
+// action.
+func NewSpanConfig(options ...SpanOption) *SpanConfig {
+	c := new(SpanConfig)
+	for _, option := range options {
+		option.ApplySpan(c)
+	}
+	return c
+}
+
+// SpanOption applies an option to a SpanConfig.
+type SpanOption interface {
+	ApplySpan(*SpanConfig)
+}
+
+// NewEventConfig applies all the EventOptions to a returned SpanConfig. If no
+// timestamp option is passed, the returned SpanConfig will have a Timestamp
+// set to the call time, otherwise no validation is performed on the returned
+// SpanConfig.
+func NewEventConfig(options ...EventOption) *SpanConfig {
+	c := new(SpanConfig)
+	for _, option := range options {
+		option.ApplyEvent(c)
+	}
+	if c.Timestamp.IsZero() {
+		c.Timestamp = time.Now()
+	}
+	return c
+}
+
+// EventOption applies span event options to a SpanConfig.
+type EventOption interface {
+	ApplyEvent(*SpanConfig)
+}
+
+// LifeCycleOption applies span life-cycle options to a SpanConfig. These
+// options set values releated to events in a spans life-cycle like starting,
+// ending, experiencing an error and other user defined notable events.
+type LifeCycleOption interface {
+	SpanOption
+	EventOption
+}
+
+type attributeSpanOption []label.KeyValue
+
+func (o attributeSpanOption) ApplySpan(c *SpanConfig)  { o.apply(c) }
+func (o attributeSpanOption) ApplyEvent(c *SpanConfig) { o.apply(c) }
+func (o attributeSpanOption) apply(c *SpanConfig) {
+	c.Attributes = append(c.Attributes, []label.KeyValue(o)...)
+}
+
+// WithAttributes adds the attributes related to a span life-cycle event.
+// These attributes are used to describe the work a Span represents when this
+// option is provided to a Span's start or end events. Otherwise, these
+// attributes provide additional information about the event being recorded
+// (e.g. error, state change, processing progress, system event).
+//
+// If multiple of these options are passed the attributes of each successive
+// option will extend the attributes instead of overwriting. There is no
+// guarantee of uniqueness in the resulting attributes.
+func WithAttributes(attributes ...label.KeyValue) LifeCycleOption {
+	return attributeSpanOption(attributes)
+}
+
+type timestampSpanOption time.Time
+
+func (o timestampSpanOption) ApplySpan(c *SpanConfig)  { o.apply(c) }
+func (o timestampSpanOption) ApplyEvent(c *SpanConfig) { o.apply(c) }
+func (o timestampSpanOption) apply(c *SpanConfig)      { c.Timestamp = time.Time(o) }
+
+// WithTimestamp sets the time of a Span life-cycle moment (e.g. started,
+// stopped, errored).
+func WithTimestamp(t time.Time) LifeCycleOption {
+	return timestampSpanOption(t)
+}
+
+type linksSpanOption []Link
+
+func (o linksSpanOption) ApplySpan(c *SpanConfig) { c.Links = append(c.Links, []Link(o)...) }
+
+// WithLinks adds links to a Span. The links are added to the existing Span
+// links, i.e. this does not overwrite.
+func WithLinks(links ...Link) SpanOption {
+	return linksSpanOption(links)
+}
+
+type recordSpanOption bool
+
+func (o recordSpanOption) ApplySpan(c *SpanConfig) { c.Record = bool(o) }
+
+// WithRecord specifies that the span should be recorded. It is important to
+// note that implementations may override this option, i.e. if the span is a
+// child of an un-sampled trace.
+func WithRecord() SpanOption {
+	return recordSpanOption(true)
+}
+
+type newRootSpanOption bool
+
+func (o newRootSpanOption) ApplySpan(c *SpanConfig) { c.NewRoot = bool(o) }
+
+// WithNewRoot specifies that the Span should be treated as a root Span. Any
+// existing parent span context will be ignored when defining the Span's trace
+// identifiers.
+func WithNewRoot() SpanOption {
+	return newRootSpanOption(true)
+}
+
+type spanKindSpanOption SpanKind
+
+func (o spanKindSpanOption) ApplySpan(c *SpanConfig) { c.SpanKind = SpanKind(o) }
+
+// WithSpanKind sets the SpanKind of a Span.
+func WithSpanKind(kind SpanKind) SpanOption {
+	return spanKindSpanOption(kind)
+}
+
+// InstrumentationOption is an interface for applying instrumentation specific
+// options.
+type InstrumentationOption interface {
+	TracerOption
+}
+
+// WithInstrumentationVersion sets the instrumentation version.
+func WithInstrumentationVersion(version string) InstrumentationOption {
+	return instrumentationVersionOption(version)
+}
+
+type instrumentationVersionOption string
+
+func (i instrumentationVersionOption) ApplyTracer(config *TracerConfig) {
+	config.InstrumentationVersion = string(i)
+}
diff --git a/config_test.go b/trace/config_test.go
similarity index 99%
rename from config_test.go
rename to trace/config_test.go
index 2542806e1ef..e8fc99c89fe 100644
--- a/config_test.go
+++ b/trace/config_test.go
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 // See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 // limitations under the License.
 
-package otel
+package trace
 
 import (
 	"testing"
diff --git a/trace.go b/trace/trace.go
similarity index 99%
rename from trace.go
rename to trace/trace.go
index e99c4d5a2bf..a5fe7066ac9 100644
--- a/trace.go
+++ b/trace/trace.go
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 // See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 // limitations under the License.
 
-package otel // import "go.opentelemetry.io/otel"
+package trace // import "go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace"
 
 import (
 	"bytes"
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ func (e errorConst) Error() string {
 }
 
 // TraceID is a unique identity of a trace.
+// nolint:golint
 type TraceID [16]byte
 
 var nilTraceID TraceID
@@ -99,6 +100,7 @@ func (s SpanID) String() string {
 // TraceIDFromHex returns a TraceID from a hex string if it is compliant with
 // the W3C trace-context specification.  See more at
 // https://www.w3.org/TR/trace-context/#trace-id
+// nolint:golint
 func TraceIDFromHex(h string) (TraceID, error) {
 	t := TraceID{}
 	if len(h) != 32 {
diff --git a/trace_noop.go b/trace/trace_noop.go
similarity index 97%
rename from trace_noop.go
rename to trace/trace_noop.go
index eadbde29634..6f18a948196 100644
--- a/trace_noop.go
+++ b/trace/trace_noop.go
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 // See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 // limitations under the License.
 
-package otel // import "go.opentelemetry.io/otel"
+package trace // import "go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace"
 
 import (
 	"context"
diff --git a/trace_noop_test.go b/trace/trace_noop_test.go
similarity index 99%
rename from trace_noop_test.go
rename to trace/trace_noop_test.go
index 8cae51d7692..f65d7d4740c 100644
--- a/trace_noop_test.go
+++ b/trace/trace_noop_test.go
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 // See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 // limitations under the License.
 
-package otel
+package trace
 
 import (
 	"context"
diff --git a/trace_test.go b/trace/trace_test.go
similarity index 99%
rename from trace_test.go
rename to trace/trace_test.go
index 09f28286bdd..58ed137eba9 100644
--- a/trace_test.go
+++ b/trace/trace_test.go
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 // See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 // limitations under the License.
 
-package otel
+package trace
 
 import (
 	"context"