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add definition for standard output span exporter #3740

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### Traces

- Add definition for standard output span exporter.
([#3740](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-specification/pull/3740))

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# OpenTelemetry Span Exporter - Standard output

**Status**: [Stable](../../document-status.md)

"Standard output" Span Exporter is a [Span
Exporter](../sdk.md#span-exporter) which outputs the spans to
stdout/console.
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[OpenTelemetry SDK](../../overview.md#sdk) authors MAY choose the best idiomatic
name for their language. For example, ConsoleExporter, StdoutExporter,
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StreamExporter, LoggingExporter etc.

If a language provides a mechanism to automatically configure a
[Span processor](../sdk.md#span-processor) to pair with the associated
exporter (e.g., using the [`OTEL_TRACES_EXPORTER` environment
variable](../../configuration/sdk-environment-variables.md#exporter-selection)), by
default the standard output exporter SHOULD be paired with a [simple
processor](../sdk.md#simple-processor).
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