diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index 1c8693ed0d9..c88b7313327 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ env:
   # Otherwise, set variable to the commit of your branch on
   # opentelemetry-python-contrib which is compatible with these Core repo
   # changes.
-  CONTRIB_REPO_SHA: 01bb63fb8cc429a17f1fb0c93f7ac72a3fc7b4fc
+  CONTRIB_REPO_SHA: 82c4f600872a72fedaebad758f0d5588dfb53a00
 
 jobs:
   build:
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 6bb68e05313..d9591163351 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 ### Added 
 - Allow span limits to be set programatically via TracerProvider.
   ([#1877](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python/pull/1877))
+- Added support for CreateKey functionality.
+  ([#1853](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python/pull/1853))
 
 ### Changed
 - Updated get_tracer to return an empty string when passed an invalid name
diff --git a/docs-requirements.txt b/docs-requirements.txt
index a93eb8aa705..f9a7776cb0f 100644
--- a/docs-requirements.txt
+++ b/docs-requirements.txt
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ sphinx-jekyll-builder
 # doesn't work for pkg_resources.
 ./opentelemetry-api
 ./opentelemetry-semantic-conventions
+./opentelemetry-python-contrib/opentelemetry-instrumentation
 ./opentelemetry-sdk
 
 # Required by instrumentation and exporter packages
diff --git a/opentelemetry-api/src/opentelemetry/baggage/__init__.py b/opentelemetry-api/src/opentelemetry/baggage/__init__.py
index da78d92417c..2368c5a325f 100644
--- a/opentelemetry-api/src/opentelemetry/baggage/__init__.py
+++ b/opentelemetry-api/src/opentelemetry/baggage/__init__.py
@@ -15,10 +15,10 @@
 import typing
 from types import MappingProxyType
 
-from opentelemetry.context import get_value, set_value
+from opentelemetry.context import create_key, get_value, set_value
 from opentelemetry.context.context import Context
 
-_BAGGAGE_KEY = "baggage"
+_BAGGAGE_KEY = create_key("baggage")
 
 
 def get_all(
diff --git a/opentelemetry-api/src/opentelemetry/context/__init__.py b/opentelemetry-api/src/opentelemetry/context/__init__.py
index 0f60d86a0c7..a8dd39c53ab 100644
--- a/opentelemetry-api/src/opentelemetry/context/__init__.py
+++ b/opentelemetry-api/src/opentelemetry/context/__init__.py
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 import logging
 import threading
 import typing
+import uuid
 from functools import wraps
 from os import environ
 
@@ -68,6 +69,18 @@ def wrapper(  # type: ignore[misc]
     return typing.cast(_F, wrapper)  # type: ignore[misc]
 
 
+def create_key(keyname: str) -> str:
+    """To allow cross-cutting concern to control access to their local state,
+    the RuntimeContext API provides a function which takes a keyname as input,
+    and returns a unique key.
+    Args:
+        keyname: The key name is for debugging purposes and is not required to be unique.
+    Returns:
+        A unique string representing the newly created key.
+    """
+    return keyname + "-" + str(uuid.uuid4())
+
+
 def get_value(key: str, context: typing.Optional[Context] = None) -> "object":
     """To access the local state of a concern, the RuntimeContext API
     provides a function which takes a context and a key as input,
diff --git a/opentelemetry-api/src/opentelemetry/trace/__init__.py b/opentelemetry-api/src/opentelemetry/trace/__init__.py
index cae50a5b472..e0aa9e32d71 100644
--- a/opentelemetry-api/src/opentelemetry/trace/__init__.py
+++ b/opentelemetry-api/src/opentelemetry/trace/__init__.py
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@
 from opentelemetry.context.context import Context
 from opentelemetry.environment_variables import OTEL_PYTHON_TRACER_PROVIDER
 from opentelemetry.trace.propagation import (
-    SPAN_KEY,
+    _SPAN_KEY,
     get_current_span,
     set_span_in_context,
 )
@@ -517,7 +517,7 @@ def use_span(
             this mechanism if it was previously set manually.
     """
     try:
-        token = context_api.attach(context_api.set_value(SPAN_KEY, span))
+        token = context_api.attach(context_api.set_value(_SPAN_KEY, span))
         try:
             yield span
         finally:
diff --git a/opentelemetry-api/src/opentelemetry/trace/propagation/__init__.py b/opentelemetry-api/src/opentelemetry/trace/propagation/__init__.py
index 51146adeb31..d3529e1779e 100644
--- a/opentelemetry-api/src/opentelemetry/trace/propagation/__init__.py
+++ b/opentelemetry-api/src/opentelemetry/trace/propagation/__init__.py
@@ -13,11 +13,12 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 from typing import Optional
 
-from opentelemetry.context import get_value, set_value
+from opentelemetry.context import create_key, get_value, set_value
 from opentelemetry.context.context import Context
 from opentelemetry.trace.span import INVALID_SPAN, Span
 
 SPAN_KEY = "current-span"
+_SPAN_KEY = create_key("current-span")
 
 
 def set_span_in_context(
@@ -30,7 +31,7 @@ def set_span_in_context(
         context: a Context object. if one is not passed, the
             default current context is used instead.
     """
-    ctx = set_value(SPAN_KEY, span, context=context)
+    ctx = set_value(_SPAN_KEY, span, context=context)
     return ctx
 
 
@@ -44,7 +45,7 @@ def get_current_span(context: Optional[Context] = None) -> Span:
     Returns:
         The Span set in the context if it exists. INVALID_SPAN otherwise.
     """
-    span = get_value(SPAN_KEY, context=context)
+    span = get_value(_SPAN_KEY, context=context)
     if span is None or not isinstance(span, Span):
         return INVALID_SPAN
     return span
diff --git a/opentelemetry-api/tests/context/test_context.py b/opentelemetry-api/tests/context/test_context.py
index 7dad1191c6c..b90c011b992 100644
--- a/opentelemetry-api/tests/context/test_context.py
+++ b/opentelemetry-api/tests/context/test_context.py
@@ -18,27 +18,39 @@
 from opentelemetry.context.context import Context
 
 
-def do_work() -> None:
-    context.attach(context.set_value("say", "bar"))
+def _do_work() -> str:
+    key = context.create_key("say")
+    context.attach(context.set_value(key, "bar"))
+    return key
 
 
 class TestContext(unittest.TestCase):
     def setUp(self):
         context.attach(Context())
 
+    def test_context_key(self):
+        key1 = context.create_key("say")
+        key2 = context.create_key("say")
+        self.assertNotEqual(key1, key2)
+        first = context.set_value(key1, "foo")
+        second = context.set_value(key2, "bar")
+        self.assertEqual(context.get_value(key1, context=first), "foo")
+        self.assertEqual(context.get_value(key2, context=second), "bar")
+
     def test_context(self):
-        self.assertIsNone(context.get_value("say"))
+        key1 = context.create_key("say")
+        self.assertIsNone(context.get_value(key1))
         empty = context.get_current()
-        second = context.set_value("say", "foo")
-        self.assertEqual(context.get_value("say", context=second), "foo")
+        second = context.set_value(key1, "foo")
+        self.assertEqual(context.get_value(key1, context=second), "foo")
 
-        do_work()
-        self.assertEqual(context.get_value("say"), "bar")
+        key2 = _do_work()
+        self.assertEqual(context.get_value(key2), "bar")
         third = context.get_current()
 
-        self.assertIsNone(context.get_value("say", context=empty))
-        self.assertEqual(context.get_value("say", context=second), "foo")
-        self.assertEqual(context.get_value("say", context=third), "bar")
+        self.assertIsNone(context.get_value(key1, context=empty))
+        self.assertEqual(context.get_value(key1, context=second), "foo")
+        self.assertEqual(context.get_value(key2, context=third), "bar")
 
     def test_set_value(self):
         first = context.set_value("a", "yyy")
diff --git a/opentelemetry-sdk/setup.cfg b/opentelemetry-sdk/setup.cfg
index 6c258c9796a..3df5e31ed4d 100644
--- a/opentelemetry-sdk/setup.cfg
+++ b/opentelemetry-sdk/setup.cfg
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ include_package_data = True
 install_requires =
     opentelemetry-api == 1.4.0.dev0
     opentelemetry-semantic-conventions == 0.23.dev0
+    opentelemetry-instrumentation == 0.23.dev0
 
 [options.packages.find]
 where = src
diff --git a/opentelemetry-sdk/src/opentelemetry/sdk/trace/export/__init__.py b/opentelemetry-sdk/src/opentelemetry/sdk/trace/export/__init__.py
index 457a1ef56ca..d5d84df045a 100644
--- a/opentelemetry-sdk/src/opentelemetry/sdk/trace/export/__init__.py
+++ b/opentelemetry-sdk/src/opentelemetry/sdk/trace/export/__init__.py
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 from typing import Optional
 
 from opentelemetry.context import Context, attach, detach, set_value
+from opentelemetry.instrumentation.utils import _SUPPRESS_INSTRUMENTATION_KEY
 from opentelemetry.sdk.environment_variables import (
     OTEL_BSP_EXPORT_TIMEOUT,
     OTEL_BSP_MAX_EXPORT_BATCH_SIZE,
@@ -86,7 +87,7 @@ def on_start(
     def on_end(self, span: ReadableSpan) -> None:
         if not span.context.trace_flags.sampled:
             return
-        token = attach(set_value("suppress_instrumentation", True))
+        token = attach(set_value(_SUPPRESS_INSTRUMENTATION_KEY, True))
         try:
             self.span_exporter.export((span,))
         # pylint: disable=broad-except
@@ -326,7 +327,7 @@ def _export_batch(self) -> int:
         while idx < self.max_export_batch_size and self.queue:
             self.spans_list[idx] = self.queue.pop()
             idx += 1
-        token = attach(set_value("suppress_instrumentation", True))
+        token = attach(set_value(_SUPPRESS_INSTRUMENTATION_KEY, True))
         try:
             # Ignore type b/c the Optional[None]+slicing is too "clever"
             # for mypy
diff --git a/propagator/opentelemetry-propagator-b3/tests/test_b3_format.py b/propagator/opentelemetry-propagator-b3/tests/test_b3_format.py
index 87a059f57e2..ebefebaf4fb 100644
--- a/propagator/opentelemetry-propagator-b3/tests/test_b3_format.py
+++ b/propagator/opentelemetry-propagator-b3/tests/test_b3_format.py
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
     B3SingleFormat,
 )
 from opentelemetry.propagators.textmap import DefaultGetter
+from opentelemetry.trace.propagation import _SPAN_KEY
 
 
 def get_child_parent_new_carrier(old_carrier, propagator):
@@ -247,7 +248,7 @@ def test_derived_ctx_is_returned_for_success(self):
             },
             old_ctx,
         )
-        self.assertIn("current-span", new_ctx)
+        self.assertIn(_SPAN_KEY, new_ctx)
         for key, value in old_ctx.items():  # pylint:disable=no-member
             self.assertIn(key, new_ctx)
             # pylint:disable=unsubscriptable-object
@@ -257,7 +258,7 @@ def test_derived_ctx_is_returned_for_failure(self):
         """Ensure returned context is derived from the given context."""
         old_ctx = Context({"k2": "v2"})
         new_ctx = self.get_propagator().extract({}, old_ctx)
-        self.assertNotIn("current-span", new_ctx)
+        self.assertNotIn(_SPAN_KEY, new_ctx)
         for key, value in old_ctx.items():  # pylint:disable=no-member
             self.assertIn(key, new_ctx)
             # pylint:disable=unsubscriptable-object
diff --git a/propagator/opentelemetry-propagator-jaeger/tests/test_jaeger_propagator.py b/propagator/opentelemetry-propagator-jaeger/tests/test_jaeger_propagator.py
index 55e096b0954..90265584700 100644
--- a/propagator/opentelemetry-propagator-jaeger/tests/test_jaeger_propagator.py
+++ b/propagator/opentelemetry-propagator-jaeger/tests/test_jaeger_propagator.py
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 import opentelemetry.sdk.trace.id_generator as id_generator
 import opentelemetry.trace as trace_api
 from opentelemetry import baggage
+from opentelemetry.baggage import _BAGGAGE_KEY
 from opentelemetry.context import Context
 from opentelemetry.propagators import (  # pylint: disable=no-name-in-module
     jaeger,
@@ -134,7 +135,7 @@ def test_baggage(self):
         input_baggage = {"key1": "value1"}
         _, new_carrier = get_context_new_carrier(old_carrier, input_baggage)
         ctx = FORMAT.extract(new_carrier)
-        self.assertDictEqual(input_baggage, ctx["baggage"])
+        self.assertDictEqual(input_baggage, ctx[_BAGGAGE_KEY])
 
     def test_non_string_baggage(self):
         old_carrier = {FORMAT.TRACE_ID_KEY: self.serialized_uber_trace_id}
@@ -142,7 +143,7 @@ def test_non_string_baggage(self):
         formatted_baggage = {"key1": "1", "key2": "True"}
         _, new_carrier = get_context_new_carrier(old_carrier, input_baggage)
         ctx = FORMAT.extract(new_carrier)
-        self.assertDictEqual(formatted_baggage, ctx["baggage"])
+        self.assertDictEqual(formatted_baggage, ctx[_BAGGAGE_KEY])
 
     def test_extract_invalid_uber_trace_id(self):
         old_carrier = {
@@ -153,7 +154,7 @@ def test_extract_invalid_uber_trace_id(self):
         context = FORMAT.extract(old_carrier)
         span_context = trace_api.get_current_span(context).get_span_context()
         self.assertEqual(span_context.span_id, trace_api.INVALID_SPAN_ID)
-        self.assertDictEqual(formatted_baggage, context["baggage"])
+        self.assertDictEqual(formatted_baggage, context[_BAGGAGE_KEY])
 
     def test_extract_invalid_trace_id(self):
         old_carrier = {
@@ -164,7 +165,7 @@ def test_extract_invalid_trace_id(self):
         context = FORMAT.extract(old_carrier)
         span_context = trace_api.get_current_span(context).get_span_context()
         self.assertEqual(span_context.trace_id, trace_api.INVALID_TRACE_ID)
-        self.assertDictEqual(formatted_baggage, context["baggage"])
+        self.assertDictEqual(formatted_baggage, context[_BAGGAGE_KEY])
 
     def test_extract_invalid_span_id(self):
         old_carrier = {
@@ -175,7 +176,7 @@ def test_extract_invalid_span_id(self):
         context = FORMAT.extract(old_carrier)
         span_context = trace_api.get_current_span(context).get_span_context()
         self.assertEqual(span_context.span_id, trace_api.INVALID_SPAN_ID)
-        self.assertDictEqual(formatted_baggage, context["baggage"])
+        self.assertDictEqual(formatted_baggage, context[_BAGGAGE_KEY])
 
     def test_fields(self):
         tracer = trace.TracerProvider().get_tracer("sdk_tracer_provider")
diff --git a/shim/opentelemetry-opentracing-shim/src/opentelemetry/shim/opentracing_shim/__init__.py b/shim/opentelemetry-opentracing-shim/src/opentelemetry/shim/opentracing_shim/__init__.py
index e696f046905..5777bd0edc9 100644
--- a/shim/opentelemetry-opentracing-shim/src/opentelemetry/shim/opentracing_shim/__init__.py
+++ b/shim/opentelemetry-opentracing-shim/src/opentelemetry/shim/opentracing_shim/__init__.py
@@ -101,7 +101,14 @@
 )
 
 from opentelemetry.baggage import get_baggage, set_baggage
-from opentelemetry.context import Context, attach, detach, get_value, set_value
+from opentelemetry.context import (
+    Context,
+    attach,
+    create_key,
+    detach,
+    get_value,
+    set_value,
+)
 from opentelemetry.propagate import get_global_textmap
 from opentelemetry.shim.opentracing_shim import util
 from opentelemetry.shim.opentracing_shim.version import __version__
@@ -118,6 +125,7 @@
 
 ValueT = TypeVar("ValueT", int, float, bool, str)
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+_SHIM_KEY = create_key("scope_shim")
 
 
 def create_tracer(otel_tracer_provider: TracerProvider) -> "TracerShim":
@@ -349,7 +357,7 @@ def __init__(
     ):
         super().__init__(manager, span)
         self._span_cm = span_cm
-        self._token = attach(set_value("scope_shim", self))
+        self._token = attach(set_value(_SHIM_KEY, self))
 
     # TODO: Change type of `manager` argument to `opentracing.ScopeManager`? We
     # need to get rid of `manager.tracer` for this.
@@ -486,7 +494,7 @@ def active(self) -> "ScopeShim":
             return None
 
         try:
-            return get_value("scope_shim")
+            return get_value(_SHIM_KEY)
         except KeyError:
             span_context = SpanContextShim(span.get_span_context())
             wrapped_span = SpanShim(self._tracer, span_context, span)
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 19c69be525e..49b62e1e274 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -118,7 +118,10 @@ commands_pre =
   py3{6,7,8,9}: python -m pip install -U pip setuptools wheel
 ; Install common packages for all the tests. These are not needed in all the
 ; cases but it saves a lot of boilerplate in this file.
-  test: pip install {toxinidir}/opentelemetry-api {toxinidir}/opentelemetry-semantic-conventions {toxinidir}/opentelemetry-sdk {toxinidir}/tests/util
+  test: pip install {toxinidir}/opentelemetry-api {toxinidir}/opentelemetry-semantic-conventions {toxinidir}/opentelemetry-python-contrib/opentelemetry-instrumentation {toxinidir}/opentelemetry-sdk {toxinidir}/tests/util
+
+  test-core-sdk: pip install {toxinidir}/opentelemetry-python-contrib/opentelemetry-instrumentation
+  test-core-opentracing-shim: pip install {toxinidir}/opentelemetry-python-contrib/opentelemetry-instrumentation
 
   test-core-proto: pip install {toxinidir}/opentelemetry-proto
   distro: pip install {toxinidir}/opentelemetry-python-contrib/opentelemetry-instrumentation {toxinidir}/opentelemetry-distro
@@ -135,7 +138,9 @@ commands_pre =
   exporter-otlp-proto-grpc: pip install {toxinidir}/exporter/opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-grpc
 
   exporter-jaeger-combined: pip install {toxinidir}/exporter/opentelemetry-exporter-jaeger-proto-grpc {toxinidir}/exporter/opentelemetry-exporter-jaeger-thrift {toxinidir}/exporter/opentelemetry-exporter-jaeger
+  exporter-jaeger-combined: pip install {toxinidir}/opentelemetry-python-contrib/opentelemetry-instrumentation
   exporter-jaeger-proto-grpc: pip install {toxinidir}/exporter/opentelemetry-exporter-jaeger-proto-grpc
+  exporter-jaeger-proto-grpc: pip install {toxinidir}/opentelemetry-python-contrib/opentelemetry-instrumentation
   exporter-jaeger-thrift: pip install {toxinidir}/exporter/opentelemetry-exporter-jaeger-thrift
 
   opentracing-shim: pip install {toxinidir}/opentelemetry-sdk
@@ -192,6 +197,7 @@ deps =
 commands_pre =
   python -m pip install -e {toxinidir}/opentelemetry-api[test]
   python -m pip install -e {toxinidir}/opentelemetry-semantic-conventions[test]
+  python -m pip install {toxinidir}/opentelemetry-python-contrib/opentelemetry-instrumentation
   python -m pip install -e {toxinidir}/opentelemetry-sdk[test]
   python -m pip install -e {toxinidir}/opentelemetry-proto[test]
   python -m pip install -e {toxinidir}/tests/util[test]
@@ -207,7 +213,6 @@ commands_pre =
   python -m pip install -e {toxinidir}/exporter/opentelemetry-exporter-zipkin[test]
   python -m pip install -e {toxinidir}/propagator/opentelemetry-propagator-b3[test]
   python -m pip install -e {toxinidir}/propagator/opentelemetry-propagator-jaeger[test]
-  python -m pip install {toxinidir}/opentelemetry-python-contrib/opentelemetry-instrumentation
   python -m pip install -e {toxinidir}/opentelemetry-distro[test]
 
 commands =
@@ -239,8 +244,8 @@ deps =
 commands_pre =
   pip install -e {toxinidir}/opentelemetry-api \
               -e {toxinidir}/opentelemetry-semantic-conventions \
-              -e {toxinidir}/opentelemetry-sdk \
               -e {toxinidir}/opentelemetry-python-contrib/opentelemetry-instrumentation \
+              -e {toxinidir}/opentelemetry-sdk \
               -e {toxinidir}/opentelemetry-python-contrib/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-requests \
               -e {toxinidir}/opentelemetry-python-contrib/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-wsgi \
               -e {toxinidir}/opentelemetry-python-contrib/util/opentelemetry-util-http