Remove "canonical" adjective from Status Code

Resolves: #1069
open-telemetry · Oct 9, 2020 · 6e7bf74 · 6e7bf74
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diff --git a/specification/trace/api.md b/specification/trace/api.md
@@ -496,10 +496,10 @@ status, which is `Unset`.
 
 `Status` is semantically defined by the following properties:
 
-- `StatusCanonicalCode` that represents the canonical set of `Status` codes.
+- `Code`, one of the values listed below.
 - Optional `Description` that provides a descriptive message of the `Status`.
 
-`StatusCanonicalCode` has the following values:
+`Code` is one of the following values:
 
 - `Unset`
   - The default status.
@@ -511,10 +511,10 @@ status, which is `Unset`.
 
 The Span interface MUST provide:
 
-- An API to set the `Status`. This SHOULD be called `SetStatus`.
-  This API takes the `StatusCanonicalCode`, and optional `Description`,
-  either as individual parameters or as an immutable object encapsulating them,
-  whichever is most appropriate for the language.
+- An API to set the `Status`. This SHOULD be called `SetStatus`.  
+  This API takes the `Code`, and optional `Description`, either as individual
+  parameters or as an immutable object encapsulating them, whichever is most
+  appropriate for the language.
 
 The status code SHOULD remain unset, except for the following circumstances: