chore(deps): update dependency markdownlint-cli2 to v0.18.1

.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/bug_report.yaml

@@ -142,5 +142,5 @@ body:
       label: Tip
       description: This element is static, used to render a helpful sub-heading for end-users and community members to help prioritize issues. Please leave as is.
       options:
-        - <sub>[React](https://github.blog/news-insights/product-news/add-reactions-to-pull-requests-issues-and-comments/) with 👍 to help prioritize this issue. Please use comments to provide useful context, avoiding `+1` or `me too`, to help us triage it. Learn more [here](https://opentelemetry.io/community/end-user/issue-participation/).</sub>
+        - <sub>[React](https://github.blog/news-insights/product-news/add-reactions-to-pull-requests-issues-and-comments/) with 👍 to help prioritize this issue. Please use comments to provide useful context, avoiding `+1` or `me too`, to help us triage it. [Learn more here](https://opentelemetry.io/community/end-user/issue-participation/).</sub>
       default: 0

.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/discussion.md

@@ -11,4 +11,4 @@ labels: discussion
 - [ ] This only affects the JavaScript OpenTelemetry library
 - [ ] This may affect other libraries, but I would like to get opinions here first
 
-<sub>**Tip**: [React](https://github.blog/news-insights/product-news/add-reactions-to-pull-requests-issues-and-comments/) with 👍 to help prioritize this issue. Please use comments to provide useful context, avoiding `+1` or `me too`, to help us triage it. Learn more [here](https://opentelemetry.io/community/end-user/issue-participation/).</sub>
+<sub>**Tip**: [React](https://github.blog/news-insights/product-news/add-reactions-to-pull-requests-issues-and-comments/) with 👍 to help prioritize this issue. Please use comments to provide useful context, avoiding `+1` or `me too`, to help us triage it. [Learn more here](https://opentelemetry.io/community/end-user/issue-participation/).</sub>

.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/feature_request.md

@@ -22,4 +22,4 @@ A clear and concise description of any alternative solutions or features you've
 
 Add any other context or screenshots about the feature request here.
 
-<sub>**Tip**: [React](https://github.blog/news-insights/product-news/add-reactions-to-pull-requests-issues-and-comments/) with 👍 to help prioritize this issue. Please use comments to provide useful context, avoiding `+1` or `me too`, to help us triage it. Learn more [here](https://opentelemetry.io/community/end-user/issue-participation/).</sub>
+<sub>**Tip**: [React](https://github.blog/news-insights/product-news/add-reactions-to-pull-requests-issues-and-comments/) with 👍 to help prioritize this issue. Please use comments to provide useful context, avoiding `+1` or `me too`, to help us triage it. [Learn more here](https://opentelemetry.io/community/end-user/issue-participation/).</sub>

.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/request_for_instrumentation.md

@@ -28,4 +28,4 @@ Add any other context or screenshots about the plugin request here.
 
 #### Is there a reference you could point for the well-defined lifecycle methods**
 
-<sub>**Tip**: [React](https://github.blog/news-insights/product-news/add-reactions-to-pull-requests-issues-and-comments/) with 👍 to help prioritize this issue. Please use comments to provide useful context, avoiding `+1` or `me too`, to help us triage it. Learn more [here](https://opentelemetry.io/community/end-user/issue-participation/).</sub>
+<sub>**Tip**: [React](https://github.blog/news-insights/product-news/add-reactions-to-pull-requests-issues-and-comments/) with 👍 to help prioritize this issue. Please use comments to provide useful context, avoiding `+1` or `me too`, to help us triage it. [Learn more here](https://opentelemetry.io/community/end-user/issue-participation/).</sub>

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -171,10 +171,10 @@ For notes on migrating to 2.x / 0.200.x see [the upgrade guide](doc/upgrade-to-2
 * feat(core)!: drop `getEnv()`, `getEnvWithoutDefaults()` [#5481](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-js/pull/5481) @pichlermarc
   * (user-facing): `getEnv()` has been replaced by `getStringFromEnv()`, `getNumberFromEnv()`, `getBooleanFromEnv()`, `getStringListFromEnv()`
     * these new functions do not include defaults, please inline any defaults if necessary (example: `getStringFromEnv("OTEL_FOO") ?? "my-default"`)
-    * to find the previously used defaults, please see [here](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-js/blob/e9d3c71918635d490b6a9ac9f8259265b38394d0/packages/opentelemetry-core/src/utils/environment.ts#L154-L239)
+    * see [the previously used defaults here](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-js/blob/e9d3c71918635d490b6a9ac9f8259265b38394d0/packages/opentelemetry-core/src/utils/environment.ts#L154-L239)
   * (user-facing): `getEnvWithoutDefaults()` has been replaced by `getStringFromEnv()`, `getNumberFromEnv()`, `getBooleanFromEnv()`, `getStringListFromEnv()`
   * (user-facing): `DEFAULT_ENVIRONMENT` has been removed, please inline any defaults from now on
-    * to find the previously used defaults, please see [here](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-js/blob/e9d3c71918635d490b6a9ac9f8259265b38394d0/packages/opentelemetry-core/src/utils/environment.ts#L154-L239)
+    * see [the previously used defaults here](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-js/blob/e9d3c71918635d490b6a9ac9f8259265b38394d0/packages/opentelemetry-core/src/utils/environment.ts#L154-L239)
   * (user-facing): `ENVIRONMENT` has been removed without replacement
   * (user-facing): `RAW_ENVIRONMENT` has been removed without replacement
   * (user-facing): `parseEnvironment` has been removed without replacement

CONTRIBUTING.md

@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ for general practices for OpenTelemetry project.
 
 #### Conventional commit
 
-The Conventional Commits specification is a lightweight convention on top of commit messages. It provides an easy set of rules for creating an explicit commit history; which makes it easier to write automated tools on top of. This convention dovetails with SemVer, by describing the features, fixes, and breaking changes made in commit messages. You can see examples [here](https://www.conventionalcommits.org/en/v1.0.0-beta.4/#examples).
+The Conventional Commits specification is a lightweight convention on top of commit messages. It provides an easy set of rules for creating an explicit commit history; which makes it easier to write automated tools on top of. This convention dovetails with SemVer, by describing the features, fixes, and breaking changes made in commit messages. See [example commit messages here](https://www.conventionalcommits.org/en/v1.0.0-beta.4/#examples).
 
 It is recommended to have your commit messages follow the Conventional Commits specification, with possible types listed in [.commitlint.rc.yml](.commitlintrc.yml). Here an example that uses the recommended format: `git commit -s -am "chore(opentelemetry-core): update deps"`
 

doc/upgrade-to-2.x.md

@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ If you maintain an *implementation* of a resource detector, i.e. if you have a c
 
 The environment variable utilities have changed to no longer have one large load and parse of all possible `OTEL_*` environment variables. Instead there are `get{Type}FromEnv()` utilities to handle the various [specified OpenTelemetry SDK environment variable types](https://opentelemetry.io/docs/specs/otel/configuration/sdk-environment-variables/#configuration-types).
 
-The caller should now handle default values. The authority for default values is the [OpenTelemetry Environment Variable Spec](https://opentelemetry.io/docs/specs/otel/configuration/sdk-environment-variables/#general-sdk-configuration). The previously used defaults in the 1.x code can be seen [here](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-js/blob/e9d3c71918635d490b6a9ac9f8259265b38394d0/packages/opentelemetry-core/src/utils/environment.ts#L154-L239).
+The caller should now handle default values. The authority for default values is the [OpenTelemetry Environment Variable Spec](https://opentelemetry.io/docs/specs/otel/configuration/sdk-environment-variables/#general-sdk-configuration). See [the previously used defaults in the 1.x code here](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-js/blob/e9d3c71918635d490b6a9ac9f8259265b38394d0/packages/opentelemetry-core/src/utils/environment.ts#L154-L239).
 
 - `getEnv().OTEL_FOO` -> `get{Type}FromEnv('OTEL_FOO') ?? defaultValue`
   - `getStringFromEnv()`

experimental/CHANGELOG.md

@@ -687,7 +687,7 @@ For notes on migrating to 2.x / 0.200.x see [the upgrade guide](doc/upgrade-to-2
 
 * fix(sdk-node)!: remove the explicit dependency on @opentelemetry/exporter-jaeger that was kept on the previous release
   * '@opentelemetry/exporter-jaeger' is no longer be a dependency of this package. To continue using '@opentelemetry/exporter-jaeger', please install it manually.
-    * NOTE: `@opentelemetry/exporter-jaeger` is deprecated, consider switching to one of the alternatives described [here](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@opentelemetry/exporter-jaeger)
+    * NOTE: `@opentelemetry/exporter-jaeger` is deprecated, consider switching to [one of the alternatives described here](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@opentelemetry/exporter-jaeger)
 * fix(otlp-transformer)!: OTLP json encoding [#4220](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-js/pull/4220) @seemk
   * Fixes a bug in the OTLP (http/json) exporters where timestamps were not encoded as strings, causing the export to
     be rejected by OTLP endpoints
@@ -699,7 +699,7 @@ For notes on migrating to 2.x / 0.200.x see [the upgrade guide](doc/upgrade-to-2
 * fix(exporter-logs-otlp-proto): change OTLPLogExporter to OTLPLogExporter [#4140](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-js/pull/4140) @Vunovati
 * fix(sdk-node): remove explicit dependency on @opentelemetry/exporter-jaeger
   * '@opentelemetry/exporter-jaeger' is no longer be a dependency of this package. To continue using '@opentelemetry/exporter-jaeger', please install it manually.
-    * NOTE: `@opentelemetry/exporter-jaeger` is deprecated, consider switching to one of the alternatives described [here](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@opentelemetry/exporter-jaeger)
+    * NOTE: `@opentelemetry/exporter-jaeger` is deprecated, consider switching to [one of the alternatives described here](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@opentelemetry/exporter-jaeger)
 * fix(sdk-logs): hide internal methods with internal shared state [#3865](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-js/pull/3865) @legendecas
 
 ### :rocket: (Enhancement)
@@ -733,7 +733,7 @@ For notes on migrating to 2.x / 0.200.x see [the upgrade guide](doc/upgrade-to-2
     * `NodeSDK.detectResources()`, this is not necessary anymore, resources are now auto-detected on startup.
 * chore(sdk-node): add notice that '@opentelemetry/exporter-jaeger' has to be installed manually in the next version [#4068](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-js/pull/4068) @pichlermarc
   * Starting with 0.43.0 '@opentelemetry/exporter-jaeger' will no longer be a dependency of this package. To continue using '@opentelemetry/exporter-jaeger', please install it manually.
-    * NOTE: `@opentelemetry/exporter-jaeger` is deprecated, consider switching to one of the alternatives described [here](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@opentelemetry/exporter-jaeger)
+    * NOTE: `@opentelemetry/exporter-jaeger` is deprecated, consider switching to [one of the alternatives described here](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@opentelemetry/exporter-jaeger)
 
 ### :rocket: (Enhancement)
 

experimental/packages/exporter-trace-otlp-grpc/README.md

@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ To use mutual authentication, pass to the `createSsl()` constructor:
   ),
 ```
 
-To generate credentials for mutual authentication, you can refer to the script used to generate certificates for tests [here](./test/certs/regenerate.sh)
+To generate credentials for mutual authentication, you can refer to [the script used to generate certificates for tests here](./test/certs/regenerate.sh).
 
 The exporter can be configured to send custom metadata with each request as in the example below:
 

experimental/packages/opentelemetry-exporter-prometheus/README.md

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
 The OpenTelemetry Prometheus Metrics Exporter allows the user to send collected [OpenTelemetry Metrics](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-js/tree/main/packages/sdk-metrics) to Prometheus.
 
-[Prometheus](https://prometheus.io/) is a monitoring system that collects metrics, by scraping exposed endpoints at regular intervals, evaluating rule expressions. It can also trigger alerts if certain conditions are met. For assistance setting up Prometheus, [Click here](https://opencensus.io/codelabs/prometheus/#0) for a guided codelab.
+[Prometheus](https://prometheus.io/) is a monitoring system that collects metrics, by scraping exposed endpoints at regular intervals, evaluating rule expressions. It can also trigger alerts if certain conditions are met. For assistance setting up Prometheus, [click here for a guided codelab](https://opencensus.io/codelabs/prometheus/#0).
 
 ## Installation