diff --git a/docs/examples/basic_tracer/resources.py b/docs/examples/basic_tracer/resources.py
index 87853a8f66b..ad26430d75d 100644
--- a/docs/examples/basic_tracer/resources.py
+++ b/docs/examples/basic_tracer/resources.py
@@ -19,9 +19,10 @@
     BatchSpanProcessor,
     ConsoleSpanExporter,
 )
+from opentelemetry.semconv.resource import ResourceAttributes
 
 # Use Resource.create() instead of constructor directly
-resource = Resource.create({"service.name": "basic_service"})
+resource = Resource.create({ResourceAttributes.SERVICE_NAME: "basic_service"})
 
 trace.set_tracer_provider(TracerProvider(resource=resource))
 
diff --git a/docs/examples/fork-process-model/README.rst b/docs/examples/fork-process-model/README.rst
index 2f33bcf500a..d94d8539ec5 100644
--- a/docs/examples/fork-process-model/README.rst
+++ b/docs/examples/fork-process-model/README.rst
@@ -20,13 +20,14 @@ Gunicorn post_fork hook
     from opentelemetry.sdk.resources import Resource
     from opentelemetry.sdk.trace import TracerProvider
     from opentelemetry.sdk.trace.export import BatchSpanProcessor
+    from opentelemetry.semconv.resource import ResourceAttributes
 
 
     def post_fork(server, worker):
         server.log.info("Worker spawned (pid: %s)", worker.pid)
 
         resource = Resource.create(attributes={
-            "service.name": "api-service"
+            ResourceAttributes.SERVICE_NAME: "api-service"
         })
 
         trace.set_tracer_provider(TracerProvider(resource=resource))
@@ -46,6 +47,7 @@ uWSGI postfork decorator
     from opentelemetry import trace
     from opentelemetry.exporter.otlp.proto.grpc.trace_exporter import OTLPSpanExporter
     from opentelemetry.sdk.resources import Resource
+    from opentelemetry.semconv.resource import ResourceAttributes
     from opentelemetry.sdk.trace import TracerProvider
     from opentelemetry.sdk.trace.export import BatchSpanProcessor
 
@@ -53,7 +55,7 @@ uWSGI postfork decorator
     @postfork
     def init_tracing():
         resource = Resource.create(attributes={
-            "service.name": "api-service"
+            ResourceAttributes.SERVICE_NAME: "api-service"
         })
 
         trace.set_tracer_provider(TracerProvider(resource=resource))
diff --git a/docs/examples/fork-process-model/flask-gunicorn/gunicorn.conf.py b/docs/examples/fork-process-model/flask-gunicorn/gunicorn.conf.py
index 34b4591596c..11ad901957a 100644
--- a/docs/examples/fork-process-model/flask-gunicorn/gunicorn.conf.py
+++ b/docs/examples/fork-process-model/flask-gunicorn/gunicorn.conf.py
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 from opentelemetry.sdk.resources import Resource
 from opentelemetry.sdk.trace import TracerProvider
 from opentelemetry.sdk.trace.export import BatchSpanProcessor
+from opentelemetry.semconv.resource import ResourceAttributes
 
 bind = "127.0.0.1:8000"
 
@@ -48,7 +49,7 @@ def post_fork(server, worker):
 
     resource = Resource.create(
         attributes={
-            "service.name": "api-service",
+            ResourceAttributes.SERVICE_NAME: "api-service",
             # If workers are not distinguished within attributes, traces and
             # metrics exported from each worker will be indistinguishable. While
             # not necessarily an issue for traces, it is confusing for almost
diff --git a/docs/examples/fork-process-model/flask-uwsgi/app.py b/docs/examples/fork-process-model/flask-uwsgi/app.py
index 1191bcc30e0..4b0674ec742 100644
--- a/docs/examples/fork-process-model/flask-uwsgi/app.py
+++ b/docs/examples/fork-process-model/flask-uwsgi/app.py
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 from opentelemetry.sdk.resources import Resource
 from opentelemetry.sdk.trace import TracerProvider
 from opentelemetry.sdk.trace.export import BatchSpanProcessor
+from opentelemetry.semconv.resource import ResourceAttributes
 
 application = flask.Flask(__name__)
 
@@ -34,7 +35,9 @@
 
 @postfork
 def init_tracing():
-    resource = Resource.create(attributes={"service.name": "api-service"})
+    resource = Resource.create(
+        attributes={ResourceAttributes.SERVICE_NAME: "api-service"}
+    )
 
     trace.set_tracer_provider(TracerProvider(resource=resource))
     # This uses insecure connection for the purpose of example. Please see the
diff --git a/docs/examples/logs/example.py b/docs/examples/logs/example.py
index c782d457533..955eaea9e26 100644
--- a/docs/examples/logs/example.py
+++ b/docs/examples/logs/example.py
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
     BatchSpanProcessor,
     ConsoleSpanExporter,
 )
+from opentelemetry.semconv.resource import ResourceAttributes
 
 trace.set_tracer_provider(TracerProvider())
 trace.get_tracer_provider().add_span_processor(
@@ -22,8 +23,8 @@
 logger_provider = LoggerProvider(
     resource=Resource.create(
         {
-            "service.name": "shoppingcart",
-            "service.instance.id": "instance-12",
+            ResourceAttributes.SERVICE_NAME: "shoppingcart",
+            ResourceAttributes.SERVICE_INSTANCE_ID: "instance-12",
         }
     ),
 )
diff --git a/docs/examples/opencensus-shim/app.py b/docs/examples/opencensus-shim/app.py
index 9103ba53337..95f97d5acb5 100644
--- a/docs/examples/opencensus-shim/app.py
+++ b/docs/examples/opencensus-shim/app.py
@@ -25,15 +25,16 @@
 from opentelemetry.sdk.resources import Resource
 from opentelemetry.sdk.trace import TracerProvider
 from opentelemetry.sdk.trace.export import BatchSpanProcessor
+from opentelemetry.semconv.resource import ResourceAttributes
 from opentelemetry.shim.opencensus import install_shim
 
 DB = "example.db"
 
 # Set up OpenTelemetry
 tracer_provider = TracerProvider(
-    resource=Resource(
+    resource=Resource.create(
         {
-            "service.name": "opencensus-shim-example-flask",
+            ResourceAttributes.SERVICE_NAME: "opencensus-shim-example-flask",
         }
     )
 )