# Zipkin Encoding Extension

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> OpenTelemetry Collector extension · contrib distribution

This extension supports marshaling and unmarshalling Zipkin data representing traces.

- **Component ID**: `contrib-zipkinencodingextension`
- **Name**: `zipkinencodingextension`
- **Type**: extension
- **Distribution**: contrib
- **Repository**: `opentelemetry-collector-contrib`

## Stability

| Level | Signals |
| --- | --- |
| alpha | extension |

## Data

- **JSON**: [/data/collector/components/contrib-zipkinencodingextension/contrib-zipkinencodingextension-f06b0d8b8db7.json](/data/collector/components/contrib-zipkinencodingextension/contrib-zipkinencodingextension-f06b0d8b8db7.json)
- **Explore**: [/collector/components/contrib/zipkinencodingextension](/collector/components/contrib/zipkinencodingextension)