@@ -38,5 +38,15 @@ namespace OpenTelemetry
 
             return Resource.Empty;
         }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets the <see cref="Resource"/> associated with the <see cref="BaseProvider"/>.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="baseProvider"><see cref="BaseProvider"/>.</param>
+        /// <returns><see cref="Resource"/>if found otherwise <see cref="Resource.Empty"/>.</returns>
+        public static Resource GetDefaultResource(this BaseProvider baseProvider)
+        {
+            return ResourceBuilder.CreateDefault().Build();
+        }
     }
 }
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//
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using OpenTelemetry.Resources;
using OpenTelemetry.Trace;

namespace OpenTelemetry
{
    /// <summary>
    /// Contains provider extension methods.
    /// </summary>
    public static class ProviderExtensions
    {
        /// <summary>
        /// Gets the <see cref="Resource"/> associated with the <see cref="BaseProvider"/>.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="baseProvider"><see cref="BaseProvider"/>.</param>
        /// <returns><see cref="Resource"/>if found otherwise <see cref="Resource.Empty"/>.</returns>
        public static Resource GetResource(this BaseProvider baseProvider)
        {
            if (baseProvider is TracerProviderSdk tracerProviderSdk)
            {
                return tracerProviderSdk.Resource;
            }

            return Resource.Empty;
        }
    }
}

We could cache this and reuse? If an exporters keeps calling this, we dont want to recreate the same resource over and over.