Hi,

we have just refreshed the topology draft, 
draft-ietf-i2rs-yang-network-topo-03.txt.  

The YANG model has not changed over prior versions.  However, one suggestion 
has been brought up for an alternative solution regarding distinguishing 
between topology information that is configured (e.g. by a controller), vs 
populated (e.g. by an embedded application on a server itself).  We added a 
brief discussion of this in a discussion of design alternatives.  This 
alternative would involve making use of YANG Metadata (per Lada's metadata 
draft) to tag topology items that are populated by a server as 
"server-provided.  A new metadata tag would be introduced for that purpose, 
which could be a boolean or a type "empty".   The  semantics of the tag would 
be that it is applied to any topology data that comes into being (respectively 
is configured) by an embedded  application on the network, as opposed to e.g. a 
controller application.  The metadata will be set automatically by the server 
as applicable.  This solution provides a conceptually more elegant solution 
than the current one;
  however, as a caveat, it is currently not implemented; Open Daylight (which 
is implementing the current topology model) has no support for metadata planned 
at this time.  

Regards
--- Alex (on behalf of the coauthors)

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A New Internet-Draft is available from the on-line Internet-Drafts directories.
This draft is a work item of the Interface to the Routing System of the IETF.

        Title           : A Data Model for Network Topologies
        Authors         : Alexander Clemm
                          Jan Medved
                          Robert Varga
                          Tony Tkacik
                          Nitin Bahadur
                          Hariharan Ananthakrishnan
                          Xufeng Liu
        Filename        : draft-ietf-i2rs-yang-network-topo-03.txt
        Pages           : 31
        Date            : 2016-06-09

Abstract:
   This document defines an abstract (generic) YANG data model for
   network/service topologies and inventories.  The model serves as a
   base model which is augmented with technology-specific details in
   other, more specific topology and inventory models.


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