Andy Bierman <a...@yumaworks.com> writes: > On Wed, Jul 1, 2015 at 7:41 AM, Benoit Claise <bcla...@cisco.com> wrote: > >> Hi Lada, >> >>> >>> >>>>>> - In the introduction, you mention: >>>>>> Typical use cases are: >>>>>> >>>>>> o Deactivating a subtree in a configuration datastore while >>>>>> keeping >>>>>> the data in place. >>>>>> >>>>>> o Complementing data model information with instance-specific >>>>>> data. >>>>>> >>>>>> o RPC operations may use metadata annotations for various >>>>>> purposes >>>>>> in both requests and responses. For example, the <edit-config> >>>>>> operation in the NETCONF protocol (seesection 7.2 of [RFC6241] >>>>>> <https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6241#section-7.2>) >>>>>> uses annotations in the form of XML attributes for identifying >>>>>> the >>>>>> point in the configuration and type of the operation. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Don't you have any other examples than those 3? >>>>>> What about showing these examples with the spec. in this document? >>>>>> Note: I see that the first one is documented with module >>>>>> example-inactive >>>>>> >>>>> Well, the backlash I received with >>>>> draft-lhotka-netmod-yang-annotations-00 (expired) show that whilst there >>>>> is consensus about general utility of annotations, practical definitions >>>>> may be controversial. >>>>> >>>> Even as example? >>>> >>> Yes, I am afraid. >>> >> I would be in favor to have at the very minimum one example. >> Otherwise, it's difficult to visualize how these metadata should be used. >> >> > > We support an attribute called "owner" which is basically the I2RS > client-id. > At ;least one solution proposal for I2RS is going to allow retrieval of the > metadata from the ephemeral datastore (e.g., client-id, secondary-id). > Perhaps an example like this will not be controversial.
Yes, this looks like a good one, thanks. Lada > > > >> Regards, Benoit (as a contributor) >> > > > Andy > > >> >> _______________________________________________ >> netmod mailing list >> netmod@ietf.org >> https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/netmod >> -- Ladislav Lhotka, CZ.NIC Labs PGP Key ID: E74E8C0C _______________________________________________ netmod mailing list netmod@ietf.org https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/netmod
