I must have missed your actionable proposal that is relevant for _all_ NETCONF and RESTCONF implementations.
YANG data models are extensible so lets use that. /js On Tue, Feb 13, 2018 at 07:58:37PM +0000, Alexander Clemm wrote: > Well, we need a general solution for that. YANG-push is just one use case. > There are other cases where there will be "metadata" (that does not pertain > to instance data) and capabilities that clients want to discover. YANG > library (in itself providing "metadata" about what a server supports and is > capable of) is an excellent place to maintain this information. It also > provides the opportunity to be systemic about it, as opposed to requiring > everyone to define their own little custom extensions. > --- Alex > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Juergen Schoenwaelder [mailto:j.schoenwael...@jacobs-university.de] > > Sent: Tuesday, February 13, 2018 11:48 AM > > To: Alexander Clemm <alexander.cl...@huawei.com> > > Cc: Mahesh Jethanandani <mjethanand...@gmail.com>; NETCONF WG > > <netc...@ietf.org>; NETMOD WG <netmod@ietf.org> > > Subject: Re: [netmod] [Netconf] LC on YANG Library (bis) > > > > Alexander, > > > > I disagree. This YANG Library is mandatory for all implementations; what > > you talk > > about seems to concern only implementations that support YANG push. Hence, > > this is an extension that should go in its own module. > > > > /js > > > > On Tue, Feb 13, 2018 at 07:38:31PM +0000, Alexander Clemm wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > I have taken a look at this document. > > > > > > My main comment is that one aspect that is missing, that I believe should > > > be > > added, concerns the inclusion of certain metadata about the modules. > > Specifically, in the context of YANG-Push we had a discussion about being > > able to > > mark nodes that are notifiable on change. This is just one particular use > > case of a > > more general issue; in YANG-Push after much debate the conclusion was for > > now > > to simply make implementors aware of this issue and advise that a solution > > to > > this must be provided, with the clear understanding that eventually a > > standard > > solution should be defined. > > > > > > Since the goal of YANG-Library is to allow clients to find out what is > > > actually > > supported on a given server, this is the right place to keep this > > information. One > > possible way to address this would be, for a given module, to maintain a > > list of > > "meta-info", with a key "meta-tag", and a list with references to the nodes > > to > > which the metadata applies. In the case of notifiable-on-change, you would > > have > > a list with one entry "notifiable-on-change", and then the list with the > > node > > definitions to which this tag applies. > > > > > > Editorial nit: > > > 2nd paragraph Introduction: informaton --> information > > > > > > Thanks > > > --- Alex > > > > > > From: Netconf [mailto:netconf-boun...@ietf.org] On Behalf Of Mahesh > > > Jethanandani > > > Sent: Thursday, February 01, 2018 11:00 AM > > > To: NETCONF WG <netc...@ietf.org> > > > Cc: NETMOD WG <netmod@ietf.org> > > > Subject: [Netconf] LC on YANG Library (bis) > > > > > > WG, > > > > > > The authors of rfc7895bis have indicated that they believe the document is > > ready for LC[1]. > > > > > > This starts a two week LC on the > > > draft<https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf- > > netconf-rfc7895bis-04>. The LC will end on February 15. > > > > > > Please send your comments on this thread. Reviews of the document, and > > statement of support are particularly helpful to the authors. If you have > > concerns > > about the document, please state those too. > > > > > > Authors please indicate if you are aware of any IPR on the document. > > > > > > Thanks. > > > > > > [1] > > > https://www.ietf.org/mail-archive/web/netconf/current/msg13980.html > > > > > > Mahesh & Kent > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > netmod mailing list > > > netmod@ietf.org > > > https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/netmod > > > > > > -- > > Juergen Schoenwaelder Jacobs University Bremen gGmbH > > Phone: +49 421 200 3587 Campus Ring 1 | 28759 Bremen | Germany > > Fax: +49 421 200 3103 <https://www.jacobs-university.de/> -- Juergen Schoenwaelder Jacobs University Bremen gGmbH Phone: +49 421 200 3587 Campus Ring 1 | 28759 Bremen | Germany Fax: +49 421 200 3103 <https://www.jacobs-university.de/> _______________________________________________ netmod mailing list netmod@ietf.org https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/netmod
