Re: Basic ietf process question ...

2012-08-04 Thread Tim Bray
I gave such a Sunday tutorial at IETF70. The slides are here (somewhat dated, but still useful I’d say): http://www.tbray.org/tmp/IETF70.pdf -Tim On Sat, Aug 4, 2012 at 6:34 PM, Worley, Dale R (Dale) wrote: >> From: Mark Nottingham [m...@mnot.net] >> >> What surprises me and many others is tha

RE: Basic ietf process question ...

2012-08-04 Thread Worley, Dale R (Dale)
> From: Mark Nottingham [m...@mnot.net] > > What surprises me and many others is that people are still using it > and promoting it, when it's well-understood by almost EVERYONE who was > involved in using XML for protocols in the past ten years agrees that > it's a mistake. It sounds to me like w

Re: Basic ietf process question ...

2012-08-04 Thread Mark Nottingham
Forwarding a couple more: http://wiki.fasterxml.com/JacksonHome http://argo.sourceforge.net/ Cheers, On 04/08/2012, at 1:54 PM, Ned Freed wrote: > >> On 03/08/2012, at 8:09 PM, ned+i...@mauve.mrochek.com wrote: > Very much; when it becomes a "document" (e.g., mixed markup), XML is a

Re: Basic ietf process question ...

2012-08-04 Thread ned+ietf
> On 03/08/2012, at 8:09 PM, ned+i...@mauve.mrochek.com wrote: > >> Very much; when it becomes a "document" (e.g., mixed markup), XML is a much > >> better choice. > > > > The other interesting case is where large amounts of data arrive in a > > stream. > > SAX and SAX-like libraries makes this

Re: Basic ietf process question ...

2012-08-04 Thread Hector Santos
Martin Thomson wrote: On 4 August 2012 08:52, Mark Nottingham wrote: The other interesting case is where large amounts of data arrive in a stream. SAX and SAX-like libraries makes this easy to implement with XML. I hope there's an equivalent for Json; if not there needs to be. Funny you mentio

Re: Basic ietf process question ...

2012-08-04 Thread Mark Nottingham
Probably digressing here (from our previous digression), but I find a hybrid API best. E.g., the python pulldom API, which is event driven until you find a node you're interested in, whereupon it can give you an object. Should be even easier with json, since it can just give back a data structu

Re: Basic ietf process question ...

2012-08-04 Thread Martin Thomson
On 4 August 2012 08:52, Mark Nottingham wrote: >> The other interesting case is where large amounts of data arrive in a stream. >> SAX and SAX-like libraries makes this easy to implement with XML. I hope >> there's an equivalent for Json; if not there needs to be. > > Funny you mention that, I was

Re: Basic ietf process question ...

2012-08-04 Thread Mark Nottingham
On 03/08/2012, at 8:09 PM, ned+i...@mauve.mrochek.com wrote: >> Very much; when it becomes a "document" (e.g., mixed markup), XML is a much >> better choice. > > The other interesting case is where large amounts of data arrive in a stream. > SAX and SAX-like libraries makes this easy to implemen

Re: Basic ietf process question ...

2012-08-03 Thread ned+ietf
> On 03/08/2012, at 5:59 PM, Ned Freed wrote: > >> Specifically, it's very common for people to try to use schema to inform > >> "binding" tools into specific languages. However, the underlying metamodel > >> of > >> XML, the Infoset, is both complex and a poor fit for most languages, so > >> b

Re: Basic ietf process question ...

2012-08-03 Thread Mark Nottingham
On 03/08/2012, at 5:59 PM, Ned Freed wrote: >> Specifically, it's very common for people to try to use schema to inform >> "binding" tools into specific languages. However, the underlying metamodel of >> XML, the Infoset, is both complex and a poor fit for most languages, so >> bindings take "sh

Re: Basic ietf process question ...

2012-08-03 Thread ned+ietf
> XML Schema is grossly over-engineered for its purpose; being the subject of > requirements from not only the document markup field, but also databases and > object models, it's a twisted monstrosity that tries to do many things, and > fails at most. Agreed, and I would add that it is seriously l

Re: Basic ietf process question ...

2012-08-03 Thread Martin Rex
Robert Raszuk wrote: > > I understand that historically we had/still have SNMP however I have > never seen this being mandatory section of any standards track document. > Usually SNMP comes 5 years behind (if at all) making it obsolete by design. > > NETCONF is great and very flexible communica

Re: Basic ietf process question ...

2012-08-03 Thread Mark Nottingham
uld be talking >>> nowadays about a toolset rather than one tool that fits all. However, >>> this is a discussion that just starts. >>> >>> Regards, >>> >>> Dan >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>> -Original M

Re: [OPSAWG] Basic ietf process question ...

2012-08-03 Thread Randy Presuhn
Hi - > From: "Andy Bierman" > To: "Romascanu, Dan (Dan)" > Cc: ; > Sent: Thursday, August 02, 2012 10:13 AM > Subject: Re: [OPSAWG] Basic ietf process question ... ... > NMS developers need to spend too many resources on translating > naming and other d

Re: [OPSAWG] Basic ietf process question ...

2012-08-03 Thread Juergen Schoenwaelder
On Fri, Aug 03, 2012 at 04:31:42PM +0200, Robert Raszuk wrote: > > But if we are at this phase I think creating a network elements > abstraction layer and be able to configure/monitor any protocol and > service at the unified way is one of the building blocks we should > start with. And of course

Re: [OPSAWG] Basic ietf process question ...

2012-08-03 Thread Juergen Schoenwaelder
On Fri, Aug 03, 2012 at 09:22:10AM +0200, Robert Raszuk wrote: > > Aha .. so you are saying that MIBs are not mandatory Very > interesting. So I guess SSH to the routers and box by box cli > provisioning is here to stay for a while I think :( > Robert, you may want to take a closer look at

Re: Basic ietf process question ...

2012-08-03 Thread Joe Hildebrand (jhildebr)
On 8/2/12 9:25 AM, "Robert Raszuk" wrote: >Does anyone have a good reason why any new protocol definition or >enhancement does not have a build in mandatory "XML schema" section >which would allow to actually use such standards based enhancement in >vendor agnostic way ? For docs that use XML, r

Re: [OPSAWG] Basic ietf process question ...

2012-08-03 Thread David Harrington
On Behalf >Of >> Robert Raszuk >> Sent: Thursday, August 02, 2012 7:25 PM >> Cc: ietf@ietf.org >> Subject: Basic ietf process question ... >> >> All, >> >> IETF documents have number of mandatory sections .. IANA Actions, >> Security

Re: [OPSAWG] Basic ietf process question ...

2012-08-03 Thread Andy Bierman
; From: ietf-boun...@ietf.org [mailto:ietf-boun...@ietf.org] On Behalf > Of >> Robert Raszuk >> Sent: Thursday, August 02, 2012 7:25 PM >> Cc: ietf@ietf.org >> Subject: Basic ietf process question ... >> >> All, >> >> IETF documents have number of

Re: [OPSAWG] Basic ietf process question ...

2012-08-03 Thread Robert Raszuk
Hi Juergen, Many thx for the great suggestion ! However perhaps you are much more knowledgeable in that area and could recommend which model fit the best the requirement to standardize configuration of any new protocol or protocol extension at least in the space of routing and routing protoco

Re: Basic ietf process question ...

2012-08-03 Thread Robert Raszuk
Hello Brian, That's an enormous leap that I just don't understand. Most protocols don't need that sort of configuration complexity. H I am of the opinion that most protocols requires configuration. I am also of the opinion that each vendor chooses an original way to configure their netwo

Re: Basic ietf process question ...

2012-08-02 Thread Brian E Carpenter
protocols. >>>> >>>> >>>> My personal take is that no one protocol, or one data modeling language >>>> can match the operational requirements to configure and manage the wide >>>> and wider range of hosts, routers and other network devices that

Re: Basic ietf process question ...

2012-08-02 Thread Robert Raszuk
Hi Joe, Many thx for your comments. Perhaps my intentions were not very well described. Personally I am not that much stuck on plain XML schema .. it could be expressed in any language IETF would choose to use. The point is not how to do it .. but to do it at the moment of bringing new protoc

Re: Basic ietf process question ...

2012-08-02 Thread Robert Raszuk
s. Regards, Dan -Original Message- From: ietf-boun...@ietf.org [mailto:ietf-boun...@ietf.org] On Behalf Of Robert Raszuk Sent: Thursday, August 02, 2012 7:25 PM Cc: ietf@ietf.org Subject: Basic ietf process question ... All, IETF documents have number of mandatory sections .. IANA Actions

Re: Basic ietf process question ...

2012-08-02 Thread Brian E Carpenter
>> >> >> >> >>> -Original Message- >>> From: ietf-boun...@ietf.org [mailto:ietf-boun...@ietf.org] On Behalf >> Of >>> Robert Raszuk >>> Sent: Thursday, August 02, 2012 7:25 PM >>> Cc: ietf@ietf.org >>> Subj

Re: Basic ietf process question ...

2012-08-02 Thread Thomas Nadeau
I am discussing this very topic in the Ops meeting today at 3. Please come by to discuss. --Tom On Aug 2, 2012:9:25 AM, at 9:25 AM, Robert Raszuk wrote: > All, > > IETF documents have number of mandatory sections .. IANA Actions, Security > Considerations, Refs, etc ... >

RE: [OPSAWG] Basic ietf process question ...

2012-08-02 Thread Romascanu, Dan (Dan)
o: Romascanu, Dan (Dan) > Cc: rob...@raszuk.net; ops...@ietf.org; ietf@ietf.org > Subject: Re: [OPSAWG] Basic ietf process question ... > > On Thu, Aug 2, 2012 at 9:59 AM, Romascanu, Dan (Dan) > wrote: > > Hi, > > > > The OPSAWG/OPSAREA open meeting this afternoon

Re: Basic ietf process question ...

2012-08-02 Thread Robert Raszuk
k Sent: Thursday, August 02, 2012 7:25 PM Cc: ietf@ietf.org Subject: Basic ietf process question ... All, IETF documents have number of mandatory sections .. IANA Actions, Security Considerations, Refs, etc ... Does anyone have a good reason why any new protocol definition or enhancement does not

RE: Basic ietf process question ...

2012-08-02 Thread Romascanu, Dan (Dan)
> -Original Message- > From: ietf-boun...@ietf.org [mailto:ietf-boun...@ietf.org] On Behalf Of > Robert Raszuk > Sent: Thursday, August 02, 2012 7:25 PM > Cc: ietf@ietf.org > Subject: Basic ietf process question ... > > All, > > IETF documents have number of mand

Re: Basic ietf process question ...

2012-08-02 Thread Randy Bush
hi robert > Does anyone have a good reason why any new protocol definition or > enhancement does not have a build in mandatory "XML schema" section > which would allow to actually use such standards based enhancement in > vendor agnostic way ? xml is just a way to package the incompatibilities

Basic ietf process question ...

2012-08-02 Thread Robert Raszuk
All, IETF documents have number of mandatory sections .. IANA Actions, Security Considerations, Refs, etc ... Does anyone have a good reason why any new protocol definition or enhancement does not have a build in mandatory "XML schema" section which would allow to actually use such standards