Re: [core] map (5), ordering vs YANG SID in ietf-core-yang-cbor

[Juergen Schoenwaelder <[e-mail]>]

Carsten,

I looked into core-sid to understand how sids work, I did not expect
that the definition how delta sids work is in core-cbor...

/js

On Thu, Aug 17, 2017 at 09:04:07AM +0200, Carsten Bormann wrote:
> On Aug 17, 2017, at 08:54, Juergen Schoenwaelder <[e-mail]> wrote:
> > 
> > Carsten,
> > 
> > if I search for 'delta' or 'reference SID', I do not find text that
> > says what the reference SID is. Where do I have to look at to
> > understand that delta SIDs are parent-referenced?
> 
> 4.2.1 (of yang-cbor) says:
> 
>    o  The delta value is equal to the SID of the current schema node
>       minus the SID of the parent schema node.  When no parent exists in
> 
> But maybe there is indeed potential for editorial improvement here.
> Clearly phrasing this always in terms of the reference SID, and then saying where that reference SID comes from (e.g., zero at the root of the tree), might help.
> This probably also should be buttressed some more by examples.
> 
> > /js
> > 
> > PS: Why do we have this, I mean, why is there a $ for some of these?
> > 
> >           pattern 'Module|Submodule|feature|' +
> > 	           'identity$|node$|notification$|rpc$|action$';
> > 
> >    Why is this not an enum in the first place? And why are the
> >    first two capitalized?
> 
> (Now you are in core-sid, I think.)
> Good questions; I’d defer to the YANG specialists here.
> 
> > PS: Why do you not import yang-identifier from ietf-yang-types?
> 
> Ditto.
> 
> Grüße, Carsten
> 

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