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Re: analysis of YANG vs. RELAX NG

Juergen Schoenwaelder <j.schoenwaelder@jacobs-university.de> Thu, 29 November 2007 07:53 UTC

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From: Juergen Schoenwaelder <j.schoenwaelder@jacobs-university.de>
To: Rohan Mahy <rohan.mahy@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: analysis of YANG vs. RELAX NG
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On Wed, Nov 28, 2007 at 05:31:56PM -0800, Rohan Mahy wrote:

> > You are suggesting to extend the definition of the NETCONF operations
> > get, get-config, edit-config etc. for every possible data item they
> > might carry?
> 
> I am suggesting that an implementation "extend" the definition of each
> netconf operation to include each top-level data item they actually
> understand and use.  I hope you see the distinction.

The phrase "implementation 'extend' the definition" sounds to me like
there is some little tool taking a data model and turning it into
something you can use for validation. But then it might also be the
case that I do not really understand the distinction you are trying to
make.

/js

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