Re: [i2rs] 'network type' placement and RFC8345

Hi, Tom:
Layer2, Layer 3, TE are all base modules which other modules can extend from.
I am not sure we have Layer 1 base module,
WSON and flexi-grid, if my understanding is correct, are TE technology specific and WSON and flexi-grid module can be seem as extension to TE module or a module derived from TE module
Therefore we could follow OSPF example defined in the L3 topology module or L3 TE module defined in draft-ietf-teas-yang-l3-te-topo-08.
"
   module: ietf-l3-te-topology
     augment /nw:networks/nw:network/nw:network-types
               /l3t:l3-unicast-topology:
       +--rw l3-te!
"      
"
   module example-ospf-topology
   augment "/nw:networks/nw:network/nw:network-types/l3t:l3-unicast-topology" 
       +--rw ospf!
"
I might be wrong if a generic layer 1 can be defined without adding dependency to TE technology. But at least layer 1 type or layer 0 type are common building block that can be reused.

In addition, base model, in my opinion doesn't need to limit to layer 1, layer 2, layer 3, service layer, TE layer this angle, we may classify network topology from other angle, e.g., classify network topology into UNI topology and NNI topology,
One relevant model is UNI topology model that is proposed in the opsawg
https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ogondio-opsawg-uni-topology-01
such models are also base model which other modules can derive from.

For network type, if we can define it as identity, it may be another design option.
But comparing with presence container design, I think the only difference is one is explicit way, the other is implicit way.

-Qin
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主题: [i2rs] 'network type' placement and RFC8345

RFC8345 requires that a new network type be given a presence container and suggests a tree structure with layer 1, layer 2, layer 3 and service as top level nodes with OSPF as an example of a node subordinate to layer 3.  te-topology , RFC8795, places its presence container at the top level alongside these four.
Question; where should a network type such as WSON or flexi-grid be placed?  wson-yang, in IETF Last Call, places it under te-topology which is possible but it seems to me more like a layer 1 or layer 0. But then network types do not seem to form a tree, rather a mesh so a tree structure seems wrong.  And wherever layer 1 is defined it is not in a module imported by wson-yang although it might be added to layer0-types (!) which wson-yang does import. I would see it as wrong to define layer 1 in wson forcing others to import wson.

Thoughts?

I have posted this to Lou and TEAS but as it is a question that cuts across multiple WG I suspect that I will get multiple contradictory answers or none:-)

Tom Petch
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