[Ivy] Data type for mfg-date in base inventory model

[Italo Busi <[e-mail]>]

Hi IVY WG,

We have got an Telechat Intdir review comment about the data type for the mfg-date:


  *   mfg-date type uses yang:date-and-time. Time of day is meaningless for
manufacturing date. Is yang:date a more proper type?

We discussed this comment during the weekly call this Wednesday and agreed that this comment requires some discussion on the list

We noted that OpenConfig define this attribute as a date, while RFC8348 define it as a date-and-time (but the description mentions just date). TAPI also defines this attribute as date-and-time.

It has also been noted that date-and-time definition in ISO 8601 (referenced by RFC9911) allows omitting the time information (e.g., when not known or applicable).

Our proposal is therefore to keep the date-and-time since it is more versatile and may be cover cases, e.g., software inventory, where the time is needed.

Is this resolution ok for the WG?

Thinking further, I am wondering whether it is worthwhile adding some clarification text in section 3.3 since it seems not very trivial to understand that the time information can be omitted

Thanks, Italo (on behalf of co-authors/contributors)