[Netconf] Advertisement of imported features

[Muly Ilan <[e-mail]>]

Hi,

Not sure whether import of features from one module to the other is fully supported by YANG and NETCONF.

For example, with these modules:

module alpha {
  namespace "http://example.com/alpha";
  prefix "a";

  feature a-feature;

  leaf aoo {
    if-feature a-feature;
    type string;
  }

  leaf a2 {
    type string;
  }

}


module beta {
  namespace "http://example.com/beta";
  prefix "b";

  import alpha {
    prefix a;
  }

  leaf boo {
    if-feature a:a-feature;
    type string;
  }

  leaf b2 {
    type string;
  }

}

The intension is re-use of the feature "a-feature" in the importing module "beta".

Now, how should a server advertise the support of "a-feature" in module "beta"?


1.      YANG 1.0
According to section 5.6.4 of RFC6020 the NETCONF <hello> message is used.
So, I assume the <hello> should contain the following:
<capability>
  http://example.com/beta?module=beta&amp;features=a:a-feature
</capability>

Is the above a valid capability?


2.      YANG 1.1
According to section 5.6.4 of RFC7950 the "ietf-yang-library" defined in RFC7895 must be implemented.

The relevant node definition from RFC7895:

       leaf-list feature {
         type yang:yang-identifier;
         description
           "List of all YANG feature names from this module that are
            supported by the server, regardless whether they are defined
            in the module or any included submodule.";
       }

But the pattern of the typedef "yang:yang-identifier" does not permit a prefix.

Can this be fixed in draft-ietf-netconf-rfc7895bis ?


Regards,

Muly


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