Re: [netmod] [Netconf] LC on YANG Library (bis)

[Alexander Clemm <[e-mail]>]

Hi Kent,

yes, it wouldn't have to be in this document.  But I do think a solution for this is clearly needed, and YANG library (or augmentation to it) is the best way to put it.  

I wasn't planning to put out an I-D on this myself, but can put it on my to-do list (and will be happy to contribute if someone wants to take the lead).  

--- Alex

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kent Watsen [mailto:[e-mail]]
> Sent: Thursday, February 15, 2018 7:51 AM
> To: Alexander Clemm <[e-mail]>; Juergen
> Schoenwaelder <[e-mail]>
> Cc: NETCONF WG <[e-mail]>; NETMOD WG <[e-mail]>
> Subject: Re: [Netconf] [netmod] LC on YANG Library (bis)
> 
> Alex,
> 
> What you want makes sense to me.  How about putting it into an I-D that
> augments the yang library bis?  It doesn't have to be in this document, right?
> 
> Kent
> 
> ===== original message =====
> 
> Well, we need a general solution for that.  YANG-push is just one use case.  There
> are other cases where there will be "metadata" (that does not pertain to instance
> data)  and capabilities that clients want to discover.  YANG library (in itself
> providing "metadata" about what a server supports and is capable of) is an
> excellent place to maintain this information.  It also provides the opportunity to
> be systemic about it, as opposed to requiring everyone to define their own little
> custom extensions.
> --- Alex
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Juergen Schoenwaelder
> > [mailto:[e-mail]]
> > Sent: Tuesday, February 13, 2018 11:48 AM
> > To: Alexander Clemm <[e-mail]>
> > Cc: Mahesh Jethanandani <[e-mail]>; NETCONF WG
> > <[e-mail]>; NETMOD WG <[e-mail]>
> > Subject: Re: [netmod] [Netconf] LC on YANG Library (bis)
> >
> > Alexander,
> >
> > I disagree. This YANG Library is mandatory for all implementations;
> > what you talk about seems to concern only implementations that support
> > YANG push. Hence, this is an extension that should go in its own module.
> >
> > /js
> >
> > On Tue, Feb 13, 2018 at 07:38:31PM +0000, Alexander Clemm wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I have taken a look at this document.
> > >
> > > My main comment is that one aspect that is missing, that I believe
> > > should be
> > added, concerns the inclusion of certain metadata about the modules.
> > Specifically, in the context of YANG-Push we had a discussion about
> > being able to mark nodes that are notifiable on change.  This is just
> > one particular use case of a more general issue; in YANG-Push after
> > much debate the conclusion was for now to simply make implementors
> > aware of this issue and advise that a solution to this must be
> > provided, with the clear understanding that eventually a standard solution
> should be defined.
> > >
> > > Since the goal of YANG-Library is to allow clients to find out what
> > > is actually
> > supported on a given server, this is the right place to keep this
> > information.  One possible way to address this would be, for a given
> > module, to maintain a list of "meta-info", with a key "meta-tag", and
> > a list with references to the nodes to which the metadata applies.  In
> > the case of notifiable-on-change, you would have a list with one entry
> > "notifiable-on-change", and then the list with the node definitions to which this
> tag applies.
> > >
> > > Editorial nit:
> > > 2nd paragraph Introduction: informaton --> information
> > >
> > > Thanks
> > > --- Alex
> > >
> > > From: Netconf [mailto:[e-mail]] On Behalf Of Mahesh
> > > Jethanandani
> > > Sent: Thursday, February 01, 2018 11:00 AM
> > > To: NETCONF WG <[e-mail]>
> > > Cc: NETMOD WG <[e-mail]>
> > > Subject: [Netconf] LC on YANG Library (bis)
> > >
> > > WG,
> > >
> > > The authors of rfc7895bis have indicated that they believe the
> > > document is
> > ready for LC[1].
> > >
> > > This starts a two week LC on the
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