Re: [netmod] rfc6991bis: yang:percentage

Benoit Claise <bclaise@cisco.com> Thu, 30 July 2020 13:58 UTC

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From: Benoit Claise <bclaise@cisco.com>
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Subject: Re: [netmod] rfc6991bis: yang:percentage
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On 30/07/2020 15:25, Juergen Schoenwaelder wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 30, 2020 at 02:58:22PM +0200, Benoit Claise wrote:
>> On 20/07/2020 11:19, Ladislav Lhotka wrote:
>>> Juergen Schoenwaelder <j.schoenwaelder@jacobs-university.de> writes:
>>>
>>>>     - Percentages are frequently used in YANG models but usages differ a
>>>>       lot in precision and range. It is not clear what the proper
>>>>       generic definition of a percentage type would be and whether it is
>>>>       worth having it.
>>>>
>>>>       RFC 7950 example:
>>>>
>>>>            typedef percent { type uint8 { range "0 .. 100"; } }
>>>>
>>>>       RFC 8294:
>>>>
>>>>            typedef percentage { type uint8 { range "0..100"; } }
>>>>
>>>>       I-Ds:
>>>>            typedef percentage { type decimal64 { fraction-digits 5; } }
>>>>            typedef percentile { type decimal64 { fraction-digits 2; } }
>>>>
>>>>       The yang catalogue seems to be down. :-(
>>>>
>>>>     - Proposal: do not add a percentage type since it is trivial to
>>>>       define a context specific percentage type that matches range and
>>>>       precision requirements (and there is already a definition in RFC
>>>>       8294 for those who need exactly that definition).
>>> I agree with this proposal. It is also possible to use
>>>
>>>      units percent;
>>>
>>> where necessary.
>> On the other hand, when I look at the numerous percent/percentage
>> occurrences in YANG model, it doesn't hurt to define that typedef.
>>
>> https://yangcatalog.org/yang-search/ => search on "node name" and typedef
>> only
>> We can find 56 entries from IETF, IEEE, BBF, OC, MEF, vendors
>> Most of them points to:
>>
>>     *typedef*  percent {
>>     	*type*  uint8 {
>>     		*range*  "0 .. 100";
>>
>>     	}
>>     }
>>
> But that one is already defined in RFC 8294 in ietf-routing-types.
> Does it make sense to define it again in yang-types?


My point was taht it makes sense to group typedefs in a few documents: 
RFC6991, 6991bis (hopefully published soon) and .... my bad,  I forgot 
that RFC 8294 is "Common YANG _data types_ for the routing area"

So we're good. Thanks.

Regards, Benoit

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