Re: [netmod] yang-instance-file-format - do we need a special file extension ?

Balázs Lengyel <balazs.lengyel@ericsson.com> Fri, 30 November 2018 15:55 UTC

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From: Balázs Lengyel <balazs.lengyel@ericsson.com>
To: Joe Clarke <jclarke@cisco.com>, "netmod@ietf.org" <netmod@ietf.org>
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Subject: Re: [netmod] yang-instance-file-format - do we need a special file extension ?
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OK, so lets go with option 3.
balazs

On 2018. 11. 30. 16:17, Juergen Schoenwaelder wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 30, 2018 at 12:48:48PM +0000, Balázs Lengyel wrote:
>>     Hello, Joe, Jurgen,
>>
>>     RFC6020 doesn't really register� file extensions, but rather media types.
>>     I don't feel we need a new mediatype for this as we really use json and
>>     xml. However I see it useful to document in the file extension that this
>>     is not just any plain old XML; it is yang instance data in XML format.�
>>     Alternatives:
>>
>>      1. Use the .yid file extension (my favorite)
>>      2. Use 2 separate file extensions: .yidxml, .yidjson
>>      3. just use .xml and .json
>>
> I would have used .json or .xml; the content of the file after all is
> self-describing and tools like 'file' might learn how to recognize the
> content. Extensions like .yidxml and .yidjson looks a bit horrible to
> me and so far I never had any real problems using .json and .xml for
> arbitrary json and xml files (and .json and .xml helps generic tools
> so calling it .yid means that I have to go and teach tools that .yid
> is either .json and .xml). Try loading .json and .xml in your
> favourite editor and then load a .yid file. Big difference for my
> editor. So from my perspective, do nothing (and then people and tools
> will likely use option 3).
>
> /js
>
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