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Re: [netmod] stable reference for tree diagram notation

Andy Bierman <andy@yumaworks.com> Wed, 08 March 2017 19:15 UTC

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From: Andy Bierman <andy@yumaworks.com>
Date: Wed, 08 Mar 2017 11:14:56 -0800
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Subject: Re: [netmod] stable reference for tree diagram notation
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On Wed, Mar 8, 2017 at 10:56 AM, Kent Watsen <kwatsen@juniper.net> wrote:

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> > I think we can allow both and leave it to the document author. Either
> > the author uses a well known tree format and refers to its definition
> > or the author uses a not yet well known tree format and then it has
> > to be defined inline:
>
> Nice compromise, but even then it would be helpful if a draft that wants
> to use some custom-annotations do so on top of a standard tree-diagram.
> So, for instance, the draft might say something like:
>
>   Tree diagrams used in this draft use notation described in
>   [RFCXXXX] with the following additional annotations:
>
>      @ - means ...
>      # - means ...
>      etc.
>
> This way, reader can focus more quickly on the diffs, but also this
> likely mimics what happened in reality (start with `pyang -f tree`
> and then manually edit from there).  What do you think?
>
>

YANG is supposed to be prioritized for readers, writers, and then
tool-makers.
As a reader of YANG modules, I do not want people creating their own
tree diagram syntax.  I prefer all tree diagrams use the same syntax.



> K.
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Andy

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