[netmod] draft netmod charter update proposal

[Kent Watsen <[e-mail]>]

Hi NETMOD WG,

Please find below the draft charter update which we provided to
our AD for review.  Comments are welcomed.  Authors, please note
the milestone dates.

Kent (and Lou)




Network Modeling (NETMOD)  
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Charter

Current Status: Active

Chairs:
   Lou Berger <[e-mail]>
   Kent Watsen <[e-mail]>

Operations and Management Area Directors:
   Benoit Claise <[e-mail]>
   Joel Jaeggli <[e-mail]>

Operations and Management Area Advisor:
   Benoit Claise <[e-mail]>

Secretary:
   Zitao (Michael) Wang <[e-mail]>

Mailing Lists:
   General Discussion: [e-mail]
   To Subscribe:       https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/netmod
   Archive:            https://mailarchive.ietf.org/arch/browse/netmod/

Description of Working Group:

   The Network Modeling (NETMOD) working group is responsible for the YANG
   data modeling language, and guidelines for developing YANG models.  The
   NETMOD working group addresses general topics related to the use of the
   YANG language and YANG models, for example, the mapping of YANG modeled
   data into various encodings.  Finally, the NETMOD working group also
   defines core YANG models used as basic YANG building blocks, and YANG
   models that do not otherwise fall under the charter of any other IETF
   working group.
  
The NETMOD WG is responsible for:

   a) Maintaining the data modeling language YANG.  This effort entails
      periodically updating the specification to address new requirements
      as they arise.

   b) Maintaining the guidelines for developing YANG models.  This effort
      is primarily driven by updates made to the YANG specification.

   c) Maintaining a conceptual framework in which YANG models are used.
      This effort entails describing the context that network management
      protocols (e.g., NETCONF, RESTCONF, CoAP, etc.) operate in, and
      how certain YANG statements interact in that context.

   d) Maintaining encodings for YANG modeled data.  This effort entails
      updating encodings already defined by the NETMOD working (XML and
      JSON) to accommodate changes to the YANG specification, and defining
      new encodings that are needed and yet do not fall under the charter
      of any other active IETF working group.

   e) Maintaining YANG models used as basic YANG building blocks.  This
      effort entails updating existing YANG models (ietf-yang-types and
      ietf-inet-types) as needed, as well as defining additional core YANG
      data models when necessary.

   f) Defining and maintaining YANG models that do not fall under the
      charter of any other active IETF working group.

   The NETMOD working group consults with the NETCONF working group to
   ensure that new requirements are and understood and can be met by
   the protocols developed within that working group (e.g., NETCONF
   and RESTCONF).  The NETMOD working group coordinates with other
   working groups on possible extensions to YANG to address new modeling
   requirements and, when needed, which group will run the process on a
   specific model.

   The NETMOD working group does not serve as a review team for YANG
   modules developed by other working groups. Instead, the YANG doctors,
   as organized by the OPS area director responsible for network
   management, will act as advisors for other working groups and provide
   YANG reviews for the OPS area directors.

Milestones:
  
   Done     - Submit draft-ietf-netmod-rfc6087bis to IESG for publication
   Mar 2016 - Submit draft-ietf-netmod-yang-model-classification to IESG
              for publication
   Mar 2016 - Submit draft-ietf-netmod-syslog-model to IESG for publication
   Mar 2016 - Submit draft-ietf-netmod-acl-model to IESG for publication
   Mar 2017 - Submit draft-ietf-netmod-entity to IESG for publication
   Oct 2017 - Submit draft-ietf-netmod-intf-ext-yang to IESG for
              publication
   Oct 2017 - Submit draft-ietf-netmod-schema-mount to IESG for publication
   Oct 2017 - Submit draft-ietf-netmod-revised-datastores to IESG for
              publication
   Dec 2017 - Submit draft-ietf-netmod-sub-intf-vlan-yang to IESG for
              publication