Re: [netmod] Fwd: New Version Notification for draft-lengyel-netmod-yang-instance-data-01.txt

On Tue, 2018-06-26 at 15:58 +0200, Balazs Lengyel wrote:
> Hello Lada,
> I don't insist on using yang-data-ext, but I like it.  Isn't this the exact
> use case for it: defining yang structured data that will never be loaded into
> a datastore. In this case the structure of the instance-data-set fits.

On the other hand, if it's never loaded into a datastore, there is no need to
encapsulate the data and break tools that don't support yang-data-ext.

The encapsulation is really needed only if such data is mixed with "real" YANG
data node definitions in the same module - for example, if error-message schemas
are defined along with datastore contents, operations etc. 

> If I would remove the yd:yang-data instance-data-format  statement it would
> not affect the actual file content. It just serves as  an indication that this
> is not  a datastore definition.

A comment in the module should perfecty suffice. Andy argued with machine
readability, but I don't see how it can be useful here.

And, after all, if a server implementor for whatever weird reason decides to
implement this module, what's wrong on doing so?

Lada

> regards Balazs
> 
> On 6/15/2018 9:41 AM, Ladislav Lhotka wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > I support the adoption of this I-D as a workgroup item and my plan is to
> > implement it.
> > 
> > However, my suggestion is to avoid the use of yang-data-ext. It is
> > absolutely useless in this case and only complicates things that are
> > otherwise pretty trivial.
> > 
> > Lada
> > 
> > Balazs Lengyel <balazs.lengyel@ericsson.com> writes:
> > 
> > > Hello, 
> > > 
> > > I submitted a new version of the yang-instance-data draft updated with
> > > comments from the last
> > > IETF and others. I would like to get this adopted as a workgroup item.
> > > Please review it and if you
> > > like it please indicate that you support it as a workgroup item.
> > > 
> > > Changes:
> > >    o  Redefined using yang-data-ext
> > >    o  Moved meta data into ordinary leafs/leaf-lists
> > >    o  Corrections, clarifications
> > > 
> > > regards Balazs 
> > > 
> > > -------- Forwarded Message -------- 
> > > 
> > >  Subject:   New Version Notification for draft-lengyel-netmod-yang-
> > > instance-data-01.txt  
> > >  Date:   Wed, 13 Jun 2018 06:47:16 -0700  
> > >  From:   internet-drafts@ietf.org  
> > >  To:   Benoit Claise <bclaise@cisco.com>, Balazs Lengyel  
> > >    <balazs.lengyel@ericsson.com>  
> > > 
> > > A new version of I-D, draft-lengyel-netmod-yang-instance-data-01.txt
> > > has been successfully submitted by Balazs Lengyel and posted to the
> > > IETF repository.
> > > 
> > > Name:		draft-lengyel-netmod-yang-instance-data
> > > Revision:	01
> > > Title:		YANG Instance Data Files and their use for
> > > Documenting Server Capabilities
> > > Document date:	2018-06-13
> > > Group:		Individual Submission
> > > Pages:		10
> > > URL:            https://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-lengyel-netmod-
> > > yang-instance-data-01.txt
> > > Status:         https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-lengyel-netmod-yang
> > > -instance-data/
> > > Htmlized:       https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-lengyel-netmod-yang-inst
> > > ance-data-01
> > > Htmlized:       https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/draft-lengyel-netmod
> > > -yang-instance-data
> > > Diff:           https://www.ietf.org/rfcdiff?url2=draft-lengyel-netmod-yan
> > > g-instance-data-01
> > > 
> > > Abstract:
> > >    This document specifies a standard file format for YANG instance
> > >    data, that is data that could be stored in a datastore and whose
> > >    syntax and semantics is defined by YANG models.  Instance data files
> > >    can be used to provide information that is defined in design time.
> > >    There is a need to document Server capabilities (which are often
> > >    specified in design time), which should be done using instance data
> > >    files.
> > > 
> > >                                                                           
> > >         
> > > 
> > > 
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