Re: [netmod] AD review of draft-ietf-netmod-dsdl-map

[Andy Bierman <[e-mail]>]

On 08/19/2010 12:59 PM, Juergen Schoenwaelder wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 19, 2010 at 09:27:50PM +0200, Ladislav Lhotka wrote:
> 
>> NEW:
>>
>> The NETMOD Working Group was chartered to address this problem by
>> defining a new human-friendly data modeling language called YANG. The
>> definition of YANG version 1 was published recently [YANG]. Its syntax
>> is loosely based on SMIng [RFC3216].
> 
> Although the syntax of YANG has some heritage of SMIng (and I
> generally appreciate references to SMIng for my ego ;-), I do not
> consider this important enough to be mentioned. I also do not think
> that the YANG version number matters in this context. Here is a quote
> of the original charter (which is still in the current charter):
> 
>   The WG will define a "human-friendly" modeling language defining
>   the semantics of operational data, configuration data,
>   notifications, and operations.  This language will focus on
>   readability and ease of use.  This language must be able to serve
>   as the normative description of NETCONF data models.
> 
> So the text should perhaps read like this:
> 
>   The NETMOD Working Group was chartered to define a "human-friendly"
>   modeling language called YANG [YANG] defining the semantics of
>   operational data, configuration data, notifications, and
>   operations. This language focuses on readability and ease of use and
>   it serves as the normative description of NETCONF data models.
> 

I agree.
Actually, YANG has some 'best hits' constructs from
3 different proprietary data modeling languages, plus SMIng.
IMO, the sum is greater than the parts this time. YANG turned
out much better than any one of the 4 individual languages.
(The way standards are supposed to come together ;-)

> /js
> 

Andy