Re: [netmod] Fwd: New Version Notification for draft-ietf-netmod-yang-instance-file-format-01.txt

[Juergen Schoenwaelder <[e-mail]>]

On Thu, Dec 06, 2018 at 10:15:30AM +0000, Balázs Lengyel wrote:
> 
>    Jürgen stated that it would be better to use the YANG XML/JSON encoding as
>    a format instead of referencing the get operation/request. I might even
>    agree with him, but for 2 reasons I did not follow his idea:
> 
>      * Currently there is no RFC I could reference either for XML or JSON.
>        AFAIK even RFC7951 does not define how multiple modules should be
>        encoded side by side.
>      * It is not the job of the instance data draft to dictate how to encode
>        YANG data generally e.g. on the wire.
>      * The contents of the get operation/request are well defined
>

The first bullet needs to be taken care of but it is not too difficult
I think.

I fail to understand what bullet two is about or why it matters. We
are talking about the instance file format, no more and no less.

Yes, the contents of the get operation/request are well defined but
the definitions are not generically applicable to define instance file
formats and the dependincy of the instance file format on protocols
is problematic from a maintenance perspective.

/js

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