Re: [netmod] rfc6087bis S4.23 replacement text

[Juergen Schoenwaelder <[e-mail]>]

On Mon, Aug 28, 2017 at 09:24:17AM -0700, Andy Bierman wrote:
> 
> Except that we never use that term.
> It is always called operational datastore when we talk about it in meetings.
> Hence, the new NMDA terms section:
> 
>  ** NMDA Terms
> 
> The following terms are defined in the
> Network Management Datastore Architecture
> (NMDA) ^I-D.ietf-netmod-revised-datastores^.
> and are not redefined here:
> 
> - configuration
> - conventional configuration datastore (also called conventional datastore)
> - datastore
> - operational state
> - operational state datastore (also called operational datastore)
> 
> IMO these alternates should be put in the RD draft since they reflect the
> terms we actually use.
>

I know that we tend to be sloppy in meetings and often in emails but
in written RFCs (specifications) I would personally prefer to use a
single term.

> I think the first sentence refers to the temporary non-NMDA module.
> 
> NEW:
> 
> (a) Modules that require immediate support for the NMDA features
> SHOULD be structured for NMDA.  A temporary non-NMDA version of these
> models SHOULD exist, either an
> existing model or a model created either by hand or with
> suitable tools that mirror the current modeling strategies.

I am not sure about the second SHOULD. I think the temporary non-NMDA
version is more a MAY than a SHOULD. 

/js

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