Re: [netmod] [Technical Errata Reported] RFC7950 (5157)

On Thu, 2017-10-26 at 09:02 -0700, Andy Bierman wrote:
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> On Tue, Oct 24, 2017 at 5:27 AM, Vladimir Vassilev <vladimir@transpacket.com> wrote:
> > On 10/24/2017 03:42 AM, Andy Bierman wrote:
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> > > ....
> > > 
> > > Although the instance-identifier is problematic, it is rarely used at all,
> > > let alone using it as a list key.
> > > 
> >  It is used as a key in ietf-alarms /alarms/alarm-list/alarm.
> > > ...
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> I guess if you wanted to create the most complex module possible,
> using an XPath instance-identifier as a list key is a good start.
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> It's too bad we can't use the RESTCONF path URI string as an i-i:

Why not? Just use JSON. XML is bound to be abadoned, sooner or later.

Lada

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>   - the only representation is also the canonical representation
>   - the list keys are much less verbose (required to be in schema order)
>   - percent-encoded chars are allowed, which are simpler than character entities
>     and much simpler than the concat() function
>   - no use of prefix mappings at all so i-i strings are complete and permanent
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> Andy
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