Re: [netmod] YANG 1.1 bug fix last call (was YANG 1.1: XML naming restriction)

Juergen Schoenwaelder <j.schoenwaelder@jacobs-university.de> Thu, 25 August 2016 07:19 UTC

Date: Thu, 25 Aug 2016 09:19:23 +0200
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Subject: Re: [netmod] YANG 1.1 bug fix last call (was YANG 1.1: XML naming restriction)
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Reply-To: Juergen Schoenwaelder <j.schoenwaelder@jacobs-university.de>

Hi,

since nobody raised any concerns, we will make the change to align
YANG 1.1 with XML 1.0 5th edition (including the yang-identifier
example update mentioned in a subsequent post by Martin).

/js

On Thu, Aug 18, 2016 at 12:02:01PM +0200, Juergen Schoenwaelder wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> as discussed in the thread 'YANG 1.1: XML naming restriction', it
> seems that the restriction that identifiers may not start with "xml"
> is not necessary according to XML 1.0 (5th edition). In addition, it
> seems the YANG 1.1 specification should have an explicit normative
> reference to the XML specification it is based on. The suggested
> document changes are detailed below (thanks to Martin for writing this
> up). Please let the WG know by August 24th if you object against
> implementing this change before YANG 1.1 is published.
> 
> /js (with my RFC6020bis document shepherd hat on)
> 
> Section 1:
> 
> OLD:
> 
>    This document describes the syntax and semantics of version 1.1 of
>    the YANG language.  It also describes how a data model defined in a
>    YANG module is encoded in the Extensible Markup Language (XML), and
> 
> NEW:
> 
>    This document describes the syntax and semantics of version 1.1 of
>    the YANG language.  It also describes how a data model defined in a
>    YANG module is encoded in the Extensible Markup Language (XML)
>    [XML], and
> 
> 
> Section 1.1:
> 
> OLD:
> 
>    o  Allow type empty in a key.
> 
>    The following changes have been done to the NETCONF mapping:
> 
> NEW:
> 
>    o  Allow type empty in a key.
> 
>    o  Removed the restriction that identifiers could not start with
>       the characters "xml".
> 
>    The following changes have been done to the NETCONF mapping:
> 
> 
> Section 14:
> 
> OLD:
> 
>    ;; An identifier MUST NOT start with (('X'|'x') ('M'|'m') ('L'|'l'))
>    identifier          = (ALPHA / "_")
>                          *(ALPHA / DIGIT / "_" / "-" / ".")
> 
> NEW:
> 
>    identifier          = (ALPHA / "_")
>                          *(ALPHA / DIGIT / "_" / "-" / ".")
> 
> 
> Section 21.1:
> 
> NEW:
> 
>    [XML]      Bray, T., Paoli, J., Sperberg-McQueen, M., Maler, E., and
>               F. Yergeau, "Extensible Markup Language (XML) 1.0 (Fifth
>               Edition)", World Wide Web Consortium Recommendation REC-
>               xml-20081126, November 2008,
>               <http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/REC-xml-20081126>.
> 
> 
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> Juergen Schoenwaelder           Jacobs University Bremen gGmbH
> Phone: +49 421 200 3587         Campus Ring 1 | 28759 Bremen | Germany
> Fax:   +49 421 200 3103         <http://www.jacobs-university.de/>

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Juergen Schoenwaelder           Jacobs University Bremen gGmbH
Phone: +49 421 200 3587         Campus Ring 1 | 28759 Bremen | Germany
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