Re: [NGO] external module properties

Phil Shafer <phil@juniper.net> Tue, 29 April 2008 22:34 UTC

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Subject: Re: [NGO] external module properties
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Juergen Schoenwaelder writes:
>I think it is not desirable to assume a 1:1 mapping of each and every
>"(sub)agent capability" to a YANG module. I can't imagine this to work
>in a standards setting; you would have to isolate each and every
>little feature into a separate YANG module.

At this point, that's all the granularity we have.  We have talked
about adding a capabiltity definition and testing mechanism to YANG,
but it never took off.

Thanks,
 Phil
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