Re: [NGO] external module properties

Martin Bjorklund <mbj@tail-f.com> Sun, 27 April 2008 11:20 UTC

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Andy Bierman <ietf@andybierman.com> wrote:
> > Namespace information is needed for parsers to work properly in case
> > of identifier clashes. And I am sure the IETF will require that
> > revision clauses are present in YANG modules. But this is not a
> > technical requirement of the language itself; it is a usage guideline
> > requirement. I believe this distinction is worthwhile to make.
> 
> 
> no -- the prefix is needed for the language parser.
> The namespace URI string isn't used anywhere in YANG.

It is needed in the NETCONF data that YANG defines.  Thus it is an
essential property in a YANG module.


/martin
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