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NETCONF Data Modeling Language
charter-ietf-netmod-08-04

The information below is for an older proposed charter
Document Proposed charter NETCONF Data Modeling Language WG (netmod) Snapshot
Title NETCONF Data Modeling Language
Last updated 2017-04-10
State Start Chartering/Rechartering (Internal Steering Group/IAB Review) Rechartering
WG State Active
IESG Responsible AD Mahesh Jethanandani
Charter edit AD Benoît Claise
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charter-ietf-netmod-08-04

The Network Modeling (NETMOD) working group is responsible for the YANG data modeling language, which can be used to specify network management data models that are transported over such protocols as NETCONF and RESTCONF, and guidelines for developing YANG models. The NETMOD working group addresses general topics related to the use of the YANG language and YANG models, for example, the mapping of YANG modeled data into various encodings. Finally, the NETMOD working group also defines core YANG models used as basic YANG building blocks, and YANG models that do not otherwise fall under the charter of any other IETF working group.

The NETMOD WG is responsible for:

a) Maintaining the data modeling language YANG. This effort entails
periodically updating the specification to address new requirements
as they arise.

b) Maintaining the guidelines for developing YANG models. This effort
is primarily driven by updates made to the YANG specification.

c) Maintaining a conceptual framework in which YANG models are used.
This effort entails describing the generic context that in YANG
exists and how certain YANG statements interact in that context.
An example of this is YANG's relationship with datastores.

d) Maintaining encodings for YANG modeled data. This effort entails
updating encodings already defined by the NETMOD working group (XML and
JSON) to accommodate changes to the YANG specification, and defining
new YANG encodings that are needed, and yet do not fall under the
charter of any other active IETF working group.

e) Maintaining YANG models used as basic YANG building blocks. This
effort entails updating existing YANG models (ietf-yang-types and
ietf-inet-types) as needed, as well as defining additional core YANG
data models when necessary.

f) Defining and maintaining YANG models that do not fall under the
charter of any other active IETF working group.

The NETMOD working group consults with the NETCONF working group to
ensure that new requirements are understood and can be met by the
protocols (e.g., NETCONF and RESTCONF) developed within that working
group.

The NETMOD working group does not serve as a review team for YANG
modules developed by other working groups. Instead, the YANG doctors,
[1] as organized by the OPS area director responsible for network
management, will act as advisors for other working groups and provide
YANG reviews for the OPS area directors.

[1] http://www.ietf.org/iesg/directorate/yang-doctors.html

Milestones:

Done - Submit draft-ietf-netmod-rfc6087bis to IESG for publication (as
Informational)
Apr 2017 - Submit draft-ietf-netmod-yang-model-classification to IESG
for publication (as Informational)
Apr 2017 - Submit draft-ietf-netmod-acl-model to IESG for publication (as
Standards Track)
Apr 2017 - Submit draft-ietf-netmod-entity to IESG for publication (as
Standards Track)
Apr 2017 - Submit draft-ietf-netmod-syslog-model to IESG for publication (as
Standards Track)
Jul 2017 - Submit draft-ietf-netmod-revised-datastores to IESG for
publication (as Standards Track)
Oct 2017 - Submit draft-ietf-netmod-schema-mount to IESG for publication (as
Standards Track)
Dec 2017 - Submit draft-ietf-netmod-intf-ext-yang to IESG for
publication (as Standards Track)
Dec 2017 - Submit draft-ietf-netmod-sub-intf-vlan-yang to IESG for
publication (as Informational)