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draft-clacla-netmod-model-catalog-00
Network Working Group                                          J. Clarke
Internet-Draft                                                 B. Claise
Intended status: Standards Track                     Cisco Systems, Inc.
Expires: January 4, 2018                                    July 3, 2017

                    YANG module for yangcatalog.org
                  draft-clacla-netmod-model-catalog-00

Abstract

   This document specifies a YANG module that contains metadata related
   to YANG modules and vendor implementations of those YANG modules.

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Table of Contents

   1.  Introduction  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   2
     1.1.  Status of Work and Open Issues  . . . . . . . . . . . . .   3
   2.  Learning from Experience  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   3
     2.1.  YANG Module Library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   4
     2.2.  YANG Catalog Data Model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   4
     2.3.  Module Sub-Tree . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   5
     2.4.  Compilation Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   6
     2.5.  Maturity Level  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   8
     2.6.  Implementation  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   8
     2.7.  Vendor Sub-Tree . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   9
     2.8.  Regex Expression Differences  . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  10
   3.  YANG Catalog Use Cases  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  10
     3.1.  YANG Search Metadata  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  10
     3.2.  YANG In Images  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  11
   4.  YANG Catalog YANG module  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  11
   5.  Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  19
   6.  IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  19
   7.  References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  20
     7.1.  Normative References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  20
     7.2.  Informative References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  20
     7.3.  URIs  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  20
   Appendix A.  Acknowledgments  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  20
   Appendix B.  Contributors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  21
   Authors' Addresses  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  21

1.  Introduction

   YANG [RFC6020] [RFC7950] became the standard data modeling language
   of choice.  Not only is it used by the IETF for specifying models,
   but also in many Standard Development Organizations (SDOs),
   consortia, and open-source projects: the IEEE, the Broadband Forum
   (BFF), DMTF, MEF, ITU, OpenDaylight, Open ROADM, Openconfig, sysrepo,
   and more.

   With the rise of data model-driven management and the success of YANG
   as a key piece comes a challenge: the entire industry develops YANG
   models.  In order for operators to automate coherent services, the
   industry must ensure the following:

   1.  Data models must work together

   2.  There exists a toolchain to help one search and understand models

   3.  Metadata is present to further describe model attributes

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   The site <yangcatalog.org>(and the YANG catalog that it provides) is
   an attempt to address these key tenants.  From a high level point of
   view, the goal of this catalog is to become a reference for all YANG
   modules available in the industry, for both YANG developers (to
   search on what exists already) and for operators (to discover the
   more mature YANG models to automate services).  This YANG catalog
   should not only contain pointers to the YANG modules themselves, but
   also contains metadata related to those YANG modules: What is the
   module type (service model or not?); what is the maturity level?
   (e.g., for the IETF: is this an RFC, a working group document or an
   individual draft?); is this module implemented?; who is the contact?;
   is there open-source code available?  And we expect much more in the
   future.  The industry starts to understand that the metadata related
   to YANG models become equally important as the YANG models
   themselves.

   This document defines a YANG [RFC6020] module called yang-
   catalog.yang that contains the metadata definitions, that must be
   kept next to the YANG module specification.  The YANG module design
   is based on experience and real code.  As such, it's expected that
   this YANG module will be a living document.  Furthermore, new use
   cases, which require new metadata in this YANG module, are discovered
   on a regular basis.

1.1.  Status of Work and Open Issues

   The top open issues are:

   1.  Add a leaf to indicate the tree type relative to
       [I-D.ietf-netmod-revised-datastores]

   2.  Obtain feedback from vendors and SDOs

   3.  Socialize module at the IETF and incorporate feedback

2.  Learning from Experience

   While implementing the catalog and tools at yangcatalog.org, we
   initially looked at the "Catalog and registry for YANG models"
   [I-D.openconfig-netmod-model-catalog] as a starting point but we
   quickly realized that the objectives are different.  As a
   consequence, even if some of the information is similar, this YANG
   module started to diverge.  [TO BE EXPANDED ON THE DIFFERENT
   OBJECTIVES.]  Below are our observations and the justifications for
   the divergence.

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2.1.  YANG Module Library

   In order for the YANG catalog to become a complete inventory of which
   models are supported on the different platforms, content such as the
   support of the YANG module/deviation/feature/etc. should be easy to
   import and update.  An easy way to populate this information is to
   have a similar structure as the YANG Module Library [RFC7895].  That
   way, querying the YANG Module Library from a platform provides,
   directly in the right format, the input for the YANG catalog
   inventory.

   There are some similar entries between the YANG Module Library and
   the Openconfig catalog.  For example, the Openconfig catalog model
   defines a "uri" leaf which is similar to "schema" from [RFC7895]).
   And this adds to the overall confusion.

2.2.  YANG Catalog Data Model

   The structure of the yang-catalog.yang module described in this
   document is found below:

module: yang-catalog
    +--rw catalog
        +--rw modules
        |  +--rw module* [name revision]
        |     +--rw name                  yang:yang-identifier
        |     +--rw revision              union
        |     +--rw datastore*            identityref
        |     +--rw schema?               inet:uri
        |     +--rw namespace             inet:uri
        |     +--rw feature*              yang:yang-identifier
        |     +--rw deviation* [name revision]
        |     |  +--rw name        yang:yang-identifier
        |     |  +--rw revision    union
        |     +--rw conformance-type      enumeration
        |     +--rw submodule* [name revision]
        |     |  +--rw name        yang:yang-identifier
        |     |  +--rw revision    union
        |     |  +--rw schema?     inet:uri
        |     +--rw document-name?        string
        |     +--rw author-email?         string
        |     +--rw compilation-status?   enumeration
        |     +--rw compilation-result?   string
        |     +--rw reference?            string
        |     +--rw prefix?               string
        |     +--rw yang-version?         string
        |     +--rw organization?         string
        |     +--rw description?          string

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        |     +--rw contact?              string
        |     +--rw maturity-level?       enumeration
        |     +--rw implementations
        |        +--rw implementation* [vendor platform software-version software-flavor]
        |           +--rw vendor              string
        |           +--rw platform            string
        |           +--rw software-version    string
        |           +--rw software-flavor     string
        |           +--rw os-version?         string
        |           +--rw feature-set?        string
        |           +--rw os-type?            string
        +--rw vendors
          +--rw vendor* [name]
              +--rw name         string
              +--rw platforms
                +--rw platform* [name]
                    +--rw name                 string
                    +--rw software-versions
                      +--rw software-version* [name]
                          +--rw name                string
                          +--rw software-flavors
                            +--rw software-flavor* [name]
                                +--rw name         string
                                +--rw protocols
                                |  +--rw protocol* [name]
                                |     +--rw name                enumeration
                                |     +--rw protocol-version?   string
                                |     +--rw capabilities*       string
                                +--rw modules
                                  +--rw module* [name revision]
                                      +--rw name        -> ../../../../../../../../../../../modules/module/name
                                      +--rw revision    -> ../../../../../../../../../../../modules/module/revision

   Various elements of this module tree will be discussed in the
   subsequent sections.

2.3.  Module Sub-Tree

   Each module in the YANG Catalog is enumerated by its metadata and by
   various vendor implementations.  Within the "module" sub-tree, each
   module is listed using its YANG Module Library [RFC7895] "module-
   list" grouping information.  The yang-catalog module then augments
   the grouping to add metadata elements that will aid module developers
   and module consumers alike in understanding the relative maturity,
   compilation status, and the support contact(s) of each YANG module.

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+--rw module* [name revision]
    +--rw name                  yang:yang-identifier
    +--rw revision              union
    +--rw schema?               inet:uri
    +--rw namespace             inet:uri
    +--rw feature*              yang:yang-identifier
    +--rw deviation* [name revision]
    |  +--rw name        yang:yang-identifier
    |  +--rw revision    union
    +--rw conformance-type      enumeration
    +--rw submodule* [name revision]
    |  +--rw name        yang:yang-identifier
    |  +--rw revision    union
    |  +--rw schema?     inet:uri
    +--rw document-name?        string
    +--rw author-email?         string
    +--rw compilation-status?   enumeration
    +--rw compilation-result?   string
    +--rw reference?            string
    +--rw prefix?               string
    +--rw yang-version?         string
    +--rw organization?         string
    +--rw description?          string
    +--rw contact?              string
    +--rw module-type?          enumeration
    +--rw maturity-level?       enumeration
    +--rw implementations
      +--rw implementation* [vendor platform software-version software-flavor]
          +--rw vendor              string
          +--rw platform            string
          +--rw software-version    string
          +--rw software-flavor     string
          +--rw os-version?         string
          +--rw feature-set?        string
          +--rw os-type?            string

   Many of these additional metadata fields are self-explanatory,
   especially given their descriptions in the module itself.  However,
   those requiring additional explanation or context as to why they are
   needed are described in the subsequent sections.

2.4.  Compilation Information

   For the inventory to be complete, YANG modules at different stage of
   maturity should be taken into account, including YANG modules that
   are clearly work-in-progress, i.e. that do not validate correctly,
   either because of a faulty YANG constructs, because of a faulty
   imported YANG module, or simply because of a warnings.  Note that

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   some of those warnings are not always show-stoppers from a code
   generation point of view.  Nonetheless, the compilation or validation
   status, along with the compilation output, provide a clear indication
   on the YANG module development phase and stability.

      leaf compilation-status {
        description
          "Status of the module, whether it was possible to compile this YANG module or
           there are still some errors/warnings.";
        type enumeration {
          enum PASSED {
            value 0;
            description
              "In case that all compilers were able to compile this YANG module without
              any error/warning.";
          }
          enum PASSED-WITH-WARNINGS {
            value 1;
            description
              "In case that all compilers were able to compile this YANG module without
              any error, but at least one of them caught some warning.";
          }
          enum FAILED {
            value 2;
            description
              "In case that at least one of compilers found some error while
              compiling this YANG module.";
          }
          enum MISSING {
            value 3;
            description
              "In case that there is not sufficient information about compilation status.";
          }
        }
      }
      leaf compilation-result {
        type string;
        description
          "Result of the compilation explaining specifically what error or warning occurred.
           This is not existing if compilation status is PASSED.";
      }

   Figure 1: Compilation Status and Compilation Result

   The compilation status and result have been added as two extra
   leaves, for each YANG module.

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2.5.  Maturity Level

   Models also have inherent maturity levels from their respective
   Standards Development Organizations (SDOs).  These maturity levels
   will help model consumers understand how complete, tested, etc. a
   model is.

      leaf maturity-level {
        description
          "The current maturity of the module with respect to the body that created it.
           This allows one to understand where the module is in its overall life cycle.";
        type enumeration {
          enum ratified {
            value 0;
            description
              "Maturity of a module that is fully approved (e.g., a standard).";
          }
          enum working-group {
            value 1;
            description
              "Maturity of a module that is actively being developed by a organization towards ratification.";
          }
          enum individual {
            value 2;
            description
              "Maturity of a module that has been initially created, but has no official
               organization-level status.";
          }
        }
      }

   This enumeration mapping has been implemented for the YANG modules
   from IETF and BBF.  With respect to vendor-specific modules, this
   same enumeration should be used and mapped to the internal vendor
   release or development names.  Once a module has been completed,
   fully tested, and is stable, its maturity level should be "ratified".

2.6.  Implementation

   As of version 02 of openconfig-model-catalog.yang
   [I-D.openconfig-netmod-model-catalog] it is not possible to identify
   the implementations of one specific module.  Instead modules are
   grouped into feature-bundle, and feature-bundles are implemented by
   devices.  Because of this, we added our own implementation sub-tree
   under each module to yang-catalog.yang.  Our implementation sub-tree
   is:

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+--rw implementation* [vendor platform software-version software-flavor]
  +--rw vendor              string
  +--rw platform            string
  +--rw software-version    string
  +--rw software-flavor     string
  +--rw os-version?         string
  +--rw feature-set?        string
  +--rw os-type?            string

   The keys in this sub-tree can be used in the "vendor" sub-tree
   defined below to walk through each vendor, platform, and software
   release to get a full list of supported YANG modules for that
   release.

   The "software-flavor" key leaf identifies a variation of a specific
   version where YANG model support may be different.  Depending on the
   vendor, this could be a license, additional software component, or a
   feature set.

   The other non-key leaves in the implementation sub-tree represent
   optional elements of a software release that some vendors may choose
   to use for informational purposes.

2.7.  Vendor Sub-Tree

   The vendor sub-tree provides a way, especially for module consumers,
   to walk through a specific device and software release to find a list
   of modules supported therein.  This sub-tree turns the
   "implementation" sub-tree on its head to provide an optimized index
   for one wanting to go from a platform to a full list of modules.

   In addition to the module list, the vendor sub-tree lists the YANG-
   based protocols (e.g., NETCONF or RESTCONF) that the platforms
   support.

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+--rw vendor* [name]
    +--rw name         string
    +--rw platforms
    +--rw platform* [name]
          +--rw name                 string
          +--rw software-versions
              +--rw software-version* [name]
                +--rw name                string
                +--rw software-flavors
                    +--rw software-flavor* [name]
                      +--rw name         string
                      +--rw protocols
                      |  +--rw protocol* [name]
                      |     +--rw name                enumeration
                      |     +--rw protocol-version?   string
                      |     +--rw capabilities*       string
                      +--rw modules
                          +--rw module* [name revision]
                            +--rw name        -> ../../../../../../../../../../../modules/module/name
                            +--rw revision    -> ../../../../../../../../../../../modules/module/revision

   This sub-tree structure also enables one to look for YANG modules for
   a class of platforms (e.g., list of modules for Cisco, or list of
   modules for Cisco ASR9000 routers) instead of only being able to look
   for YANG modules for a specific platform and software release.

2.8.  Regex Expression Differences

   Another challenge with using [I-D.openconfig-netmod-model-catalog] as
   the canonical catalog is the regular expression syntax it uses.  The
   Openconfig module uses a POSIX-compliant regular expression syntax
   whereas YANG-based protocol implementations like ConfD [1] expect the
   IETF-chosen W3C syntax.  In order to load the Openconfig catalog in
   such engines, changes to the regular expression syntax had to be
   done, and these one-off changes are not supportable.

3.  YANG Catalog Use Cases

   The YANG Catalog module is currently targeted to address the
   following use cases.

3.1.  YANG Search Metadata

   The yangcatalog.org toolchain provides a service for searching [2]
   for YANG modules based on keywords.  The resulting search data
   currently stores the module and node metadata in a proprietary format
   along with the search index data.  By populating the yang-catalog
   module, this search service can instead pull the metadata from the

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   implementation of the module.  Populating this instance of the yang-
   catalog module will be using an API that is still under development,
   but will ultimately allow SDOs and vendors to provide metadata and
   ensure the search service has the most up-to-date data for all
   available modules.

3.2.  YANG In Images

   By organizing the yang-catalog module so that one can either find all
   implementations for a given module, or find all modules supported by
   a vendor platform and software release, the catalog will provide a
   straight-forward way for one to understand the extent of YANG module
   support in participating vendors' software images.  Eventually a web-
   based graphical interface will be connected to this on
   yangcatalog.org to make it easier for consumers to leverage the
   instance of the yang-catalog module for this use case.

4.  YANG Catalog YANG module

   The structure of the model defined in this document is described by
   the YANG module below.

<CODE BEGINS> file "yang-catalog@2017-07-03.yang"
  module yang-catalog {
   namespace "urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:yang:yang-catalog";
   prefix yc;

   import ietf-yang-library {
     prefix yanglib;
   }

   organization
     "yangcatalog.org";
   contact
     "Benoit Claise <bclaise@cisco.com>

      Joe Clarke <jclarke@cisco.com>";
   description
     "This module contains metadata pertinent to each YANG module, as
      well as a list of vendor implementations for each module.  The
      structure is laid out in such a way as to make it possible to
      locate metadata and vendor implementation on a per-module basis
      as well as obtain a list of available modules for a given
      vendor's platform and specific software release.";

   revision 2017-07-03 {
     description
       "Initial revision.";

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     reference "
       YANG Catalog <https://yangcatalog.org>";
   }

   container catalog {
     description
       "Root container of yang-catalog holding two main branches -
        modules and vendors. The modules sub-tree contains all the modules in
        the catalog and all of their metadata with their implementations.
        The vendor sub-tree holds modules for specific vendors, platforms,
        software-versions, and software-flavors. It contains reference to a
        name and revision of the module in order to reference the module's full
        set of metadata.";
     container modules {
       description
         "Container holding the list of modules";
       uses yanglib:module-list;
     } // end of modules

     container vendors {
       description
         "Container holding lists of organizations that publish YANG modules.";
       list vendor {
         key name;
         description
           "List of organizations publishing YANG modules.";
         leaf name {
           type string;
           description
             "Name of the maintaining organization -- the name should be
              supplied in the official format used by the organization.
              Standards Body examples:
                IETF, IEEE, MEF, ONF, etc.
              Commercial entity examples:
                AT&T, Facebook, <Vendor>
              Name of industry forum examples:
              OpenConfig, OpenDaylight, ON.Lab";
         }
         container platforms {
           description "Container holding list of platforms.";
           list platform {
             key name;
             description
               "List of platforms under specific vendor";
             leaf name {
               type string;
               description
                 "Name of the platform";

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             }
             container software-versions {
               description "Container holding list of versions of software versions.";
               list software-version {
                 key name;
                 description
                   "List of version of software versions under specific vendor, platform.";
                 leaf name {
                   type string;
                   description
                     "Name of the version of software.  With respect to most network device appliances,
                      this will be the operating system version.  But for other YANG module
                      implementation, this would be a version of appliance software.  Ultimately,
                      this should correspond to a version string that will be recognizable by
                      the consumers of the platform.";
                 }
                 container software-flavors {
                   description "Container holding list of software flavors.";
                   list software-flavor {
                     key name;
                     description
                       "List of software flavors under specific vendor, platform, software-version.";
                     leaf name {
                       type string;
                       description
                         "A variation of a specific version where
                          YANG model support may be different.  Depending on the vendor, this could
                          be a license, additional software component, or a feature set.";
                     }
                     container protocols {
                       description
                         "List of the protocols";
                       list protocol {
                         key name;
                         description
                           "YANG-based protocol that is used on the device.  This enumeration will
                            is expected to be augmented to list other protocol names.";
                         leaf name {
                           type enumeration {
                             enum netconf {
                               description
                                 "NETCONF protocol described in RFC 6241";
                             }
                             enum restconf {
                               description
                                 "RESTCONF protocol described in RFC 8040";
                             }
                           }

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                           description
                             "Name of the YANG-based protocol that is supported.";
                         } // end of name
                         leaf protocol-version {
                           type string;
                           description
                             "Version of the specific protocol.";
                         }
                         leaf-list capabilities {
                           type string;
                           description
                             "Listed name of capabilities that are
                              supported by the specific device.";
                         }
                       } // end of protocol
                     } // end of protocols
                     container modules {
                       description
                         "Container holding list of modules.";
                       list module {
                         key "name revision";
                         description
                          "List of references to YANG modules under specific vendor, platform, software-version,
                           software-flavor.  Using these references, the complete set of metadata can be
                           retrieved for each module.";
                         leaf name {
                           type leafref {
                             path "../../../../../../../../../../../modules/module/name";
                           }
                           description
                             "Reference to a name of the module that is contained in specific vendor, platform,
                              software-version, software-flavor.";
                         }
                         leaf revision {
                           type leafref {
                             path "../../../../../../../../../../../modules/module/revision";
                           }
                           description
                             "Reference to a revision of the module that is contained in specific vendor,
                              platform, software-version, software-flavor.";
                         }
                       } // end of list module
                     } // end of container modules
                   } // end of software-flavor
                 } // end of software-flavors
               } // end of software-version
             } // end of software-versions
           } // end of platform

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         } // end of platforms
       } // end of vendor
     } // end of vendors
   } //end of catalog

   augment "/catalog/modules/module" {
     uses module-data;
     container implementations {
       description
         "Container holding lists of per-module implementation details.";
       list implementation{
         key "vendor platform software-version software-flavor";
         description
           "List of module implementations.";
         leaf vendor {
           type string;
           description
             "Organization that created this module.";
         }
         leaf platform {
           type string;
           description
             "Platform on which this module is implemented.";
         }
         leaf software-version {
           type string;
           description
             "Name of the version of software.  With respect to most network device appliances,
              this will be the operating system version.  But for other YANG module
              implementation, this would be a version of appliance software.  Ultimately,
              this should correspond to a version string that will be recognizable by
              the consumers of the platform.";
         }
         leaf software-flavor {
           type string;
           description
             "A variation of a specific version where
              YANG model support may be different.  Depending on the vendor, this could
              be a license, additional software component, or a feature set.";
         }
         leaf os-version {
           type string;
           description
             "Version of the operating system using this module.  This is primarily useful if
              the software implementing the module is an application that requires a specific
              operating system.";
         }
         leaf feature-set {

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           type string;
           description
             "An optional feature of the software that is required in order to implement this
              module.  Some form of this must be incorporated in software-version or
              software-flavor, but can be broken out here for additional clarity.";
         }
         leaf os-type {
           type string;
           description
             "Type of the operating system using this module.  This is primarily useful if
              the software implementing the module is an application that requires a
              specific operating system.";
         }
       }
     }
     description
       "This table augments the per-module metadata set and provides details about
        vendor implementations for each module.";
   }

   grouping module-data {
     leaf document-name {
       type string;
       description
         "The name of the document from which the module was extracted or taken;
          or that provides additional context about the module.";
     }
     leaf author-email {
       type string;
       description
        "Contact email of the author who created this module.";
     }
     leaf compilation-status {
       type enumeration {
         enum PASSED {
           value 0;
           description
             "In case that all compilers were able to compile this YANG module without
             any error/warning.";
         }
         enum PASSED-WITH-WARNINGS {
           value 1;
           description
             "In case that all compilers were able to compile this YANG module without
             any error, but at least one of them caught some warning.";
         }
         enum FAILED {
           value 2;

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           description
             "In case that at least one of compilers found some error while
             compiling this YANG module.";
         }
         enum MISSING {
           value 3;
           description
             "In case that there is not sufficient information about compilation status.";
         }
       }
       description
         "Status of the module, whether it was possible to compile this YANG module or
          there are still some errors/warnings.";
     }
     leaf compilation-result {
       type string;
       description
         "Result of the compilation explaining specifically what error or warning occurred.
          This is not existing if compilation status is PASSED.";
     }
     leaf reference {
       type string;
       description
         "A string that is used to specify a textual cross-reference to an external document, either
          another module that defines related management information, or a document that provides
          additional information relevant to this definition.";
     }
     leaf prefix {
       type string;
       description
         "Statement of yang that is used to define the prefix associated with
          the module and its namespace. The prefix statement's argument is
          the prefix string that is used as a prefix to access a module. The
          prefix string MAY be used to refer to definitions contained in the
          module, e.g., if:ifName.";
     }
     leaf yang-version {
       type string;
       default "1.0";
       description
         "The optional yang-version statement specifies which version of the
          YANG language was used in developing the module. The statement's
          argument is a string. If present, it MUST contain the value 1,
          which is the current YANG version and the default value.";
     }
     leaf organization {
       type string;
       description

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         "This statement defines the party responsible for this
          module.  The argument is a string that is used to specify a textual
          description of the organization(s) under whose auspices this module
          was developed.";
     }
     leaf description {
       type string;
       description
         "This statement takes as an argument a string that
          contains a human-readable textual description of this definition.
          The text is provided in a language (or languages) chosen by the
          module developer; for the sake of interoperability, it is RECOMMENDED
          to choose a language that is widely understood among the community of
          network administrators who will use the module.";
     }
     leaf contact {
       type string;
       description
         "This statement provides contact information for the module.
          The argument is a string that is used to specify contact information
          for the person or persons to whom technical queries concerning this
          module should be sent, such as their name, postal address, telephone
          number, and electronic mail address.";
     }
     leaf module-type {
       type enumeration {
         enum module {
           value 0;
           description "If YANG file contains module.";
         }
         enum submodule {
           value 1;
           description "If YANG file contains sub-module.";
         }
       }
       description "Whether a file contains a YANG module or sub-module.";
     }
     leaf maturity-level {
       type enumeration {
         enum ratified {
           value 0;
           description
             "Maturity of a module that is fully approved (e.g., a standard).";
         }
         enum working-group {
           value 1;
           description
             "Maturity of a module that is actively being developed by a organization towards ratification.";

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         }
         enum individual {
           value 2;
           description
             "Maturity of a module that has been initially created, but has no official
              organization-level status.";
         }
       }
       description
         "The current maturity of the module with respect to the body that created it.
          This allows one to understand where the module is in its overall life cycle.";
     }
     description
       "Grouping of YANG module metadata that extends the common list defined in the YANG
        Module Library (RFC 7895).";
   }
  }
<CODE ENDS>

5.  Security Considerations

   The goal of the YANG Catalog module and yangcatalog.org is to
   document a large library of YANG modules and their implementations.
   Already, we have seen some SDOs hestitant to provide modules that
   have not reached a "ratified" maturity level because of intellectual
   property leakage concerns or simply organization process that
   mandates only fully ratified modules can be published.  Care must be
   paid that through private automated testing and validation of such
   modules that their metadata does not leak before the publishing
   organization approves the release of such data.

   Similarly, from a vendor implementation standpoint, data that is
   exposed to the catalog before the vendor has fully vetted it could
   cause confusion amongst that vendor's customers or reveal product
   releases to the market before they have been officially announced.

   Ultimately, there is a balance to be struck with respect to providing
   a rich library of YANG module metadata, and doing so at the right
   time to avoid information leakage.

6.  IANA Considerations

   No action.

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7.  References

7.1.  Normative References

   [RFC6020]  Bjorklund, M., Ed., "YANG - A Data Modeling Language for
              the Network Configuration Protocol (NETCONF)", RFC 6020,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC6020, October 2010,
              <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc6020>.

   [RFC7895]  Bierman, A., Bjorklund, M., and K. Watsen, "YANG Module
              Library", RFC 7895, DOI 10.17487/RFC7895, June 2016,
              <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7895>.

   [RFC7950]  Bjorklund, M., Ed., "The YANG 1.1 Data Modeling Language",
              RFC 7950, DOI 10.17487/RFC7950, August 2016,
              <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7950>.

7.2.  Informative References

   [I-D.ietf-netmod-revised-datastores]
              Bjorklund, M., Schoenwaelder, J., Shafer, P., Watsen, K.,
              and R. Wilton, "Network Management Datastore
              Architecture", draft-ietf-netmod-revised-datastores-02
              (work in progress), May 2017.

   [I-D.openconfig-netmod-model-catalog]
              Shaikh, A., Shakir, R., and K. D'Souza, "Catalog and
              registry for YANG models", draft-openconfig-netmod-model-
              catalog-02 (work in progress), March 2017.

7.3.  URIs

   [1] https://developer.cisco.com/site/confD/index.gsp

   [2] https://yangcatalog.org/yang-search

Appendix A.  Acknowledgments

   The authors would like to thanks Miroslav Kovac for this help on this
   YANG module and the yangcatalog.org implementation.

   The RFC text was produced using Marshall Rose's xml2rfc tool.

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Appendix B.  Contributors

   Contributors' Addresses

      TBD

Authors' Addresses

   Joe Clarke
   Cisco Systems, Inc.
   7200-12 Kit Creek Rd
   Research Triangle Park, North Carolina
   United States of America

   Phone: +1-919-392-2867
   Email: jclarke@cisco.com

   Benoit Claise
   Cisco Systems, Inc.
   De Kleetlaan 6a b1
   1831 Diegem
   Belgium

   Phone: +32 2 704 5622
   Email: bclaise@cisco.com

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