YANG Schema Item iDentifier (SID)
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Internet Engineering Task Force                        M. Veillette, Ed.
Internet-Draft                                   Trilliant Networks Inc.
Intended status: Standards Track                           A. Pelov, Ed.
Expires: June 4, 2018                                             Acklio
                                                       December 01, 2017

                   YANG Schema Item iDentifier (SID)
                         draft-ietf-core-sid-03

Abstract

   YANG Schema Item iDentifiers (SID) are globally unique 64-bit
   unsigned numbers used to identify YANG items.  This document defines
   the semantics, the registration, and assignment processes of SIDs.
   To enable the implementation of these processes, this document also
   defines a file format used to persist and publish assigned SIDs.

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Table of Contents

   1.  Introduction  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   2
   2.  Terminology and Notation  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   3
   3.  ".sid" file lifecycle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   4
   4.  ".sid" file format  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   7
   5.  Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  11
   6.  IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  11
     6.1.  "SID mega-range" registry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  11
       6.1.1.  IANA SID Mega-Range Registry  . . . . . . . . . . . .  12
       6.1.2.  IANA "RFC SID range assignment" sub-registries  . . .  13
     6.2.  "YANG module assignment" registry . . . . . . . . . . . .  14
   7.  Acknowledgments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  14
   8.  References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  14
     8.1.  Normative References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  14
     8.2.  Informative References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  15
   Appendix A.  ".sid" file example  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  16
   Authors' Addresses  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  25

1.  Introduction

   Some of the items defined in YANG [RFC7950] require the use of a
   unique identifier.  In both NETCONF [RFC6241] and RESTCONF [RFC8040],
   these identifiers are implemented using names.  To allow the
   implementation of data models defined in YANG in constrained devices
   and constrained networks, a more compact method to identify YANG
   items is required.  This compact identifier, called SID, is encoded
   using a 64-bit unsigned integer.  The following items are identified
   using SIDs:

   o  identities

   o  data nodes

   o  RPCs and associated input(s) and output(s)

   o  actions and associated input(s) and output(s)

   o  notifications and associated information

   o  YANG modules, submodules and features

   To minimize their size, SIDs are often represented as a difference
   between the current SID and a reference SID.  Such difference is
   called "delta", shorthand for "delta-encoded SID".  Conversion from

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   SIDs to deltas and back to SIDs is a stateless process.  Each
   protocol implementing deltas must unambiguously define the reference
   SID for each YANG item.

   SIDs are globally unique numbers, a registration system is used in
   order to guarantee their uniqueness.  SIDs are registered in blocks