YANG Schema Item iDentifier (YANG SID)
draft-ietf-core-sid-15

Internet Engineering Task Force                        M. Veillette, Ed.
Internet-Draft                                   Trilliant Networks Inc.
Intended status: Standards Track                           A. Pelov, Ed.
Expires: July 21, 2021                                    I. Petrov, Ed.
                                                                  Acklio
                                                        January 17, 2021

                 YANG Schema Item iDentifier (YANG SID)
                         draft-ietf-core-sid-15

Abstract

   YANG Schema Item iDentifiers (YANG SID) are globally unique 63-bit
   unsigned integers used to identify YANG items.  This document defines
   the semantics, the registration, and assignment processes of YANG
   SIDs.  To enable the implementation of these processes, this document
   also defines a file format used to persist and publish assigned YANG
   SIDs.

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Table of Contents

   1.  Introduction  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   3
   2.  Terminology and Notation  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   4
   3.  ".sid" file lifecycle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   5
   4.  ".sid" file format  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   6
   5.  Content-Types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  12
   6.  Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  12
   7.  IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  13
     7.1.  YANG Namespace Registration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  13
     7.2.  Register ".sid" File Format Module  . . . . . . . . . . .  13
     7.3.  CoAP Content-Formats Registry . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  13
     7.4.  Create new IANA Registry: "YANG SID Mega-Range" registry   14
       7.4.1.  Structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  14
       7.4.2.  Allocation policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  14
         7.4.2.1.  First allocation  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  15
         7.4.2.2.  Consecutive allocations . . . . . . . . . . . . .  15
       7.4.3.  Initial contents of the Registry  . . . . . . . . . .  15
     7.5.  Create a new IANA Registry: IETF YANG SID Range Registry
           (managed by IANA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  15
       7.5.1.  Structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  15
       7.5.2.  Allocation policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  16
       7.5.3.  Initial contents of the registry  . . . . . . . . . .  17
     7.6.  Create new IANA Registry: "IETF YANG SID Registry"  . . .  18
       7.6.1.  Structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  18
       7.6.2.  Allocation policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  18
       7.6.3.  Recursive Allocation of YANG SID Range at Document
               Adoption  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  19
       7.6.4.  Initial contents of the registry  . . . . . . . . . .  20
   8.  Acknowledgments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  21
   9.  References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  21
     9.1.  Normative References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  21
     9.2.  Informative References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  22
   Appendix A.  ".sid" file example  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  23
   Appendix B.  SID auto generation  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  32
   Appendix C.  ".sid" file lifecycle  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  33
     C.1.  ".sid" File Creation  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  33
     C.2.  ".sid" File Update  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  35
   Authors' Addresses  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  36

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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 YANG SID or
   simply SID in this document and when the context is clear, is encoded
   using a 63-bit unsigned integer.  The limitation to 63-bit unsigned
   integers allows SIDs to be manipulated more easily on platforms that
   might otherwise lack native 64-bit unsigned arithmetic.  The loss of
   a single bit of range is not significant given the size of the
   remaining space.

   The following items are identified using SIDs:

   o  identities

   o  data nodes (Note: including those nodes defined by the 'yang-data'
      extension.)

   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

   It is possible that some protocols use only a subset of the assigned
   SIDs, for example, for protocols equivalent to NETCONF [RFC6241] like
   [I-D.ietf-core-comi] the transportation of YANG modules SIDs might be
   unnecessary.  Others protocols might need to be able to transport
   this information, for example protocols related to discovery such as
   Constrained YANG Module Library [I-D.ietf-core-yang-library].

   SIDs are globally unique integers, a registration system is used in
   order to guarantee their uniqueness.  SIDs are registered in blocks
   called "SID ranges".

   Assignment of SIDs to YANG items can be automated.  For more details
   how this could be achieved, please consult Appendix B.

   SIDs are assigned permanently, items introduced by a new revision of
   a YANG module are added to the list of SIDs already assigned.  If the
   meaning of an item changes, for example as a result from a non-

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   backward compatible update of the YANG module, a new SID should be
   assigned to it.

   Section 3 provides more details about the registration process of
   YANG modules and associated SIDs.  To enable the implementation of
   this registry, Section 4 defines a standard file format used to store
   and publish SIDs.

2.  Terminology and Notation

   The key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL NOT",
   "SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED", "NOT RECOMMENDED", "MAY", and
   "OPTIONAL" in this document are to be interpreted as described in BCP
   14 [RFC2119] [RFC8174] when, and only when, they appear in all
   capitals, as shown here.

   The following terms are defined in [RFC7950]:

   o  action

   o  feature

   o  module

   o  notification

   o  RPC

   o  schema node

   o  schema tree

   o  submodule

   The following term is defined in [RFC8040]:

   o  yang-data extension

   This specification also makes use of the following terminology:

   o  item: A schema node, an identity, a module, a submodule or a
      feature defined using the YANG modeling language.

   o  schema-node path: A schema-node path is a string that identifies a
      schema node within the schema tree.  A path consists of the list
      of consecutive schema node identifier(s) separated by slashes
      ("/").  Schema node identifier(s) are always listed from the top-
      level schema node up to the targeted schema node and could contain

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      namespace information. (e.g. "/ietf-system:system-state/clock/
      current-datetime")

   o  Namespace-qualified form - a schema node identifier is prefixed
      with the name of the module in which the schema node is defined,
      separated from the schema node identifier by the colon character
      (":").

   o  YANG Schema Item iDentifier (YANG SID or simply SID): Unsigned
      integer used to identify different YANG items.

3.  ".sid" file lifecycle

   YANG is a language designed to model data accessed using one of the
   compatible protocols (e.g.  NETCONF [RFC6241], RESTCONF [RFC8040] and
   CORECONF [I-D.ietf-core-comi]).  A YANG module defines hierarchies of
   data, including configuration, state data, RPCs, actions and
   notifications.

   Many YANG modules are not created in the context of constrained
   applications.  YANG modules can be implemented using NETCONF
   [RFC6241] or RESTCONF [RFC8040] without the need to assign SIDs.

   As needed, authors of YANG modules can assign SIDs to their YANG
   modules.  In order to do that, they should first obtain a SID range
   from a registry and use that range to assign or generate SIDs to
   items of their YANG module.  The assignments can then be stored in a
   ".sid" file.  For example on how this could be achieved, please refer
   to Appendix C.

   Registration of the ".sid" file associated to a YANG module is
   optional but recommended to promote interoperability between devices
   and to avoid duplicate allocation of SIDs to a single YANG module.
   Different registries might have different requirements for the
   registration and publication of the ".sid" files.  For a diagram of
   one of the possibilities, please refer to the activity diagram on
   Figure 1 in Appendix C.

   Each time a YANG module or one of its imported module(s) or included
   sub-module(s) is updated, a new ".sid" file MAY need to be created.
   All the SIDs present in the previous version of the ".sid" file MUST
   be present in the new version as well.  The creation of this new
   version of the ".sid" file SHOULD be performed using an automated
   tool.

   If a new revision requires more SIDs than initially allocated, a new
   SID range MUST be added to the 'assignment-ranges' as defined in
   Section 4.  These extra SIDs are used for subsequent assignments.

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   For an example of this update process, see activity diagram Figure 2
   in Appendix C.

4.  ".sid" file format

   ".sid" files are used to persist and publish SIDs assigned to the
   different YANG items of a specific YANG module.  It has the following
   structure.

   module: ietf-sid-file
     +--rw module-name?              yang:yang-identifier
     +--rw module-revision?          revision-identifier
     +--rw sid-file-version?         sid-file-version-identifier
     +--rw description?              string
     +--rw dependency-revision* [module-name]
     |  +--rw module-name        yang:yang-identifier
     |  +--rw module-revision    revision-identifier
     +--rw assigment-ranges* [entry-point]
     |  +--rw entry-point    sid
     |  +--rw size           uint64
     +--rw items* [namespace identifier]
        +--rw namespace     enumeration
        +--rw identifier    union
        +--rw sid           sid

   The following YANG module defined the structure of this file,
   encoding is performed using the rules defined in [RFC7951].  It
   references ietf-yang-types defined in [RFC6991] and ietf-restconf
   defined in [RFC8040].

   RFC Ed.: please update the date of the module and Copyright if needed
   and remove this note.

<CODE BEGINS> file "ietf-sid-file@2020-02-05.yang"
module ietf-sid-file {
  yang-version 1.1;
  namespace "urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:yang:ietf-sid-file";
  prefix sid;

  import ietf-yang-types {
    prefix yang;
    reference "RFC 6991: Common YANG Data Types.";
  }
  import ietf-restconf {
    prefix rc;
    reference "RFC 8040: RESTCONF Protocol.";
  }

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  organization
    "IETF Core Working Group";

  contact
    "WG Web:   <http://datatracker.ietf.org/wg/core/>

     WG List:  <mailto:core@ietf.org>

     Editor:   Michel Veillette
               <mailto:michel.veillette@trilliant.com>

     Editor:   Andy Bierman
               <mailto:andy@yumaworks.com>

     Editor:   Alexander Pelov
               <mailto:a@ackl.io>

     Editor:   Ivaylo Petrov
               <mailto:ivaylo@ackl.io>";

  description
    "Copyright (c) 2021 IETF Trust and the persons identified as
     authors of the code.  All rights reserved.

     Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or
     without modification, is permitted pursuant to, and subject to
     the license terms contained in, the Simplified BSD License set
     forth in Section 4.c of the IETF Trust's Legal Provisions
     Relating to IETF Documents
     (https://trustee.ietf.org/license-info).

     This version of this YANG module is part of RFC XXXX
     (https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfcXXXX); see the RFC itself
     for full legal notices.

     The key words 'MUST', 'MUST NOT', 'REQUIRED', 'SHALL', 'SHALL
     NOT', 'SHOULD', 'SHOULD NOT', 'RECOMMENDED', 'NOT RECOMMENDED',
     'MAY', and 'OPTIONAL' in this document are to be interpreted as
     described in BCP 14 (RFC 2119) (RFC 8174) when, and only when,
     they appear in all capitals, as shown here.

     This module defines the structure of the .sid files.

     Each .sid file contains the mapping between the different
     string identifiers defined by a YANG module and a
     corresponding numeric value called YANG SID.";

  revision 2020-02-05 {

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    description
      "Initial revision.";
    reference
      "[I-D.ietf-core-sid] YANG Schema Item iDentifier (YANG SID)";
  }

  typedef revision-identifier {
    type string {
      pattern '\d{4}-\d{2}-\d{2}';
    }
    description
      "Represents a date in YYYY-MM-DD format.";
  }

  typedef sid-file-version-identifier {
    type uint64;
    description
      "Represents the version of a .sid file.";
  }

  typedef sid {
    type uint64 {
      range "0..9223372036854775807";
    }
    description
      "YANG Schema Item iDentifier";
    reference
      "[I-D.ietf-core-sid] YANG Schema Item iDentifier (YANG SID)";
  }

  typedef schema-node-path {
    type string {
      pattern
        '/[a-zA-Z_][a-zA-Z0-9\-_.]*:[a-zA-Z_][a-zA-Z0-9\-_.]*' +
        '(/[a-zA-Z_][a-zA-Z0-9\-_.]*(:[a-zA-Z_][a-zA-Z0-9\-_.]*)?)*';
    }
    description
      "A schema-node path is an absolute YANG schema node identifier as
      defined by the YANG ABNF rule absolute-schema-nodeid, except
      that module names are used instead of prefixes.

      This string additionally follows the following rules:

       o  The leftmost (top-level) data node name is always in the
          namespace-qualified form.
       o  Any subsequent schema node name is in the namespace-qualified form
          if the node is defined in a module other than its parent node, and
          the simple form is used otherwise. No predicates are allowed.";

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    reference
      "RFC 7950, The YANG 1.1 Data Modeling Language;
       Section 6.5: Schema Node Identifier;";
  }

  rc:yang-data sid-file {
      uses sid-file;
  }

  grouping sid-file {
    description "A grouping that contains a YANG container representing the
      file structure of a .sid files.";

    container sid-file {
      description
        "A Wrapper container that together with the rc:yang-data extension
         marks the YANG data structures inside as not being intended to be
         implemented as part of a configuration datastore or as an operational
         state within the server.";
      leaf module-name {
        type yang:yang-identifier;
        description
          "Name of the YANG module associated with this .sid file.";
      }

      leaf module-revision {
        type revision-identifier;
        description
          "Revision of the YANG module associated with this .sid file.
          This leaf is not present if no revision statement is
          defined in the YANG module.";
      }

      leaf sid-file-version {
        type sid-file-version-identifier;
        description
          "Optional leaf that specifies the version number of the .sid file.
          .sid files and the version sequence are specific to a given YANG
          module revision. This number starts at zero when there is a new YANG
          module revision and increases monotonically.  This number can
          distinguish updates to the .sid file which are the result of new
          processing, or the result of reported errata.";
      }

      leaf description {
        type string;
        description
          "Free-form meta information about the generated file. It might

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          include .sid file generation tool and time among other things.";
      }

      list dependency-revision {
        key "module-name";

        description
          "Information about the used revision during the .sid file generation
          of each YANG module that the module in 'module-name' imported.";

        leaf module-name {
          type yang:yang-identifier;
          mandatory true;
          description
            "Name of the YANG module, dependency of 'module-name', for which
            revision information is provided.";
        }
        leaf module-revision {
          type revision-identifier;
          mandatory true;
          description
            "Revision of the YANG module, dependency of 'module-name', for which
            revision information is provided.";
        }
      }

      list assigment-ranges {
        key "entry-point";
        description
          "YANG SID range(s) allocated to the YANG module identified by
          'module-name' and 'module-revision'.

          - The YANG SID range first available value is entry-point and the the
            last available value in the range is (entry-point + size - 1).
          - The YANG SID ranges specified by all assignment-rages MUST NOT
            overlap.";

        leaf entry-point {
          type sid;
          mandatory true;
          description
            "Lowest YANG SID available for assignment.";
        }

        leaf size {
          type uint64;
          mandatory true;
          description

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            "Number of YANG SIDs available for assignment.";
        }
      }

      list items {
        key "namespace identifier";
        description
          "Each entry within this list defined the mapping between
          a YANG item string identifier and a YANG SID. This list MUST
          include a mapping entry for each YANG item defined by
          the YANG module identified by 'module-name' and
          'module-revision'.";

        leaf namespace {
          type enumeration {
            enum module {
              value 0;
              description
                "All module and submodule names share the same
                global module identifier namespace.";
            }
            enum identity {
              value 1;
              description
                "All identity names defined in a module and its
                submodules share the same identity identifier
                namespace.";
            }
            enum feature {
              value 2;
              description
                "All feature names defined in a module and its
                submodules share the same feature identifier
                namespace.";
            }
            enum data {
              value 3;
              description
                "The namespace for all data nodes, as defined in YANG.";
            }
          }
          description
            "Namespace of the YANG item for this mapping entry.";
        }

        leaf identifier {
          type union {
            type yang:yang-identifier;

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            type schema-node-path;
          }
          description
            "String identifier of the YANG item for this mapping entry.

            If the corresponding 'namespace' field is 'module',
            'feature', or 'identity', then this field MUST
            contain a valid YANG identifier string.

            If the corresponding 'namespace' field is 'data',
            then this field MUST contain a valid schema node
            path.";
        }

        leaf sid {
          type sid;
          mandatory true;
          description
            "YANG SID assigned to the YANG item for this mapping entry.";
        }
      }
    }
  }
}
<CODE ENDS>

5.  Content-Types

   The following Content-Type is defined:

   application/yang-data+cbor; id=sid:  This Content-Type represents a
      CBOR YANG document containing one or multiple data node values.
      Each data node is identified by its associated SID.

      FORMAT: CBOR map of SID, instance-value

      The message payload of Content-Type 'application/yang-data+cbor'
      is encoded using a CBOR map.  Each entry within the CBOR map
      contains the data node identifier (i.e.  SID) and the associated
      instance-value.  Instance-values are encoded using the rules
      defined in [I-D.ietf-core-yang-cbor] section 4.

6.  Security Considerations

   This document defines a new type of identifier used to encode data
   models defined in YANG [RFC7950].  As such, this identifier does not
   contribute to any new security issues in addition of those identified
   for the specific protocols or contexts for which it is used.

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7.  IANA Considerations

7.1.  YANG Namespace Registration

   This document registers the following XML namespace URN in the "IETF
   XML Registry", following the format defined in [RFC3688]:

   URI: please assign urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:yang:ietf-sid-file

   Registrant Contact: The IESG.

   XML: N/A, the requested URI is an XML namespace.

   Reference: RFC XXXX

   // RFC Ed.: please replace XXXX with RFC number and remove this note

7.2.  Register ".sid" File Format Module

   This document registers one YANG module in the "YANG Module Names"
   registry [RFC6020]:

   o  name: ietf-sid-file

   o  namespace: urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:yang:ietf-sid-file

   o  prefix: sid

   o  reference: [[THISRFC]]

7.3.  CoAP Content-Formats Registry

   This document adds the following Content-Format to the "CoAP Content-
   Formats", within the "Constrained RESTful Environments (CoRE)
   Parameters" registry.

   +---------------------------------+--------------+------+-----------+
   | Media Type                      | Content      | ID   | Reference |
   |                                 | Coding       |      |           |
   +---------------------------------+--------------+------+-----------+
   | application/yang-data+cbor;     |              | TBD1 | RFC XXXX  |
   | id=sid                          |              |      |           |
   +---------------------------------+--------------+------+-----------+

   // RFC Ed.: replace TBD1 with assigned IDs and remove this note.  //
   RFC Ed.: replace RFC XXXX with this RFC number and remove this note.

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7.4.  Create new IANA Registry: "YANG SID Mega-Range" registry

   The name of this registry is "YANG SID Mega-Range".  This registry is
   used to record the delegation of the management of a block of SIDs to
   third parties (such as SDOs or registrars).

7.4.1.  Structure

   Each entry in this registry must include:

   o  The entry point (first SID) of the registered SID block.

   o  The size of the registered SID block.  The size MUST be one
      million (1 000 000) SIDs.

   o  The contact information of the requesting organization including:

      *  The policy of SID range allocations: Public, Private or Both.

      *  Organization name

      *  URL

   The information associated to the Organization name should not be
   publicly visible in the registry, but should be available.  This
   information includes contact email and phone number and change
   controller email and phone number.

7.4.2.  Allocation policy

   The IANA policy for future additions to this registry is "Expert
   Review" [RFC8126].

   An organization requesting to manage a YANG SID Range (and thus have
   an entry in the YANG SID Mega-Range Registry), must ensure the
   following capacities:

   o  The capacity to manage and operate a YANG SID Range Registry.  A
      YANG SID Range Registry MUST provide the following information for
      all YANG SID Ranges allocated by the Registry:

      *  Entry Point of allocated YANG SID Range

      *  Size of allocated YANG SID Range

      *  Type: Public or Private

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         +  Public Ranges MUST include at least a reference to the YANG
            module and ".sid" files for that YANG SID Range.

         +  Private Ranges MUST be marked as "Private"

   o  A Policy of allocation, which clearly identifies if the YANG SID
      Range allocations would be Private, Public or Both.

   o  Technical capacity to ensure the sustained operation of the
      registry for a period of at least 5 years.  If Private
      Registrations are allowed, the period must be of at least 10
      years.

7.4.2.1.  First allocation

   For a first allocation to be provided, the requesting organization
   must demonstrate a functional registry infrastructure.

7.4.2.2.  Consecutive allocations

   On subsequent allocation request(s), the organization must
   demonstrate the exhaustion of the prior range.  These conditions need
   to be asserted by the assigned expert(s).

   If that extra-allocation is done within 3 years from the last
   allocation, the experts need to discuss this request on the CORE
   working group mailing list and consensus needs to be obtained before
   allocating a new Mega-Range.

7.4.3.  Initial contents of the Registry

   The initial entry in this registry is allocated to IANA:

   +-------------+---------+------------+-------------------+----------+
   | Entry Point | Size    | Allocation | Organization name | URL      |
   +-------------+---------+------------+-------------------+----------+
   | 0           | 1000000 | Public     | IANA              | iana.org |
   +-------------+---------+------------+-------------------+----------+

7.5.  Create a new IANA Registry: IETF YANG SID Range Registry (managed
      by IANA)

7.5.1.  Structure

   Each entry in this registry must include:

   o  The SID range entry point.

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   o  The SID range size.

   o  The YANG module name.

   o  Document reference.

7.5.2.  Allocation policy

   The first million SIDs assigned to IANA is sub-divided as follows:

   o  The range of 0 to 999 (size 1000) is "Reserved" as defined in
      [RFC8126].

   o  The range of 1000 to 59,999 (size 59,000) is reserved for YANG
      modules defined in RFCs.

      *  The IANA policy for additions to this registry is either:

         +  "Expert Review" [RFC8126] in case the ".sid" file comes from
            a YANG module from an existing RFC, or

         +  "RFC Required" [RFC8126] otherwise.

      *  The Expert MUST verify that the YANG module for which this
         allocation is made has an RFC (existing RFC) OR is on track to
         become RFC (early allocation with a request from the WG chairs
         as defined by [RFC7120]).

   o  The range of 60,000 to 99,999 (size 40,000) is reserved for
      experimental YANG modules.  This range MUST NOT be used in
      operational deployments since these SIDs are not globally unique
      which limit their interoperability.  The IANA policy for this
      range is "Experimental use" [RFC8126].

   o  The range of 100,000 to 999,999 (size 900,000) is "Reserved" as
      defined in [RFC8126].

   +-------------+---------+-------------------------------+
   | Entry Point | Size    | IANA policy                   |
   +-------------+---------+-------------------------------+
   | 0           | 1,000   | Reserved                      |
   | 1,000       | 59,000  | Expert Review or RFC Required |
   | 60,000      | 40,000  | Experimental use              |
   | 100,000     | 900,000 | Reserved                      |
   +-------------+---------+-------------------------------+

   The size of the SID range allocated for a YANG module is recommended
   to be a multiple of 50 and to be at least 33% above the current

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   number of YANG items.  This headroom allows assignment within the
   same range of new YANG items introduced by subsequent revisions.  The
   maximum SID range size is 1000.  A larger size may be requested by
   the authors if this recommendation is considered insufficient.  It is
   important to note that an additional SID range can be allocated to an
   existing YANG module if the initial range is exhausted.

   In case a SID range is allocated for an existing RFC through the
   "Expert Review" policy, the Document reference field for the given
   allocation should point to the RFC that the YANG module is defined
   in.

   In case a SID range is required before publishing the RFC due to
   implementations needing stable SID values, early allocation as
   defined in [RFC7120] can be employed.  As specified in section 4.6 of
   [RFC8126], RFCs and by extension documents that are expected to
   become an RFC fulfill the requirement for "Specification Required"
   stated in section 2 of [RFC7120], which allows for the early
   allocation process to be employed.

7.5.3.  Initial contents of the registry

   Initial entries in this registry are as follows:

   +-------+------+---------------------------+------------------------+
   | Entry | Size | Module name               | Document reference     |
   | Point |      |                           |                        |
   +-------+------+---------------------------+------------------------+
   |  1000 |  100 | ietf-coreconf             | [I-D.ietf-core-comi]   |
   |  1100 |   50 | ietf-yang-types           | [RFC6991]              |
   |  1150 |   50 | ietf-inet-types           | [RFC6991]              |
   |  1200 |   50 | iana-crypt-hash           | [RFC7317]              |
   |  1250 |   50 | ietf-netconf-acm          | [RFC8341]              |
   |  1300 |   50 | ietf-sid-file             | RFCXXXX                |
   |  1500 |  100 | ietf-interfaces           | [RFC8343]              |
   |  1600 |  100 | ietf-ip                   | [RFC8344]              |
   |  1700 |  100 | ietf-system               | [RFC7317]              |
   |  1800 |  400 | iana-if-type              | [RFC7224]              |
   |  2400 |   50 | ietf-voucher              | [RFC8366]              |
   |  2450 |   50 | ietf-constrained-voucher  | [I-D.ietf-anima-constr |
   |       |      |                           | ained-voucher]         |
   |  2500 |   50 | ietf-constrained-voucher- | [I-D.ietf-anima-constr |
   |       |      | request                   | ained-voucher]         |
   +-------+------+---------------------------+------------------------+

   // RFC Ed.: replace XXXX with RFC number assigned to this draft.

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   For allocation, RFC publication of the YANG module is required as per
   [RFC8126].  The YANG module must be registered in the "YANG module
   Name" registry according to the rules specified in section 14 of
   [RFC6020].

7.6.  Create new IANA Registry: "IETF YANG SID Registry"

   The name of this registry is "IETF YANG SID Registry".  This registry
   is used to record the allocation of SIDs for individual YANG module
   items.

7.6.1.  Structure

   Each entry in this registry must include:

   o  The YANG module name.  This module name must be present in the
      "Name" column of the "YANG Module Names" registry.

   o  A link to the associated ".yang" file.  This file link must be
      present in the "File" column of the "YANG Module Names" registry.

   o  The link to the ".sid" file which defines the allocation.  The
      ".sid" file is stored by IANA.

   o  The number of actually allocated SIDs in the ".sid" file.

7.6.2.  Allocation policy

   The allocation policy is Expert review.  The Expert MUST ensure that
   the following conditions are met:

   o  The ".sid" file has a valid structure:

      *  The ".sid" file MUST be a valid JSON file following the
         structure of the module defined in RFCXXXX (RFC Ed: replace XXX
         with RFC number assigned to this draft).

   o  The ".sid" file allocates individual SIDs ONLY in the YANG SID
      Ranges for this YANG module (as allocated in the IETF YANG SID
      Range Registry):

      *  All SIDs in this ".sid" file MUST be within the ranges
         allocated to this YANG module in the "IETF YANG SID Range
         Registry".

   o  If another ".sid" file has already allocated SIDs for this YANG
      module (e.g.  for older or newer versions of the YANG module), the
      YANG items are assigned the same SIDs as in the other ".sid" file.

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   o  If there is an older version of the ".sid" file, all allocated
      SIDs from that version are still present in the current version of
      the ".sid" file.

7.6.3.  Recursive Allocation of YANG SID Range at Document Adoption

   Due to the difficulty in changing SID values during IETF document
   processing, it is expected that most documents will ask for SID
   allocations using Early Allocations [RFC7120].  The details of the
   Early Allocation should be included in any Working Group Adoption
   call.  Prior to Working Group Adoption, an internet draft authors can
   use the experimental SID range (as per Section 7.5.2) for their SIDs
   allocations or other values that do not create ambiguity with other
   SID uses (for example they can use a range that comes from a non-IANA
   managed "YANG SID Mega-Range" registry).

   After Working Group Adoption, any modification of a ".sid" file is
   expected to be discussed on the mailing list of the appropriate
   Working Groups.  Specific attention should be paid to implementers'
   opinion after Working Group Last Call if a SID value is to change its
   meaning.  In all cases, a ".sid" file and the SIDs associated with it
   are subject to change before the publication of an internet draft as
   an RFC.

   During the early use of SIDs, many existing, previously published
   YANG modules will not have SID allocations.  For an allocation to be
   useful the included YANG modules may also need to have SID
   allocations made.

   The Expert Reviewer who performs the (Early) Allocation analysis will
   need to go through the list of included YANG modules and perform SID
   allocations for those modules as well.

   o  If the document is a published RFC, then the allocation of SIDs
      for its referenced YANG modules is permanent.  The Expert Reviewer
      provides the generated SID file to IANA for registration.  This
      process may be time consuming during a bootstrap period (there are
      over 100 YANG modules to date, none of which have SID
      allocations), but should quiet down once needed entries are
      allocated.

   o  If the document is an unprocessed Internet-Draft adopted in a WG,
      then an Early Allocation is performed for this document as well.
      Early Allocations require approval by an IESG Area Director.  An
      early allocation which requires additional allocations will list
      the other allocations in it's description, and will be cross-
      posted to the any other working group mailing lists.

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   o  A YANG module which references a module in an document which has
      not yet been adopted by any working group will be unable to
      perform an Early Allocation for that other document until it is
      adopted by a working group.  As described in [RFC7120], an AD
      Sponsored document acts as if it had a working group.  The
      approving AD may also exempt a document from this policy by
      agreeing to AD Sponsor the document.

   At the end of the IETF process all the dependencies of a given module
   for which SIDs are assigned, should also have SIDs assigned.  Those
   dependencies' assignments should be permanent (not Early Allocation).

   A previously SID-allocated YANG module which changes its references
   to include a YANG module for which there is no SID allocation needs
   to repeat the Early Allocation process.

   Early Allocations are made with a one-year period, after which they
   are expired.  [RFC7120] indicates that at most one renewal may be
   made.  For the SID allocation a far more lenient stance is desired.

   1.  An extension of a referencing documents Early Allocation should
       update any referenced Early Allocations to expire no sooner than
       the referencing document.

   2.  The [RFC7120] mechanism allows the IESG to provide a second
       renewal, and such an event may prompt some thought about how the
       collection of documents are being processed.

   This is driven by the very generous size of the SID space and the
   often complex and deep dependencies of YANG modules.  Often a core
   module with many dependencies will undergo extensive review, delaying
   the publication of other documents.

   [RFC7120] also says:

   Note that if a document is submitted for review to the IESG and at
   the time of submission some early allocations are valid (not
   expired), these allocations should not be expired while the document
   is under IESG consideration or waiting in the RFC Editor's queue
   after approval by the IESG.

7.6.4.  Initial contents of the registry

   None.

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8.  Acknowledgments

   The authors would like to thank Andy Bierman, Carsten Bormann,
   Michael Richardson, Abhinav Somaraju, Peter van der Stok, Laurent
   Toutain and Randy Turner for their help during the development of
   this document and their useful comments during the review process.

9.  References

9.1.  Normative References

   [I-D.ietf-core-yang-cbor]
              Veillette, M., Petrov, I., and A. Pelov, "CBOR Encoding of
              Data Modeled with YANG", draft-ietf-core-yang-cbor-13
              (work in progress), July 2020.

   [RFC2119]  Bradner, S., "Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate
              Requirement Levels", BCP 14, RFC 2119,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC2119, March 1997,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc2119>.

   [RFC3688]  Mealling, M., "The IETF XML Registry", BCP 81, RFC 3688,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC3688, January 2004,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc3688>.

   [RFC6991]  Schoenwaelder, J., Ed., "Common YANG Data Types",
              RFC 6991, DOI 10.17487/RFC6991, July 2013,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc6991>.

   [RFC7120]  Cotton, M., "Early IANA Allocation of Standards Track Code
              Points", BCP 100, RFC 7120, DOI 10.17487/RFC7120, January
              2014, <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7120>.

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

   [RFC7951]  Lhotka, L., "JSON Encoding of Data Modeled with YANG",
              RFC 7951, DOI 10.17487/RFC7951, August 2016,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7951>.

   [RFC8040]  Bierman, A., Bjorklund, M., and K. Watsen, "RESTCONF
              Protocol", RFC 8040, DOI 10.17487/RFC8040, January 2017,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8040>.

   [RFC8174]  Leiba, B., "Ambiguity of Uppercase vs Lowercase in RFC
              2119 Key Words", BCP 14, RFC 8174, DOI 10.17487/RFC8174,
              May 2017, <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8174>.

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9.2.  Informative References

   [I-D.ietf-anima-constrained-voucher]
              Richardson, M., Stok, P., and P. Kampanakis, "Constrained
              Voucher Artifacts for Bootstrapping Protocols", draft-
              ietf-anima-constrained-voucher-09 (work in progress),
              November 2020.

   [I-D.ietf-core-comi]
              Veillette, M., Stok, P., Pelov, A., Bierman, A., and I.
              Petrov, "CoAP Management Interface (CORECONF)", draft-
              ietf-core-comi-10 (work in progress), July 2020.

   [I-D.ietf-core-yang-library]
              Veillette, M. and I. Petrov, "Constrained YANG Module
              Library", draft-ietf-core-yang-library-03 (work in
              progress), January 2021.

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

   [RFC6241]  Enns, R., Ed., Bjorklund, M., Ed., Schoenwaelder, J., Ed.,
              and A. Bierman, Ed., "Network Configuration Protocol
              (NETCONF)", RFC 6241, DOI 10.17487/RFC6241, June 2011,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc6241>.

   [RFC7224]  Bjorklund, M., "IANA Interface Type YANG Module",
              RFC 7224, DOI 10.17487/RFC7224, May 2014,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7224>.

   [RFC7317]  Bierman, A. and M. Bjorklund, "A YANG Data Model for
              System Management", RFC 7317, DOI 10.17487/RFC7317, August
              2014, <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7317>.

   [RFC8126]  Cotton, M., Leiba, B., and T. Narten, "Guidelines for
              Writing an IANA Considerations Section in RFCs", BCP 26,
              RFC 8126, DOI 10.17487/RFC8126, June 2017,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8126>.

   [RFC8341]  Bierman, A. and M. Bjorklund, "Network Configuration
              Access Control Model", STD 91, RFC 8341,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC8341, March 2018,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8341>.

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   [RFC8343]  Bjorklund, M., "A YANG Data Model for Interface
              Management", RFC 8343, DOI 10.17487/RFC8343, March 2018,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8343>.

   [RFC8344]  Bjorklund, M., "A YANG Data Model for IP Management",
              RFC 8344, DOI 10.17487/RFC8344, March 2018,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8344>.

   [RFC8366]  Watsen, K., Richardson, M., Pritikin, M., and T. Eckert,
              "A Voucher Artifact for Bootstrapping Protocols",
              RFC 8366, DOI 10.17487/RFC8366, May 2018,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8366>.

Appendix A.  ".sid" file example

   The following ".sid" file (ietf-system@2014-08-06.sid) have been
   generated using the following yang modules:

   o  ietf-system@2014-08-06.yang (defined in [RFC7317])

   o  ietf-yang-types@2013-07-15.yang (defined in [RFC6991])

   o  ietf-inet-types@2013-07-15.yang (defined in [RFC6991])

   o  ietf-netconf-acm@2018-02-14.yang (defined in [RFC8341])

   o  iana-crypt-hash@2014-04-04.yang (defined in [RFC7317])

  {
    "ietf-sid-file:sid-file" : {
      "module-name": "ietf-system",
      "module-revision": "2020-02-05",
      "dependency-revision": [
        {
          "module-name": "ietf-yang-types",
          "module-revision": "2013-07-15.yang"
        },
        {
          "module-name": "ietf-inet-types",
          "module-revision": "2013-07-15.yang"
        },
        {
          "module-name": "ietf-netconf-acm",
          "module-revision": "2018-02-14.yang"
        },
        {
          "module-name": "iana-crypt-hash",
          "module-revision": "2014-04-04.yang"

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        }
      ],
      "description": "Example sid file",
      "assignment-ranges": [
        {
          "entry-point": 1700,
          "size": 100
        }
      ],
      "items": [
        {
          "namespace": "module",
          "identifier": "ietf-system",
          "sid": 1700
        },
        {
          "namespace": "identity",
          "identifier": "authentication-method",
          "sid": 1701
        },
        {
          "namespace": "identity",
          "identifier": "local-users",
          "sid": 1702
        },
        {
          "namespace": "identity",
          "identifier": "radius",
          "sid": 1703
        },
        {
          "namespace": "identity",
          "identifier": "radius-authentication-type",
          "sid": 1704
        },
        {
          "namespace": "identity",
          "identifier": "radius-chap",
          "sid": 1705
        },
        {
          "namespace": "identity",
          "identifier": "radius-pap",
          "sid": 1706
        },
        {
          "namespace": "feature",
          "identifier": "authentication",

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          "sid": 1707
        },
        {
          "namespace": "feature",
          "identifier": "dns-udp-tcp-port",
          "sid": 1708
        },
        {
          "namespace": "feature",
          "identifier": "local-users",
          "sid": 1709
        },
        {
          "namespace": "feature",
          "identifier": "ntp",
          "sid": 1710
        },
        {
          "namespace": "feature",
          "identifier": "ntp-udp-port",
          "sid": 1711
        },
        {
          "namespace": "feature",
          "identifier": "radius",
          "sid": 1712
        },
        {
          "namespace": "feature",
          "identifier": "radius-authentication",
          "sid": 1713
        },
        {
          "namespace": "feature",
          "identifier": "timezone-name",
          "sid": 1714
        },
        {
          "namespace": "data",
          "identifier": "/ietf-system:set-current-datetime",
          "sid": 1715
        },
        {
          "namespace": "data",
          "identifier": "/ietf-system:set-current-datetime/
                        current-datetime",
          "sid": 1716
        },

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        {
          "namespace": "data",
          "identifier": "/ietf-system:system",
          "sid": 1717
        },
        {
          "namespace": "data",
          "identifier": "/ietf-system:system-restart",
          "sid": 1718
        },
        {
          "namespace": "data",
          "identifier": "/ietf-system:system-shutdown",
          "sid": 1719
        },
        {
          "namespace": "data",
          "identifier": "/ietf-system:system-state",
          "sid": 1720
        },
        {
          "namespace": "data",
          "identifier": "/ietf-system:system-state/clock",
          "sid": 1721
        },
        {
          "namespace": "data",
          "identifier": "/ietf-system:system-state/clock/boot-datetime",
          "sid": 1722
        },
        {
          "namespace": "data",
          "identifier": "/ietf-system:system-state/clock/
                        current-datetime",
          "sid": 1723
        },
        {
          "namespace": "data",
          "identifier": "/ietf-system:system-state/platform",
          "sid": 1724
        },
        {
          "namespace": "data",
          "identifier": "/ietf-system:system-state/platform/machine",
          "sid": 1725
        },
        {
          "namespace": "data",

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          "identifier": "/ietf-system:system-state/platform/os-name",
          "sid": 1726
        },
        {
          "namespace": "data",
          "identifier": "/ietf-system:system-state/platform/os-release",
          "sid": 1727
        },
        {
          "namespace": "data",
          "identifier": "/ietf-system:system-state/platform/os-version",
          "sid": 1728
        },
        {
          "namespace": "data",
          "identifier": "/ietf-system:system/authentication",
          "sid": 1729
        },
        {
          "namespace": "data",
          "identifier": "/ietf-system:system/authentication/user",
          "sid": 1730
        },
        {
          "namespace": "data",
          "identifier": "/ietf-system:system/authentication/
                        user-authentication-order",
          "sid": 1731
        },
        {
          "namespace": "data",
          "identifier": "/ietf-system:system/authentication/user/
                        authorized-key",
          "sid": 1732
        },
        {
          "namespace": "data",
          "identifier": "/ietf-system:system/authentication/user/
                        authorized-key/algorithm",
          "sid": 1733
        },
        {
          "namespace": "data",
          "identifier": "/ietf-system:system/authentication/user/
                        authorized-key/key-data",
          "sid": 1734
        },
        {

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          "namespace": "data",
          "identifier": "/ietf-system:system/authentication/user/
                        authorized-key/name",
          "sid": 1735
        },
        {
          "namespace": "data",
          "identifier": "/ietf-system:system/authentication/user/
                        name",
          "sid": 1736
        },
        {
          "namespace": "data",
          "identifier": "/ietf-system:system/authentication/user/
                        password",
          "sid": 1737
        },
        {
          "namespace": "data",
          "identifier": "/ietf-system:system/clock",
          "sid": 1738
        },
        {
          "namespace": "data",
          "identifier": "/ietf-system:system/clock/timezone-name",
          "sid": 1739
        },
        {
          "namespace": "data",
          "identifier": "/ietf-system:system/clock/timezone-utc-offset",
          "sid": 1740
        },
        {
          "namespace": "data",
          "identifier": "/ietf-system:system/contact",
          "sid": 1741
        },
        {
          "namespace": "data",
          "identifier": "/ietf-system:system/dns-resolver",
          "sid": 1742
        },
        {
          "namespace": "data",
          "identifier": "/ietf-system:system/dns-resolver/options",
          "sid": 1743
        },
        {

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          "namespace": "data",
          "identifier": "/ietf-system:system/dns-resolver/options/
                        attempts",
          "sid": 1744
        },
        {
          "namespace": "data",
          "identifier": "/ietf-system:system/dns-resolver/options/
                        timeout",
          "sid": 1745
        },
        {
          "namespace": "data",
          "identifier": "/ietf-system:system/dns-resolver/search",
          "sid": 1746
        },
        {
          "namespace": "data",
          "identifier": "/ietf-system:system/dns-resolver/server",
          "sid": 1747
        },
        {
          "namespace": "data",
          "identifier": "/ietf-system:system/dns-resolver/server/name",
          "sid": 1748
        },
        {
          "namespace": "data",
          "identifier": "/ietf-system:system/dns-resolver/server/
                        udp-and-tcp",
          "sid": 1749
        },
        {
          "namespace": "data",
          "identifier": "/ietf-system:system/dns-resolver/server/
                        udp-and-tcp/address",
          "sid": 1750
        },
        {
          "namespace": "data",
          "identifier": "/ietf-system:system/dns-resolver/server/
                        udp-and-tcp/port",
          "sid": 1751
        },
        {
          "namespace": "data",
          "identifier": "/ietf-system:system/hostname",
          "sid": 1752

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        },
        {
          "namespace": "data",
          "identifier": "/ietf-system:system/location",
          "sid": 1753
        },
        {
          "namespace": "data",
          "identifier": "/ietf-system:system/ntp",
          "sid": 1754
        },
        {
          "namespace": "data",
          "identifier": "/ietf-system:system/ntp/enabled",
          "sid": 1755
        },
        {
          "namespace": "data",
          "identifier": "/ietf-system:system/ntp/server",
          "sid": 1756
        },
        {
          "namespace": "data",
          "identifier": "/ietf-system:system/ntp/server/
                        association-type",
          "sid": 1757
        },
        {
          "namespace": "data",
          "identifier": "/ietf-system:system/ntp/server/iburst",
          "sid": 1758
        },
        {
          "namespace": "data",
          "identifier": "/ietf-system:system/ntp/server/name",
          "sid": 1759
        },
        {
          "namespace": "data",
          "identifier": "/ietf-system:system/ntp/server/prefer",
          "sid": 1760
        },
        {
          "namespace": "data",
          "identifier": "/ietf-system:system/ntp/server/udp",
          "sid": 1761
        },
        {

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          "namespace": "data",
          "identifier": "/ietf-system:system/ntp/server/udp/address",
          "sid": 1762
        },
        {
          "namespace": "data",
          "identifier": "/ietf-system:system/ntp/server/udp/port",
          "sid": 1763
        },
        {
          "namespace": "data",
          "identifier": "/ietf-system:system/radius",
          "sid": 1764
        },
        {
          "namespace": "data",
          "identifier": "/ietf-system:system/radius/options",
          "sid": 1765
        },
        {
          "namespace": "data",
          "identifier": "/ietf-system:system/radius/options/attempts",
          "sid": 1766
        },
        {
          "namespace": "data",
          "identifier": "/ietf-system:system/radius/options/timeout",
          "sid": 1767
        },
        {
          "namespace": "data",
          "identifier": "/ietf-system:system/radius/server",
          "sid": 1768
        },
        {
          "namespace": "data",
          "identifier": "/ietf-system:system/radius/server/
                        authentication-type",
          "sid": 1769
        },
        {
          "namespace": "data",
          "identifier": "/ietf-system:system/radius/server/name",
          "sid": 1770
        },
        {
          "namespace": "data",
          "identifier": "/ietf-system:system/radius/server/udp",

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          "sid": 1771
        },
        {
          "namespace": "data",
          "identifier": "/ietf-system:system/radius/server/udp/
                        address",
          "sid": 1772
        },
        {
          "namespace": "data",
          "identifier": "/ietf-system:system/radius/server/udp/
                        authentication-port",
          "sid": 1773
        },
        {
          "namespace": "data",
          "identifier": "/ietf-system:system/radius/server/udp/
                        shared-secret",
          "sid": 1774
        }
      ]
    }
  }

Appendix B.  SID auto generation

   Assignment of SIDs to YANG items can be automated, the recommended
   process to assign SIDs is as follows:

   1.  A tool extracts the different items defined for a specific YANG
       module.

   2.  The list of items is sorted in alphabetical order, 'namespace' in
       descending order, 'identifier' in ascending order.  The
       'namespace' and 'identifier' formats are described in the YANG
       module 'ietf-sid-file' defined in Section 4.

   3.  SIDs are assigned sequentially from the entry point up to the
       size of the registered SID range.  This approach is recommended
       to minimize the serialization overhead, especially when delta
       between a reference SID and the current SID is used by protocols
       aiming to reduce message size.

   4.  If the number of items exceeds the SID range(s) allocated to a
       YANG module, an extra range is added for subsequent assignments.

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   5.  The "dependency-revision" should reflect the revision numbers of
       each YANG module that the YANG module imports at the moment of
       the generation.

   In case of an update to an existing ".sid" file, an additional step
   is needed that increments the ".sid" file version number.  If there
   was no version number in the previous version of the ".sid" file, 0
   is assumed as the version number of the old version of the ".sid"
   file and the version number is 1 for the new ".sid" file.  Apart from
   that, changes of ".sid" files can also be automated using the same
   method described above, only unassigned YANG items are processed at
   step #3.  Already existing items in the ".sid" file should not be
   given new SIDs.

   Note that ".sid" file versions are specific to a YANG module
   revision.  For each new YANG module or each new revision of an
   existing YANG module, the version number of the initial ".sid" file
   should either be 0 or should not be present.

   Note also that RPC or action "input" and "output" data nodes MUST
   always be assigned SID even if they don't contain data nodes.  The
   reason for this requirement is that other modules can augment the
   given module and those SIDs might be necessary.

Appendix C.  ".sid" file lifecycle

   Before assigning SIDs to their YANG modules, YANG module authors must
   acquire a SID range from a "YANG SID Range Registry".  If the YANG
   module is part of an IETF draft or RFC, the SID range need to be
   acquired from the "IETF YANG SID Range Registry" as defined in
   Section 7.5.  For the other YANG modules, the authors can acquire a
   SID range from any "YANG SID Range Registry" of their choice.

   Once the SID range is acquired, the owner can use it to generate
   ".sid" file/s for his YANG module/s.  It is recommended to leave some
   unallocated SIDs following the allocated range in each ".sid" file in
   order to allow better evolution of the YANG module in the future.
   Generation of ".sid" files should be performed using an automated
   tool.  Note that ".sid" files can only be generated for YANG modules
   and not for submodules.

C.1.  ".sid" File Creation

   The following activity diagram summarizes the creation of a YANG
   module and its associated ".sid" file.

       +---------------+
  O    | Creation of a |

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 -|- ->| YANG module   |
 / \   +---------------+
               |
               V
        /-------------\
       / Standardized  \     yes
       \ YANG module ? /-------------+
        \-------------/              |
               | no                  |
               V                     V
        /-------------\      +---------------+
       / Constrained   \ yes | SID range     |
   +-->\ application ? /---->| registration  |<----------+
   |    \-------------/      +---------------+           |
   |           | no                  |                   |
   |           V                     V                   |
   |   +---------------+     +---------------+           |
   +---| YANG module   |     | SID sub-range |           |
       | update        |     | assignment    |<----------+
       +---------------+     +---------------+           |
                                     |                   |
                                     V                   |
                             +---------------+    +-------------+
                             | ".sid" file   |    | Rework YANG |
                             | generation    |    |    model    |
                             +---------------+    +-------------+
                                     |                   ^
                                     V                   |
                                /----------\  yes        |
                               /  Work in   \ -----------+
                               \  progress  /
                                \----------/
                                     | no
                                     V
                               /-------------\       /-------------\
                              /      RFC      \ no  /     Open      \ no
                              \  publication? /---->\ specification?/---+
                               \-------------/       \-------------/    |
                                      | yes                 | yes       |
                                      |     +---------------+           |
                                      V     V                           V
                              +---------------+                 +---------------+
                              |     IANA      |                 | Third party   |
                              | registration  |                 | registration  |
                              +-------+-------+                 +-------+-------+
                                      |                                 |
                                      +---------------------------------+
                                      V

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                                    [DONE]

                          Figure 1: SID Lifecycle

C.2.  ".sid" File Update

   The following Activity diagram summarizes the update of a YANG module
   and its associated ".sid" file.

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          +---------------+
     O    | Update of the |
    -|- ->| YANG module   |
    / \   | or include(s) |
          | or import(s)  |
          +---------------+
                  |
                  V
              /-------------\
             /  New items    \ yes
             \  created  ?   /------+
              \-------------/       |
                     | no           V
                     |       /-------------\      +----------------+
                     |      /  SID range    \ yes | Extra sub-range|
                     |      \  exhausted ?  /---->| assignment     |
                     |       \-------------/      +----------------+
                     |              | no                  |
                     |              +---------------------+
                     |              |
                     |              V
                     |      +---------------+
                     |      | ".sid" file   |
                     |      | update based  |
                     |      | on previous   |
                     |      | ".sid" file   |
                     |      +---------------+
                     |              |
                     |              V
                     |       /-------------\      +---------------+
                     |      /  Publicly     \ yes | YANG module   |
                     |      \  available ?  /---->| registration  |
                     |       \-------------/      +---------------+
                     |              | no                  |
                     +--------------+---------------------+
                                    |
                                  [DONE]

                   Figure 2: YANG and ".sid" file update

Authors' Addresses

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   Michel Veillette (editor)
   Trilliant Networks Inc.
   610 Rue du Luxembourg
   Granby, Quebec  J2J 2V2
   Canada

   Phone: +14503750556
   Email: michel.veillette@trilliant.com

   Alexander Pelov (editor)
   Acklio
   1137A avenue des Champs Blancs
   Cesson-Sevigne, Bretagne  35510
   France

   Email: a@ackl.io

   Ivaylo Petrov (editor)
   Acklio
   1137A avenue des Champs Blancs
   Cesson-Sevigne, Bretagne  35510
   France

   Email: ivaylo@ackl.io

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