Augmented-by Addition to the YANG Library
draft-ietf-netconf-yang-library-augmentedby-13

NETCONF                                                           Z. Lin
Internet-Draft                                                    Huawei
Updates: 8525 (if approved)                                    B. Claise
Intended status: Standards Track                          Everything OPS
Expires: 22 June 2026                           I. D. Martinez-Casanueva
                                                              Telefonica
                                                        19 December 2025

               Augmented-by Addition to the YANG Library
             draft-ietf-netconf-yang-library-augmentedby-13

Abstract

   This document augments the ietf-yang-library to provide the
   augmented-by list.  It facilitates the process of obtaining all
   dependencies between YANG modules, by querying the network management
   server's YANG library.

Discussion Venues

   This note is to be removed before publishing as an RFC.

   Source for this draft and an issue tracker can be found at
   https://github.com/Zephyre777/draft-lincla-netconf-yang-library-
   augmentation.

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Table of Contents

   1.  Introduction  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   3
     1.1.  Terminology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   4
   2.  Motivation  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   5
   3.  Use Cases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   6
     3.1.  Data Mesh Architecture  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   6
     3.2.  Data Catalog  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   7
   4.  The "ietf-yang-library-augmentedby" YANG module . . . . . . .   8
     4.1.  Data Model Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   9
       4.1.1.  YANG ietf-yang-library-augmentedby Tree View  . . . .   9
       4.1.2.  YANG ietf-yang-library-augmentedby Module . . . . . .   9
     4.2.  Implementation Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  12
       4.2.1.  The scope of augmented-by . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  12
       4.2.2.  An example of YANG module augmented-by result . . . .  12
   5.  Operational Considerations  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  14
   6.  Implementation Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  14
     6.1.  Netopeer2 at IETF119 Hackathon  . . . . . . . . . . . . .  14
     6.2.  Netopeer2 at IETF120 Hackathon  . . . . . . . . . . . . .  14
     6.3.  Libyangpush Find-dependency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  14
     6.4.  Device Implementations  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  14
   7.  Changes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  15
     7.1.  draft-lincla-netconf-yang-library-augmentation: Changes
            from 00 to 01  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  15
     7.2.  draft-lincla-netconf-yang-library-augmentedby version
            00 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  15
     7.3.  draft-lincla-netconf-yang-library-augmentedby: Changes from
            00 to 01 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  15
     7.4.  draft-lincla-netconf-yang-library-augmentedby: Changes from
            01 to 02 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  16
     7.5.  draft-ietf-netconf-yang-library-augmentedby version 00  .  16
     7.6.  draft-ietf-netconf-yang-library-augmentedby: Changes from
            00 to 01 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  16
     7.7.  draft-ietf-netconf-yang-library-augmentedby: Changes from
            01 to 02 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  16
     7.8.  draft-ietf-netconf-yang-library-augmentedby: Changes from
            02 to 03 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  17
     7.9.  draft-ietf-netconf-yang-library-augmentedby: Changes from
            03 to 04 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  17

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     7.10. draft-ietf-netconf-yang-library-augmentedby: Changes from
            04 to 05 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  17
     7.11. draft-ietf-netconf-yang-library-augmentedby: Changes from
            05 to 06 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  17
     7.12. draft-ietf-netconf-yang-library-augmentedby: Changes from
            06 to 07 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  18
     7.13. draft-ietf-netconf-yang-library-augmentedby: Changes from
            07 to 08 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  18
     7.14. draft-ietf-netconf-yang-library-augmentedby: Changes from
            08 to 09 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  18
     7.15. draft-ietf-netconf-yang-library-augmentedby: Changes from
            09 to 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  18
     7.16. draft-ietf-netconf-yang-library-augmentedby: Changes from
            10 to 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  18
     7.17. draft-ietf-netconf-yang-library-augmentedby: Changes from
            12 to 13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  18
   8.  Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  18
   9.  IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  20
   10. References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  20
     10.1.  Normative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  20
     10.2.  Informative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  21
   Appendix A.  Full Tree View of ietf-yang-library  . . . . . . . .  23
   Appendix B.  YANG module validation with yanglint . . . . . . . .  24
     B.1.  An ietf-yang-library yang-library data XML example  . . .  25
   Acknowledgments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  26
   Authors' Addresses  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  26

1.  Introduction

   The YANG library [RFC8525] provides information about the data model
   supported by the server.  This is presented as an inventory of YANG
   modules.  It helps a client with listing all datastores supported by
   a network management server and the schema that is used by each of
   these datastores.

   According to Section 4.2.8 and 5.6.3 in [RFC7950], augment defines
   additional nodes to the module while deviations change (add, modify,
   delete) properties (sub-statements) to other module's schema nodes.
   They provide crucial information about the YANG data model
   composition, and is referred to as reverse dependency in this
   document: this means the behavior of a schema node depends on
   external modifications, creating flow backward from the augmenting/
   deviation module to the base module.

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   Currently, it is difficult to obtain the YANG schema tree (defined in
   Section 3 in [RFC7950]) without obtaining and parsing all the YANG
   modules from a management server.  The deviation list defined in YANG
   library enables client to obtain the module reverse dependency
   without having to get and parse all YANG modules.  However, the
   augmentation list is not defined in it.

   Since both augmentation and deviation work as YANG module
   dependencies, it is reasonable to document them the same way in the
   YANG library.  Having both augmentation and deviation directly
   available in the YANG library provides an easy and light-weight
   solution for determining the reverse dependencies.

   Therefore, this document proposes a YANG module that augments the
   YANG library to include the YANG module augmentation information.

   One specific limitation with the implementation of this augmented-by
   YANG module specification is, the modules and the augmented-by
   modules require now to be listed in the same module-set.  Note that a
   similar restriction already applies for the YANG deviations.

1.1.  Terminology

   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 terminology from [RFC8525] is used in this document

   The term "client" is used as defined in [RFC6241] for NETCONF and
   [RFC8040] for RESTCONF.

   The term "YANG schema tree" is used as defined in the terminology in
   [RFC7950]

   The term 'NMDA' which is defined as the title of [RFC8342] is used in
   this document.

   Tree diagrams in this document use the notation defined in [RFC8340]
   .

   This document defines the following term:

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   *  Reverse Dependency: is the dependency YANG modules that provide
      external modification to the behavior of a base YANG module, by
      inserting additional nodes (augment) or deviating existing nodes
      (deviation).

2.  Motivation

   When using YANG modules, it is necessary to make sure that all its
   dependencies are present.  [RFC7950] identifies four types of
   dependencies between YANG modules:

   *  Import: the "import" statement allows a module or submodule to
      reference definitions defined in other modules.

   *  Include: the "include" statement is used in a module to identify
      each submodule that belongs to it.

   *  Augment: the augmentation defines the location in the data model
      hierarchy where additional nodes are inserted.

   *  Deviation: the "deviation" statement defines a fragment of a
      module that the server does not implement.

   The import and include are direct dependencies which can be obtained
   by parsing the YANG module source code, while the augmentation and
   deviation are reverse dependencies which are defined in another
   module.

   For the reverse dependencies, since they are defined externally, it
   is not possible to discover them by parsing the YANG module.  The
   current way to discover the reverse dependencies is to query all YANG
   modules from the server and parse them.  This is a lengthy process,
   which must be repeated for each client that requires this
   information.

   According to the definition of the module ietf-yang-library defined
   in [RFC8525], the "deviation" list describes that a module is
   deviated by which other modules.  Since deviations and augmentations
   work similarly, if the YANG library could directly report all reverse
   dependencies, including augmentations, it would provide a much easier
   and light-weight solution to find module all dependencies, compared
   to obtaining and parsing all modules.  In addition, to avoid causing
   problems in devices, for instance, falsely referring to modules in
   the wrong module-set, this document requires that the base modules
   and the augmentations be listed in the same module-set.

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   The YANG library only provides the deviation list, without
   augmentations.  With augmentations being more widely used and
   defined, and with use cases to automate network management,
   augmentations become essential information for clients to better
   understand the network management server module relationships.  Thus,
   the YANG library should be extended to also provide the augmentation
   information.

3.  Use Cases

3.1.  Data Mesh Architecture

   As the demand for YANG-based telemetry [RFC8641] arises, there is a
   need for real-time knowledge of a specific YANG module's dependency
   list when a specific YANG-Push notification for a given subscription
   is received.

   Some YANG-Push receivers will collect the information in advance of
   the telemetry collection, storing the entire module set for every
   single server who could be streaming data.  However, this approach is
   not always practical in case of Configured Subscriptions [RFC8639]
   where the YANG-Push receiver is not configuring the subscriptions
   itself and in case of UDP transport [I-D.ietf-netconf-udp-notif].
   See figure 1 in An Architecture for YANG-Push to Message Broker
   Integration [I-D.ietf-nmop-yang-message-broker-integration] for more
   details.

   This architecture relies on the information of YANG dependencies in
   this specification to solve the problem of missing YANG semantics
   when notifications are transformed or indexed in Time Series
   Database.

   Prior to the implementation of this specification, the method used
   for obtaining modules and finding module dependencies is to retrieve
   the full set of supported YANG modules from the network device,
   triggered by parsing the <subscription-started> message for each new
   YANG-Push subscription, because the YANG-push receiver would not know
   which YANG-Push publisher sends the subscribed YANG content until the
   first notification is received.

   By using the provided the augmentedby information in this
   specification, the YANG-Push receiver can directly obtain the YANG
   reverse dependencies for the specific YANG module(s) in the
   subscription by querying the server, saving collection and processing
   time at the YANG-Push receiver, by querying dependencies only for the
   required modules, and therefore helping with the real-time aspects of
   network observability.

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   Following is an example YANG-Push message of this use case received
   from within a subscription to YANG module ietf-interfaces:

     "datastore-contents": {
       "ietf-interfaces:interfaces": [
       {
         "interface": {
           "name": "eth0",
           "type": "iana-if-type:ethernetCsmacd",
           "oper-status": "up",
           "speed": "1000000",
           "ietf-ip:ipv4": {
             "enabled": true,
             "forwarding": true
           }
         }
       }
       ]
     }

   To correctly interpret the semantics of this message, both the ietf-
   interfaces and ietf-ip YANG modules are required.  Knowing only that
   the subscribed YANG module is ietf-interfaces is therefore
   insufficient, but that is currently the only dependency information
   exposed by the subscription information.  In this case, a lightweight
   mechanism is needed to discover all relevant dependency modules,
   especially reverse dependencies (refer to ietf-ip in this example) so
   that every YANG module referenced in the pushed data can be reliably
   identified.

3.2.  Data Catalog

   Finding the YANG modules implemented by a network management server
   is paramount for configuring and monitoring the status of a network.
   However, since the inception of YANG the network industry has
   experienced a tsunami of YANG modules developed by SDOs, open-source
   communities, and network vendors.  This heterogeneity of YANG
   modules, that vary from one network device model to another, makes
   the management of a multi-vendor network a big challenge for
   operators.  [Martinez-Casanueva2023]

   In this regard, a data catalog provides a registry of the datasets
   exposed by remote data sources for consumers to discover data of
   interest.  Besides the location of the dataset (i.e., the data
   source), the data catalog registers additional metadata such as the
   data model (or schema) followed in the dataset or even related terms
   defined in a business glossary.

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   Data catalog solutions typically implement collectors that ingest
   metadata from the data sources themselves and external metadata
   sources.  For example, a Kafka Schema Registry is a metadata source
   that provides metadata about the data models followed by some data
   stored in a Kafka topic.

   In this sense, a YANG-enabled network device can be considered as
   another kind of data source, which the Data Catalog can pull metadata
   from.  For instance, the data catalog can include a connector that
   fetches metadata about the YANG modules implemented by the network
   device.  Combining this metadata with other such as the business
   concept "interface", would enable data consumers to discover which
   datasets related to the concept "interface" are exposed by the
   network device.

   Network devices that implement YANG library expose metadata about
   which YANG modules are implemented, and which are only imported.
   However, what a data consumer needs at the end are the YANG modules
   implemented by the device, hence, the combination of implemented YANG
   modules with other YANG modules that might deviate or augment the
   formers.

   Coming back to the example of datasets related to the "interface"
   concept, say we have a network device that implements the ietf-
   interfaces module [RFC8343] and the ietf-ip module [RFC8344], where
   the latter augments the former.  For a data catalog to collect this
   metadata, a connector would retrieve YANG library data from the
   target device.  However, the current version of YANG library would
   not satisfy the use case as it would tell that the device implements
   both ietf-interfaces and ietf-ip modules, but will miss the augment
   dependency between them.

   The current workaround is in combination with the YANG library data
   to additionally obtain both YANG modules and process them to discover
   that there is an augment dependency.  This adds extra burden on the
   connector, which is forced to combine multiple metadata collection
   mechanisms.  This process could be softened by extending YANG library
   to also capture augment dependencies, similarly to deviation
   dependencies.

4.  The "ietf-yang-library-augmentedby" YANG module

   This YANG module augments the ietf-yang-library module by adding the
   augmented-by leaf-list in the "yang-library/module-set" and "yang-
   library/modules-state".  The name of list "augmented-by" indicates by
   which modules that the current module is being directly augmented.

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   The "yang-library/module-state" is augmented despite its "deprecated"
   state to cope with the situation when container "modules-state" is
   used for compatibility reason with ietf-yang-library defined in
   [RFC7895].  Both the NMDA[RFC8342] and non-NMDA compliant additions
   are defined in the same YANG module for simplicity for users and
   implementors.

   For the scope of "augmented-by", this draft only considers the direct
   augmentation relationship.  The recursive result of augmentation or
   transitive dependency for module specified along the XPath, is out of
   the scope of this draft.  Section 4.2 has given the implementation
   instructions.

4.1.  Data Model Overview

4.1.1.  YANG ietf-yang-library-augmentedby Tree View

   The following is the YANG tree diagram for model ietf-yang-library-
   augmentedby.

   module: ietf-yang-library-augmentedby

     augment /yanglib:yang-library/yanglib:module-set/yanglib:module:
       +--ro augmented-by*   -> ../../yanglib:module/name
     augment /yanglib:modules-state/yanglib:module:
       +--ro augmented-by*   -> ../../yanglib:module/name

4.1.2.  YANG ietf-yang-library-augmentedby Module

   This YANG modules imports and augments the modules ietf-yang-library
   [RFC8525].

   <CODE BEGINS> file "ietf-yang-library-augmentedby@2025-05-28.yang"
   module ietf-yang-library-augmentedby {
     yang-version 1.1;
     namespace
       "urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:yang:ietf-yang-library-augmentedby";
     prefix yanglib-aug;

     import ietf-yang-library {
       prefix yanglib;
       reference
         "RFC 8525: YANG Library";
     }

     organization
       "IETF NETCONF (Network Configuration) Working Group";
     contact

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       "WG Web:   <https://datatracker.ietf.org/wg/netconf/>
        WG List:  <mailto:netconf@ietf.org>

        Authors:   Zhuoyao Lin
                  <mailto:zhuoyao.lin1@huawei-partners.com>
                  Benoit Claise
                  <mailto:benoit@everything-ops.net>
                  Ignacio Dominguez Martinez-Casanueva
                  <matilto:ignacio.dominguezmartinez@telefonica.com>";
     description
       "This module augments the ietf-yang-library defined in
        [RFC8525] to provide not only the deviation list, but also
        the augmented-by list, in order to give sufficient
        information about the YANG modules reverse dependency. It
        facilitates the process of obtaining the entire
        dependencies of YANG module.

        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.

        Copyright (c) 2025 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 Revised 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; see the
        RFC itself for full legal notices.  ";

     revision 2025-05-28 {
       description
         "Initial revision.";
       reference
         "RFC XXXX: Augmented-by Addition to the YANG Library";
     }

     grouping augmented-by {
       description
         "Augment the augmented-by leaf-list from module info with the
          module-augmented-by grouping";
       leaf-list augmented-by {

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         type leafref {
           path "../../yanglib:module/yanglib:name";
         }
         description
           "Leaf-list of the augmentation used by this server to
            modify the conformance of the module associated with
            this entry.  Note that the same module can be used for
            augmented-by for multiple modules, so the same
            entry MAY appear within multiple 'module' entries.

            This reference MUST NOT (directly or indirectly)
            refer to the module being augmented.

            Robust clients may want to make sure that they handle a
            situation where a module augments itself (directly or
            indirectly) gracefully.";
       }
     }

     augment "/yanglib:yang-library/yanglib:module-set/yanglib:module" {
       description
         "Augments the augmented-by leaf-list from module info with the
          augmented-by grouping.

          The 'augmented-by' leaf-list should only consider those YANG
          modules that directly augment the YANG module associated
          with this entry, and the augmenting and augmented modules
          must be defined in the same module-set.

          The 'directly augment' is identified by the relationship
          between the augment module and the target node's parent
          module that it augments to. Only the direct parent module
          of the target node is augmented, and the rest of the parent
          modules defined in the schema tree are only indirect
          dependencies but not augmented modules. (Refer to
          'Target node' definition in Section 7.17 of RFC7950)
         ";
       uses augmented-by;
     }

     augment "/yanglib:modules-state/yanglib:module" {
       status deprecated;
       description
         "Augments the augmented-by leaf-list from module info with the
          augmented-by grouping.

          The 'augmented-by' leaf-list should only consider those YANG
          modules that directly augment the YANG module associated

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          with this entry, and the augmenting and augmented modules
          must be defined in the same module-set.

          The 'directly augment' is identified by the relationship
          between the augment module and the target node's parent
          module that it augments to. Only the direct parent module
          of the target node is augmented, and the rest of the parent
          modules defined in the schema tree are only indirect
          dependencies but not augmented modules. (Refer to
          'Target node' definition in Section 7.17 of RFC7950)
         ";
       uses augmented-by;
     }
   }
   <CODE ENDS>

4.2.  Implementation Instructions

4.2.1.  The scope of augmented-by

   This section explains the scope of augmented-by.

   The "augmented-by" leaf-list should only consider those YANG modules
   that directly augment the YANG module in question in the ietf-yang-
   library, and the augmenting and augmented modules must be defined in
   the same module-set.

   The "direct augment" is identified by the relationship between the
   augment module and the target node's parent module that it augments
   to.  Only the direct parent module of the target node is augmented,
   and the rest of the parent modules defined in the schema tree are
   only indirect dependencies but not augmented modules.  (Refer to
   "Target node" definition in Section 7.17 of [RFC7950])

   In the case when a YANG application requires recursive dependency or
   specific schema tree dependency, the search logic should be
   implemented by the application itself.

   A YANG example with the expected augmented-by result is provided in
   Section 4.2.2.

4.2.2.  An example of YANG module augmented-by result

   This section provides a module-set to explain the definition of
   "direct augment" stated in Section 4.2.1.

   There are Modules A, B, C, which have the following relationships:

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   *  Module A is the base module with container "foo-a"

   *  Module B augments "/a:foo-a" with container "foo-b"

   *  Module C augments "/a:foo-a/b:foo-b" with leaf "leaf-c"

   In this example, while the XPath that Module C augments to contains
   container "foo-a" defined in Module A, the actual target node it
   directly augments to is "foo-b" in Module B.  Therefore, Module C is
   not an augmentation for Module A and does not appear in the
   "augmented-by" leaf-list of Module A.  Only Module B, which is
   directly augmenting to "foo-a", is an "augmented-by" for Module A.

   The augmented-by XML result for Modules A, B and C is the following:

   <CODE BEGINS>
   file "example_augmentedby_result.xml"
   <yang-library xmlns="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:yang:ietf-yang-library">
     <content-id>1</content-id>
     <module-set>
       <name>module-set1</name>
       <module>
         <name>a-module</name>
         <revision>2025-06-18</revision>
         <namespace>urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:yang:a-module</namespace>
         <augmented-by
         xmlns="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:yang:
         ietf-yang-library-augmentedby">b-module</augmented-by>
       </module>
       <module>
         <name>b-module</name>
         <revision>2025-06-18</revision>
         <namespace>urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:yang:b-module</namespace>
         <augmented-by
         xmlns="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:yang:
         ietf-yang-library-augmentedby">c-module</augmented-by>
       </module>
       <module>
         <name>c-module</name>
         <revision>2025-06-18</revision>
         <namespace>urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:yang:c-module</namespace>
       </module>
     </module-set>
   </yang-library>
   <modules-state xmlns="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:yang:ietf-yang-library">
     <module-set-id>0</module-set-id>
   </modules-state>
   <CODE ENDS>

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5.  Operational Considerations

   With the implementation of augmented-by, the modules and the
   augmented-by modules require now to be listed in the same module-set.

6.  Implementation Status

   Note to the RFC-Editor: Please remove this section before publishing.

6.1.  Netopeer2 at IETF119 Hackathon

   Zhuoyao Lin did the prototype implementation of the augmented-by list
   feature of this draft and demonstrated it based on Netopeer2 in IETF
   119 Hackathon.

   Netopeer2 is a NETCONF server & client implementation developed by
   CESNET.  Source code is here: [NTP17].  The actual feature is
   implemented by extending the libyang [LY16] and sysrepo [SR16] which
   are the base libraries for Netopeer2 to support populating the
   augmented-by list.

6.2.  Netopeer2 at IETF120 Hackathon

   Zhuoyao Lin did a docker image of netopeer2 that integrates the
   augmented-by feauture in sysrepo and libyang.  The result is
   presented at IETF 120 hackathon.

   The source code can be obtained here: [NP24]

6.3.  Libyangpush Find-dependency

   Zhuoyao Lin did an implementation of find-dependency based on the
   ietf-yang-library with augmented-by feature in the YANG-Push message
   parser library libyangpush.  The result is presented in IETF 120
   hackathon.

   The source code can be obtained here: [NP24]

6.4.  Device Implementations

   This section introduced the device implementations status [NA25] of
   this document from vendors like Huawei, Cisco, 6Wind.

   The list of Router Images supporting (upcoming and already
   implemented) the ietf-yang-library-augmentedby YANG module proposed
   in this document is following:

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   *  Huawei VRP R025C00 for NE8000 and NE40 (2025-10-15).
      https://support.huawei.com/

   *  Cisco IOS XR 25.3.1 (2025-08-31). https://software.cisco.com/

   *  Huawei VRP R024C10 for MA5800T-X17 (2025-06-30).
      https://support.huawei.com/

   *  6WIND VSR 3.10. https://www.6wind.com/

7.  Changes

   Note to the RFC-Editor: Please remove this section before publishing.

7.1.  draft-lincla-netconf-yang-library-augmentation: Changes from 00 to
      01

   The list name has been updated from "augmentation" to "augmented-by",
   in order to represent the usage clearly.

   The leafref has been changed from absolute path "/yanglib:yang-
   libraray/yanglib:module-set/yanglib:module/yanglib:name" to relative
   path "../../yanglib:module/yanglib:name".  The YANG validation in the
   appendix B shows that this path can work as expected.

   Section 5 Implementation and section 6 Changes has been added.

7.2.  draft-lincla-netconf-yang-library-augmentedby version 00

   Updated the Use case content in Section 3.1.  Add explanation: the
   scope of use case "Data Mesh Architecture" is limited to configured
   subscription.

   Updated Implementation status content.

7.3.  draft-lincla-netconf-yang-library-augmentedby: Changes from 00 to
      01

   Updated affiliations

   Update content of Section 3.1 Data Mesh use case.  Explain the
   limitation of applying get-all-schemas solution under the background
   of using UDP-notif of configured subscription, and how the feature
   proposed in the draft can improve the solution.

   Full review of document.  Nits and refinement of sections.

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7.4.  draft-lincla-netconf-yang-library-augmentedby: Changes from 01 to
      02

   Rewrite Section 2 Motivation.

   Update Section 6 Changes's subsection title.

   Update the Section 7 security consideration and section 8 IANA
   Considerations.

   Added in the appendix the Impact Analysis of ietf-yang-library and
   proposal for the RFC8525bis draft.

7.5.  draft-ietf-netconf-yang-library-augmentedby version 00

   Resubmitted the draft name from:

   draft-lincla-netconf-yang-library-augmentedby-02

   to:

   draft-ietf-netconf-yang-library-augmentedby-00

7.6.  draft-ietf-netconf-yang-library-augmentedby: Changes from 00 to 01

   Correct the yanglint validation invalid example.

   Updated the explaination to the yanglint validation example
   principle.

   Delete Section "ietf-yang-library Impact Analysis, as an evaluation
   for RFC8525bis".  The idea of updating the RFC8525 is paused.

7.7.  draft-ietf-netconf-yang-library-augmentedby: Changes from 01 to 02

   Update and rephrase the Introduction section.

   Add Section 4.2 Implementation Instructions.  Address in
   Section 4.2.1 that the definition of "augmented-by" only consider the
   direct augment.  A YANG example for explaining this purpose has been
   put into Section 4.2.2.

   Draft refinement.

   Reference update.

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7.8.  draft-ietf-netconf-yang-library-augmentedby: Changes from 02 to 03

   Merge review comment from Thomas.

7.9.  draft-ietf-netconf-yang-library-augmentedby: Changes from 03 to 04

   Update module content ietf-yang-library-augmentedby: Organise the
   augmentation content to grouping; Add augmentation to modules-state
   container.

   Appendix B is deleted.

7.10.  draft-ietf-netconf-yang-library-augmentedby: Changes from 04 to
       05

   Update ietf-yang-library-augmentedby module revision.

7.11.  draft-ietf-netconf-yang-library-augmentedby: Changes from 05 to
       06

   Merged Jean, Thomas and Alex's editorial feedback.

   Merged Andy's review.

   Changed contents are listed following:

   *  Section 1: Rewrite introduction.  Added definition for 'reverse
      dependency'.  Avoid possible misleading expression about reverse
      dependency and external dependency.

   *  Section 2: Editorial Changes.

   *  Section 3: Merged editorial feedback from Alex, mainly for
      Section 3.1.

   *  Section 4: Move the full tree diagram to appendix A; Correct the
      YANG file date; Update the description statement in YANG module to
      provide implementation instructions information; Improve the text
      of implementation instruction and the direct augment example.

   *  Appendix: For Appendix A: The ietf-yang-library full tree view has
      been moved to Appendix A.  For Appendix B: The yanglint validation
      example has been moved from Appendix A to Appendix B.  The invalid
      yanglint example has been removed.  Set up texted has been added
      before the validation example.

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7.12.  draft-ietf-netconf-yang-library-augmentedby: Changes from 06 to
       07

   Change the reference in IANA Consideration to 'RFC-to-be'.

7.13.  draft-ietf-netconf-yang-library-augmentedby: Changes from 07 to
       08

   Merged Per's review and comments.

7.14.  draft-ietf-netconf-yang-library-augmentedby: Changes from 08 to
       09

   Updated YANG module's line length and spacing.  Corrected the
   "author" to "authors".

   Corrected typo.

   Added section 5 Operational Considerations to explain that the base
   and augmentedby modules should be in the same module-set.

7.15.  draft-ietf-netconf-yang-library-augmentedby: Changes from 09 to
       10

   Corrected the typo of 'requires'.

   Moved RFC8525 reference to Nomative References section.

7.16.  draft-ietf-netconf-yang-library-augmentedby: Changes from 10 to
       11

   Mentioned in the title that this document updates RFC8525.

7.17.  draft-ietf-netconf-yang-library-augmentedby: Changes from 12 to
       13

   Updated draft according to the AD review.

8.  Security Considerations

   This section follows the guidelines in Section 3.7 of
   [I-D.ietf-netmod-rfc8407bis].

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   The "ietf-yang-library-augmentedby" YANG module defines a data model
   that is designed to be accessed via YANG-based management protocols,
   such as NETCONF [RFC6241] and RESTCONF [RFC8040].  These YANG-based
   management protocols require the use of a secure transport layer
   (e.g., SSH [RFC4252], TLS [RFC8446], and QUIC [RFC9000]) and require
   mutual authentication.

   The Network Configuration Access Control Model (NACM) [RFC8341]
   provides a means to restrict access for particular NETCONF or
   RESTCONF users to a preconfigured subset of all available NETCONF or
   RESTCONF protocol operations and content.

   There are no writable ("config true") data nodes defined in this YANG
   module.

   This YANG module defines only readable ("config false") data nodes.
   Some of these readable data nodes may be considered sensitive or
   vulnerable in some network environments.  It is important to control
   read access (e.g., via get, get-config, or notification) to these
   data nodes.

   Specifically, the following readable data nodes contain potentially
   sensitive information:

   *  /yang-library/module-set/module/augmented-by

   *  /modules-state/module/augmented-by (modules-state is deprecated)

   These nodes expose the augmentation relationships among modules
   implemented by a server.  Unauthorized read access could help an
   attacker identify implementation structure, optional features, or
   software components present on a server, which might then be used to
   target known platform vulnerabilities.  Therefore, access control
   policies SHOULD restrict read access to authorized users only.

   There are no RPCs or action operations defined in this module.
   Therefore, there are no particularly sensitive RPC or action
   operations.

   This module uses groupings from the YANG Library defined in
   [RFC8525].  The reusable groupings originate from a module that
   contains readable schema information.  Readers should refer to the
   Security Considerations section of [RFC8525] for additional
   information about the sensitivity of schema-related information.

   Other than the considerations described above, this module does not
   introduce additional security risks beyond those described in the
   referenced RFCs.

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9.  IANA Considerations

   This document registers one URI in the "IETF XML Registry" [RFC3688].
   Following the format in [RFC3688], the following registration has
   been made.

   URI: urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:yang:ietf-yang-library-augmentedby

   Registration Contact: The IESG.

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

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

   Name: ietf-yang-library-augmentedby

   Namespace: urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:yang:ietf-yang-library-augmentedby

   Prefix: yanglib-aug

   Reference: RFC-to-be

   Maintained by IANA: N

10.  References

10.1.  Normative References

   [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>.

   [RFC4252]  Ylonen, T. and C. Lonvick, Ed., "The Secure Shell (SSH)
              Authentication Protocol", RFC 4252, DOI 10.17487/RFC4252,
              January 2006, <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc4252>.

   [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>.

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   [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>.

   [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>.

   [RFC8340]  Bjorklund, M. and L. Berger, Ed., "YANG Tree Diagrams",
              BCP 215, RFC 8340, DOI 10.17487/RFC8340, March 2018,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8340>.

   [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>.

   [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>.

   [RFC8446]  Rescorla, E., "The Transport Layer Security (TLS) Protocol
              Version 1.3", RFC 8446, DOI 10.17487/RFC8446, August 2018,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8446>.

   [RFC8525]  Bierman, A., Bjorklund, M., Schoenwaelder, J., Watsen, K.,
              and R. Wilton, "YANG Library", RFC 8525,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC8525, March 2019,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8525>.

   [RFC9000]  Iyengar, J., Ed. and M. Thomson, Ed., "QUIC: A UDP-Based
              Multiplexed and Secure Transport", RFC 9000,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC9000, May 2021,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc9000>.

10.2.  Informative References

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   [I-D.ietf-netconf-udp-notif]
              Feng, A. H., Francois, P., Zhou, T., Graf, T., and P.
              Lucente, "UDP-based Transport for Configured
              Subscriptions", Work in Progress, Internet-Draft, draft-
              ietf-netconf-udp-notif-24, 20 November 2025,
              <https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/draft-ietf-netconf-
              udp-notif-24>.

   [I-D.ietf-netmod-rfc8407bis]
              Bierman, A., Boucadair, M., and Q. Wu, "Guidelines for
              Authors and Reviewers of Documents Containing YANG Data
              Models", Work in Progress, Internet-Draft, draft-ietf-
              netmod-rfc8407bis-28, 5 June 2025,
              <https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/draft-ietf-netmod-
              rfc8407bis-28>.

   [I-D.ietf-nmop-yang-message-broker-integration]
              Graf, T., "An Architecture for YANG-Push to Apache Kafka
              Integration", Work in Progress, Internet-Draft, draft-
              ietf-nmop-yang-message-broker-integration, 3 July 2024,
              <https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/draft-ietf-nmop-
              yang-kafka-integration>.

   [LY16]     Vasko, M., "libyang", BSD-3-Clause license, November 2016,
              <https://github.com/CESNET/libyang.git>.

   [Martinez-Casanueva2023]
              Martinez-Casanueva, I. D., Gonzalez-Sanchez, D., Bellido,
              L., Fernandez, D., and D. R. Lopez, "Toward Building a
              Semantic Network Inventory for Model-Driven Telemetry",
              DOI 10.1109/MCOM.001.2200222, March 2023,
              <https://doi.org/10.1109/MCOM.001.2200222>.  IEEE
              Communications Magazine

   [NA25]     "IETF YANG-Push - Implementations", <https://www.network-
              analytics.org/yp/implementations.html>.

   [NP24]     Lin, Z., "Netopeer2-docker-ietf120", July 2024,
              <https://github.com/network-
              analytics/libyangpush/tree/feature/draft_augmentedby>.

   [NTP17]    Vasko, M., "Netopeer2", BSD-3-Clause license, May 2017,
              <https://github.com/CESNET/netopeer2>.

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

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   [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>.

   [RFC8342]  Bjorklund, M., Schoenwaelder, J., Shafer, P., Watsen, K.,
              and R. Wilton, "Network Management Datastore Architecture
              (NMDA)", RFC 8342, DOI 10.17487/RFC8342, March 2018,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8342>.

   [RFC8639]  Voit, E., Clemm, A., Gonzalez Prieto, A., Nilsen-Nygaard,
              E., and A. Tripathy, "Subscription to YANG Notifications",
              RFC 8639, DOI 10.17487/RFC8639, September 2019,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8639>.

   [RFC8641]  Clemm, A. and E. Voit, "Subscription to YANG Notifications
              for Datastore Updates", RFC 8641, DOI 10.17487/RFC8641,
              September 2019, <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8641>.

   [SR16]     Vasko, M., "sysrepo", BSD-3-Clause license, January 2016,
              <https://github.com/sysrepo/sysrepo.git>.

Appendix A.  Full Tree View of ietf-yang-library

   The following is the YANG tree diagram [RFC8340] for module ietf-
   yang-library after adding augmentation from module ietf-yang-library-
   augmentedby.  The RPCs and notifications are included as well.

  module: ietf-yang-library
    +--ro yang-library
    |  +--ro module-set* [name]
    |  |  +--ro name                  string
    |  |  +--ro module* [name]
    |  |  |  +--ro name                        yang:yang-identifier
    |  |  |  +--ro revision?                   revision-identifier
    |  |  |  +--ro namespace                   inet:uri
    |  |  |  +--ro location*                   inet:uri
    |  |  |  +--ro submodule* [name]
    |  |  |  |  +--ro name        yang:yang-identifier
    |  |  |  |  +--ro revision?   revision-identifier
    |  |  |  |  +--ro location*   inet:uri
    |  |  |  +--ro feature*                    yang:yang-identifier
    |  |  |  +--ro deviation*                  -> ../../module/name
    |  |  |  +--ro yanglib-aug:augmented-by*
                                       -> ../../yanglib:module/name
    |  |  +--ro import-only-module* [name revision]
    |  |     +--ro name         yang:yang-identifier
    |  |     +--ro revision     union
    |  |     +--ro namespace    inet:uri

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    |  |     +--ro location*    inet:uri
    |  |     +--ro submodule* [name]
    |  |        +--ro name        yang:yang-identifier
    |  |        +--ro revision?   revision-identifier
    |  |        +--ro location*   inet:uri
    |  +--ro schema* [name]
    |  |  +--ro name          string
    |  |  +--ro module-set*   -> ../../module-set/name
    |  +--ro datastore* [name]
    |  |  +--ro name      ds:datastore-ref
    |  |  +--ro schema    -> ../../schema/name

    |  +--ro content-id       string
    x--ro modules-state
       x--ro module-set-id    string
       x--ro module* [name revision]
          x--ro name                yang:yang-identifier
          x--ro revision            union
          +--ro schema?             inet:uri
          x--ro namespace           inet:uri
          x--ro feature*            yang:yang-identifier
          x--ro deviation* [name revision]
          |  x--ro name        yang:yang-identifier
          |  x--ro revision    union
          x--ro conformance-type    enumeration
          x--ro submodule* [name revision]
          |  x--ro name        yang:yang-identifier
          |  x--ro revision    union
          |  +--ro schema?     inet:uri
          +--ro yanglib-aug:augmented-by*   -> ../../yanglib:module/name

    notifications:
      +---n yang-library-update
      |  +--ro content-id    -> /yang-library/content-id
      x---n yang-library-change
         x--ro module-set-id    -> /modules-state/module-set-id

Appendix B.  YANG module validation with yanglint

   This section gives an example of the yang-library content that the
   user can try themselves with yanglint.  This is created to
   demonstrate and validate the correct syntax.  The example should be
   compiled with YANG modules ietf-yang-library and ietf-yang-library-
   augmentedby as schemas.

   The examples provided are ietf-yang-library 'yang-library' data XML
   file containing the augmented-by field.

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B.1.  An ietf-yang-library yang-library data XML example

   The yang-library XML example concerns the following module-set:

   There are module1, module2, module3, which have the following
   relationships:

   *  Module 1 is the base module with container "foo1"

   *  Module 2 augments "/module1:foo1" with container "foo2"

   *  Module 3 augments "/module1:foo1" with leaf "leaf3"

   All three YANG modules are defined in the same module-set name 'ms1'
   to be able to augment or be augmented by the others.  Otherwise, the
   yanglint validation should fail.

   The example is following:

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   <CODE BEGINS> file "example_valid.xml"
   <yang-library xmlns="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:yang:ietf-yang-library">
     <content-id>1</content-id>
     <module-set>
       <name>ms1</name>
       <module>
         <name>module1</name>
         <revision>2024-02-29</revision>
         <namespace>urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:yang:module1</namespace>
         <augmented-by
         xmlns="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:yang:
         ietf-yang-library-augmentedby">module2</augmented-by>
         <augmented-by
         xmlns="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:yang:
         ietf-yang-library-augmentedby">module3</augmented-by>
       </module>
       <module>
         <name>module2</name>
         <revision>2024-02-29</revision>
         <namespace>urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:yang:module2</namespace>
       </module>
       <module>
         <name>module3</name>
         <revision>2024-02-29</revision>
         <namespace>urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:yang:module3</namespace>
       </module>
     </module-set>
   </yang-library>
   <modules-state xmlns="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:yang:ietf-yang-library">
       <module-set-id>0</module-set-id>
   </modules-state>
   <CODE ENDS>

Acknowledgments

   The author would like to thank Jan Lindblad and Jean Quilbeuf for
   their help during the design of the YANG module, and Thomas Graf, Rob
   Wilton, Andy Bierman, Jean Quilbeuf, Alex Huang Feng, Per Andersson,
   Mahesh Jethanandani for their valuable review and comments.

Authors' Addresses

   Zhuoyao Lin
   Huawei
   Townsend Street, 4th Floor George's Court
   Dublin
   Ireland
   Email: zhuoyao.lin1@huawei-partners.com

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   Benoit Claise
   Everything OPS
   Email: benoit@everything-ops.net

   Ignacio Dominguez Martinez-Casanueva
   Telefonica
   Ronda de la Comunicacion, S/N
   Madrid 28050
   Spain
   Email: ignacio.dominguezmartinez@telefonica.com

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