@techreport{ietf-netmod-opstate-reqs-04, number = {draft-ietf-netmod-opstate-reqs-04}, type = {Internet-Draft}, institution = {Internet Engineering Task Force}, publisher = {Internet Engineering Task Force}, note = {Work in Progress}, url = {https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-netmod-opstate-reqs/04/}, author = {Kent Watsen and Thomas Nadeau}, title = {{Terminology and Requirements for Enhanced Handling of Operational State}}, pagetotal = 6, year = 2016, month = jan, day = 22, abstract = {This document primarily regards the difference between the intended configuration and the applied configuration of a device and how intended and applied configuration relate to the operational state of a device. This document defines requirements for the applied configuration's data model and its values, as well as for enabling a client to know when a configuration has been fully applied or not, how to access operational state, and how to relate intended configuration nodes to applied configuration and derived state nodes.}, }