YANG Instance Data File Format
draft-ietf-netmod-yang-instance-file-format-07
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Netmod                                                        B. Lengyel
Internet-Draft                                                  Ericsson
Intended status: Standards Track                               B. Claise
Expires: August 16, 2020                             Cisco Systems, Inc.
                                                       February 13, 2020

                     YANG Instance Data File Format
             draft-ietf-netmod-yang-instance-file-format-07

Abstract

   There is a need to document data defined in YANG models when a live
   server is not available.  Data is often needed already at design or
   implementation time or needed by groups that do not have a live
   running server available.  This document specifies a standard file
   format for YANG instance data, which follows the syntax and semantics
   of existing YANG models, and annotates it with metadata.

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Table of Contents

   1.  Terminology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   2
   2.  Introduction  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   3
     2.1.  Principles  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   4
     2.2.  Delivery of Instance Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   4
     2.3.  Data Life cycle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   5
   3.  Instance Data File Format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   5
     3.1.  Specifying the Content Schema . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   7
       3.1.1.  Inline Method . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   8
       3.1.2.  Simplified-Inline Method  . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   8
       3.1.3.  URI Method  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   8
     3.2.  Examples  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   8
   4.  Backwards Compatibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  12
   5.  YANG Instance Data Model  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  13
     5.1.  Tree Diagram  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  13
     5.2.  YANG Model  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  13
   6.  Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  19
   7.  IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  19
     7.1.  URI Registration  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  19
     7.2.  YANG Module Name Registration . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  19
   8.  Acknowledgments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  20
   9.  References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  20
     9.1.  Normative References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  20
     9.2.  Informative References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  21
   Appendix A.  Open Issues  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  22
   Appendix B.  Changes between revisions  . . . . . . . . . . . . .  22
   Appendix C.  Detailed Use Cases - Non-Normative . . . . . . . . .  24
     C.1.  Use Cases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  24
       C.1.1.  Use Case 1: Early Documentation of Server
               Capabilities  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  24
       C.1.2.  Use Case 2: Preloading Data . . . . . . . . . . . . .  25
       C.1.3.  Use Case 3: Documenting Factory Default Settings  . .  25
   Authors' Addresses  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  26

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
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