Internet Engineering Task Force                        M. Veillette, Ed.
Internet-Draft                                   Trilliant Networks Inc.
Intended status: Standards Track                           A. Pelov, Ed.
Expires: January 9, 2017                                          Acklio
                                                             A. Somaraju
                                                   Tridonic GmbH & Co KG
                                                               R. Turner
                                                              Landis+Gyr
                                                             A. Minaburo
                                                                  Acklio
                                                           July 08, 2016


                CBOR Encoding of Data Modeled with YANG
                      draft-ietf-core-yang-cbor-02

Abstract

   This document defines encoding rules for serializing configuration
   data, state data, RPC input and RPC output, Action input, Action
   output and notifications defined within YANG modules using the
   Concise Binary Object Representation (CBOR) [RFC7049].

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Table of Contents

   1.  Introduction  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   3
   2.  Terminology and Notation  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   3
     2.1.  CBOR diagnostic notation  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   4
   3.  Properties of the CBOR Encoding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   5
   4.  Encoding of YANG Data Node Instances  . . . . . . . . . . . .   6
     4.1.  The 'leaf' Data Node  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   6
     4.2.  The 'container' Data Node . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   6
       4.2.1.  SIDs as keys  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   7
       4.2.2.  Member names as keys  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   8
     4.3.  The 'leaf-list' Data Node . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   9
     4.4.  The 'list' Data Node  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   9
       4.4.1.  SIDs as keys  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  10
       4.4.2.  Member names as keys  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  13
     4.5.  The 'anydata' Data Node . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  14
     4.6.  The 'anyxml' Data Node  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  15
   5.  Representing YANG Data Types in CBOR  . . . . . . . . . . . .  15
     5.1.  The unsigned integer Types  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  15
     5.2.  The integer Types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  15
     5.3.  The 'decimal64' Type  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  16
     5.4.  The 'string' Type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  16
     5.5.  The 'boolean' Type  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  17
     5.6.  The 'enumeration' Type  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  17
     5.7.  The 'bits' Type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  18
     5.8.  The 'binary' Type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  18
     5.9.  The 'leafref' Type  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  19
     5.10. The 'identityref' Type  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  19
       5.10.1.  SIDs as identityref  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  20
       5.10.2.  Name as identityref  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  20
     5.11. The 'empty' Type  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  21
     5.12. The 'union' Type  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  21
     5.13. The 'instance-identifier' Type  . . . . . . . . . . . . .  22
       5.13.1.  SIDs as instance-identifier  . . . . . . . . . . . .  22
       5.13.2.  Names as instance-identifier . . . . . . . . . . . .  25
   6.  Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  26
   7.  IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  26
     7.1.  Tags Registry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  26
   8.  Acknowledgments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  26
   9.  References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  27
     9.1.  Normative References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  27



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     9.2.  Informative References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  27
   Authors' Addresses  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  28

1.  Introduction

   The specification of the YANG 1.1 data modelling language
   [I-D.ietf-netmod-rfc6020bis] defines an XML encoding for data
   instances, i.e. contents of configuration datastores, state data, RPC
   inputs and outputs, action inputs and outputs, and event
   notifications.

   A new set of encoding rules has been defined to allow the use of the
   same data models in environments based on the JavaScript Object
   Notation (JSON) Data Interchange Format [RFC7159].  This is
   accomplished in the JSON Encoding of Data Modeled with YANG
   specification [I-D.ietf-netmod-yang-json].

   The aim of this document is to define a set of encoding rules for the
   Concise Binary Object Representation (CBOR) [RFC7049].  The resulting
   encoding is more compact compared to XML and JSON and more suitable
   for Constrained Nodes and/or Constrained Networks as defined by
   [RFC7228].

2.  Terminology and Notation

   The key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL NOT",
   "SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED", "MAY", and "OPTIONAL" in this
   document are to be interpreted as described in [RFC2119].

   The following terms are defined in [I-D.ietf-netmod-rfc6020bis]:

   o  action

   o  anydata

   o  anyxml

   o  data node

   o  data tree

   o  module

   o  notification

   o  RPC

   o  schema node



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   o  schema tree

   o  submodule

   The following terms are defined in [I-D.ietf-netmod-yang-json]:

   o  member name

   o  name of an identity

   o  namespace-qualified

   This specification also makes use of the following terminology:

   o  child: A schema node defined within a collection such as a
      container, a list, a case, a notification, an RPC input, an RPC
      output, an action input, an action output.

   o  delta : Difference between the SID assigned to the current schema
      node and the SID assigned to the parent.

   o  parent: The collection in which a schema node is defined.

   o  structured identifier or SID: Unsigned integer used to identify
      different YANG items.

2.1.  CBOR diagnostic notation

   Within this document, CBOR binary contents are represented using an
   equivalent textual form called CBOR diagnostic notation as defined in
   [RFC7049] section 6.  This notation is used strictly for
   documentation purposes and is never used in the data serialization.
   Table 1 below provides a summary of this notation.


















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   +----------+------+--------------------------+-----------+----------+
   | CBOR     | CBOR | Diagnostic notation      | Example   | CBOR     |
   | content  | type |                          |           | encoding |
   +----------+------+--------------------------+-----------+----------+
   | Unsigned | 0    | Decimal digits           | 123       | 18 7b    |
   | integer  |      |                          |           |          |
   | Negative | 1    | Decimal digits prefixed  | -123      | 38 7a    |
   | integer  |      | by a minus sign          |           |          |
   | Byte     | 2    | Hexadecimal value        | h'f15c'   | 42 f15c  |
   | string   |      | enclosed between single  |           |          |
   |          |      | quotes and prefixed by   |           |          |
   |          |      | an 'h'                   |           |          |
   | Text     | 3    | String of Unicode        | "txt"     | 63       |
   | string   |      | characters enclosed      |           | 747874   |
   |          |      | between double quotes    |           |          |
   | Array    | 4    | Comma-separated list of  | [ 1, 2 ]  | 82 01 02 |
   |          |      | values within square     |           |          |
   |          |      | brackets                 |           |          |
   | Map      | 5    | Comma-separated list of  | { 1: 123, | a2       |
   |          |      | key : value pairs within | 2: 456 }  | 01187b   |
   |          |      | curly braces             |           | 021901c8 |
   | Boolean  | 7/20 | false                    | false     | f4       |
   |          | 7/21 | true                     | true      | f5       |
   | Null     | 7/22 | null                     | null      | f6       |
   | Not      | 7/23 | undefined                | undefined | f7       |
   | assigned |      |                          |           |          |
   +----------+------+--------------------------+-----------+----------+

                 Table 1: CBOR diagnostic notation summary

   The following extensions to the CBOR diagnostic notation are
   supported:

   o  Comments can be added to the end of each line.  Any characters
      after a Pound sign ('#') outside of a string, up to the end of the
      line, are treated as a comment.

   o  Deltas are represented as numbers preceded by a '+' or '-' sign.
      The use of the '+' sign for positive deltas represents an
      extension to the CBOR diagnostic notation as defined by [RFC7049]
      section 6.

3.  Properties of the CBOR Encoding

   This document defines CBOR encoding rules for YANG schema trees and
   their subtrees.





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   Basic schema nodes such as leaf, leaf-list, list, anydata and anyxml
   can be encoded standalone.  In this case, only the value of this
   schema node is encoded in CBOR.  Identification of this value needs
   to be provided by some external means when required.

   A collection such as container, list instance, notification, RPC
   input, RPC output, action input and action output is serialized using
   a CBOR map in which each child schema node is encoded using a key and
   a value.  This specification supports two type of keys; SID as
   defined in [I-D.somaraju-core-sid] and member names as defined in
   [I-D.ietf-netmod-yang-json].  Each of these key type is encoded using
   a specific CBOR type which allows their interpretation during the
   deserialization process.  The end user of this mapping specification
   can mandate the use of a specific key type or a specific subset of
   key types.

   In order to minimize the size of the encoded data, the proposed
   mapping avoid any unnecessary meta-information beyond those natively
   supported by CBOR.  For instance, CBOR tags are used sorely in the
   case of the union datatype to distinguish explicitly the use of
   different YANG datatypes encoded using the same CBOR major type.

   It is expected that application entities generating and decoding CBOR
   contents have enough knowledge about the information processed in
   order to perform the expected task without the need of such extra
   meta-information.

4.  Encoding of YANG Data Node Instances

   Schema node instances defined using the YANG modeling language are
   encoded using CBOR [RFC7049] based on the rules defined in this
   section.  We assume that the reader is already familiar with both
   YANG [I-D.ietf-netmod-rfc6020bis] and CBOR [RFC7049].

4.1.  The 'leaf' Data Node

   Leafs MUST be encoded based on the encoding rules specified in
   Section 5.

4.2.  The 'container' Data Node

   Collections such as containers, list instances, notifications, RPC
   inputs, RPC outputs, action inputs and action outputs MUST be encoded
   using a CBOR map data item (major type 5).  A map is comprised of
   pairs of data items, with each data item consisting of a key and a
   value.  Each key within the CBOR map is set to a data node
   identifier, each value is set to the value of this data node
   instance.



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   This specification supports two type of keys; SID as defined in
   [I-D.somaraju-core-sid] encoded using CBOR unsigned or signed
   integers and member names as defined in [I-D.ietf-netmod-yang-json]
   encoded using CBOR text strings.  The use of CBOR byte strings for
   keys is reserved for future extensions.

4.2.1.  SIDs as keys

   Keys implemented using SIDs MUST be encoded using a CBOR unsigned
   integer (major type 0) or CBOR signed integer (major type 1),
   depending on the actual value.  Keys are set to the delta of the
   associated SID, delta values are computed as follows:

   o  The delta value is equal to the SID of the current schema node
      minus the SID of the parent schema node.  When no parent exists in
      the context of use of this container, the delta is set to the SID
      of the current schema node (a parent with SID equal to zero is
      assumed).

   o  Delta values may result in a negative number, clients and servers
      MUST support negative deltas.

   The following example shows the encoding of the 'system' container
   using the SIDs defined in [I-D.somaraju-core-sid] Appendix C.

   Definition example from [RFC7317]:

   typedef date-and-time {
     type string {
       pattern '\d{4}-\d{2}-\d{2}T\d{2}:\d{2}:\d{2}(\.\d+)?(Z|[\+\-]
                \d{2}:\d{2})';
     }
   }

   container system {
     leaf hostname {
       type inet:domain-name;

     container clock {
       leaf current-datetime {
         type date-and-time;
       }

       leaf boot-datetime {
         type date-and-time;
       }
     }
   }



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   CBOR diagnostic notation:

   {
     1717 : {                              # clock  (SID 1717)
       +2 : "2015-10-02T14:47:24Z-05:00",  # current-datetime (SID 1719)
       +1 : "2015-09-15T09:12:58Z-05:00"   # boot-datetime (SID 1718)
     }
   }

   CBOR encoding:

   a1                                      # map(1)
      19 06b5                              # unsigned(1717)
      a2                                   # map(2)
         02                                # unsigned(2)
         78 1a                             # text(26)
         323031352d31302d30325431343a34373a32345a2d30353a3030
         01                                # unsigned(1)
         78 1a                             # text(26)
         323031352d30392d31355430393a31323a35385a2d30353a3030

4.2.2.  Member names as keys

   Keys implemented using member names MUST be encoded using a CBOR text
   string data item (major type 3).  A namespace-qualified member name
   MUST be used for all members of a top-level collection, and then also
   whenever the namespaces of the schema node and its parent are
   different.  In all other cases, the simple form of the member name
   MUST be used.  Names and namespaces are defined in
   [I-D.ietf-netmod-yang-json] section 4.

   The following example shows the encoding of the the 'system'
   container using names.  This example is described in Section 4.2.1.

   CBOR diagnostic notation:

   {
     "ietf-system:clock" : {
       "current-datetime" : "2015-10-02T14:47:24Z-05:00",
       "boot-datetime" : "2015-09-15T09:12:58Z-05:00"
     }
   }

   CBOR encoding:







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   a1                                          # map(1)
      71                                       # text(17)
         696574662d73797374656d3a636c6f636b    # "ietf-system:clock"
      a2                                       # map(2)
         70                                    # text(16)
            63757272656e742d6461746574696d65   # "current-datetime"
         78 1a                                 # text(26)
            323031352d31302d30325431343a34373a32345a2d30353a3030
         6d                                    # text(13)
            626f6f742d6461746574696d65         # "boot-datetime"
         78 1a                                 # text(26)
            323031352d30392d31355430393a31323a35385a2d30353a3030

4.3.  The 'leaf-list' Data Node

   A leaf-list MUST be encoded using a CBOR array data item (major type
   4).  Each entry of this array MUST be encoded using the rules defined
   by the YANG type specified.

   The following example shows the encoding the 'search' leaf-list
   containing the two entries, "ietf.org" and "ieee.org".

   Definition example [RFC7317]:

   typedef domain-name {
     type string {
       length "1..253";
       pattern '((([a-zA-Z0-9_]([a-zA-Z0-9\-_]){0,61})?[a-zA-Z0-9].)
                *([a-zA-Z0-9_]([a-zA-Z0-9\-_]){0,61})?[a-zA-Z0-9]\.?
                )|\.';
     }
   }

   leaf-list search {
     type domain-name;
     ordered-by user;
   }

   CBOR diagnostic notation: [ "ietf.org", "ieee.org" ]

   CBOR encoding: 82 68 696574662e6f7267 68 696565652e6f7267

4.4.  The 'list' Data Node

   A list MUST be encoded using a CBOR array data item (major type 4).
   Each list instance within this CBOR array is encoded using a CBOR map
   data item (major type 5) based on the same rules as a YANG container
   as defined in Section 4.2.



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4.4.1.  SIDs as keys

   The follwoing example show the encoding a the 'server' list using the
   SIDs defined in [I-D.somaraju-core-sid] Appendix C.  It is important
   to note that the protocol or method using this mapping may carry a
   parent SID or may have the knowledge of this parent SID based on its
   context.  In these cases, delta encoding can be performed based on
   this parent SID which minimizes the size of the encoded data.

   The following example shows the encoding of the 'server' list
   containing two enties.  SIDs used in this example are defined in
   [I-D.somaraju-core-sid] Appendix C.  It is important to note that the
   protocol or method using this mapping may carry a parent SID or may
   have the knowledge of this parent SID based on its context.  In these
   cases, delta encoding can be performed based on this parent SID which
   minimizes the size of the encoded data.

   Definition example from [RFC7317]:

































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   list server {
     key name;

     leaf name {
       type string;
     }
     choice transport {
       case udp {
         container udp {
           leaf address {
             type host;
             mandatory true;
           }
           leaf port {
             type port-number;
           }
         }
       }
     }
     leaf association-type {
       type enumeration {
         enum server;
         enum peer;
         enum pool;
       }
       default server;
     }
     leaf iburst {
       type boolean;
       default false;
     }
     leaf prefer {
       type boolean;
       default false;
     }
   }

   CBOR diagnostic notation:













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   [
     {
       1755 : "NRC TIC server",          # name (SID 1755)
       1757 : {                          # udp (SID 1757)
         +1 : "tic.nrc.ca",              # address (SID 1758)
         +2 : 123                        # port (SID 1759)
       },
       1753 : 0,                         # association-type (SID 1753)
       1754 : false,                     # iburst (SID 1754)
       1756 : true                       # prefer (SID 1756)
     },
     {
       1755 : "NRC TAC server",          # name (SID 1755)
       1757 : {                          # udp (SID 1757)
         +1 : "tac.nrc.ca"               # address (SID 1758)
       }
     }
   ]

   CBOR encoding:

   82                                    # array(2)
      a5                                 # map(5)
         19 06db                         # unsigned(1755)
         6e                              # text(14)
            4e52432054494320736572766572 # "NRC TIC server"
         19 06dd                         # unsigned(1757)
         a2                              # map(2)
            01                           # unsigned(1)
            6a                           # text(10)
               7469632e6e72632e6361      # "tic.nrc.ca"
            02                           # unsigned(2)
            18 7b                        # unsigned(123)
         19 06d9                         # unsigned(1753)
         00                              # unsigned(0)
         19 06da                         # unsigned(1754)
         f4                              # primitive(20)
         19 06dc                         # unsigned(1756)
         f5                              # primitive(21)
      a2                                 # map(2)
         19 06db                         # unsigned(1755)
         6e                              # text(14)
            4e52432054414320736572766572 # "NRC TAC server"
         19 06dd                         # unsigned(1757)
         a1                              # map(1)
            01                           # unsigned(1)
            6a                           # text(10)
               7461632e6e72632e6361      # "tac.nrc.ca"



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4.4.2.  Member names as keys

   The following example shows the encoding of the the 'server' list
   using names.  This example is described in Section 4.4.1.

   CBOR diagnostic notation:

   [
     {
       "ietf-system:name" : "NRC TIC server",
       "ietf-system:udp" : {
         "address" : "tic.nrc.ca",
         "port" : 123
       },
       "ietf-system:association-type" : 0,
       "ietf-system:iburst" : false,
       "ietf-system:prefer" : true
     },
     {
       "ietf-system:name" : "NRC TAC server",
       "ietf-system:udp" : {
         "address" : "tac.nrc.ca"
       }
     }
   ]

   CBOR encoding:
























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   82                                            # array(2)
      a5                                         # map(5)
         70                                      # text(16)
            696574662d73797374656d3a6e616d65     # "ietf-system:name"
         6e                                      # text(14)
            4e52432054494320736572766572         # "NRC TIC server"
         6f                                      # text(15)
            696574662d73797374656d3a756470       # "ietf-system:udp"
         a2                                      # map(2)
            67                                   # text(7)
               61646472657373                    # "address"
            6a                                   # text(10)
               7469632e6e72632e6361              # "tic.nrc.ca"
            64                                   # text(4)
               706f7274                          # "port"
            18 7b                                # unsigned(123)
         78 1c                                   # text(28)
            696574662d73797374656d3a6173736f63696174696f6e2d74797065
         00                                      # unsigned(0)
         72                                      # text(18)
            696574662d73797374656d3a696275727374 # "ietf-system:iburst"
         f4                                      # primitive(20)
         72                                      # text(18)
            696574662d73797374656d3a707265666572 # "ietf-system:prefer"
         f5                                      # primitive(21)
      a2                                         # map(2)
         70                                      # text(16)
            696574662d73797374656d3a6e616d65     # "ietf-system:name"
         6e                                      # text(14)
            4e52432054414320736572766572         # "NRC TAC server"
         6f                                      # text(15)
            696574662d73797374656d3a756470       # "ietf-system:udp"
         a1                                      # map(1)
            67                                   # text(7)
               61646472657373                    # "address"
            6a                                   # text(10)
               7461632e6e72632e6361              # "tac.nrc.ca"

4.5.  The 'anydata' Data Node

   An anydata serves as a container for an arbitrary set of schema nodes
   that otherwise appear as normal YANG-modeled data.  An anydata
   instance is encoded using the same rules as a container, i.e., CBOR
   map.  The requirement that anydata content can be modeled by YANG
   implies the following:

   o  Keys of any inner data nodes MUST be set to valid deltas or member
      names.



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   o  The CBOR array MUST contain either unique scalar values (as a
      leaf-list, see Section 4.3), or maps (as a list, see Section 4.4).

   o  Values MUST follow the encoding rules of one of the datatypes
      listed in Section 5.

4.6.  The 'anyxml' Data Node

   An anyxml schema node is used to serialize an arbitrary CBOR content,
   i.e., its value can be any CBOR binary object.

5.  Representing YANG Data Types in CBOR

5.1.  The unsigned integer Types

   Leafs of type uint8, uint16, uint32 and uint64 MUST be encoded using
   a CBOR unsigned integer data item (major type 0).

   The following example shows the encoding of leaf 'mtu' set to 1280
   bytes.

   Definition example from [RFC7277]:

   leaf mtu {
     type uint16 {
       range "68..max";
     }
   }

   CBOR diagnostic notation: 1280

   CBOR encoding: 19 0500

5.2.  The integer Types

   Leafs of type int8, int16, int32 and int64 MUST be encoded using
   either CBOR unsigned integer (major type 0) or CBOR signed integer
   (major type 1), depending on the actual value.

   The following example shows the encoding of leaf 'timezone-utc-
   offset' set to -300 minutes.

   Definition example from [RFC7317]:








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   leaf timezone-utc-offset {
     type int16 {
       range "-1500 .. 1500";
     }
   }

   CBOR diagnostic notation: -300

   CBOR encoding: 39 012b

5.3.  The 'decimal64' Type

   Leafs of type decimal64 MUST be encoded using either CBOR unsigned
   integer (major type 0) or CBOR signed integer (major type 1),
   depending on the actual value.  The position of the decimal point is
   defined by the fraction-digits YANG statement and is not available in
   the CBOR encoding.

   The following example shows the encoding of leaf 'my-decimal' set to
   2.57.

   Definition example from [RFC7317]:

   leaf my-decimal {
     type decimal64 {
       fraction-digits 2;
       range "1 .. 3.14 | 10 | 20..max";
     }
   }

   CBOR diagnostic notation: 257

   CBOR encoding: 19 0101

5.4.  The 'string' Type

   Leafs of type string MUST be encoded using a CBOR text string data
   item (major type 3).

   The following example shows the encoding of leaf 'name' set to
   "eth0".

   Definition example from [RFC7223]:

   leaf name {
     type string;
   }




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   CBOR diagnostic notation: "eth0"

   CBOR encoding: 64 65746830

5.5.  The 'boolean' Type

   Leafs of type boolean MUST be encoded using a CBOR true (major type
   7, additional information 21) or false data item (major type 7,
   additional information 20).

   The following example shows the encoding of leaf 'enabled' set to
   'true'.

   Definition example from [RFC7317]:

   leaf enabled {
     type boolean;
   }

   CBOR diagnostic notation: true

   CBOR encoding: f5

5.6.  The 'enumeration' Type

   Leafs of type enumeration MUST be encoded using a CBOR unsigned
   integer (major type 0) or CBOR signed integer (major type 1),
   depending on the actual value.  Enumeration values are either
   explicitly assigned using the YANG statement 'value' or automatically
   assigned based on the algorithm defined in
   [I-D.ietf-netmod-rfc6020bis] section 9.6.4.2.

   The following example shows the encoding of leaf 'oper-status' set to
   'testing'.

   Definition example from [RFC7317]:

   leaf oper-status {
     type enumeration {
       enum up { value 1; }
       enum down { value 2; }
       enum testing { value 3; }
       enum unknown { value 4; }
       enum dormant { value 5; }
       enum not-present { value 6; }
       enum lower-layer-down { value 7; }
     }
   }



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   CBOR diagnostic notation: 3

   CBOR encoding: 03

5.7.  The 'bits' Type

   Leafs of type bits MUST be encoded using a CBOR byte string data item
   (major type 2).  Bits position are either explicitly assigned using
   the YANG statement 'position' or automatically assigned based on the
   algorithm defined in [I-D.ietf-netmod-rfc6020bis] section 9.7.4.2.

   Bits position 0 to 7 are assigned to the first byte within the byte
   string, bits 8 to 15 to the second byte, and subsequent bytes are
   assigned similarly.  Within each byte, bits are assigned from least
   to most significant.

   The following example shows the encoding of leaf 'mybits' with the
   'disable-nagle' and '10-Mb-only' flags set.

   Definition example from [I-D.ietf-netmod-rfc6020bis]:

   leaf mybits {
     type bits {
       bit disable-nagle {
         position 0;
       }
       bit auto-sense-speed {
         position 1;
       }
       bit 10-Mb-only {
         position 2;
       }
     }
   }

   CBOR diagnostic notation: h'05'

   CBOR encoding: 41 05

5.8.  The 'binary' Type

   Leafs of type binary MUST be encoded using a CBOR byte string data
   item (major type 2).

   The following example shows the encoding of leaf 'aes128-key' set to
   0x1f1ce6a3f42660d888d92a4d8030476e.

   Definition example:



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   leaf aes128-key {
     type binary {
       length 16;
     }
   }

   CBOR diagnostic notation: h'1f1ce6a3f42660d888d92a4d8030476e'

   CBOR encoding: 50 1f1ce6a3f42660d888d92a4d8030476e

5.9.  The 'leafref' Type

   Leafs of type leafref MUST be encoded using the rules of the schema
   node referenced by the 'path' YANG statement.

   The following example shows the encoding of leaf 'interface-state-
   ref' set to the value "eth1".

   Definition example from [RFC7223]:

   typedef interface-state-ref {
     type leafref {
       path "/interfaces-state/interface/name";
     }
   }

   container interfaces-state {
     list interface {
       key "name";
       leaf name {
         type string;
       }
       leaf-list higher-layer-if {
         type interface-state-ref;
       }
     }
   }

   CBOR diagnostic notation: "eth1"

   CBOR encoding: 64 65746831

5.10.  The 'identityref' Type

   This specification supports two approaches for encoding identityref,
   a SID as defined in [I-D.somaraju-core-sid] or a name as defined in
   [I-D.ietf-netmod-yang-json] section 6.8.




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5.10.1.  SIDs as identityref

   SIDs are globally unique and may be used as identityref.  This
   approach is both compact and simple to implement.  When SIDs are
   used, identityref MUST be encoded using a CBOR unsigned integer data
   item (major type 0) and set to a SID allocated from a registered SID
   range.

   The following example shows the encoding of leaf 'type' set to the
   value 'iana-if-type:ethernetCsmacd' (SID 1180).

   Definition example from [RFC7317]:

   identity interface-type {
   }

   identity iana-interface-type {
     base interface-type;
   }

   identity ethernetCsmacd {
     base iana-interface-type;
   }

   leaf type {
     type identityref {
       base interface-type;
     }
   }

   CBOR diagnostic notation: 1180

   CBOR encoding: 19 049c

5.10.2.  Name as identityref

   Alternatively, an identityref may be encoded using a name as defined
   in [I-D.ietf-netmod-yang-json] section 6.8.  When names are used,
   identityref MUST be encoded using a CBOR text string data item (major
   type 3).  If the identity is defined in another module than the leaf
   node containing the identityref value, the namespace-qualified form
   MUST be used.  Otherwise, both the simple and namespace-qualified
   forms are permitted.  Names and namespaces are defined in
   [I-D.ietf-netmod-yang-json] section 4.

   The following example shows the encoding of the identity 'iana-if-
   type:ethernetCsmacd' using its name.  This example is described in
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   CBOR diagnostic notation: "iana-if-type:ethernetCsmacd"

   CBOR encoding: 78 1b
   69616e612d69662d747970653a65746865726e657443736d616364

5.11.  The 'empty' Type

   Leafs of type empty MUST be encoded using the CBOR null value (major
   type 7, additional information 22).

   The following example shows the encoding of leaf 'is-router' when
   present.

   Definition example from [RFC7277]:

   leaf is-router {
     type empty;
   }

   CBOR diagnostic notation: null

   CBOR encoding: f6

5.12.  The 'union' Type

   Leafs of type union MUST be encoded using the rules associated with
   one of the types listed.  When used in a union, the following YANG
   datatypes are prefixed by CBOR tag to avoid confusion between
   different YANG datatypes encoded using the same CBOR major type.

   o  bits

   o  decimal64

   o  enumeration

   o  identityref

   o  instance-identifier

   o  leafref (Only when the datatype of the leaf referenced using the
      'path' YANG statement require a CBOR tag)

   See Section 7.1 for more information about these CBOR tags.

   The following example shows the encoding of leaf 'ip-address' when
   set to "2001:db8:a0b:12f0::1".




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   Definition example from [RFC7317]:

   typedef ipv4-address {
     type string {
     pattern '(([0-9]|[1-9][0-9]|1[0-9][0-9]|2[0-4][0-9]|25[0-5])\.){3}
              ([0-9][1-9][0-9]|1[0-9][0-9]|2[0-4][0-9]|25[0-5])(%[\p{N}
              \p{L}]+)?';
     }
   }

   typedef ipv6-address {
     type string {
       pattern '((:|[0-9a-fA-F]{0,4}):)([0-9a-fA-F]{0,4}:){0,5}((([0-9a
                -fA-F]{0,4}:)?(:|[0-9a-fA-F]{0,4}))|(((25[0-5]|2[0-4][0
                -9]|[01]?[0-9]?[0-9])\.){3}(25[0-5]|2[0-4][0-9]|[01]?[0
                -9]?[0-9])))(%[\p{N}\p{L}]+)?';
       pattern '(([^:]+:){6}(([^:]+:[^:]+)|(.*\..*)))|((([^:]+:)*[^:]+)
                ?::(([^:]+:)*[^:]+)?)(%.+)?';
     }
   }

   typedef ip-address {
     type union {
       type ipv4-address;
       type ipv6-address;
     }
   }

   leaf address {
     type inet:ip-address;
   }

   CBOR diagnostic notation: "2001:db8:a0b:12f0::1"

   CBOR encoding: 74 323030313a6462383a6130623a313266303a3a31

5.13.  The 'instance-identifier' Type

   This specification supports two approaches for encoding an instance-
   identifier, one based on SIDs as defined in [I-D.somaraju-core-sid]
   and one based on names as defined in [I-D.ietf-netmod-yang-json]
   section 6.13.

5.13.1.  SIDs as instance-identifier

   SIDs uniquely identify a data node.  For a single instance data node,
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   instance data node, a SID is combined with the list key(s) to
   identify each instance of this data node within the YANG list(s).

   Single instance data nodes MUST be encoded using a CBOR unsigned
   integer data item (major type 0) and set to the targeted data node
   SID.

   Multi-instances data nodes MUST be encoded using a CBOR array data
   item (major type 4) containing the following entries:

   o  The first entry MUST be encoded as a CBOR unsigned integer data
      item (major type 0) and set to the targeted data node SID.

   o  The following entries MUST contain the value of each key required
      to identify the instance of the targeted data node.  These keys
      MUST be ordered as defined in the 'key' YANG statement, starting
      from top level list, and follow by each of the subordinate
      list(s).

   *First example:*

   The following example shows the encoding of a leaf of type instance-
   identifier which identify the data node "/system/contact" (SID 1737).

   Definition example from [RFC7317]:

   container system {

     leaf contact {
       type string;
     }

     leaf hostname {
       type inet:domain-name;
     }
   }

   CBOR diagnostic notation: 1737

   CBOR encoding: 19 06c9

   *Second example:*

   The following example shows the encoding of a leaf of type instance-
   identifier which identify the data node instance
   "/system/authentication/user/authorized-key/key-data" (SID 1730) for
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   Definition example from [RFC7317]:

   list user {
     key name;

     leaf name {
       type string;
     }
     leaf password {
       type ianach:crypt-hash;
     }

     list authorized-key {
       key name;

       leaf name {
         type string;
       }
       leaf algorithm {
         type string;
       }
       leaf key-data {
         type binary;
     }
   }

   CBOR diagnostic notation: [1730, "bob", "admin"]

   CBOR encoding:

   83                      # array(3)
      19 06c2              # unsigned(1730)
      63                   # text(3)
         626f62            # "bob"
      65                   # text(5)
         61646d696e        # "admin"

   *Third example:*

   The following example shows the encoding of a leaf of type instance-
   identifier which identify the list instance "/system/authentication/
   user" (SID 1726) corresponding to the user name "jack".

   CBOR diagnostic notation: [1726, "jack"]

   CBOR encoding:





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   82                      # array(2)
      19 06be              # unsigned(1726)
      64                   # text(4)
         6a61636b          # "jack"

5.13.2.  Names as instance-identifier

   The use of names as instance-identifier is defined in
   [I-D.ietf-netmod-yang-json] section 6.11.  The resulting xpath MUST
   be encoded using a CBOR text string data item (major type 3).

   *First example:*

   This example is described in Section 5.13.1.

   CBOR diagnostic notation: "/ietf-system:system/contact"

   CBOR encoding:

   78 1c 2f20696574662d73797374656d3a73797374656d2f636f6e74616374

   *Second example:*

   This example is described in Section 5.13.1.

   CBOR diagnostic notation:

   "/ietf-system:system/authentication/user[name='bob']/authorized-key
   [name='admin']/key-data"

   CBOR encoding:

   78 59
      2f696574662d73797374656d3a73797374656d2f61757468656e74696361
      74696f6e2f757365725b6e616d653d27626f62275d2f617574686f72697a
      65642d6b65795b6e616d653d2761646d696e275d2f6b65792d64617461

   *Third example:*

   This example is described in Section 5.13.1.

   CBOR diagnostic notation:

   "/ietf-system:system/authentication/user[name='bob']"

   CBOR encoding:





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      2f696574662d73797374656d3a73797374656d2f61757468656e74696361
      74696f6e2f757365725b6e616d653d27626f62275d

6.  Security Considerations

   The security considerations of [RFC7049] and
   [I-D.ietf-netmod-rfc6020bis] apply.

   This document defines an alternative encoding for data modeled in the
   YANG data modeling language.  As such, this encoding does not
   contribute any new security issues in addition of those identified
   for the specific protocol or context for which it is used.

   To minimize security risks, software on the receiving side SHOULD
   reject all messages that do not comply to the rules of this document
   and reply with an appropriate error message to the sender.

7.  IANA Considerations

7.1.  Tags Registry

   This specification requires the assignment of CBOR tags for the
   following YANG datatypes.  These tags are added to the Tags Registry
   as defined in section 7.2 of [RFC7049].

   +-----+---------------------+---------------------------+-----------+
   | Tag | Data Item           | Semantics                 | Reference |
   +-----+---------------------+---------------------------+-----------+
   | 40  | bits                | YANG bits datatype        | RFC XXXX  |
   | 41  | decimal64           | YANG decimal64 datatype   | RFC XXXX  |
   | 42  | enumeration         | YANG enumeration datatype | RFC XXXX  |
   | 43  | identityref         | YANG identityref datatype | RFC XXXX  |
   | 44  | instance-identifier | YANG instance-identifier  | RFC XXXX  |
   |     |                     | datatype                  |           |
   +-----+---------------------+---------------------------+-----------+

   // RFC Ed.: update Tag values using allocated tags if needed and
   remove this note // RFC Ed.: replace XXXX with RFC number and remove
   this note

8.  Acknowledgments

   This document has been largely inspired by the extensive works done
   by Andy Bierman and Peter van der Stok on [I-D.vanderstok-core-comi].
   [I-D.ietf-netmod-yang-json] has also been a critical input to this
   work.  The authors would like to thank the authors and contributors
   to these two drafts.



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   The authors would also like to acknowledge the review, feedback, and
   comments from Ladislav Lhotka and Juergen Schoenwaelder.

9.  References

9.1.  Normative References

   [I-D.ietf-netmod-rfc6020bis]
              Bjorklund, M., "The YANG 1.1 Data Modeling Language",
              draft-ietf-netmod-rfc6020bis-14 (work in progress), June
              2016.

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

   [RFC7049]  Bormann, C. and P. Hoffman, "Concise Binary Object
              Representation (CBOR)", RFC 7049, DOI 10.17487/RFC7049,
              October 2013, <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7049>.

9.2.  Informative References

   [I-D.ietf-netmod-yang-json]
              Lhotka, L., "JSON Encoding of Data Modeled with YANG",
              draft-ietf-netmod-yang-json-10 (work in progress), March
              2016.

   [I-D.somaraju-core-sid]
              Somaraju, A., Veillette, M., Pelov, A., Turner, R., and A.
              Minaburo, "Structure Identifier (SID)", draft-somaraju-
              core-sid-00 (work in progress), March 2016.

   [I-D.vanderstok-core-comi]
              Stok, P. and A. Bierman, "CoAP Management Interface",
              draft-vanderstok-core-comi-09 (work in progress), March
              2016.

   [RFC7159]  Bray, T., Ed., "The JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) Data
              Interchange Format", RFC 7159, DOI 10.17487/RFC7159, March
              2014, <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7159>.

   [RFC7223]  Bjorklund, M., "A YANG Data Model for Interface
              Management", RFC 7223, DOI 10.17487/RFC7223, May 2014,
              <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7223>.






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   [RFC7228]  Bormann, C., Ersue, M., and A. Keranen, "Terminology for
              Constrained-Node Networks", RFC 7228,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC7228, May 2014,
              <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7228>.

   [RFC7277]  Bjorklund, M., "A YANG Data Model for IP Management",
              RFC 7277, DOI 10.17487/RFC7277, June 2014,
              <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7277>.

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

Authors' Addresses

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

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


   Alexander Pelov (editor)
   Acklio
   2bis rue de la Chataigneraie
   Cesson-Sevigne, Bretagne  35510
   France

   Email: a@ackl.io


   Abhinav Somaraju
   Tridonic GmbH & Co KG
   Farbergasse 15
   Dornbirn, Vorarlberg  6850
   Austria

   Phone: +43664808926169
   Email: abhinav.somaraju@tridonic.com









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   Randy Turner
   Landis+Gyr
   30000 Mill Creek Ave
   Suite 100
   Alpharetta, GA  30022
   US

   Phone: ++16782581292
   Email: randy.turner@landisgyr.com
   URI:   http://www.landisgyr.com/


   Ana Minaburo
   Acklio
   2bis rue de la chataigneraie
   Cesson-Sevigne, Bretagne  35510
   France

   Email: ana@ackl.io
































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