Network Working Group                                          B. Claise
Internet-Draft                                            J. Clarke, Ed.
Updates: 8407 (if approved)                                    R. Rahman
Intended status: Standards Track                          R. Wilton, Ed.
Expires: January 14, 2021                            Cisco Systems, Inc.
                                                              B. Lengyel
                                                                Ericsson
                                                               J. Sterne
                                                                   Nokia
                                                              K. D'Souza
                                                                    AT&T
                                                           July 13, 2020


                        YANG Semantic Versioning
                    draft-ietf-netmod-yang-semver-01

Abstract

   This document specifies a scheme and guidelines for applying a
   modified set of semantic versioning rules to revisions of YANG
   modules.  Additionally, this document defines a revision-label for
   this modified semver scheme.

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Table of Contents

   1.  Introduction  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   2
   2.  Terminology and Conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   3
   3.  YANG Semantic Versioning  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   3
     3.1.  YANG Semantic Versioning Pattern  . . . . . . . . . . . .   3
     3.2.  Semantic Versioning Scheme for YANG Artifacts . . . . . .   4
       3.2.1.  Examples for YANG semantic version numbers  . . . . .   6
     3.3.  YANG Semantic Version Update Rules  . . . . . . . . . . .   8
     3.4.  Examples of the YANG Semver Label . . . . . . . . . . . .   9
       3.4.1.  Example Module Using YANG Semver  . . . . . . . . . .   9
       3.4.2.  Example of Package Using YANG Semver  . . . . . . . .  11
   4.  Import Module by Semantic Version . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  11
   5.  Guidelines for Using Semver During Module Development . . . .  11
     5.1.  Pre-release Version Precedence  . . . . . . . . . . . . .  13
     5.2.  YANG Semver in IETF Modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  13
   6.  YANG Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  13
   7.  Contributors  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  15
   8.  Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  16
   9.  IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  16
   10. References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  16
     10.1.  Normative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  16
     10.2.  Informative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  17
   Appendix A.  Example IETF Module Development  . . . . . . . . . .  17
   Authors' Addresses  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  19

1.  Introduction

   [I-D.ietf-netmod-yang-module-versioning] puts forth a number of
   concepts relating to modified rules for updating modules, a means to
   signal when a new revision of a module has non-backwards-compatible
   (NBC) changes compared to its previous revision, and a versioning
   scheme that uses the revision history as a lineage for determining
   from where a specific revision of a YANG module is derived.
   Additionally, section 3.3 of [I-D.ietf-netmod-yang-module-versioning]
   defines a revision label which can be used as an overlay or alias to
   provide additional context or an additional way to refer to a
   specific revision.





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   This document defines a revision-label scheme that uses modified
   [semver] rules for YANG artifacts (i.e., YANG modules and YANG
   packages [I-D.ietf-netmod-yang-packages]) as well as the revision
   label definition for using this scheme.  The goal of this is to add a
   human readable version label that provides compatibility information
   for the YANG artifact without one needing to compare or parse its
   body.  The label and rules defined herein represent the RECOMMENDED
   revision label scheme for IETF YANG artifacts.

2.  Terminology and Conventions

   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.

   Additionally, this document uses the following terminology:

   o  YANG artifact: YANG modules, YANG packages
      [I-D.ietf-netmod-yang-packages], and YANG schema elements are
      examples of YANG artifacts for the purposes of this document.

3.  YANG Semantic Versioning

   This section defines YANG Semantic Versioning, explains how it is
   used with YANG artifacts, and the rules associated with changing an
   artifact's semantic version number when its contents are updated.

3.1.  YANG Semantic Versioning Pattern

   YANG artifacts that employ semantic versioning as defined in this
   document MUST use a version string (e.g., in revision-label or as a
   package version) that corresponds to the following pattern:
   X.Y.Z_COMPAT.  Where:

   o  X, Y and Z are mandatory non-negative integers that are each less
      than 2147483647 (i.e., the maximum signed 32-bit integer value)
      and MUST NOT contain leading zeroes

   o  The '.' is a literal period (ASCII character 0x2e)

   o  The '_' is an optional single literal underscore (ASCII character
      0x5f) and MUST only present if the following COMPAT element is
      included

   o  COMPAT, if it is specified, MUST be either the literal string
      "compatible" or the literal string "non_compatible"



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   Additionally, [semver] defines two specific types of metadata that
   may be appended to a semantic version string.  Pre-release metadata
   MAY be appended to a semver string after a trailing '-' character.
   Build metadata MAY be appended after a trailing '+' character.  If
   both pre-release and build metadata are present, then build metadata
   MUST follow pre-release metadata.  While build metadata MUST be
   ignored by YANG semver parsers, pre-release metadata MUST be used
   during module development and MUST be considered base on Section 5.
   Both pre-release and build metadata are allowed in order to support
   all of the [semver] rules.  Thus, a version lineage that follows
   strict [semver] rules is allowed for a YANG artifact.

   To signal the use of this versioning scheme, modules MUST set the
   revision-label-scheme extension as defined in
   [I-D.ietf-netmod-yang-module-versioning] to the identity "yang-
   semver".  That identity value is defined in the ietf-yang-semver
   module below.

   Additionally, this ietf-yang-semver module defines a typedef that
   formally specifies the syntax of the YANG semver version string.

3.2.  Semantic Versioning Scheme for YANG Artifacts

   This document defines the YANG semantic versioning scheme that is
   used for YANG artifacts that employ the YANG semver label.  The
   versioning scheme has the following properties:

      The YANG semantic versioning scheme is extended from version 2.0.0
      of the semantic versioning scheme defined at semver.org [semver]
      to cover the additional requirements for the management of YANG
      artifact lifecyles that cannot be addressed using the semver.org
      2.0.0 versioning scheme alone.

      Unlike the [semver] versioning scheme, the YANG semantic
      versioning scheme supports limited updates to older versions of
      YANG artifacts, to allow for bug fixes and enhancements to
      artifact versions that are not the latest.  However, it does not
      provide for the unlimited branching and updating of older
      revisions which are documented by the general rules in
      [I-D.ietf-netmod-yang-module-versioning].

      YANG artifacts that follow the [semver] versioning scheme are
      fully compatible with implementations that understand the YANG
      semantic versioning scheme defined in this document.

      If updates are always restricted to the latest revision of the
      artifact only, then the version numbers used by the YANG semantic




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      versioning scheme are exactly the same as those defined by the
      [semver] versioning scheme.

   Every YANG module versioned using the YANG semantic versioning scheme
   specifies the module's semantic version number as the argument to the
   'rev:revision-label' statement.

   Because the rules put forth in
   [I-D.ietf-netmod-yang-module-versioning] are designed to work well
   with existing versions of YANG and allow for artifact authors to
   migrate to this scheme, it is not expected that all revisions of a
   given YANG artifact will have a semantic version label.  For example,
   the first revision of a module may have been produced before this
   scheme was available.

   YANG packages that make use of this semantic versioning scheme will
   have their semantic version as the value of the "revision_label"
   property.

   As stated above, the YANG semver version number is expressed as a
   string of the form: 'X.Y.Z_COMPAT'; where X, Y, and Z each represent
   non-negative integers smaller than 2147483647 without leading zeroes,
   and _COMPAT represents an optional suffix of either "_compatible" or
   "_non_compatible".

   o  'X' is the MAJOR version.  Changes in the major version number
      indicate changes that are non-backwards-compatible to versions
      with a lower major version number.

   o  'Y' is the MINOR version.  Changes in the minor version number
      indicate changes that are backwards-compatible to versions with
      the same major version number, but a lower minor version number
      and no patch "_compatible" or "_non_compatible" modifier.

   o  'Z_COMPAT' is the PATCH version and modifier.  Changes in the
      patch version number can indicate editorial, backwards-compatible,
      or non-backwards-compatible changes relative to versions with the
      same major and minor version numbers, but lower patch version
      number, depending on what form modifier "_COMPAT" takes:

      *  If the modifier string is absent, the change represents an
         editorial change.  An editorial change is defined to be a
         change in the YANG artifact's content that does not affect the
         semantic meaning or functionality provided by the artifact in
         any way.  An example is correcting a spelling mistake in the
         description of a leaf within a YANG module.  Note:
         restructuring how a module uses, or does not use, submodules is
         treated as an editorial level change on the condition that



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         there is no change in the module's semantic behavior due to the
         restructuring.

      *  If, however, the modifier string is present, the meaning is
         described below:

      *  "_compatible" - the change represents a backwards-compatible
         change

      *  "_non_compatible" - the change represents a non-backwards-
         compatible change

   The YANG artifact name and YANG semantic version number uniquely
   identify a revision of said artifact.  There MUST NOT be multiple
   instances of a YANG artifact definition with the same name and YANG
   semantic version number but different content (and in the case of
   modules, different revision dates).

   There MUST NOT be multiple versions of a YANG artifact that have the
   same MAJOR, MINOR and PATCH version numbers, but different patch
   modifier strings.  E.g., artifact version "1.2.3_non_compatible" MUST
   NOT be defined if artifact version "1.2.3" has already been defined.

3.2.1.  Examples for YANG semantic version numbers

   The following diagram and explanation illustrates how YANG semantic
   version numbers work.

   Example YANG semantic version numbers for an example artifact:

           0.1.0
             |
           0.2.0
             |
           1.0.0
             |  \
             |   1.1.0 -> 1.1.1_compatible -> 1.1.2_non_compatible
             |    |
             |   1.2.0 -> 1.2.1_non_compatible -> 1.2.2_non_compatible
             |    |
             |   1.3.0 -> 1.3.1
             |
           2.0.0
             |
           3.0.0
                \
                 3.1.0




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   Assume the tree diagram above illustrates how an example YANG
   module's version history might evolve.  For example, the tree might
   represent the following changes, listed in chronological order from
   oldest revision to newest:

      0.1.0 - first beta module version

      0.2.0 - second beta module version (with NBC changes)

      1.0.0 - first release (may have NBC changes from 0.2.0)

      1.1.0 - added new functionality, leaf "foo" (BC)

      1.2.0 - added new functionality, leaf "baz" (BC)

      1.3.0 - improve existing functionality, added leaf "foo-64" (BC)

      1.3.1 - improve description wording for "foo-64" (Editorial)

      1.1.1_compatible - backport "foo-64" leaf to 1.1.x to avoid
      implementing "baz" from 1.2.0 (BC)

      2.0.0 - change existing model for performance reasons, e.g. re-key
      list (NBC)

      1.1.2_non_compatible - NBC point bug fix, not required in 2.0.0
      due to model changes (NBC)

      3.0.0 - NBC bugfix, rename "baz" to "bar"; also add new BC leaf
      "wibble"; (NBC)

      1.2.1_non_compatible - backport NBC fix, changing "baz" to "bar"

      1.2.2_non_compatible - backport "wibble".  This is a BC change but
      "non_compatible" modifier is sticky.

      3.1.0 - introduce new leaf "wobble" (BC)

   The partial ordering relationships based on the semantic versioning
   numbers can be defined as follows:

      1.0.0 < 1.1.0 < 1.2.0 < 1.3.0 < 2.0.0 < 3.0.0 < 3.1.0

      1.0.0 < 1.1.0 < 1.1.1_compatible < 1.1.2_non_compatible

      1.0.0 < 1.1.0 < 1.2.0 < 1.2.1_non_compatible <
      1.2.2_non_compatible




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   There is no ordering relationship between 1.1.1_non_compatible and
   either 1.2.0 or 1.2.1_non_compatible, except that they share the
   common ancestor of 1.1.0.

   Looking at the version number alone, the module definition in 2.0.0
   does not necessarily contain the contents of 1.3.0.  However, the
   module revision history in 2.0.0 may well indicate that it was edited
   from module version 1.3.0.

3.3.  YANG Semantic Version Update Rules

   When a new revision of an artifact is produced, then the following
   rules define how the YANG semantic version number for the new
   artifact revision is calculated, based on the changes between the two
   artifact revisions, and the YANG semantic version number of the base
   artifact revision from which the changes are derived:

   1.  If an artifact is being updated in a non-backwards-compatible
       way, then the artifact version
       "X.Y.Z[_compatible|_non_compatible]" MUST be updated to "X+1.0.0"
       unless that artifact version has already been defined with
       different content, in which case the artifact version
       "X.Y.Z+1_non_compatible" MUST be used instead.

   2.  Under some circumstances (e.g., to avoid adding a "_compatible"
       modifier) an artifact author MAY also update the MAJOR version
       when the only changes are backwards-compatible.  This is where
       tooling is important to highlight all changes.  Because, while
       avoiding the "_compatible" and "_non_compatible" modifiers have a
       clear advantage, bumping a MAJOR version when changes are
       entirely backwards-compatible may confuse end users.

   3.  If an artifact is being updated in a backwards-compatible way,
       then the next version number depends on the format of the current
       version number:

       i     "X.Y.Z" - the artifact version MUST be updated to
             "X.Y+1.0", unless that artifact version has already been
             defined with different content, when the artifact version
             MUST be updated to "X.Y.Z+1_compatible"" instead.

       ii    "X.Y.Z_compatible" - the artifact version MUST be updated
             to "X.Y.Z+1_compatible".

       iii   "X.Y.Z_non_compatible" - the artifact version MUST be
             updated to "X.Y.Z+1_non_compatible".





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   4.  If an artifact is being updated in an editorial way, then the
       next version number depends on the format of the current version
       number:

       i     "X.Y.Z" - the artifact version MUST be updated to "X.Y.Z+1"

       ii    "X.Y.Z_compatible" - the artifact version MUST be updated
             to "X.Y.Z+1_compatible".

       iii   "X.Y.Z_non_compatible" - the artifact version MUST be
             updated to "X.Y.Z+1_non_compatible".

   5.  YANG artifact semantic version numbers beginning with 0, i.e
       "0.X.Y" are regarded as beta definitions and need not follow the
       rules above.  Either the MINOR or PATCH version numbers may be
       updated, regardless of whether the changes are non-backwards-
       compatible, backwards-compatible, or editorial.  See Section 5
       for more details on using this notation during module
       development.

3.4.  Examples of the YANG Semver Label

3.4.1.  Example Module Using YANG Semver

   Below is a sample YANG module that uses the YANG semver revision
   label based on the rules defined in this document.

       module example-versioned-module {
         yang-version 1.1;
         namespace "urn:example:versioned:module";
         prefix "exvermod";
         rev:revision-label-scheme "yangver:yang-semver";

         import ietf-yang-revisions { prefix "rev"; }
         import ietf-yang-semver { prefix "yangver"; }

         description
           "to be completed";

         revision 2018-02-28 {
           description "Added leaf 'wobble'";
           rev:revision-label "3.1.0";
         }

         revision 2017-12-31 {
           description "Rename 'baz' to 'bar', added leaf 'wibble'";
           rev:revision-label "3.0.0";
           rev:nbc-changes;



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         }

         revision 2017-10-30 {
           description "Change the module structure";
           rev:revision-label "2.0.0";
           rev:nbc-changes;
         }

         revision 2017-08-30 {
           description "Clarified description of 'foo-64' leaf";
           rev:revision-label "1.3.1";
         }

         revision 2017-07-30 {
           description "Added leaf foo-64";
           rev:revision-label "1.3.0";
         }

         revision 2017-04-20 {
           description "Add new functionality, leaf 'baz'";
           rev:revision-label "1.2.0";
         }

         revision 2017-04-03 {
           description "Add new functionality, leaf 'foo'";
           rev:revision-label "1.1.0";
         }

         revision 2017-04-03 {
           description "First release version.";
           rev:revision-label "1.0.0";
         }

         // Note: semver rules do not apply to 0.X.Y labels.

         revision 2017-01-30 {
           description "NBC changes to initial revision";
           semver:module-version "0.2.0";
         }

         revision 2017-01-26 {
           description "Initial module version";
           semver:module-version "0.1.0";
         }

         //YANG module definition starts here





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3.4.2.  Example of Package Using YANG Semver

   Below is an example YANG package that uses the semver revision label
   based on the rules defined in this document.

      {
        "ietf-yang-instance-data:instance-data-set": {
          "name": "example-yang-pkg",
          "target-ptr": "TBD",
          "timestamp": "2018-09-06T17:00:00Z",
          "description": "Example IETF package definition",
          "content-data": {
            "ietf-yang-package:yang-package": {
              "name": "example-yang-pkg",
              "version": "1.3.1",
              ...
     }

4.  Import Module by Semantic Version

   [I-D.ietf-netmod-yang-module-versioning] allows for imports to be
   done based on a module or a derived revision of a module.  The
   rev:revision-or-derived statement can specify either a revision date
   or a revision label.  When importing by semver, the YANG semver
   revision label value MAY be used as an argument to rev:revision-or-
   derived.  In so, any module which has that semver label as its latest
   revision label or has that label in its revision history can be used
   to satisfy the import requirement.  For example:

           import example-module {
             rev:revision-or-derived "3.0.0";
           }

   Note: the import lookup does not stop when a non-backward-compatible
   change is encountered.  That is, if module B imports a module A at or
   derived from version 2.0.0, resolving that import will pass through a
   revision of module A with version 2.1.0_non_compatible in order to
   determine if the present instance of module A derives from 2.0.0.

5.  Guidelines for Using Semver During Module Development

   This section and the IETF-specific sub-section below provides YANG
   semver-specific guidelines to consider when developing new YANG
   modules.  As such this section updates [RFC8407].

   Development of a brand new YANG module outside of the IETF that uses
   YANG semver as its revision-label scheme SHOULD begin with a 0 for
   the MAJOR version component.  This allows the module to disregard



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   strict semver rules with respect to non-backwards-compatible changes
   during its initial development.  However, module developers MAY
   choose to use the semver pre-release syntax instead with a 1 for the
   MAJOR version component.  For example, an initial module revision-
   label might be either 0.0.1 or 1.0.0-alpha.1.  If the authors choose
   to use the 0 MAJOR version component scheme, they MAY switch to the
   pre-release scheme with a MAJOR version component of 1 when the
   module is nearing initial release (e.g., a module's revision label
   may transition from 0.3.0 to 1.0.0-beta.1 to indicate it is more
   mature and ready for testing).

   When using pre-release notation, the format MUST include at least one
   alphabetic component and MUST end with a '.' and then one or more
   digits.  These alphanumeric components will be used when deciding
   pre-release precedence.  The following are examples of valid pre-
   release versions

      1.0.0-alpha.1

      1.0.0-alpha.3

      2.1.0-beta.42

      3.0.0-202007.rc.1

   When developing a new revision of an existing module using the YANG
   semver revision-label scheme, the intended target semver version MUST
   be used along with pre-release notation.  For example, if a released
   module which has a current revision-label of 1.0.0 is being modified
   with the intent to make non-backwards-compatible changes, the first
   development MAJOR version component must be 2 with some pre-release
   notation such as -alpha.1, making the version 2.0.0-alpha.1.  That
   said, every publicly available release of a module MUST have a unique
   YANG semver revision-label (where a publicly available release is one
   that could be implemented by a vendor or consumed by an end user).
   Therefore, it may be prudent to include the year or year and month
   development began (e.g., 2.0.0-201907-alpha.1).  As a module
   undergoes development, it is possible that the original intent
   changes.  For example, a 1.0.0 version of a module that was destined
   to become 2.0.0 after a development cycle may have had a scope change
   such that the final version has no non-backwards-compatible changes
   and becomes 1.1.0 instead.  This change is acceptable to make during
   the development phase so long as pre-release notation is present in
   both versions (e.g., 2.0.0-alpha.3 becomes 1.1.0-alpha.4).  However,
   on the next development cycle (after 1.1.0 is released), if again the
   new target release is 2.0.0, new pre-release components must be used
   such that every revision-label for a given module MUST be unique
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   might be 2.0.0-202005-alpha.1 if keeping the same year and month
   notation mentioned above).

5.1.  Pre-release Version Precedence

   [TODO: Describe precedence considering there could be changes during
   development and parallel development tracks.]

5.2.  YANG Semver in IETF Modules

   Net new module development within the IETF SHOULD begin with the 0
   MAJOR number scheme as described above.  When revising an existing
   IETF module, the revision-label MUST use the target (i.e., intended)
   MAJOR and MINOR version components with a 0 patch version component.
   If the intended ratified release will be non-backward-compatible with
   the current ratified release, the MINOR version component MUST be 0.

   All IETF modules in development MUST use the whole document name as a
   pre-release version string, including the current document revision.
   For example, if a module which is currently released at version 1.0.0
   is being revised to include non-backwards-compatible changes in
   draft-user-netmod-foo, its development revision-labels MUST include
   2.0.0-draft-user-netmod-foo followed by the document's revision
   (e.g., 2.0.0-draft-user-netmod-foo-02).  This will ensure each pre-
   release version is unique across the lifecycle of the module.  Even
   when using the 0 MAJOR version for initial module development (where
   MINOR and PATCH can change), appending the draft name as a pre-
   release component helps to ensure uniqueness when there are perhaps
   multiple, parallel efforts creating the same module.

   If a module is being revised and the original module never had a
   revision-label (i.e., you wish to start using YANG semver in future
   module revisions), choose a semver value that makes the most sense
   based on the module's history.  For example, if a module started out
   in the pre-NMDA ([RFC8342]) world, and then had NMDA support added
   without removing any legacy "state" branches -- and you are looking
   to add additional new features -- a sensible choice for the target
   YANG semver would be 1.2.0 (since 1.0.0 would have been the initial,
   pre-NMDA release, and 1.1.0 would have been the NMDA revision).

   See Appendix A for a detailed example of IETF pre-release versions.

6.  YANG Module

   This YANG module contains the typedef for the YANG semantic version.


<CODE BEGINS> file "ietf-yang-semver@2019-09-06.yang"



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  module ietf-yang-semver {
    yang-version 1.1;
    namespace "urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:yang:ietf-yang-semver";
    prefix yangver;
    rev:revision-label-scheme "yang-semver";

    import ietf-yang-revisions {
      prefix rev;
    }

    organization
      "IETF NETMOD (Network Modeling) Working Group";
    contact
      "WG Web:   <http://tools.ietf.org/wg/netmod/>
       WG List:  <mailto:netmod@ietf.org>

       Author:   Joe Clarke
                 <mailto:jclarke@cisco.com>";
    description
      "This module provides type and grouping definitions for YANG
       packages.

       Copyright (c) 2020 IETF Trust and the persons identified as
       authors of the code.  All rights reserved.

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

       This version of this YANG module is part of RFC XXXX; see
       the RFC itself for full legal notices.";

    // RFC Ed.: update the date below with the date of RFC publication
    // and remove this note.
    // RFC Ed.: replace XXXX with actual RFC number and remove this
    // note.

    revision 2020-06-30 {
      rev:revision-label "1.0.0-draft-ietf-netmod-yang-semver-01";
      description
        "Initial revision";
      reference
        "RFC XXXX: YANG Semantic Versioning.";
    }




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    /*
     * Identities
     */

    identity yang-semver {
      base rev:revision-label-scheme-base-identity;
      description
        "The revision-label scheme corresponds to the YANG semver scheme
         which is defined by the pattern in the 'version' typedef below.
         The rules governing this revision-label scheme are defined in the
         reference for this identity.";
      reference
        "RFC XXXX: YANG Semantic Versioning.";
    }

    /*
     * Typedefs
     */

    typedef version {
      type string {
        pattern '\d+[.]\d+[.]\d+(_(non_)?compatible)?(-[\w\d.]+)?([+][\w\d\.]+)?';
      }
      description
        "Represents a YANG semantic version number.  The rules governing the
         use of this revision label scheme are defined in the reference for
         this typedef.";
      reference
        "RFC XXXX: YANG Semantic Versioning.";
    }
  }
    <CODE ENDS>


7.  Contributors

   This document grew out of the YANG module versioning design team that
   started after IETF 101.  The design team consists of the following
   members whom have worked on the YANG versioning project:

   o  Balazs Lengyel

   o  Benoit Claise

   o  Ebben Aries

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   o  Joe Clarke

   o  Juergen Schoenwaelder

   o  Mahesh Jethanandani

   o  Michael (Wangzitao)

   o  Qin Wu

   o  Reshad Rahman

   o  Rob Wilton

   The initial revision of this document was refactored and built upon
   [I-D.clacla-netmod-yang-model-update].

   Discussons on the use of Semver for YANG versioning has been held
   with authors of the OpenConfig YANG models based on their own
   [openconfigsemver].  We would like thank both Anees Shaikh and Rob
   Shakir for their input into this problem space.

8.  Security Considerations

   The document does not define any new protocol or data model.  There
   are no security impacts.

9.  IANA Considerations

   None.

10.  References

10.1.  Normative References

   [I-D.ietf-netmod-yang-module-versioning]
              Claise, B., Clarke, J., Rahman, R., Wilton, R., Lengyel,
              B., Sterne, J., and K. D'Souza, "Updated YANG Module
              Revision Handling", draft-ietf-netmod-yang-module-
              versioning-00 (work in progress), March 2020.

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






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   [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>.

   [RFC8407]  Bierman, A., "Guidelines for Authors and Reviewers of
              Documents Containing YANG Data Models", BCP 216, RFC 8407,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC8407, October 2018,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8407>.

10.2.  Informative References

   [I-D.clacla-netmod-yang-model-update]
              Claise, B., Clarke, J., Lengyel, B., and K. D'Souza, "New
              YANG Module Update Procedure", draft-clacla-netmod-yang-
              model-update-06 (work in progress), July 2018.

   [I-D.ietf-netmod-yang-packages]
              Wilton, R., Rahman, R., Clarke, J., Sterne, J., and W. Bo,
              "YANG Packages", draft-ietf-netmod-yang-packages-00 (work
              in progress), March 2020.

   [openconfigsemver]
              "Semantic Versioning for Openconfig Models",
              <http://www.openconfig.net/docs/semver/>.

   [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>.

   [semver]   "Semantic Versioning 2.0.0", <https://www.semver.org>.

Appendix A.  Example IETF Module Development

   Assume a new YANG module is being developed in the netmod working
   group in the IETF.  Initially, this module is being developed in an
   individual internet draft, draft-jdoe-netmod-example-module.  The
   following represents the initial version tree (i.e., value of
   revision-label) of the module as it's being initially developed.












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   Version lineage for initial module development:

         0.0.1-draft-jdoe-netmod-example-module-00
           |
         0.1.0-draft-jdoe-netmod-example-module-01
           |
         0.2.0-draft-jdoe-netmod-example-module-02
           |
         0.2.1-draft-jdoe-netmod-example-module-03

   At this point, development stabilizes, and the workgroup adopts the
   draft.  Thus now the draft becomes draft-ietf-netmod-example-module.
   The initial pre-release lineage continues as follows.

   Continued version lineage after adoption:

       1.0.0-draft-ietf-netmod-example-module-00
         |
       1.0.0-draft-ietf-netmod-example-module-01
         |
       1.0.0-draft-ietf-netmod-example-module-02

   At this point, the draft is ratified and becomes RFC12345 and the
   YANG module version number becomes 1.0.0.

   A time later, the module needs to be revised to add additional
   capabilities.  Development will be done in a backwards-compatible
   way.  Two new individual drafts are proposed to go about adding the
   capabilities in different ways: draft-jdoe-netmod-exmod-enhancements
   and draft-jadoe-netmod-exmod-changes.  These are initially developed
   in parallel with the following versions.

   Parallel development for next module revision:

      1.1.0-draft-jdoe-netmod-exmod-enhancements-00 || 1.1.0-draft-jadoe-netmod-exmod-changes-00
        |                                                |
      1.1.0-draft-jdoe-netmod-exmod-enhancements-01 || 1.1.0-draft-jadoe-netmod-exmod-changes-01

   At this point, the WG decides to merge some aspects of both and adopt
   the work in jadoe's draft as draft-ietf-netmod-exmod-changes.  A
   single version lineage continues.










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         1.1.0-draft-ietf-netmod-exmod-changes-00
           |
         1.1.0-draft-ietf-netmod-exmod-changes-01
           |
         1.1.0-draft-ietf-netmod-exmod-changes-02
           |
         1.1.0-draft-ietf-netmod-exmod-changes-03

   The draft is ratified, and the new module version becomes 1.1.0.

Authors' Addresses

   Benoit Claise
   Cisco Systems, Inc.
   De Kleetlaan 6a b1
   1831 Diegem
   Belgium

   Phone: +32 2 704 5622
   Email: bclaise@cisco.com


   Joe Clarke (editor)
   Cisco Systems, Inc.
   7200-12 Kit Creek Rd
   Research Triangle Park, North Carolina
   United States of America

   Phone: +1-919-392-2867
   Email: jclarke@cisco.com


   Reshad Rahman
   Cisco Systems, Inc.

   Email: rrahman@cisco.com


   Robert Wilton (editor)
   Cisco Systems, Inc.

   Email: rwilton@cisco.com









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   Balazs Lengyel
   Ericsson
   Magyar Tudosok Korutja
   1117 Budapest
   Hungary

   Phone: +36-70-330-7909
   Email: balazs.lengyel@ericsson.com


   Jason Sterne
   Nokia

   Email: jason.sterne@nokia.com


   Kevin D'Souza
   AT&T
   200 S. Laurel Ave
   Middletown, NJ
   United States of America

   Email: kd6913@att.com




























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