Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) J. Schoenwaelder, Ed.
Request for Comments: 6021 Jacobs University
Category: Standards Track October 2010
ISSN: 2070-1721
Common YANG Data Types
Abstract
This document introduces a collection of common data types to be used
with the YANG data modeling language.
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Table of Contents
1. Introduction ....................................................2
2. Overview ........................................................3
3. Core YANG Derived Types .........................................4
4. Internet-Specific Derived Types ................................13
5. IANA Considerations ............................................22
6. Security Considerations ........................................23
7. Contributors ...................................................23
8. Acknowledgments ................................................23
9. References .....................................................23
9.1. Normative References ......................................23
9.2. Informative References ....................................24
1. Introduction
YANG [RFC6020] is a data modeling language used to model
configuration and state data manipulated by the Network Configuration
Protocol (NETCONF) [RFC4741]. The YANG language supports a small set
of built-in data types and provides mechanisms to derive other types
from the built-in types.
This document introduces a collection of common data types derived
from the built-in YANG data types. The definitions are organized in
several YANG modules. The "ietf-yang-types" module contains
generally useful data types. The "ietf-inet-types" module contains
definitions that are relevant for the Internet protocol suite.
The derived types are generally designed to be applicable for
modeling all areas of management information.
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].
Schoenwaelder Standards Track [Page 2]RFC 6021 YANG-TYPES October 20102. Overview
This section provides a short overview of the types defined in
datatracker.ietf.org