Re: [NGO] external module properties

[Andy Bierman <ietf at andybierman.com>]

Martin Bjorklund wrote:
> Andy Bierman <ietf at andybierman.com> wrote:
>>> Namespace information is needed for parsers to work properly in case
>>> of identifier clashes. And I am sure the IETF will require that
>>> revision clauses are present in YANG modules. But this is not a
>>> technical requirement of the language itself; it is a usage guideline
>>> requirement. I believe this distinction is worthwhile to make.
>>
>> no -- the prefix is needed for the language parser.
>> The namespace URI string isn't used anywhere in YANG.
> 
> It is needed in the NETCONF data that YANG defines.  Thus it is an
> essential property in a YANG module.
> 

not really.  I don't think RFC 4741 says so.
YANG does not need to make it mandatory.
YANG is arbitrarily enforcing a CLR outside
the language for the module namespace, but not for module version.


> 
> /martin
> 

Andy



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