Re: [NGO] external module properties

[Martin Bjorklund <mbj at tail-f.com>]

Andy Bierman <ietf at andybierman.com> wrote:
> 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.

It is needed to avoid name clashes in the XML, e.g. if two modules have
the same top-level element name.


/martin
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