NETMOD Working Group L. Lhotka Internet-Draft CZ.NIC Intended status: Standards Track November 28, 2014 Expires: June 1, 2015 Common Metadata Annotations for Data Modelled with YANG draft-lhotka-netmod-yang-annotations-00 Abstract This document introduces a collection of common metadata annotations intended for use in data modeled with the YANG language. Status of This Memo This Internet-Draft is submitted in full conformance with the provisions of BCP 78 and BCP 79. Internet-Drafts are working documents of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF). Note that other groups may also distribute working documents as Internet-Drafts. The list of current Internet- Drafts is at http://datatracker.ietf.org/drafts/current/. Internet-Drafts are draft documents valid for a maximum of six months and may be updated, replaced, or obsoleted by other documents at any time. It is inappropriate to use Internet-Drafts as reference material or to cite them other than as "work in progress." This Internet-Draft will expire on June 1, 2015. Copyright Notice Copyright (c) 2014 IETF Trust and the persons identified as the document authors. All rights reserved. This document is subject to BCP 78 and the IETF Trust's Legal Provisions Relating to IETF Documents (http://trustee.ietf.org/license-info) in effect on the date of publication of this document. Please review these documents carefully, as they describe your rights and restrictions with respect to this document. Code Components extracted from this document must include Simplified BSD License text as described in Section 4.e of the Trust Legal Provisions and are provided without warranty as described in the Simplified BSD License. Lhotka Expires June 1, 2015 [Page 1] Internet-Draft Common Annotations for YANG November 2014 Table of Contents 1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 2. Terminology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 3. Common Metadata Annotations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 3.1. The "inactive" Annotation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 3.2. The "type" Annotation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 4. YANG Annotations Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 5. IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 6. Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 7. References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 7.1. Normative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 7.2. Informative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Author's Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 1. Introduction This document introduces a collection of metadata annotations that are intended for general use in data modeled with the YANG data modeling language [RFC6020]. YANG module "ietf-yang-annotations" (Section 4) defines these annotations using the extension statement "annotation" that is defined in the "ietf-yang-metadata" module [I-D.lhotka-netmod-yang-metadata]. 2. Terminology 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 [RFC6241]: o client, o configuration data, o configuration datastore, o notification, o operation, o RPC method, o server, o state data. Lhotka Expires June 1, 2015 [Page 2] Internet-Draft Common Annotations for YANG November 2014 3. Common Metadata Annotations YANG module "ietf-yang-annotations" (Section 4) contains normative definitions of the following metadata annotations: o inactive - deactivates a subtree in a configuration datastore, o type - indicates the actual type for a leaf instance with the "union" type". The following subsections provide an informal explanation and examples showing typical use of these annotations. The examples are based on YANG modules "ietf-interfaces" [RFC7223] and "ietf-system" [RFC7317]. 3.1. The "inactive" Annotation A client uses the "inactive" annotation for deactivating a subtree in a configuration datastore while keeping the subtree in place. For example, a NETCONF client can use the following operation to deactivate the configuration of an interface in the "running" datastore: eth0 A RESTCONF client can achieve the same effect with the following HTTP request: Lhotka Expires June 1, 2015 [Page 3] Internet-Draft Common Annotations for YANG November 2014 PATCH /restconf/data/ietf-interfaces:interfaces/ interface/name=eth0 HTTP/1.1 Host: example.com Content-Type: application/yang.data+json { "@": { "ietf-yang-annotations:inactive": true } } 3.2. The "type" Annotation Clients and servers use the "type" annotation to specify the actual type for an instance of a leaf that has the "union" type (or a type derived from "union"). The value of this annotation has to be one of the member types appearing in the specification of the "union" type. For example, a NETCONF client can use the following operation to set an IPv6 address of a name server in DNS resolver configuration: primary
2001:db8:0:2::1
Lhotka Expires June 1, 2015 [Page 4] Internet-Draft Common Annotations for YANG November 2014 A RESTCONF client can perform the same configuration with the following HTTP request: PUT /restconf/data/ietf-system:system/ dns-resolver/server/name=eth0/udp-and-tcp/address HTTP/1.1 Host: example.com Content-Type: application/yang.data+json { "@address": { "ietf-yang-annotations:type": "ietf-inet-types:ipv6-address" }, "address": "2001:db8:0:2::1" } 4. YANG Annotations Module RFC Editor: In this section, replace all occurrences of 'XXXX' with the actual RFC number and all occurrences of the revision date below with the date of RFC publication (and remove this note). file "yang-annotations@2014-11-28.yang" module ietf-yang-annotations { namespace "urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:yang:ietf-yang-annotations"; prefix "yann"; import ietf-yang-metadata { prefix "md"; } organization "IETF NETMOD (NETCONF Data Modeling Language) Working Group"; contact "WG Web: WG List: WG Chair: Thomas Nadeau WG Chair: Juergen Schoenwaelder Editor: Ladislav Lhotka "; Lhotka Expires June 1, 2015 [Page 5] Internet-Draft Common Annotations for YANG November 2014 description "This module defines generally useful metadata annotations for data modelled with YANG. Copyright (c) 2014 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."; revision 2014-11-28 { description "Initial revision."; reference "RFC XXXX: Common Metadata Annotations for Data Modelled with YANG."; } md:annotation "inactive" { type boolean; description "A client uses this annotation for deactivating a subtree in a configuration datastore. If a server advertises support for this annotation, then a client MAY attach it to any data node instance in any configuration datastore via standard editing methods. If its value is 'true', then the server MUST behave as if the subtree rooted at this data node was not present. If its value is 'false' the server MUST behave as if the annotation is not present."; } md:annotation "type" { description "This annotation is used for indicating the actual type for a value of a leaf with the 'union' type, or a type derived from 'union' (henceforth denoted as 'a union type'). The value of this annotation can be Lhotka Expires June 1, 2015 [Page 6] Internet-Draft Common Annotations for YANG November 2014 - the name of a YANG built-in type, - the name of a derived type prepended with the name of the YANG module where the type is defined and the colon character (':'). If a server advertises support for this annotation, then: - A client MAY attach this annotation to a leaf of a union type when creating or modifying the value of this leaf in a configuration datastore, or when such a leaf is contained in RPC request parameters. The server MUST take this information into account when interpreting the type of the received value. - If a client doesn't do so, the server SHOULD attach this annotation to a leaf of a union type upon its creation or modification in a configuration datastore. - The server SHOULD attach this annotation to all leafs of a union type that are sent to a client as state data, in an RPC reply, or in a notification. In all cases mentioned above, the receiving party SHALL ignore this annotation if it is attached to an instance of a data node that is not a leaf of a union type. A server supporting this annotation SHALL report an error if - the type specified in the annotation is not among member types of the annotated leaf's type, - the value of the annotated leaf is not valid for the type specified by the annotation."; } } 5. IANA Considerations RFC Ed.: In this section, replace all occurrences of 'XXXX' with the actual RFC number (and remove this note). This document registers the following namespace URI in the IETF XML registry [RFC3688]: Lhotka Expires June 1, 2015 [Page 7] Internet-Draft Common Annotations for YANG November 2014 ---------------------------------------------------------- URI: urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:yang:ietf-yang-annotations Registrant Contact: The IESG. XML: N/A, the requested URI is an XML namespace. ---------------------------------------------------------- This document registers the following YANG modules in the YANG Module Names registry [RFC6020]: ------------------------------------------------------------------- name: ietf-yang-annotations namespace: urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:yang:ietf-yang-annotations prefix: yann reference: RFC XXXX ------------------------------------------------------------------- 6. Security Considerations TBD 7. References 7.1. Normative References [I-D.lhotka-netmod-yang-metadata] Lhotka, L., "Defining and Using Metadata with YANG", draft-lhotka-netmod-yang-metadata-00 (work in progress), September 2014. [RFC2119] Bradner, S., "Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate Requirement Levels", BCP 14, RFC 2119, March 1997. [RFC3688] Mealling, M., "The IETF XML Registry", BCP 81, RFC 3688, January 2004. [RFC6020] Bjorklund, M., "YANG - A Data Modeling Language for the Network Configuration Protocol (NETCONF)", RFC 6020, October 2010. [RFC6241] Enns, R., Bjorklund, M., Schoenwaelder, J., and A. Bierman, "Network Configuration Protocol (NETCONF)", RFC 6241, June 2011. Lhotka Expires June 1, 2015 [Page 8] Internet-Draft Common Annotations for YANG November 2014 7.2. Informative References [RFC7223] Bjorklund, M., "A YANG Data Model for Interface Management", RFC 7223, May 2014. [RFC7317] Bierman, A. and M. Bjorklund, "A YANG Data Model for System Management", RFC 7317, August 2014. Author's Address Ladislav Lhotka CZ.NIC Email: lhotka@nic.cz Lhotka Expires June 1, 2015 [Page 9]