Hi Qiufang,

Thank you for your reply.  We have updated as requested.

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> 5) <!--[rfced] *[AD] We have altered some text in the Security Considerations 
> section to match the boilerplate text at 
> <https://wiki.ietf.org/group/ops/yang-security-guidelines>. Also note that 
> paragraph 4 varies from the template (we attempted to make it match more 
> closely). Please review and let us know if any further updates are needed or 
> if the text is agreeable as is.
> -->        
> [Qiufang] Mahesh will comment this , but why not replace [YANG-GUIDE] with 
> [RFC9907]?

) Note that we are awaiting Mahesh’s word on this. The citation has been 
updated from "[YANG-GUIDE]" to "[RFC9907]".  

For the Final Review status of this document, please see:
https://queue.rfc-editor.org/final-review/rfc10016/

Thank you,
Alanna Paloma
RFC Production Center

> On Jul 7, 2026, at 11:39 PM, maqiufang (A) 
> <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> Please see below inline with [Qiufang]...
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] 
> Sent: Tuesday, July 7, 2026 7:35 AM
> To: maqiufang (A) <[email protected]>; Qin Wu <[email protected]>; 
> [email protected]; [email protected]
> Cc: [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; 
> [email protected]; [email protected]; 
> [email protected]
> Subject: [AD] Re: Final Review: RFC-to-be 10016 
> (draft-ietf-netmod-system-config) in XML
> 
> Authors and *AD,
> 
> While reviewing this document during Final Review, please resolve (as 
> necessary) the following questions, which are also in the source file.
> 
> *AD, please review question #5 below.
> 
> 
> 1) <!--[rfced] We note that most of the recently published RFCs containing 
> YANG modules format their titles as "A YANG Data Model for...", for example:
> 
>  RFC 9094 - A YANG Data Model for Wavelength Switched Optical Networks (WSONs)
>  RFC 9093 - A YANG Data Model for Layer 0 Types
>  RFC 9067 - A YANG Data Model for Routing Policy
> 
> Please consider whether the title of this document should be updated.
> 
> Current:
>   System-Defined Configuration
> 
> Perhaps:
>   A YANG Data Model for System-Defined Configuration    
> -->
> [Qiufang] The Current is better. This draft defines more than a YANG data 
> model.
> 
> 2) <!--[rfced] Per guidance from Section 2 of RFC 8340, we moved the lines in 
> the YANG tree diagram (in Section 7.1) over two spaces to the left. Please 
> review and let us know of any objections.
> -->
> [Qiufang] Okay. No objections.
> 
> 
> 3) <!--[rfced] Because XML examples are present in this document, we added a 
> citation to W3C in Section 7.3 and a corresponding entry under the 
> Informative References section.  Please let us know if this is agreeable or 
> if you prefer otherwise.
> 
> Original:
>   The following example shows how the configuration in <system> could
>   be retrieved in a NETCONF <get-data> RPC operation.  The example uses
>   the "example-application" fictional data model defined in
>   Appendix A.1.
> 
> Current: 
>   The following example shows how the configuration in <system> could
>   be retrieved in a NETCONF <get-data> RPC operation.  The example
>   uses XML [W3C.XML1.0] and the "example-application" fictional data
>   model defined in Appendix A.1.
> -->
> 
> [Qiufang] Perhaps:
> OLD:
>   The following example shows how the configuration in <system> could
>   be retrieved in a NETCONF <get-data> RPC operation.  The example
>   uses XML [W3C.XML1.0] and the "example-application" fictional data
>   model defined in Appendix A.1.
> NEW:
>   The following example shows how the configuration in <system> could
>   be retrieved in a NETCONF <get-data> RPC operation.  The example
>   uses the "example-application" fictional data
>   model defined in Appendix A.1 and the Extensible Markup Language (XML) 
> [W3C.XML1.0] encoding.
> 
> 
> 4) <!--[rfced] FYI - In Section 7.3, note that we moved the example over 
> three spaces to the left because 
> "xmlns:sysds="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:yang:ietf-system-datastore">"
> was 3 characters over the limit.
> -->
> [Qiufang] Okay.
> 
> 
> 5) <!--[rfced] *[AD] We have altered some text in the Security Considerations 
> section to match the boilerplate text at 
> <https://wiki.ietf.org/group/ops/yang-security-guidelines>. Also note that 
> paragraph 4 varies from the template (we attempted to make it match more 
> closely). Please review and let us know if any further updates are needed or 
> if the text is agreeable as is.
> -->        
> [Qiufang] Mahesh will comment this , but why not replace [YANG-GUIDE] with 
> [RFC9907]?
> 
> 
> 6) <!--[rfced] Note that the YANG module examples have been updated per the 
> formatting option of pyang.  Please let us know any concerns.
> 
> a) example-application has been updated as follows:
> 
>  prefix "ex-app" -> prefix ex-app
>  prefix "inet"   -> prefix inet
> 
> b) example-acl has been updated as follows:
> 
>  prefix "ex-acl" -> prefix ex-acl
>  prefix "ex-app" -> prefix ex-app
>  prefix "inet"   -> prefix inet
> 
> c) example-interface has been updated as follows:
> 
>  prefix "ex-if" -> prefix ex-if
>  prefix "inet"  -> prefix inet
>  key name       -> key "name"
> 
> d) example-interface-management has been updated as follows:
> 
>  prefix "ex-ifm" -> prefix ex-ifm
>  prefix "inet"   -> prefix inet
> -->
> 
> [Qiufang] All above are good.
> 
> 7) <!--[rfced] We note that the following system configuration terms are 
> hyphenated. Are these specific terms that should always appear hyphenated? We 
> are confirming because adverbs ending in "ly" are not typically hyphenated in 
> the RFC Series, and we could not find the hyphenated forms of these terms in 
> past RFCs.
> 
> If the hyphens are not essential, we would remove them from 
> "immediately-present" and "conditionally-present", and we would hyphenate 
> "always present" only when in attributive position (i.e., when followed by a 
> noun). Please let us know your preference.
> 
> always-present
> conditionally-present
> immediately-present
> -->
> [Qiufang] Okay to remove the hyphen.
> 
> 
> 8) <!-- [rfced] FYI - We have added expansions for the following 
> abbreviations per Section 3.6 of RFC 7322 ("RFC Style Guide"). Please review 
> each expansion in the document carefully to ensure correctness.
> 
> Access Control List (ACL)
> Network Configuration Protocol (NETCONF)
> -->
> [Qiufang] Looks good to me.
> 
> 
> 9) <!-- [rfced] Please review the "Inclusive Language" portion of the online 
> Style Guide <https://www.rfc-editor.org/styleguide/part2/#inclusive_language>
> and let us know if any changes are needed.  Updates of this nature typically 
> result in more precise language, which is helpful for readers. 
> 
> Note that our script did not flag any words in particular, but this should 
> still be reviewed as a best practice.
> -->
> [Qiufang] I do not think any changes are needed. Thanks.
> 
> I do have one additional comment, in the Acknowledgements section, could you 
> please update the following names:
> OLD: Balazs Lengyel
> NEW: Balázs Lengyel
> 
> OLD: Martin Bjorklund
> NEW: Martin Björklund
> 
> OLD: Juergen Schoenwaelder
> NEW: Jürgen Schönwälder
> 
> Best Regards,
> Qiufang
> 
> Thank you.
> 
> Alanna Paloma and Karen Moore
> RFC Production Center
> 
> 
> On Jul 6, 2026, at 4:24 PM, [email protected] wrote:
> 
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> --------------------------------------
> RFC 10016 (draft-ietf-netmod-system-config)
> 
> Title            : System-defined Configuration
> Author(s)        : Q. Ma, Ed.,
>                  Q. Wu,
>                  C. Feng
> WG Chair(s)      : Kent Watsen, Lou Berger
> Area Director(s) : Mohamed Boucadair, Mahesh Jethanandani


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