Sure - I'd, of course, be interested in their suggestions. Alia
On Thu, Jan 24, 2013 at 7:58 AM, Adrian Farrel <[email protected]> wrote: > Information provided without comment...**** > > ** ** > > draft-ietf-ipfix-information-model-rfc5102bis has approached the problem > of an information model without a modelling language. I think the problem > it is solving is simpler than in I2RS.**** > > ** ** > > You might ask the Ops ADs for input on this topic.**** > > ** ** > > A**** > > ** ** > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] *On Behalf > Of *Alia Atlas > *Sent:* 23 January 2013 21:44 > > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* [i2rs] format for information models**** > > ** ** > > As part of the proposed i2rs charter, the WG would need to produce > information models. I know there's**** > > lots of interest in this and it would be great to agree on a format that > we'd like to see the information models**** > > in.**** > > ** ** > > From my perspective (learning all the time), an information model is to > describe the information and purpose**** > > of the data needed in the model, without all the details that make the > reasoning and structure hard to understand**** > > (and also take lots of time to develop). Of course, there's Wikipedia's > definition (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Information_model)**** > > and various RFCs that include information models (RFC 5102, 3585, etc). > Frequently, the information model**** > > can just be in English.**** > > ** ** > > Based on some side conversations, I'd like to see if we can discuss and > agree on a format to try for the information**** > > models. What I'd suggest is basically a data-tree (similar to the > TreeOutput from pyang - seen at **** > > http://code.google.com/p/pyang/wiki/TreeOutput) and then information per > data item. The required information would **** > > be a description, a type, and, if appropriate, a reference (to where else > the concept is defined).**** > > ** ** > > What do you all think? Any better/different ideas?**** > > ** ** > > Alia**** >
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