Hi, In the light of this discussion, I would like to clarify that my support is for the problem of tagging *modules*, which I believe this draft is all about. I don't think we should extend this to tagging *nodes*; I think that requires a different mechanism.
/martin Juergen Schoenwaelder <j.schoenwael...@jacobs-university.de> wrote: > On Wed, Feb 07, 2018 at 02:02:55PM -0800, Andy Bierman wrote: > > > IMO it will be difficult to agree on the details of this draft > > without agreeing on the problem statement first. > > +1 > > > I am interested in these tags as a new type of standard selection filter. > > It can be applied to data retrieval, NACM rules, YANG push subtree > > selection, > > and probably many more use-cases. So the problem statement > > might be: > > > > There is a need for standardized mechanisms to classify YANG data nodes > > with tags, > > which can be used in protocol operations to select matching data nodes, > > based on tag values. > > This work includes the management and assignment of tags, and their > > generalized use > > within protocol operations. > > The I-D talks about tags for YANG _modules_, you are talking about > tags for YANG data nodes and you seem to imply that these tags are > associated to instance data and that they can be used in protocol > operations. (And then I note we already have metadata that can be > associated to instance data. And there was Andy's packages work, which > can be seen as another way to tag collections of schema nodes.) > > So yes, there is a need to agree on what the problem is that is to be > solved (and to consider how solutions fit into the framework we > already have in place). > > /js > > -- > Juergen Schoenwaelder Jacobs University Bremen gGmbH > Phone: +49 421 200 3587 Campus Ring 1 | 28759 Bremen | Germany > Fax: +49 421 200 3103 <https://www.jacobs-university.de/> > > _______________________________________________ > netmod mailing list > netmod@ietf.org > https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/netmod > _______________________________________________ netmod mailing list netmod@ietf.org https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/netmod
