On Fri, Jul 20, 2018 at 03:45:47PM +0200, Martin Vigoureux wrote: > As part of a recent IESG review (of draft-bfd-yang) a point came up on the > use of "iana" in yang modules' name/namespace/prefix. > This is typically used in the case where the module refers to an IANA > maintained registry. However, the point raised was that the name of the > registry operator might not always be IANA, and that using that name might > not put modules on the most stable deployment footing under all possible > circumstances. > > On top of that, as far as I can tell, the use of "iana" is an undocumented > convention. > > So, I wanted to collect views: > on whether a convention should be documented, > and, with regards to the point raised in IESG, on whether that keyword > should be changed going forward. In that context, what about "reg" (for > registry) or "regop" (for registry operator)? Other proposals are welcome.
iana- has the advantage that everybody knows which registry is meant. Using registry- is perhaps more flexible in case IANA registry gets renamed but it leaves is much more open where the module is maintained. The first part of a module name is supposed to identify an organization. draft-ietf-netmod-rfc6087bis-20.txt (RFC editor queue) says: It is suggested that a stable prefix be selected representing the entire organization. All normative YANG modules published by the IETF MUST begin with the prefix "ietf-". Another standards organization, such as the IEEE, might use the prefix "ieee-" for all YANG modules. Concerning documentation, perhaps we could change the above to this: It is suggested that a stable prefix be selected representing the entire organization. All normative YANG modules published by the IETF MUST begin with the prefix "ietf-". Another standards organization, such as the IEEE, might use the prefix "ieee-" for all YANG modules. YANG modules maintained by IANA for the IETF SHOULD begin with the prefix "iana-". /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 [email protected] https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/netmod
