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draft-rwilton-netmod-yang-packages-00
Network Working Group                                          R. Wilton
Internet-Draft                                       Cisco Systems, Inc.
Intended status: Standards Track                       December 20, 2018
Expires: June 23, 2019

                             YANG Packages
                 draft-rwilton-netmod-yang-packages-00

Abstract

   This document defines YANG packages, an organizational structure
   holding a set of related YANG modules, that can be used to simplify
   the conformance and sharing of YANG schema.  It describes how YANG
   instance data documents are used to define YANG packages, and how the
   YANG library information published by a server can be augmented with
   additional packaging related information.

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Table of Contents

   1.  Terminology and Conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   2
   2.  Introduction  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   3
   3.  Background on YANG packaging  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   4
   4.  Objectives  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   4
   5.  Package description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   5
     5.1.  Package definition rules  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   6
     5.2.  Package versioning  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   7
     5.3.  Client server package conformance . . . . . . . . . . . .   8
     5.4.  Submodules packaging considerations . . . . . . . . . . .   8
     5.5.  Revision history  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   9
     5.6.  Uniqueness of packages and global registry  . . . . . . .   9
   6.  YANG Packaging instance data  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   9
   7.  YANG Packaging additions to YANG library  . . . . . . . . . .  11
     7.1.  Package List  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  11
     7.2.  Binding from schema to package  . . . . . . . . . . . . .  11
     7.3.  Tree diagram  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  12
   8.  YANG Packaging groupings  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  12
   9.  YANG Modules  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  14
   10. Open Questions/Issues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  26
   11. Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  26
   12. IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  27
   13. References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  27
     13.1.  Normative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  27
     13.2.  Informative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  29
   Appendix A.  Tree output for ietf-yang-library with package
                augmentations  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  29
   Appendix B.  Examples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  31
     B.1.  Example IETF Network Device YANG package  . . . . . . . .  31
     B.2.  Example IETF Basic Routing YANG package . . . . . . . . .  34
     B.3.  Package import conflict resolution example  . . . . . . .  37
   Author's Address  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  39

1.  Terminology and Conventions

   The key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL NOT",
   "SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED", "NOT RECOMMENDED", "MAY", and
   "OPTIONAL" in this document are to be interpreted as described in BCP
   14 [RFC2119] [RFC8174] when, and only when, they appear in all
   capitals, as shown here.

   This document uses terminology introduced in the YANG versioning
   requirements draft [I-D.verdt-netmod-yang-versioning-reqs].

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   This document also makes of the following terminology introduced in
   the Network Management Datastore Architecture [RFC8342]:

   o  datastore schema

   In addition, this document makes use of the following terminology:

   o  bc: Used as an abbreviation for a backwards-compatible change.

   o  nbc: Used as an abbreviation for a non-backwards-compatible
      change.

   o  editorial change: A backwards-compatible change that does not
      change the YANG module semantics in any way.

   Note - the bc/nbc/editorial terminology should probably be defined
   and referenced from the YANG module versioning solution draft.

2.  Introduction

   This document defines and describes the YANG [RFC7950] constructs
   that are used to define and use YANG packages.

   A YANG package is an organizational structure that groups a set of
   related YANG modules together into a consistent versioned definition.
   YANG packages can themselves refer to and reuse other package
   definitions.

   The draft consists of the following significant sections:

   A background section that describes some of the prior work in this
   area, both within IETF and the wider industry.

   An overview of the objectives for a YANG packaging solution, and also
   what work is out of scope for this document.

   The definition of YANG packages, how package definitions are
   constructed, and how they are used.

   How YANG instance data documents
   [I-D.ietf-netmod-yang-instance-file-format] are used to define
   particular YANG package instances.

   Augmentations to the YANG library [I-D.ietf-netconf-rfc7895bis]
   content published by servers to include YANG packaging related
   information.

   YANG modules the provide the definitions for YANG packages.

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   Non-normative examples of YANG package instances are provided in the
   appendicies.

3.  Background on YANG packaging

   It has long been acknowledged within the IETF NETMOD community that
   network management using YANG requires a unit of organization and
   conformance that is broader in scope than individual YANG modules.

   'The YANG Package Statement' [I-D.bierman-netmod-yang-package]
   proposed a YANG package mechanism based on new YANG language
   statements, where a YANG package is defined in a file similar to how
   YANG modules are defined, and would require enhancements to YANG
   compilers to understand the new statements used to define particular
   package instances.  This document did not progress in the working
   group, although this may have been due to other higher priority
   concerns or resource constraints within the working group rather than
   due to consideration of the technical merits of the proposed
   approach.

   OpenConfig [openconfigsemver] describes an approach to versioning
   'bundle releases' based on git tags.  I.e. a set of modules, at
   particular versions, can be marked with the same release tag to
   indicate that they are known to interoperate together.

   The NETMOD WG in general, and the YANG versioning design team in
   particular, are exploring solutions to the YANG versioning
   requirements, [I-D.verdt-netmod-yang-versioning-reqs].  Solutions to
   the versioning requirements can be split into several distinct areas.
   One draft, TBD (draft-verdt-netmod-yang-semver), has a primary focus
   on YANG versioning scoped to individual modules.  But an overall
   solution should also consider YANG versioning and conformance scoped
   to a server's datastore schema.  YANG packages may help form part of
   the solution for versioning at the datastore schema level.

4.  Objectives

   The main goals of YANG package definitions include, but are not
   restricted to:

   o  To act as a simplified YANG conformance mechanism.  Rather than
      conformance being performed against a set of individual YANG
      module revisions, conformance could also be more simply stated in
      terms of YANG packages, with a set modifications (e.g. additional
      modules, deviations, or features).

   o  To allow YANG datastore schema to be specified in a more concise
      way rather than having to list all modules and revisions.  YANG

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      package definitions can be defined in documents that can be
      referenced by a URI rather than requiring explicit lists of
      modules to be shared between client and server.  Hence, a YANG
      package must contain sufficient information to allow a client or
      server to precisely construct the schema associated with the
      package.

   o  To provide generic packaging related YANG grouping definitions for
      use in other YANG modules, as required.

   Protocol mechanisms of how clients could negotiate which packages or
   package versions are be used for client server communications are
   outside the scope of this document.  However, the design of the YANG
   library augmentations for YANG packages are intended to keep open the
   possibility of such extensions in future work.

   Finally, the package definitions proposed by this document are
   intended to be relatively basic in their definition and the
   functionality that they support.  As indsutry gains experience using
   YANG packages, the standard YANG mechanisms of updating, or
   augmenting, YANG modules could be used to extend the functionality
   supported by YANG packages.

5.  Package description

   This document specifies an approach to defining YANG packages that is
   different to either of the approaches described in the background.

   The approach defined here is for a YANG package definition structure
   to be defined using existing YANG language statements without
   requiring extensions or new YANG statements.  By making use of this
   structure, particular YANG package instances can be defined as YANG
   instance data documents [I-D.ietf-netmod-yang-instance-file-format]
   with well defined names and locations.

   The YANG sementic versioning scheme, described in draft-verdt-netmod-
   yang-semver (TBD), is used to version YANG packages using an
   equivalent scheme to how individual YANG modules version numbers are
   changed.

   YANG library is augmented to allow servers to report the packages
   that they implement and to associate those packages back to
   particular datastore schema.

   TODO - It would be helpful if the YANG instance data file format
   [I-D.ietf-netmod-yang-instance-file-format] could also reference a
   YANG packages to specify the schema associated with an instance data

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   document.  This could either be defined in instance-file-format
   draft, or as a YANG augmentation as part of this draft.

   Each version of a YANG package defines: a set of YANG modules that
   are implemented at particular versions or revisions; a set of YANG
   modules that are import-only with particular versions or revisions;
   and a set of mandatory module features that implementations of the
   package MUST implement or otherwise deviate.

5.1.  Package definition rules

   The following rules define how packages are defined:

      Every YANG package definition MUST be referentially complete.
      I.e. all import and include statements for all YANG modules
      included in a package MUST resolve to a module specified in the
      package itself, or an imported package.

      For a given package, each separate instance of the package MUST
      have a unique version number that follows the semantic versioning
      rules described in Section 5.2.

      A package MAY have a revision-date.  Any package revision-dates
      MUST be unique for different package versions.

      For each module implemented by a package, only a single revision/
      version MUST be implemented.

      The version/revision of a module listed in the package module list
      supercedes any version/revision of the module listed in a imported
      package module list.  This allows a package to resolve any
      conflicting implemented module versions/revisions in imported
      packages.

      The replaces-revision leaf-list in the import-only-module list can
      be used to exclude duplicate revisions of import-only modules from
      imported packages.  Otherwise, the import-only-modules for a
      package are the import-only-modules from all imported packages
      combined with any modules listed in the packages import-only-
      module list.

      Modules referenced by a package SHOULD specify the version of the
      module, both in the package definition and within the module
      definition itself.

      Modules referenced by a package MUST specify the revision date of
      the module, both in the package definition and within the module
      definition itself.

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5.2.  Package versioning

   Every YANG package must specify a YANG semantic version field that
   defines the particular version of the package.

   The rules for incrementing the YANG package version number are
   equivalent to the semantic versioning rules used to version
   individual YANG modules, defined in TBD (draft-verdt-netmod-yang-
   semver).

   The semantic versioning rules, as they apply to YANG packages, are
   defined using the following two step process:

   The first step is to determined whether the change to the YANG
   package is classified as a major, minor, or editorial based on the
   content that has changed in the package relative to the previous
   version.  Where available, the semantic version number of the
   referenced elements in the package (imported packages or modules) can
   be used to help determine what type of change is being made.  The
   formal rules are:

      If any of the referenced elements of the package (imported
      packages or modules) are changed in an nbc way, or if any imported
      package, module, or mandatory-feature is removed from the package
      definition, then the package has been updated in an nbc way.

      If none of the referenced elements of the package (imported
      packages, modules) are removed or changed in a nbc way, but some
      referenced elements are changed in a bc way, or new referenced
      elements or mandatory-features added, then the package is deemed
      to be updated in a bc way.

      If none of the referenced elements of the package (imported
      packages, modules) are added, removed, or changed in a nbc or bc
      way, but some referenced elements have editorial changes then the
      package is deemed to be updated in an editorial way.

   The second step, after it has been determined what type of version
   change is being made to the YANG package, is for the YANG semantic
   versioning rules to be applied to update the YANG package semantic
   version number.  The formal rules are:

      If the package is being updated in a nbc way, then the package
      version "X.Y.Z[m|M]" SHOULD be updated to "X+1.0.0" unless that
      package version has already been defined with different content,
      in which case the package version "X.Y.Z+1M MUST be used instead.

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      If the package is being updated in a bc way, then the package
      version "X.Y.Z[m|M]" SHOULD be updated to "X.Y+1.0" unless that
      package version has already been defined with different content,
      in which case if the current package version is "X.Y.ZM" then it
      MUST be updated to "X.Y.Z+1M", or otherwise "X.Y.Z+1m".

      If the package is being updated in an editorial way, then the
      package version "X.Y.Z[m|M]" MUST be updated to "X.Y.Z+1[m|M],
      retaining the 'm|M' character if it is already present in the
      previous version.".

      Package YANG semantic version numbers begining with 0, i.e "0.X.Y"
      are regarded as beta definitions and need not follow the nbc
      rules, and the minor version number can be incremented instead.

      In all cases, the 3 number fields that comprise a YANG semantic
      version number associated with a YANG package MUST uniquely
      identify the contents of that YANG package.

5.3.  Client server package conformance

   The YANG semantic versioning scheme used for YANG packages means that
   a client can determine the nature of changes between two package
   revisions.

   This means that a client is not restricted to working only with
   servers that advertise exactly the same version of package in YANG
   libary.  Instead, reasonable clients should be able to interoperate
   with a server that supports a package version that is backwards
   compatible to what the client is designed for.

   For example, a client coded to support 'foo' package at version 1.0.0
   should interoperate with a server implementing 'foo' package at
   version 1.3.5, because the YANG semantic versioning rules require
   that package version 1.3.5 is backwards compatible to version 1.0.0.

   This also has a relevance on servers that are capable of supporting
   version selection because they need not necessarily support every
   version of a YANG package to ensure good client compatibility.
   Choosing suitable minor versions within each major version number
   should generally be sufficient, particular if they can avoid NBC
   patch level changes (i.e.  'M' labelled versions).

5.4.  Submodules packaging considerations

   As defined in [RFC7950] and draft-verdt-netmod-yang-semver (TBD),
   YANG conformance and versioning is specified in terms of particular
   revisions of YANG modules rather than for individual submodules.

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   However, YANG package definitions also include the list of submodules
   included by a module, primarily to provide a location of where the
   submodule definition can be obtained from, allowing a YANG schema to
   be fully constructed from a YANG package instance-data definition.

   Restructuring how a module uses, or does not use, submodules is
   treated as an editorial level change in YANG semantic versioning, on
   the condition that there is no change in the modules sementic
   behavior due to the restructuring.

   To ensure that a module and any constituent submodule are tightly
   related, all 'include' statements in a YANG module SHOULD specify
   revision-dates of the included submodules.  If 'include' statement
   revision-dates are included in the YANG module then they MUST match
   the 'revision' field specified for the submodule in the packages's
   submodules lists.

5.5.  Revision history

   TODO - Probably eventually delete this section ...

   YANG packages do not contain a revision history.  It is anticipated
   that YANG packages versions may become branched over time and hence
   maintaining a linear revision history would likely be promlematic and
   less useful.  Further, if YANG packages versions are managed in a
   source control system, then additional version meta-data information
   could be stored in the source control system, which are generally
   capable of representing a branched revision history.

5.6.  Uniqueness of packages and global registry

   The name given to a package SHOULD be globally unique, and it SHOULD
   include an appropriate organization prefix in the name, equivalent to
   YANG module naming conventions.

   Each package MUST define a unique namespace.  It is anticipated that
   a registry of package namespaces would be managed by IANA.  It is
   unclear whether specific standard package versions would need to be
   managed in a similar way.

   Ideally a YANG instance data document defining a particular package
   version would be publically available at one or more URIs.

6.  YANG Packaging instance data

   YANG packages are expected to be defined as YANG instance data
   documents [I-D.ietf-netmod-yang-instance-file-format] using the YANG
   schema below to define the pacakge data itself.

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   The instance data document for each version of a YANG package SHOULD
   be made available at one of more locations accessible via a URI.  If
   one of the listed locations defines a definitive reference
   implementation for the package definition then it MUST be listed as
   the first entry in the list.

   The "ietf-yang-package" YANG module has the following structure:

   module: ietf-yang-package
       +--ro yang-package
          +--ro name                  yang:yang-identifier
          +--ro version               yang-sem-ver
          +--ro revision-date?        yanglib:revision-identifier
          +--ro location*             inet:uri
          +--ro description?          string
          +--ro reference?            string
          +--ro tag*                  tags:tag
          +--ro mandatory-feature*    string
          +--ro imported-packages* [name version]
          |  +--ro name        yang:yang-identifier
          |  +--ro version     yang-sem-ver
          |  +--ro location*   inet:uri
          +--ro module* [name]
          |  +--ro name         yang:yang-identifier
          |  +--ro revision?    revision-identifier
          |  +--ro version?     yang-sem-ver
          |  +--ro namespace    inet:uri
          |  +--ro location*    inet:uri
          |  +--ro submodule* [name]
          |     +--ro name        yang:yang-identifier
          |     +--ro revision    yanglib:revision-identifier
          |     +--ro location*   inet:uri
          +--ro import-only-module* [name revision]
             +--ro name                 yang:yang-identifier
             +--ro revision             union
             +--ro version?             yang-sem-ver
             +--ro namespace            inet:uri
             +--ro location*            inet:uri
             +--ro submodule* [name]
             |  +--ro name        yang:yang-identifier
             |  +--ro revision    yanglib:revision-identifier
             |  +--ro location*   inet:uri
             +--ro replaces-revision*   yanglib:revision-identifier

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7.  YANG Packaging additions to YANG library

7.1.  Package List

   The main addition is a top level 'yang-library/package' list that
   lists all package of all versions known to the server.  Each package
   itself is defined using imported packages and module-sets to define
   the specific set of modules implemented and imported by the package.
   The use of module-sets allows the module definitions to be shared
   with the existing YANG library schema definitions.  The existing rule
   of RFC 7995bis related to combining modules-sets also applies here,
   i.e. The combined set of modules defined by the module-sets MUST NOT
   contain modules implemented at different revisions.  I.e. the module-
   sets leaf-list is directly equivalent to the explicit module and
   import-only-module lists in the instance data YANG package
   definition.

   The 'yang-library/package' list MAY include multiple versions of a
   particular package.  E.g. if the server is capable of allowing
   clients to select which package versions should be used by the
   server.

7.2.  Binding from schema to package

   The second augmentation is to allow a server to optionally indicate
   that a schema definition directly relates to a package.  Since YANG
   packages are available offline, it may be sufficient for a client to
   only check that a compatible version of the YANG package is being
   implemented by the server without fetching and comparing the full
   module list.

   If a server indicates that its schema maps to a particular package
   then it MUST support all mandatory-features defined as part of that
   package, and it MUST NOT have any deviations to the modules defined
   by the package.  A server MAY implement features not specified in the
   package's mandatory-features list.

   If a server cannot faithfully implement a package then it can define
   a new package to accurately report what it does implement.  The new
   package can include the original package as an imported package, and
   the new package can define additional modules containing deviations
   to the original package, allowing the new package to accurately
   describe the server behavior.  There is no specific mechanism
   provided to indicate that a mandatory-feature is not supported on a
   server, but deviations MAY be used to disable functionality
   predicated by a mandatory-feature.

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7.3.  Tree diagram

   The "ietf-yang-library-packages" YANG module has the following
   structure:

   module: ietf-yang-library-packages
     augment /yanglib:yang-library:
       +--ro package* [name version]
          +--ro name                 yang:yang-identifier
          +--ro version              yang-sem-ver
          +--ro revision-date?       yanglib:revision-identifier
          +--ro location*            inet:uri
          +--ro description?         string
          +--ro reference?           string
          +--ro tag*                 tags:tag
          +--ro mandatory-feature*   string
          +--ro imported-packages* [name version]
          |  +--ro name       yang:yang-identifier
          |  +--ro version    yang-sem-ver
          +--ro module-set*
                  -> /yanglib:yang-library/module-set/name
     augment /yanglib:yang-library/yanglib:schema:
       +--ro package
          +--ro name?      -> /yanglib:yang-library/package/name
          +--ro version?   leafref
     augment /yanglib:yang-library/yanglib:module-set/
                                           yanglib:import-only-module:
       +--ro replaces-revision*   yanglib:revision-identifier

8.  YANG Packaging groupings

   Groupings for YANG packaging related constructs are provided in a
   'types' module for use by the instance-data and YANG library
   constructs described previously.  They are also avaiable to be used
   by other modules that have a need for packaging information.

   The "ietf-yang-package-types" YANG module has the following
   structure:

   module: ietf-yang-package-types

     grouping yang-pkg-identification-leafs
       +---- name       yang:yang-identifier
       +---- version    yang-sem-ver
     grouping yang-pkg-common-leafs

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       +---- revision-date?       yanglib:revision-identifier
       +---- location*            inet:uri
       +---- description?         string
       +---- reference?           string
       +---- tag*                 tags:tag
       +---- mandatory-feature*   string
       +---- imported-packages* [name version]
          +---- name       yang:yang-identifier
          +---- version    yang-sem-ver
     grouping yang-pkg-library-definition
       +---- name                 yang:yang-identifier
       +---- version              yang-sem-ver
       +---- revision-date?       yanglib:revision-identifier
       +---- location*            inet:uri
       +---- description?         string
       +---- reference?           string
       +---- tag*                 tags:tag
       +---- mandatory-feature*   string
       +---- imported-packages* [name version]
       |  +---- name       yang:yang-identifier
       |  +---- version    yang-sem-ver
       +---- module-set*
               -> /yanglib:yang-library/module-set/name
     grouping yang-pkg-file-definition
       +---- name                  yang:yang-identifier
       +---- version               yang-sem-ver
       +---- revision-date?        yanglib:revision-identifier
       +---- location*             inet:uri
       +---- description?          string
       +---- reference?            string
       +---- tag*                  tags:tag
       +---- mandatory-feature*    string
       +---- imported-packages* [name version]
       |  +---- name        yang:yang-identifier
       |  +---- version     yang-sem-ver
       |  +---- location*   inet:uri
       +---- module* [name]
       |  +---- name         yang:yang-identifier
       |  +---- revision?    revision-identifier
       |  +---- version?     yang-sem-ver
       |  +---- namespace    inet:uri
       |  +---- location*    inet:uri
       |  +---- submodule* [name]
       |     +---- name?       yang:yang-identifier
       |     +---- revision    yanglib:revision-identifier
       |     +---- location*   inet:uri
       +---- import-only-module* [name revision]
          +---- name?                yang:yang-identifier

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          +---- revision?            union
          +---- version?             yang-sem-ver
          +---- namespace            inet:uri
          +---- location*            inet:uri
          +---- submodule* [name]
          |  +---- name?       yang:yang-identifier
          |  +---- revision    yanglib:revision-identifier
          |  +---- location*   inet:uri
          +---- replaces-revision*   yanglib:revision-identifier

9.  YANG Modules

   The YANG module definitions for the modules described in the previous
   sections.

 <CODE BEGINS> file "ietf-yang-package-types@2018-11-26.yang"
 module ietf-yang-package-types {
   yang-version 1.1;
   namespace "urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:yang:ietf-yang-package-types";
   prefix "pkg-types";

   import ietf-yang-types {
     prefix yang;
     reference "RFC 6991: Common YANG Data Types.";
   }
   import ietf-inet-types {
     prefix inet;
     reference "RFC 6991: Common YANG Data Types.";
   }
   import ietf-yang-library {
     prefix yanglib;
     reference "RFC 7895bis: YANG Library";
   }
   import ietf-module-tags {
     prefix tags;
     reference
       "XXX, (draft-ietf-netmod-module-tags-03): YANG Module Tags";
   }

   organization
     "IETF NETMOD (Network Modeling) Working Group";

   contact
     "WG Web:   <http://tools.ietf.org/wg/netmod/>
      WG List:  <mailto:netmod@ietf.org>

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      Author:   Rob Wilton
                <mailto:rwilton@cisco.com>";

   description
     "This module provides type and grouping definitions for YANG
      packages.

      Copyright (c) 2018 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.";

   // RFC Ed.: update the date below with the date of RFC publication
   // and remove this note.
   // RFC Ed.: replace XXXX with actual RFC number and remove this
   // note.
   revision 2018-11-26 {
     description
       "Initial revision";
     reference
       "RFC XXXX: YANG Schema Versioning.";
   }

   /*
    * Typedefs
    */

   typedef yang-sem-ver {
     type string {
       pattern '\d+[.]\d+[.]\d+[mM]?';
     }
     description
       "Represents a YANG semantic version number.";
     reference
       "TODO - Should be defined by YANG versioning types module";
   }

   /*
    * Groupings
    */

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   grouping yang-pkg-identification-leafs {
     description
       "Parameters for identifying a specific version of a YANG
        package";

     leaf name {
       type yang:yang-identifier;
       mandatory true;
       description
         "The YANG package name.";
     }

     leaf version {
       type yang-sem-ver;
       mandatory true;
       description
         "YANG package version.  Follows YANG semantic versions rules
          defined in XXX";
     }
   }

   grouping yang-pkg-common-leafs {
     description
       "Defines definitions common to all YANG package definitions.";

     leaf revision-date {
       type yanglib:revision-identifier;

       description
         "An optional revision identifier of when this package version
          was created. This does not need to be unique across all
          versions of a package.";
     }

     leaf-list location {
       type inet:uri;
       description
         "Contains a URL that represents where an instance data file
          for this YANG package can be found.

          This leaf will only be present if there is a URL
          available for retrieval of the schema for this entry.

          If multiple locations are provided, then the first location
          in the leaf-list MUST be the definitive location that
          uniquely identifies this package";
     }

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     leaf description {
       type string;

       description "Provides a description of the package";
     }

     leaf reference {
       type string;

       description "Allows for a reference for the package";
     }

     leaf-list tag {
       type tags:tag;
       description
         "Tags associated with a YANG package.  Module tags defined in
          XXX, ietf-netmod-module-tags can be used here but with the
          modification that the tag applies to the entire package
          rather than a specific module.  See the IANA 'YANG Module Tag
          Prefix' registry for reserved prefixes and the IANA 'YANG
          Module IETF Tag' registry for IETF standard tags.";
     }

     leaf-list mandatory-feature {
       type string;
       // TODO - Is there a better type for this?
       description
         "List all features from modules included in the package that
          MUST be supported by any server implementing the package.
          All other features defined in included packages are OPTIONAL
          to implement.

          Features are identified using <module-name>:<feature>";
     }

     list imported-packages {
       key "name version";
       description
         "An entry in this list represents a package that is imported
          as part of the package definition.

          If packages implement different revisions or versions of the
          same module, then an explicit entry in the module list MUST
          be provided to select the specific module version
          'implemented' by this package definition.

          For import-only modules, the replaces-revision leaf-list can
          be used to select the specific module versions imported by

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          this package.";
       reference
         "XXX";

       uses yang-pkg-identification-leafs;
     }
   }

   grouping yang-pkg-file-definition {
     description
       "The set of parameters that describe a particular YANG package.";

     uses yang-pkg-identification-leafs;

     uses yang-pkg-common-leafs {
       augment "imported-packages" {
         description "Add the package location path";

         leaf-list location {
           type inet:uri;
           description
             "Contains a URL that represents where an instance data
              file for this YANG package can be found.

              This leaf will only be present if there is a URL
              available for retrieval of the schema for this entry.

              If multiple locations are provided, then the first
              location in the leaf-list MUST be the definitive location
              that uniquely identifies this package";
         }
       }
     }

     list module {
       key "name";
       description
         "An entry in this list represents a module that must be
          implemented by a server implementing this package, as per
          RFC 7950 section 5.6.5, with a particular set of supported
          features and deviations.

          A entry in this list overrides any module version
          'implemented' by an imported package";
       reference
         "RFC 7950: The YANG 1.1 Data Modeling Language.";

       uses yanglib:module-identification-leafs;

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       leaf version {
         type yang-sem-ver;
         description
           "The YANG module or submodule version.  If no version
            statement is present in the YANG module or submodule, this
            leaf is not instantiated.";
       }

       leaf namespace {
         type inet:uri;
         mandatory true;
         description
           "The XML namespace identifier for this module.";
       }
       uses yanglib:location-leaf-list;

       list submodule {
         key "name";
         description
           "Each entry represents one submodule within the
            parent module.";

         leaf name {
           type yang:yang-identifier;
           description
             "The YANG submodule name.";
         }
         leaf revision {
           type yanglib:revision-identifier;
           mandatory true;
           description
             "The YANG submodule revision date.  If the parent module
              include statement for this submodule includes a revision
              date then it MUST match this leaf's value.";
         }

         uses yanglib:location-leaf-list;
       }
     }

     list import-only-module {
       key "name revision";
       description
         "An entry in this list indicates that the server imports
          reusable definitions from the specified revision of the
          module, but does not implement any protocol accessible
          objects from this revision.

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          Multiple entries for the same module name MAY exist.  This
          can occur if multiple modules import the same module, but
          specify different revision-dates in the import statements.";

       leaf name {
         type yang:yang-identifier;
         description
           "The YANG module name.";
       }
       leaf revision {
         type union {
           type yanglib:revision-identifier;
           type string {
             length 0;
           }
         }
         description
           "The YANG module revision date.  A zero-length string is
            used if no revision statement is present in the YANG
            module.";
       }
       leaf version {
         type yang-sem-ver;
         description
           "The YANG module or submodule version.  If no version
            statement is present in the YANG module or submodule, this
            leaf is not instantiated.";
       }
       leaf namespace {
         type inet:uri;
         mandatory true;
         description
           "The XML namespace identifier for this module.";
       }

       uses yanglib:location-leaf-list;

       list submodule {
         key "name";
         description
           "Each entry represents one submodule within the
            parent module.";

         leaf name {
           type yang:yang-identifier;
           description
             "The YANG submodule name.";
         }

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         leaf revision {
           type yanglib:revision-identifier;
           mandatory true;
           description
             "The YANG submodule revision date.  If the parent module
              include statement for this submodule includes a revision
              date then it MUST match this leaf's value.";
         }

         uses yanglib:location-leaf-list;
       }

       leaf-list replaces-revision {
         type yanglib:revision-identifier;
         description
           "Gives the revision of an import-only-module defined in
            an imported package that is replaced by this
            import-only-module revision.";
       }
     }
   }

   grouping yang-pkg-library-definition {
     description
       "The set of parameters that describe a particular YANG package.";

     uses yang-pkg-identification-leafs;
     uses yang-pkg-common-leafs;

     leaf-list module-set {
       type leafref {
         path "/yanglib:yang-library/yanglib:module-set/yanglib:name";
       }
       description
         "Describes any modules in addition to, and replacing, and
          modules defined in the imported packages.

          If a non import-only module appears in multiple module sets,
          then the module revision and the associated features and
          deviations must be identical.";
     }
   }
 }
 <CODE ENDS>

   <CODE BEGINS> file "ietf-yang-package2018-11-26.yang"

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   module ietf-yang-package {
     yang-version 1.1;
     namespace "urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:yang:ietf-yang-package";
     prefix pkg;

     import ietf-yang-package-types {
       prefix pkg-types;
       reference "RFC XXX: YANG Schema Versioning.";
     }

     organization
       "IETF NETMOD (Network Modeling) Working Group";

     contact
       "WG Web:   <http://tools.ietf.org/wg/netmod/>
        WG List:  <mailto:netmod@ietf.org>

        Author:   Rob Wilton
                  <mailto:rwilton@cisco.com>";

     description
       "This module provides a definition of a YANG package, which is
        used as the schema for an YANG instance data document specifying
        a YANG package.

        Copyright (c) 2018 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.";

     // RFC Ed.: update the date below with the date of RFC publication
     // and remove this note.
     // RFC Ed.: replace XXXX with actual RFC number and remove this
     // note.
     revision 2018-11-26 {
       description
         "Initial revision";
       reference
         "RFC XXXX: YANG Schema Versioning.";
     }

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     /*
      * Top-level container
      */

     container yang-package {
       config false;
       description
         "Defines a YANG package.

          Intended to be used to specify a YANG package as an instance
          data document.";

       uses pkg-types:yang-pkg-file-definition;
     }
   }
   <CODE ENDS>

   <CODE BEGINS> file "ietf-yang-library-packages@2018-11-26.yang"
   module ietf-yang-library-packages {
     yang-version 1.1;
     namespace
       "urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:yang:ietf-yang-library-packages";
     prefix pkg;

     import ietf-yang-package-types {
       prefix pkg-types;
       reference "RFC XXX: YANG Packages.";
     }
     import ietf-yang-library {
       prefix yanglib;
       reference "RFC 7895bis: YANG Library";
     }

     organization
       "IETF NETMOD (Network Modeling) Working Group";

     contact
       "WG Web:   <http://tools.ietf.org/wg/netmod/>
        WG List:  <mailto:netmod@ietf.org>

        Author:   Rob Wilton
                  <mailto:rwilton@cisco.com>";

     description
       "This module provides defined augmentations to YANG library to
        allow a server to report YANG package information.

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        Copyright (c) 2018 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.";

     // RFC Ed.: update the date below with the date of RFC publication
     // and remove this note.
     // RFC Ed.: replace XXXX with actual RFC number and remove this
     // note.
     revision 2018-11-26 {
       description
         "Initial revision";
       reference
         "RFC XXXX: YANG Schema Versioning.";
     }

     /*
      * Add in the list of packaged into YANG libary.
      */
     augment "/yanglib:yang-library" {
       description "Add YANG package definitions into YANG library";

       list package {
         config "false";
         key "name version";

         description "Defines the packages available on this server.";

         uses "pkg-types:yang-pkg-library-definition";
       }
     }

     /*
      * Allow schema to be related to a YANG package.
      */
     augment "/yanglib:yang-library/yanglib:schema" {
       description
         "Allow datastore schema to be related to a YANG package";

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       container package {
          leaf name {
            type leafref {
              path "/yanglib:yang-library/package/name";
            }
            description
              "The name of the package this schema relates to.";
          }
          leaf version {
            type leafref {
              path '/yanglib:yang-library/'
                + 'package[name = current()/../name]/version';
            }

            description
              "The version of the package this schema relates to.";
          }

         description
           "Describes which package the schema directly relates to, if
            any.";
       }
     }

     /*
      * Allow import-only modules to list the versions that they are
      * replacing.
      */

     augment
       "/yanglib:yang-library/yanglib:module-set/" +
       "yanglib:import-only-module" {

       description
         "Add replaces-revision to import-only-module definitions";

       leaf-list replaces-revision {
         type yanglib:revision-identifier;
         description
           "Gives the revision of an import-only-module defined in an
            imported package that is replaced by this import-only-module
            revision.

            Only used for YANG package definitions";
       }
     }
   }
   <CODE ENDS>

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10.  Open Questions/Issues

   1.  Should the YANG library changes be done as an augmentation (as
       per this draft), or is a new version of YANG library better?

   2.  Is it OK for the YANG definition used for package instance data
       vs YANG library to differ?  The reason for the difference is to
       allow "Module Sets" to be reused, potentially minimizing
       duplicate data in YANG library.

   3.  Is name sufficient to uniquely identify a package, or should they
       also define the equivalent to a namespace?  The current proposed
       solution is for the first entry in the location list to define a
       canonical location

   4.  Is disabling features using deviations sufficient?  There are
       some cases where this cannot work, e.g. a deviation cannot remove
       an identity.

   5.  Should a package (or implementation) be able to remove modules
       from a package?  Current thinking is the answer should be no
       because it greatly reduces the usefulness of package conformance.

   6.  Should a package include RFC 8199 related metadata?  E.g., does a
       package contain device or service level YANG models?  The current
       proposal is to gain this flexibility by allowing module tags to
       be added to package definitions.

   7.  Considering version selection, should the YANG library package
       definition have a flag to indicate whether a particular package
       can be selected by a client?  Probably the answer here is to
       defer this issue to a separate version selection draft that can
       add a flag via augmentation.

   8.  TODO - Once draft-verdt-netmod-yang-semver is published, add
       appropriate references to this draft for module level semantic
       versioning.

11.  Security Considerations

   The YANG modules specified in this document defines a schema for data
   that is accessed by network management protocols such as NETCONF
   [RFC6241] or RESTCONF [RFC8040].  The lowest NETCONF layer is the
   secure transport layer, and the mandatory-to-implement secure
   transport is Secure Shell (SSH) [RFC6242].  The lowest RESTCONF layer
   is HTTPS, and the mandatory-to-implement secure transport is TLS
   [RFC5246].

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   The NETCONF access control model [RFC6536] provides the means to
   restrict access for particular NETCONF or RESTCONF users to a
   preconfigured subset of all available NETCONF or RESTCONF protocol
   operations and content.

   Similarly to YANG library [I-D.ietf-netconf-rfc7895bis], some of the
   readable data nodes in these YANG modules may be considered sensitive
   or vulnerable in some network environments.  It is thus important to
   control read access (e.g., via get, get-config, or notification) to
   these data nodes.

   One additional key different to YANG library, is that the 'ietf-yang-
   package' YANG module defines a schema to allow YANG packages to be
   defined in YANG instance data documents, that are outside the
   security controls of the network management protocols.  Hence, it is
   important to also consider controlling access to these package
   instance data documents to restrict access to sensitive information.

   As per the YANG library security considerations, the module, revision
   and version information in YANG packages may help an attacker
   identify the server capabilities and server implementations with
   known bugs since the set of YANG modules supported by a server may
   reveal the kind of device and the manufacturer of the device.  Server
   vulnerabilities may be specific to particular modules, module
   revisions, module features, or even module deviations.  For example,
   if a particular operation on a particular data node is known to cause
   a server to crash or significantly degrade device performance, then
   the packaging information will help an attacker identify server
   implementations with such a defect, in order to launch a denial-of-
   service attack on the device.

12.  IANA Considerations

   It is expected that a central registry of standard YANG package
   definitions is required to support this packaging solution.

   It is unclear whether an IANA registry is also required to manage
   specific package versions.  It is highly desirable to have a specific
   canonical location, under IETF control, where the definitive YANG
   package versions can be obtained from.

13.  References

13.1.  Normative References

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   [I-D.ietf-netconf-rfc7895bis]
              Bierman, A., Bjorklund, M., Schoenwaelder, J., Watsen, K.,
              and R. Wilton, "YANG Library", draft-ietf-netconf-
              rfc7895bis-07 (work in progress), October 2018.

   [I-D.ietf-netmod-module-tags]
              Hopps, C., Berger, L., and D. Bogdanovic, "YANG Module
              Tags", draft-ietf-netmod-module-tags-03 (work in
              progress), October 2018.

   [I-D.ietf-netmod-yang-instance-file-format]
              Lengyel, B. and B. Claise, "YANG Instance Data File
              Format", draft-ietf-netmod-yang-instance-file-format-01
              (work in progress), December 2018.

   [I-D.verdt-netmod-yang-versioning-reqs]
              Clarke, J., "YANG Module Versioning Requirements", draft-
              verdt-netmod-yang-versioning-reqs-02 (work in progress),
              November 2018.

   [RFC2119]  Bradner, S., "Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate
              Requirement Levels", BCP 14, RFC 2119,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC2119, March 1997,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc2119>.

   [RFC5246]  Dierks, T. and E. Rescorla, "The Transport Layer Security
              (TLS) Protocol Version 1.2", RFC 5246,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC5246, August 2008,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc5246>.

   [RFC6241]  Enns, R., Ed., Bjorklund, M., Ed., Schoenwaelder, J., Ed.,
              and A. Bierman, Ed., "Network Configuration Protocol
              (NETCONF)", RFC 6241, DOI 10.17487/RFC6241, June 2011,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc6241>.

   [RFC6242]  Wasserman, M., "Using the NETCONF Protocol over Secure
              Shell (SSH)", RFC 6242, DOI 10.17487/RFC6242, June 2011,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc6242>.

   [RFC6536]  Bierman, A. and M. Bjorklund, "Network Configuration
              Protocol (NETCONF) Access Control Model", RFC 6536,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC6536, March 2012,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc6536>.

   [RFC7950]  Bjorklund, M., Ed., "The YANG 1.1 Data Modeling Language",
              RFC 7950, DOI 10.17487/RFC7950, August 2016,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7950>.

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   [RFC8040]  Bierman, A., Bjorklund, M., and K. Watsen, "RESTCONF
              Protocol", RFC 8040, DOI 10.17487/RFC8040, January 2017,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8040>.

   [RFC8174]  Leiba, B., "Ambiguity of Uppercase vs Lowercase in RFC
              2119 Key Words", BCP 14, RFC 8174, DOI 10.17487/RFC8174,
              May 2017, <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8174>.

   [RFC8342]  Bjorklund, M., Schoenwaelder, J., Shafer, P., Watsen, K.,
              and R. Wilton, "Network Management Datastore Architecture
              (NMDA)", RFC 8342, DOI 10.17487/RFC8342, March 2018,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8342>.

13.2.  Informative References

   [I-D.bierman-netmod-yang-package]
              Bierman, A., "The YANG Package Statement", draft-bierman-
              netmod-yang-package-00 (work in progress), July 2015.

   [I-D.ietf-netmod-artwork-folding]
              Watsen, K., Wu, Q., Farrel, A., and B. Claise, "Handling
              Long Lines in Artwork in Internet-Drafts and RFCs", draft-
              ietf-netmod-artwork-folding-00 (work in progress),
              November 2018.

   [openconfigsemver]
              "Semantic Versioning for Openconfig Models",
              <http://www.openconfig.net/docs/semver/>.

   [RFC8199]  Bogdanovic, D., Claise, B., and C. Moberg, "YANG Module
              Classification", RFC 8199, DOI 10.17487/RFC8199, July
              2017, <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8199>.

Appendix A.  Tree output for ietf-yang-library with package
             augmentations

   Complete tree output for ietf-yang-library with package
   augmentations.

   module: ietf-yang-library
       +--ro yang-library
       |  +--ro module-set* [name]
       |  |  +--ro name                  string
       |  |  +--ro module* [name]
       |  |  |  +--ro name         yang:yang-identifier
       |  |  |  +--ro revision?    revision-identifier
       |  |  |  +--ro namespace    inet:uri

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       |  |  |  +--ro location*    inet:uri
       |  |  |  +--ro submodule* [name]
       |  |  |  |  +--ro name        yang:yang-identifier
       |  |  |  |  +--ro revision?   revision-identifier
       |  |  |  |  +--ro location*   inet:uri
       |  |  |  +--ro feature*     yang:yang-identifier
       |  |  |  +--ro deviation*   -> ../../module/name
       |  |  +--ro import-only-module* [name revision]
       |  |     +--ro name                     yang:yang-identifier
       |  |     +--ro revision                 union
       |  |     +--ro namespace                inet:uri
       |  |     +--ro location*                inet:uri
       |  |     +--ro submodule* [name]
       |  |     |  +--ro name        yang:yang-identifier
       |  |     |  +--ro revision?   revision-identifier
       |  |     |  +--ro location*   inet:uri
       |  |     +--ro pkg:replaces-revision*
       |  |             yanglib:revision-identifier
       |  +--ro schema* [name]
       |  |  +--ro name           string
       |  |  +--ro module-set*    -> ../../module-set/name
       |  |  +--ro pkg:package
       |  |     +--ro pkg:name?
       |  |     |       -> /yanglib:yang-library/package/name
       |  |     +--ro pkg:version?   leafref
       |  +--ro datastore* [name]
       |  |  +--ro name      ds:datastore-ref
       |  |  +--ro schema    -> ../../schema/name
       |  +--ro content-id     string
       |  +--ro pkg:package* [name version]
       |     +--ro pkg:name                 yang:yang-identifier
       |     +--ro pkg:version              yang-sem-ver
       |     +--ro pkg:revision-date?       yanglib:revision-identifier
       |     +--ro pkg:location*            inet:uri
       |     +--ro pkg:description?         string
       |     +--ro pkg:reference?           string
       |     +--ro pkg:tag*                 tags:tag
       |     +--ro pkg:mandatory-feature*   string
       |     +--ro pkg:imported-packages* [name version]
       |     |  +--ro pkg:name       yang:yang-identifier
       |     |  +--ro pkg:version    yang-sem-ver
       |     +--ro pkg:module-set*
       |             -> /yanglib:yang-library/module-set/name
       x--ro modules-state
          x--ro module-set-id    string
          x--ro module* [name revision]
             x--ro name                yang:yang-identifier
             x--ro revision            union

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             +--ro schema?             inet:uri
             x--ro namespace           inet:uri
             x--ro feature*            yang:yang-identifier
             x--ro deviation* [name revision]
             |  x--ro name        yang:yang-identifier
             |  x--ro revision    union
             x--ro conformance-type    enumeration
             x--ro submodule* [name revision]
                x--ro name        yang:yang-identifier
                x--ro revision    union
                +--ro schema?     inet:uri

     notifications:
       +---n yang-library-update
       |  +--ro content-id    -> /yang-library/content-id
       x---n yang-library-change
          x--ro module-set-id    -> /modules-state/module-set-id

Appendix B.  Examples

   This section provides various examples of YANG packages, and as such
   this text is non-normative.  The purpose of the examples is to only
   illustrate the file format of YANG packages, and how package
   dependencies work.  It does not imply that such packages will be
   defined by IETF, or which modules would be included in those packages
   even if they were defined.

B.1.  Example IETF Network Device YANG package

   This section provides an instance data document example of an IETF
   Network Device YANG package formatted in JSON.

   This example package is intended to represent the standard set of
   YANG modules, with import dependencies, to implement a basic network
   device without any dynamic routing or layer 2 services.  E.g., it
   includes functionality such as system information, interface and
   basic IP configuration.

   As for all YANG packages, all import dependencies are fully resolved.
   Because this example uses YANG modules that have been standardized
   before YANG semantic versioning, they modules are referenced by
   revision date rather than version number.

   <CODE BEGINS> file "example-ietf-network-device-pkg.json"
   ========= NOTE: '\\' line wrapping per BCP XX (RFC XXXX) ===========

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    {
     "ietf-yang-instance-data:instance-data-set": {
       "name": "example-ietf-network-device-pkg",
       "target-ptr": "TBD",
       "timestamp": "2018-12-13T17:00:00Z",
       "description": "Example IETF network device YANG package definit\
   \ion",
       "content-data": {
         "ietf-yang-package:yang-package": {
           "name": "example-ietf-network-device",
           "version": "1.1.2",
           "namespace": "urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:yang-pkg:ietf-network-d\
   \evice",
           "location": "file://example.org/yang/packages/ietf-network-d\
   \evice@v1.1.2.json",
           "description": "This package defines a small sample set of Y\
   \ANG modules that could represent the basic set of modules that a st\
   \andard network device might be expected to support.",
           "reference": "XXX, draft-rwilton-netmod-yang-packages",
           "revision-date": "2018-11-26",
           "module": [
             {
               "name": "iana-crypt-hash",
               "revision": "2014-08-06",
               "namespace": "urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:yang:iana-crypt-has\
   \h",
               "location": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/YangModel\
   \s/yang/master/standard/ietf/RFC/iana-crypt-hash%402014-08-06.yang"
             },
             {
               "name": "ietf-system",
               "revision": "2014-08-06",
               "namespace": "urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:yang:ietf-system",
               "location": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/YangModel\
   \s/yang/master/standard/ietf/RFC/ietf-system%402014-08-06.yang"
             },
             {
               "name": "ietf-interfaces",
               "revision": "2018-02-20",
               "namespace": "urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:yang:ietf-interface\
   \s",
               "location": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/YangModel\
   \s/yang/master/standard/ietf/RFC/ietf-interfaces%402018-02-20.yang"
             },
             {
               "name": "ietf-netconf-acm",
               "revision": "2018-02-14",
               "namespace": "urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:yang:ietf-netconf-a\

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   \cm",
               "location": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/YangModel\
   \s/yang/master/standard/ietf/RFC/ietf-netconf-acm%402018-02-14.yang"
             },
             {
               "name": "ietf-key-chain",
               "revision": "2017-06-15",
               "namespace": "urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:yang:ietf-key-chain\
   \",
               "location": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/YangModel\
   \s/yang/master/standard/ietf/RFC/ietf-key-chain@2017-06-15.yang"
             },
             {
               "name": "ietf-ip",
               "revision": "2018-02-22",
               "namespace": "urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:yang:ietf-ip",
               "location": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/YangModel\
   \s/yang/master/standard/ietf/RFC/ietf-ip%402018-02-22.yang"
             }
           ],
           "import-only-module": [
             {
               "name": "ietf-yang-types",
               "revision": "2013-07-15",
               "namespace": "urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:yang:ietf-yang-type\
   \s",
               "location": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/YangModel\
   \s/yang/master/standard/ietf/RFC/ietf-yang-types%402013-07-15.yang"
             },
             {
               "name": "ietf-inet-types",
               "revision": "2013-07-15",
               "namespace": "urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:yang:ietf-inet-type\
   \s",
               "location": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/YangModel\
   \s/yang/master/standard/ietf/RFC/ietf-inet-types%402013-07-15.yang"
             }
           ]
         }
       }
     }
   }
   <CODE ENDS>

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B.2.  Example IETF Basic Routing YANG package

   This section provides an instance data document example of a basic
   IETF Routing YANG package formatted in JSON.

   This example package is intended to represent the standard set of
   YANG modules, with import dependencies, that builds upon the example-
   ietf-network-device YANG package to add support for basic dynamic
   routing and ACLs.

   As for all YANG packages, all import dependencies are fully resolved.
   Because this example uses YANG modules that have been standardized
   before YANG semantic versioning, they modules are referenced by
   revision date rather than version number.  Locations have been
   excluded where they are not currently known, e.g., for YANG modules
   defined in IETF drafts.  In a normal YANG package, locations would be
   expected to be provided for all YANG modules.

   <CODE BEGINS> file "example-ietf-routing-pkg.json"
   ========== NOTE: '\\' line wrapping per BCP XX (RFC XXXX) ===========

   {
     "ietf-yang-instance-data:instance-data-set": {
       "name": "example-ietf-routing-pkg",
       "target-ptr": "TBD",
       "timestamp": "2018-12-13T17:00:00Z",
       "description": "Example IETF routing YANG package definition",
       "content-data": {
         "ietf-yang-package:yang-package": {
           "name": "example-ietf-routing",
           "version": "1.3.1",
           "namespace": "urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:yang-pkg:ietf-routing",
           "location": "file://example.org/yang/packages/ietf-routing@v\
   \1.3.1.json",
           "description": "This package defines a small sample set of I\
   \ETF routing YANG modules that could represent the set of IETF routi\
   \ng functionality that a basic IP network device might be expected t\
   \o support.",
           "reference": "XXX, draft-rwilton-netmod-yang-packages",
           "revision-date": "2018-11-26",
           "imported-packages": [
             {
               "name": "ietf-network-device",
               "version": "1.1.2",
               "location": [
                 "http://example.org/yang/packages/ietf-network-device@\
   \v1.1.2.json"

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               ]
             }
           ],
           "module": [
             {
               "name": "ietf-routing",
               "revision": "2018-03-13",
               "namespace": "urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:yang:ietf-routing",
               "location": [
                 "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/YangModels/yang/mas\
   \ter/standard/ietf/RFC/ietf-routing@2018-03-13.yang"
               ]
             },
             {
               "name": "ietf-ipv4-unicast-routing",
               "revision": "2018-03-13",
               "namespace": "urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:yang:ietf-ipv4-unca\
   \st-routing",
               "location": [
                 "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/YangModels/yang/mas\
   \ter/standard/ietf/RFC/ietf-ipv4-unicast-routing@2018-03-13.yang"
               ]
             },
             {
               "name": "ietf-ipv6-unicast-routing",
               "revision": "2018-03-13",
               "namespace": "urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:yang:ietf-ipv6-unca\
   \st-routing",
               "location": [
                 "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/YangModels/yang/mas\
   \ter/standard/ietf/RFC/ietf-ipv6-unicast-routing@2018-03-13.yang"
               ]
             },
             {
               "name": "ietf-isis",
               "revision": "2018-12-11",
               "namespace": "urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:yang:ietf-isis"
             },
             {
               "name": "ietf-interfaces-common",
               "revision": "2018-07-02",
               "namespace": "urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:yang:ietf-interface\
   \s-common"
             },
             {
               "name": "ietf-if-l3-vlan",
               "revision": "2017-10-30",
               "namespace": "urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:yang:ietf-if-l3-vla\

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   \n"
             },
             {
               "name": "ietf-routing-policy",
               "revision": "2018-10-19",
               "namespace": "urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:yang:ietf-routing-p\
   \olicy"
             },
             {
               "name": "ietf-bgp",
               "revision": "2018-05-09",
               "namespace": "urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:yang:ietf-bgp"
             },
             {
               "name": "ietf-access-control-list",
               "revision": "2018-11-06",
               "namespace": "urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:yang:ietf-access-co\
   \ntrol-list"
             }
           ],
           "import-only-module": [
             {
               "name": "ietf-routing-types",
               "revision": "2017-12-04",
               "namespace": "urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:yang:ietf-routing-t\
   \ypes",
               "location": [
                 "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/YangModels/yang/mas\
   \ter/standard/ietf/RFC/ietf-routing-types@2017-12-04.yang"
               ]
             },
             {
               "name": "iana-routing-types",
               "revision": "2017-12-04",
               "namespace": "urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:yang:iana-routing-t\
   \ypes",
               "location": [
                 "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/YangModels/yang/mas\
   \ter/standard/ietf/RFC/iana-routing-types@2017-12-04.yang"
               ]
             },
             {
               "name": "ietf-bgp-types",
               "revision": "2018-05-09",
               "namespace": "urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:yang:ietf-bgp-types"
             },
             {
               "name": "ietf-packet-fields",

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               "revision": "2018-11-06",
               "namespace": "urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:yang:ietf-packet-fi\
   \elds"
             },
             {
               "name": "ietf-ethertypes",
               "revision": "2018-11-06",
               "namespace": "urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:yang:ietf-ethertype\
   \s"
             }
           ]
         }
       }
     }
   }
   <CODE ENDS>

B.3.  Package import conflict resolution example

   This section provides an example of how a package can resolve
   conflicting module versions from imported packages.

   In this example, YANG package 'example-3-pkg' imports both 'example-
   import-1' and 'example-import-2' packages.  However, the two imported
   packages implement different versions of 'example-module-A' so the
   'example-3-pkg' package selects version '1.2.3' to resolve the
   conflict.  Similarly, for import-only modules, the 'example-3-pkg'
   package does not require both versions of example-types-module-C to
   be imported, so it indicates that it only imports revision
   '2018-11-26' and not '2018-01-01'.

   {
     "ietf-yang-instance-data:instance-data-set": {
       "name": "example-import-1-pkg",
       "description": "First imported example package",
       "content-data": {
         "ietf-yang-package:yang-package": {
           "name": "example-import-1",
           "version": "1.0.0",
           "reference": "XXX, draft-rwilton-netmod-yang-packages",
           "revision-date": "2018-01-01",
           "module": [
             {
               "name": "example-module-A",
               "version": "1.0.0"
             },

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             {
               "name": "example-module-B",
               "version": "1.0.0"
             }
           ],
           "import-only-module": [
             {
               "name": "example-types-module-C",
               "revision": "2018-01-01"
             },
             {
               "name": "example-types-module-D",
               "revision": "2018-01-01"
             }
           ]
         }
       }
     }
   }

   {
     "ietf-yang-instance-data:instance-data-set": {
       "name": "example-import-2-pkg",
       "description": "Second imported example package",
       "content-data": {
         "ietf-yang-package:yang-package": {
           "name": "example-import-2",
           "version": "2.0.0",
           "reference": "XXX, draft-rwilton-netmod-yang-packages",
           "revision-date": "2018-11-26",
           "module": [
             {
               "name": "example-module-A",
               "version": "1.2.3"
             },
             {
               "name": "example-module-E",
               "version": "1.1.0"
             }
           ],
           "import-only-module": [
             {
               "name": "example-types-module-C",
               "revision": "2018-11-26"
             },
             {
               "name": "example-types-module-D",
               "revision": "2018-11-26"

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             }
           ]
         }
       }
     }
   }

   {
     "ietf-yang-instance-data:instance-data-set": {
       "name": "example-3-pkg",
       "description": "Importing example package",
       "content-data": {
         "ietf-yang-package:yang-package": {
           "name": "example-3",
           "version": "1.0.0",
           "reference": "XXX, draft-rwilton-netmod-yang-packages",
           "revision-date": "2018-11-26",
           "imported-packages": [
             {
               "name": "example-import-1",
               "version": "1.0.0"
             },
             {
               "name": "example-import-2",
               "version": "2.0.0"
             }
           ],
           "module": [
             {
               "name": "example-module-A",
               "version": "1.2.3"
             }
           ],
           "import-only-module": [
             {
               "name": "example-types-module-C",
               "revision": "2018-11-26",
               "replaces-revision": [ "2018-01-01 "]
             }
           ]
         }
       }
     }
   }

Author's Address

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   Robert Wilton
   Cisco Systems, Inc.

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