RFC 6087: Guidelines for Authors and Reviewers of YANG Data Model Documents
This RFC has been replaced. Do not implement against it for new work — it was formally obsoleted by RFC 8407.
Current document in this lineage: RFC 9907 — Guidelines for Authors and Reviewers of Documents Containing YANG Data Models
In plain English — editorial summary, not part of the RFC
This memo provides guidelines for authors and reviewers of Standards Track specifications containing YANG data model modules. Applicable portions may be used as a basis for reviews of other YANG data model documents. Recommendations and procedures are defined, which are intended to increase interoperability and usability of Network Configuration Protocol (NETCONF) implementations that utilize YANG data model modules. This document is not an Internet Standards Track specification; it is published for informational purposes.
Document record
- Document ID
- RFC6087
- Published
- January 2011
- Authors
- A. Bierman
- Status
- INFORMATIONAL
- Stream
- IETF
- Area
- ops
- Pages
- 26
- Also known as
- —
- Obsoleted by:
- RFC 8407
Topics
Standards lineage
This document is one revision in a chain of 3 RFCs, each formally replacing the one before it.
- RFC 6087 (2011)
- RFC 8407 (2018)
- RFC 9907 (2026) ✓
Referenced by
One later RFC formally updates or obsoletes part of this document.
Related documents
Ranked automatically by shared keywords, IETF area and stream — not by editorial selection.
- RFC 6022YANG Module for NETCONF MonitoringCurrent
October 2010
- RFC 6536Network Configuration Protocol (NETCONF) Access Control ModelObsoleted
March 2012
- RFC 6021Common YANG Data TypesObsoleted
October 2010
- RFC 6020YANG - A Data Modeling Language for the Network Configuration Protocol (NETCONF)Updated
October 2010
- RFC 5277NETCONF Event NotificationsCurrent
July 2008
- RFC 6991Common YANG Data TypesObsoleted
July 2013
- RFC 7224IANA Interface Type YANG ModuleCurrent
May 2014
- RFC 4743Using NETCONF over the Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP)Updated
December 2006
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