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RFC 8407: Guidelines for Authors and Reviewers of Documents Containing YANG Data Models

This RFC has been replaced. Do not implement against it for new work — it was formally obsoleted by RFC 9907.

Current document in this lineage: RFC 9907 — Guidelines for Authors and Reviewers of Documents Containing YANG Data Models

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This memo provides guidelines for authors and reviewers of specifications containing YANG modules. Recommendations and procedures are defined, which are intended to increase interoperability and usability of Network Configuration Protocol (NETCONF) and RESTCONF protocol implementations that utilize YANG modules. This document obsoletes RFC 6087.

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Document ID: RFC8407
Published: October 2018
Authors: A. Bierman
Status: BEST CURRENT PRACTICE
Stream: IETF
Area: ops
Pages: 63
Also known as: —

Obsoletes:: RFC 6087
Obsoleted by:: RFC 9907
Updated by:: RFC 8819

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