The IESG has received a request from the NETCONF Data Modeling Language WG (netmod) to consider the following document: - 'Defining and Using Metadata with YANG' <draft-ietf-netmod-yang-metadata-04.txt> as Proposed Standard The IESG plans to make a decision in the next few weeks, and solicits final comments on this action. Please send substantive comments to the ietf@ietf.org mailing lists by 2016-03-09. Exceptionally, comments may be sent to iesg@ietf.org instead. In either case, please retain the beginning of the Subject line to allow automated sorting. Abstract This document defines a YANG extension statement that allows for defining metadata annotations in YANG modules. The document also specifies XML and JSON encoding of annotations and other rules for annotating instances of YANG data nodes. The file can be obtained via https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-netmod-yang-metadata/ IESG discussion can be tracked via https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-netmod-yang-metadata/ballot/ No IPR declarations have been submitted directly on this I-D.