On Fri, Aug 03, 2012 at 04:31:42PM +0200, Robert Raszuk wrote: > > But if we are at this phase I think creating a network elements > abstraction layer and be able to configure/monitor any protocol and > service at the unified way is one of the building blocks we should > start with. And of course I think this is very clear to everyone if > it is not made mandatory in each draft as new section or appendix it > is just not going to happen in practice. > Writing data models that are implementable on multiple platforms is non trivial. We started working on your "building block" but it will take time. And after all, a data model is only worth something if it gets implemented. A mandatory section does not help much with all of this. What helps is people who commit time to work on it, who review stuff, producing good and hopefully widely implementable models. /js -- Juergen Schoenwaelder Jacobs University Bremen gGmbH Phone: +49 421 200 3587 Campus Ring 1, 28759 Bremen, Germany Fax: +49 421 200 3103 <http://www.jacobs-university.de/>