Internet-Draft DTNMA ADM YANG July 2024
Birrane, et al. Expires 6 January 2025 [Page]
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Delay-Tolerant Networking
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draft-ietf-dtn-adm-yang-00
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Authors:
E.J. Birrane
JHU/APL
B. Sipos
JHU/APL
J. Ethier
JHU/APL

DTNMA Application Data Model (ADM) YANG Syntax

Abstract

This document defines a concrete syntax for encoding a Delay-Tolerant Networking Management Architecture (DTNMA) Application Data Model (ADM) using the syntax, but not the full data model, of YANG. Extensions to YANG are defined to capture the specifics needed to define DTNMA Application Management Model (AMM) objects and to use the Application Resource Identifier (ARI) data-value syntax.

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Table of Contents

1. Introduction

The Delay-Tolerant Networking Management Architecture (DTNMA) of [I-D.ietf-dtn-dtnma] defines a concept for remote management in a challenged network environment, and the Application Management Model (AMM) of [I-D.ietf-dtn-amm] defines a meta-model for the structure of object types and literal-value types used in DTNMA and separates static definitions of Application Data Models (ADMs) from dynamic Operational Data Models (ODMs).

This document defines a text representation of an ADM using the types and structures of the AMM combined with the syntax and processing semantics of YANG modules [RFC7950], while using AMM-specific extensions for object and data modeling. With this representation, individual applications can capture their static management information in module files and make use of existing YANG processing and module-level logic (e.g., file naming, revision history, imports).

Because the YANG syntax and data modeling language are closely coupled, there is no pre-existing example of using YANG for its syntax (and its module infrastructure) while using different domain-specific language (DSL) of extensions for data modeling. Separating the syntax from the data modeling is similar in concept to making use of ASN.1 syntax of [X.680] without using the SMIv2 data modeling language [RFC2578], which is how unrelated things like certificate profile of X.509 [RFC5280] use ASN.1 module syntax.

One way of thinking of this is that the ADM modules use a syntax that has "YANG characteristics" but does not make use of all YANG tooling or infrastructure and do not interoperate with existing YANG modules or their contained data models.

1.1. Scope

This document defines a specific syntax for representing individual revisions of individual ADMs as text files.

It does not define a representation for the runtime objects and literal values modeled by an ADM or ODM. Encodings of values within the AMM are defined in the Application Resource Identifier (ARI) specification [I-D.ietf-dtn-ari]. While the Agent ADM provides an introspection capability to indicate which objects are present in an ODM, encodings of the runtime state of those objects are outside of the scope of this document.

It is not required that the YANG encoding be used for transmission of ADM information over the wire in the context of a network deployment. Since the AMM is designed to allow for multiple encodings, the expression of ADMs in YANG syntax is intended to support translation to other encodings without loss of information.

1.2. Terminology

The key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL NOT", "SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED", "MAY", and "OPTIONAL" in this document are to be interpreted as described in [RFC2119].

The terms "Application Data Model", "Application Resource Identifier", "Operational Data Model", "Externally Defined Data", "Variable", "Constant", "Control", "Literal", "Macro", "Namespace", "Operator", "Report", "Report Template", "Rule", "State-Based Rule", "Table", and "Time-Based Rule" are used without modification from the definitions provided in [I-D.ietf-dtn-amm].

The terms "Comment", "Keyword", and "Module" are used without modification from the definitions provided in [RFC7950].

Additional terms defined in this document are as follows.

ADM Module:
The specific use of a YANG module to represent a DTNMA ADM.

2. ADM Module Syntax

Some aspects of this ADM module profile restrict the allowable definitions to conform with Section 4 of [I-D.ietf-dtn-amm] and by doing so make YANG modules defining ADMs incompatible with YANG modules intended for NETCONF, RESTCONF, or other applications. Because of this, YANG modules defining ADMs SHALL be managed separately from the "YANG Module Names" sub-registry of [IANA-YANG]. See the ADM sub-registry defined in Section 9.3 of [I-D.ietf-dtn-ari] for registration of ADM modules. For the remainder of this section, a YANG module defining an ADM will be referred to as an "ADM module" and a YANG module for any other purpose will be referred to as an "Other Module" to differentiate it.

After explanation of extensions in Section 6, the following minimal ADM module will be expanded upon for further examples.

<CODE BEGINS> file "example-adm.yang"
module example-adm {
  yang-version 1.1;
  namespace "ari://example-adm/";
  prefix example-adm;

  import ietf-amm {
    prefix amm;
  }

  organization
    "Example Org.";
  description
    "Example ADM module with YANG syntax.

     Copyright (c) 2024 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 Revised BSD License set
     forth in Section 4.c of the IETF Trust's Legal Provisions
     Relating to IETF Documents
     (https://trustee.ietf.org/license-info).";

  revision 2024-07-03 {
    description
      "Updated for latest ADM document.";
    reference
      "draft-ietf-dtn-adm-yang";
  }
  amm:enum 65536;
}

<CODE ENDS>

3. ADM Module Contents

An ADM module is identified, as defined in Section 4.1, by the module "namespace" having an "ari" scheme. Within an ADM module, this profile makes restrictions in Section 4.2 which are formalized in the following table of allowed module substatements. This table is adapted from Section 7.1 of [RFC7950].

The "yang-version" of all ADM modules conforming to this document SHALL be "1.1". Later versions of YANG syntax could introduce incompatible changes and will need to be examined for consistency with the ADM module use.

Table 1: ADM module Substatements
Substatement Cardinality Reference
yang-version 1 Section 7.1.2 of [RFC7950]
namespace 1 Section 7.1.3 of [RFC7950]
prefix 1 Section 7.1.4 of [RFC7950]
include 0..n Section 7.1.6 of [RFC7950]
import 0..n Section 7.1.5 of [RFC7950]
status 0..1 Section 7.21.2 of [RFC7950]
reference 0..1 Section 7.21.4 of [RFC7950]
organization 0..1 Section 7.1.7 of [RFC7950]
description 0..1 Section 7.21.3 of [RFC7950]
revision 0..n Section 7.1.9 of [RFC7950]
extension 0..n Section 7.19 of [RFC7950]
feature 0..n Section 7.20.1 of [RFC7950]
deviation 0..n Section 7.20.3 of [RFC7950]
amm:enum 1 Section 6.1
amm:typedef 0..n Section 6.4
amm:const 0..n Section 6.5
amm:ctrl 0..n Section 6.6
amm:edd 0..n Section 6.7
amm:oper 0..n Section 6.8
amm:sbr 0..n Section 6.9
amm:tbr 0..n Section 6.10
amm:var 0..n Section 6.11

4. Inherited YANG Module Processing

The benefit of using the pre-existing YANG syntax is to take advantage of both tools that process YANG modules as well as some of the syntax and module-level semantics provided by YANG.

4.1. Direct Reuse

The following statements and behaviors of YANG are usable within an ADM with no modification:

Modules and Submodules:
The existing concepts and syntax of modules and submodules defined in Section 5.1 of [RFC7950] is unchanged for ADM modules. Because ADM modules occupy a separate ecosystem than Other Modules, there will not be any cross-imports between the two ecosystems. There is no harm in including an ADM module in an Other Module store, but it will have no data definitions usable with NETCONF, RESTCONF, etc.
Module Importing:
The existing concept and syntax of importing a module namespace, to reference objects in another module, defined in Section 5.1.1 of [RFC7950] is unchanged for ADM modules. Because the import includes a specific revision, the ARI references to objects in that imported module do not need any ADM revision information.
File Layout:
The existing file naming defined in Section 5.2 of [RFC7950] is unchanged for ADM modules. Because ADM modules occupy a separate ecosystem than Other Modules, their file stores SHALL be kept separate.
Namespaces:
Although an ADM module has no use for an XML namespace as defined in Section 5.3 of [RFC7950], the "namespace" statement is preserved for tool compatibility. For ADM modules, the "namespace" statement argument SHALL be the text-form ARI referencing the ADM itself. For example, the ADM "example-adm" will have a namespace of ari://example-adm/ which is valid YANG but does not conform to the guidelines of Section 4.9 of [RFC8407].
Name Resolution:
The existing name resolution logic described in Section 5.4 of [RFC7950] is unchanged for ADM modules. Because ADM modules are a flat object namespace, the complexity of namespaces is significantly simplified compared to Other Modules.
Features:
The existing definition and use of features as described in Section 5.6.2 of [RFC7950] is unchanged for ADM modules. This includes the declaration of a "feature" within an ADM module and the conditioning of the presence of an object on an "if-feature" expression. This also treats feature identifiers as module-prefix-qualified references.
Reusable Groups:
The existing group reuse logic described in Section 4.2.6 of [RFC7950] is unchanged for ADM modules. Because ADM modules are a flat object namespace, the utility of group reuse in an ADM module is limited to formal parameters, VALUE-OBJ definitions, and table columns.

4.2. Restrictions and Exclusions

Because of the different interpretation of data definitions for an ADM module, the following restrictions are used to limit pre-existing valid YANG syntax within an ADM module:

Built-In Types:
Because ADM modules have data that ultimately follows the AMM value model (see Section 3.1 of [I-D.ietf-dtn-amm]), the built-in types listed in Section 4.2.4 of [RFC7950], the "type" statement of Section 7.4 of [RFC7950], and the "typedef" statement of Section 7.3 of [RFC7950] do not directly apply to ADM modules. As defined in this document, there is no direct deterministic mapping between Other Module typing and ADM module typing. An ADM module SHALL NOT contain any YANG built-in type or any "type" or "typedef" statements.
Data Node Structure:
As defined in this document, there is no direct deterministic mapping between the complex, hierarchical, named data nodes of YANG and unnamed AMM values. An ADM module SHALL NOT contain any YANG data node statements, among them "container", "leaf", "leaf-list", "list", "anydata", "anyxml", "choice".
Configuration Versus State:
Because of the different semantics of an ADM module from an Other Module, there is no concept of a labeling of some data as "configuration" and other as "state". An ADM module SHALL NOT contain any "config" statements.
Data Presence Versus Value:
Rather than being an extrinsic notion of presence or absence, AMM objects can use type unions with the NULL type to indicate optional values and AMM values can use the null value to represent that state. In the case of formal parameters, the use of a "default" statement is used to indicate behavior when an actual parameter is undefined. In any case, the AMM value is always present when defined in the structure of an AMM object. An ADM module SHALL NOT contain any "mandatory" statements.
Nested Object Definitions:
Because of the flat structure of an ADM, the nesting allowed and encouraged by Section 5.5 of [RFC7950], are not allowed to be present in an ADM module. An ADM module SHALL contain all AMM object definitions at the top (module) level.
XPath Expressions:
The ADM module makes no use of XML or XPath in its definitions or logical constraints, so the behaviors described in Section 6.4 of [RFC7950] and in statements containing XPath expressions ("must", "when", "path", "augment") do not apply to ADM modules. All references in an ADM module take the form of an ARI.
NETCONF Operations:
Because an ADM module will not be used for modeling in NETCONF and related protocols, the statements associated with NETCONF operations (notably "action", "notification", "rpc") SHALL NOT be present in an ADM module.
Extending Models:
Because the transport of AMM values takes the form of an ARI, which does not include identity information the way XML elements do, the concept of extending an existing Legacy model by another model as described in Section 4.2.8 of [RFC7950] cannot apply to an ADM. The model extension "augment" statement SHALL NOT be present in an ADM module.

5. Built-In Types, TYPEDEFs, and Semantic Types

As discussed in Section 4.2, the YANG type and node models are fundamentally different from the AMM value model of Section 3.1 of [I-D.ietf-dtn-amm]. While YANG modules have been used to model data for XML representation for NETCONF (or equivalent representations for equivalent protocols), AMM values do not have explicit identifiers and have ARI representation.

Similar to how YANG treats built-in types, the AMM built-in type names are used without any namespace context. Differently to YANG, the AMM type names are encoded in ARI syntax and compared in a case-insensitive manner. One example of naming a built-in type UINT is below.

/ARITYPE/UINT

A TYPEDEF is a way for an ADM to apply a name and descriptive metadata to a specific semantic type (see Section 3.3 of [I-D.ietf-dtn-amm]). The TYPEDEF is also a top-level ADM object, as explained in Section 3.4.2 of [I-D.ietf-dtn-amm] with a syntax in Section 6.4. Because they are ADM objects, they can be referenced by ARIs when necessary as in the example below.

//example-adm-a/TYPEDEF/mytype

Except for the case of a simple "type" with no restrictions or annotations, anywhere one of the type uses occurs in an object definition can be considered as an "anonymous" semantic type. The behavior in those cases is identical to a TYPEDEF just without a name associated with the semantic type.

6. ADM Module Extensions

In order to provide syntax necessary for AMM Object instance definitions this document defines, via the DTNMA ADM (Appendix A), the following extensions for ADM modules.

6.1. The amm:enum Statement

This statement is used to apply an integer enumeration to an ADM module or object, which enables the compressed form of ARI discussed in Section 3.1 of [I-D.ietf-dtn-ari]. The argument to this statement is an integer in the YANG range 0..2^31-1 to fit within the ARI syntax. There are no substatements defined in this profile.

6.2. Semantic Type Statements

The statements within this section enable the various semantic type classes, as explained in Section 3.3 of [I-D.ietf-dtn-amm]. They are all used as substatements within one of the AMM object definition statements, sometimes directly (e.g., for CONST or EDD typing) and sometimes indirectly (e.g., for parameter or operand typing), but always as a choice between the need for one of the semantic type statements.

6.2.1. The amm:type Statement

This statement creates a Named Type Use semantic type (see Section 3.3.1 of [I-D.ietf-dtn-amm]) for its parent statement. The argument to this statement is the name of the type being used, which can either be a built-in type or a qualified typedef name.

The substatements under this are annotations or constraints on the type being used. The units, range, length, and pattern statements have the same syntax and semantics as defined in [RFC7950] when applied to AMM values.

Table 2: amm:type Substatements
Substatement Cardinality Valid for These Types
reference 0..1 any
description 0..1 any
units 0..1 Any NUMERIC
range 0..1 Any INTEGER or FLOAT, with appropriate quantized values in the argument
length 0..1 For TEXTSTR as number of characters, BYTESTR or CBOR as number of bytes
pattern 0..1 For TEXTSTR only
amm:int-labels 0..1 Any INTEGER type
amm:cddl 0..1 For CBOR only

Examples of the "type" statement are below, some as simple use and some as restriction.

amm:type uint {
  description "unconstrained";
}
amm:type uint {
  range "3..10";
  units "meter";
  description "constrained";
}
amm:type textstr {
  length "10..100";
}
6.2.1.1. The amm:int-labels Statement

This statement provides human-friendly labels for enumerated values or bit positions within an integer type. There is no argument to this statement.

The substatements under this are either "enum" or "bit" statements from YANG, each of which define a single value or bit name within the type. A single "amm:int-labels" SHALL NOT use a mix of "enum" and "bit" substatements as this would result in ambiguous interpretation. When present, each "enum" statement SHALL contain an explicit "value" substatement. When present, each "bit" statement SHALL contain an explicit "position" substatement.

Table 3: amm:int-labels Substatements
Substatement Cardinality
enum 0..n
bit 0..n
6.2.1.2. The amm:cddl Statement

This statement provides annotation of allowed content within a CBOR type byte string in the form of a Concise Data Definition Language (CDDL) fragment. The argument to this statement is a CDDL fragment in accordance with [RFC8610], escaped as necessary to conform to the YANG syntax.

There are no substatements within this statement.

6.2.2. The amm:ulist Statement

This statement creates a Uniform List semantic type (see Section 3.3.2 of [I-D.ietf-dtn-amm]) for its parent statement. There is no argument to this statement.

Table 4: amm:ulist Substatements
Substatement Cardinality
reference 0..1
description 0..1
min-elements 0..1
max-elements 0..1
One of the type uses:
amm:type 0..1
amm:ulist 0..1
amm:dlist 0..1
amm:umap 0..1
amm:union 0..1

Examples of the "amm:ulist" statement are below, some as simple use and some as restriction.

amm:ulist {
  amm:type uint;
}
amm:ulist {
  amm:type uint {
    range "3..10";
    units "meter";
  }
  min-elements 2;
  max-elements 10;
}

6.2.3. The amm:dlist Statement

This statement creates a Diverse List semantic type (see Section 3.3.3 of [I-D.ietf-dtn-amm]) for its parent statement. There is no argument to this statement.

Each of the type use substatements defines a single element within the AC, except for the amm:seq which defines a sequence of type-matching elements within the AC (rather than as a sub-AC).

Table 5: amm:dlist Substatements
Substatement Cardinality
reference 0..1
description 0..1
One or more of the type uses:
amm:type 0..n
amm:ulist 0..n
amm:dlist 0..n
amm:umap 0..n
amm:union 0..n
amm:seq 0..n

Examples of the "amm:dlist" statement are below, one as simple structure and the other as a complex sequence.

amm:dlist {
  // each "type" substatement is one element of the AC
  amm:type uint;
  amm:type uint;
}
amm:dlist {
  // first AC element is text
  amm:type textstr;
  // remaining 2-10 element are int
  amm:seq {
    amm:type int;
    min-elements 2;
    max-elements 10;
  }
}

6.2.4. The amm:umap Statement

This statement creates a Uniform Map semantic type (see Section 3.3.4 of [I-D.ietf-dtn-amm]) for its parent statement. There is no argument to this statement.

When present, each of the amm:keys and amm:values substatements constrains the associated aspect of all map items to the specific type; when absent the aspect is left unconstrained. Keep in mind that AM keys are always constrained to untyped literal values and the use of amm:keys can only narrow this constraint.

Table 6: amm:umap Substatements
Substatement Cardinality
reference 0..1
description 0..1
amm:keys 0..1
amm:values 0..1
Table 7: amm:keys and amm:values Substatements
Substatement Cardinality
reference 0..1
description 0..1
One of the type uses:
amm:type 0..1
amm:ulist 0..1
amm:dlist 0..1
amm:umap 0..1
amm:union 0..1

Examples of the "amm:umap" statement are below, some as simple use and some as restriction.

amm:umap {
  amm:keys {
    amm:type uint;
  }
  description "restrict only keys";
}
amm:umap {
  amm:keys {
    amm:type uint;
  }
  amm:values {
    amm:type textstr;
  }
}

6.2.5. The amm:tblt Statement

This statement creates a Table Template semantic type (see Section 3.3.5 of [I-D.ietf-dtn-amm]) for its parent statement. There is no argument to this statement.

The substatements are a combination of "amm:column" statements defining table structure and "amm:key", "amm:unique", "min-elements", "max-elements" statements defining constraints on the table rows.

Table 8: amm:tblt Substatements
Substatement Cardinality
reference 0..1
description 0..1
min-elements 0..1
max-elements 0..1
amm:column 0..n
amm:key 0..1
amm:unique 0..n

Examples of the "amm:tblt" statement are below.

amm:tblt {
  amm:column first {
    amm:type uint;
  }
  amm:column second {
    amm:type textstr;
  }
  amm:key first;
}
6.2.5.1. The amm:column Statement

This statement defines the name and type of each column of a table. The argument to this statement is an identifier for the column. All columns SHALL have unique names within the same parent table.

The substatements under this are one of the semantic type statements (Section 6.2) which defines the type for values in this column. The type of a column SHALL NOT itself use a "amm:tblt" or a union which contains a "amm:tblt".

Table 9: amm:column Substatements
Substatement Cardinality
reference 0..1
description 0..1
One of the type uses:
amm:type 0..1
amm:ulist 0..1
amm:dlist 0..1
amm:umap 0..1
amm:union 0..1

6.2.6. The amm:union Statement

This statement creates a Type Union [I-D.ietf-dtn-amm] semantic type for its parent statement. There is no argument to this statement.

Each of the substatements defines one of the possible choices of the union. The order of the list of choices is significant, especially when converting ARI values, because the first choice which matches or converts will be used regardless of any other choices.

Table 10: amm:union Substatements
Substatement Cardinality
reference 0..1
description 0..1
amm:type 0..n
amm:ulist 0..n
amm:dlist 0..n
amm:tblt 0..n
amm:umap 0..n

Examples of the "union" statement are below, some as simple use and some as restriction.

amm:union {
  amm:type int;
  amm:type null;
  description "an optional int";
}
amm:union {
  amm:type uint {
    range "3..10";
    units "meter";
  }
  amm:type textstr;
}

6.2.7. The amm:seq Statement

This statement creates a Sequence semantic type (see Section 3.3.7 of [I-D.ietf-dtn-amm]) for its parent statement. There is no argument to this statement.

This statement is distinct from the "amm:ulist" statement, which types the AC container itself, while the "amm:seq" types a portion of elements within an AC. The "amm:seq" is not present as a top-level value type except for the special case of a greedy capturing parameter type.

Table 11: amm:seq Substatements
Substatement Cardinality
reference 0..1
description 0..1
min-elements 0..1
max-elements 0..1
One of the type uses:
amm:type 0..1
amm:ulist 0..1
amm:dlist 0..1
amm:umap 0..1
amm:union 0..1

Examples of the "seq" statement are below.

amm:dlist {
  amm:type textstr;
  amm:seq {
    amm:type uint;
    min-elements 1;
  }
}

6.3. The amm:parameter Statement

This statement is used to define one formal parameter that apply to the parent object. The argument to this statement is an identifier for the parameter. All parameters SHALL have unique names within the same parent object.

The substatements under this are one of the semantic type statements (Section 6.2) which defines the type of the parameter. When the "amm:seq" statement is used to type a formal parameter, it SHALL be the last parameter in the list and represents a greedy matching of that an all subsequent given parameters.

Table 12: amm:parameter Substatements
Substatement Cardinality
reference 0..1
description 0..1
amm:default 0..1
One of the type uses:
amm:type 0..1
amm:ulist 0..1
amm:dlist 0..1
amm:tblt 0..1
amm:umap 0..1
amm:union 0..1
amm:seq 0..1

An example of the "parameter" statement is below, where there are three defined parameters two of which have default values.

  amm:parameter first {
    amm:type uint {
      range "3..10";
    }
  }
  amm:parameter second {
    amm:type textstr;
    amm:default "\"value\"";
  }
  amm:parameter third {
    amm:ulist {
      amm:type uint;
    }
    amm:default "/AC/(3,5,8)"
  }

6.3.1. The amm:default Statement

This statement is used to define default parameter as an AMM value. The argument to this statement is the text form of the ARI encoding the expression.

The default value is used in the Parameter Handling procedure (see Section 6.4 of [I-D.ietf-dtn-amm]) to normalize given parameters into actual parameters.

6.4. The amm:typedef Statement

This statement is used to define a Semantic Type (TYPEDEF) object (see Section 3.4.2 of [I-D.ietf-dtn-amm]). The argument to this statement is the name of the AMM object.

The substatements under this are a choice of a top-level semantic type (see Section 6.2) being named by the typedef.

Table 13: amm:typedef Substatements
Substatement Cardinality
if-feature 0..1
amm:enum 0..1
status 0..1
reference 0..1
description 0..1
One of the type uses:
amm:type 0..1
amm:ulist 0..1
amm:dlist 0..1
amm:tblt 0..1
amm:umap 0..1
amm:union 0..1

Examples of the "typedef" statement are below, some as restriction and some as union.

  amm:typedef restricted-uint {
    amm:type uint {
      range "3..10";
    }
    description "Example restriction";
  }
  amm:typedef annotated-uint {
    amm:type uint {
      units "meter";
    }
    description "Example units annotation";
  }
  amm:typedef structured-ac {
    amm:ulist {
      amm:type real32;
      amm:units "meter";
      min-elements 3;
      max-elements 10;
    }
    description "Example units annotation";
  }

6.5. The amm:const Statement

This statement is used to define a Constant (CONST) object (see Section 3.4.4 of [I-D.ietf-dtn-amm]). The argument to this statement is the name of the AMM object.

The substatements under this are the common object metadata, optional formal parameters, and one of the semantic type statements (Section 6.2) that represents the produced value of the CONST. The "const" statement SHALL contain a an "init-value", which is the constant represented by this object.

Table 14: amm:const Substatements
Substatement Cardinality
if-feature 0..1
amm:enum 0..1
amm:parameter 0..n
status 0..1
reference 0..1
description 0..1
amm:init-value 1
One of the type uses:
amm:type 0..1
amm:ulist 0..1
amm:dlist 0..1
amm:tblt 0..1
amm:umap 0..1
amm:union 0..1

An example of a simple-typed CONST is below.

  amm:const pi32 {
    amm:type real32;
    amm:init-value "3.14159";
    description "A truncated value of Pi.";
  }

Another example of a semantic-typed MAC-valued CONST (see Section 4.2.4 of [I-D.ietf-dtn-amm]) is below.

  amm:const do_thing {
    amm:type amm:MAC;
    amm:init-value "/AC/(../CTRL/first,../CTRL/second(2))";
    description "Execute two controls in sequence.";
  }

6.6. The amm:ctrl Statement

This statement is used to define a Control (CTRL) object (see Section 3.4.5 of [I-D.ietf-dtn-amm]). The argument to this statement is the name of the AMM object.

The substatements under this are the common object metadata, optional formal parameters, and an optional execution result. If the amm:result substatement is present it SHALL contain an "init-value" substatement, used to initialize the Result Storage for the execution procedure (see Section 6.6 of [I-D.ietf-dtn-amm]). If the amm:result substatement is omitted the assumed result type SHALL be NULL with a default value of null.

Table 15: amm:ctrl Substatements
Substatement Cardinality
if-feature 0..1
amm:enum 0..1
amm:parameter 0..n
status 0..1
reference 0..1
description 0..1
amm:result 0..1

An example of a single-parameter CTRL is below.

  amm:ctrl reset_count {
    amm:parameter src {
      type textstr;
      description "The name of the source.";
    }
    amm:result previous {
      type UVAST;
      description "The value just before reset.";
    }
    description "This control resets counts for the given source.";
  }

6.6.1. The amm:result Statement

The result statement contains one of the semantic type statements (Section 6.2) which represents the result expected from executing a CTRL or evaluating an OPER. The argument to this statement is an identifier for the result.

Table 16: amm:result Substatements
Substatement Cardinality
reference 0..1
description 0..1
One of the type uses:
amm:type 0..1
amm:ulist 0..1
amm:dlist 0..1
amm:tblt 0..1
amm:umap 0..1
amm:union 0..1

6.7. The amm:edd Statement

This statement is used to define an Externally Defined Data (EDD) object (see Section 3.4.3 of [I-D.ietf-dtn-amm]). The argument to this statement is the name of the AMM object.

The substatements under this are the common object metadata, optional formal parameters, and one of the semantic type statements (Section 6.2) that represents the produced value of the EDD.

Table 17: amm:edd Substatements
Substatement Cardinality
if-feature 0..1
amm:enum 0..1
amm:parameter 0..n
status 0..1
reference 0..1
description 0..1
One of the type uses:
amm:type 0..1
amm:ulist 0..1
amm:dlist 0..1
amm:tblt 0..1
amm:umap 0..1
amm:union 0..1

An example of a simple-typed EDD is below.

  amm:edd tx_count {
    amm:type amm:counter64 {
      units "frames";
    }
    description "The count of the number of frames sent.";
  }

6.8. The amm:oper Statement

This statement is used to define an Operator (OPER) object (see Section 3.4.6 of [I-D.ietf-dtn-amm]). The argument to this statement is the name of the AMM object.

The substatements under this are the common object metadata, optional formal parameters, an operands list, and an evaluation result.

Table 18: amm:edd Substatements
Substatement Cardinality
if-feature 0..1
amm:enum 0..1
amm:parameter 0..n
status 0..1
reference 0..1
description 0..1
operands 1
result 1

An example of an arithmetic OPER is below.

  amm:oper add {
    amm:operand val_a {
      amm:type amm:NUMERIC;
    }
    amm:operand val_b {
      amm:type amm:NUMERIC;
    }
    amm:result sum {
      amm:type amm:NUMERIC;
    }
    description "Sum together the two operands.";
  }

A more complex "variadic" OPER with parameters is below. Also note the anonymous semantic type used to restrict the parameter.

  amm:oper sum {
    parameter count {
      amm:type amm:UINT {
        range "1..max";
      }
      description "The number of operands to pop."
    }
    operand value {
      amm:type amm:NUMERIC;
      description
        "This is not within a container, so does not represent an AC;
        it is multiple operands.";
    }
    result sum {
      type amm:NUMERIC;
    }
    description "Sum together a sequence from the stack.";
  }

6.8.1. The amm:operand Statement

This statement is used to define one operand that applies to the parent object. The argument to this statement is an identifier for the operand. All operands SHALL have unique names within the same parent object.

Table 19: amm:operand Substatements
Substatement Cardinality
reference 0..1
description 0..1
One of the type uses:
amm:type 0..1
amm:ulist 0..1
amm:dlist 0..1
amm:tblt 0..1
amm:umap 0..1
amm:union 0..1

6.9. The amm:sbr Statement

This statement is used to define a State Based Rule object (see Section 3.4.7 of [I-D.ietf-dtn-amm]). The argument to this statement is the name of the AMM object.

The substatements under this are the common object metadata, the action to execute upon trigger, and rule control fields defined below.

Table 20: amm:sbr Substatements
Substatement Cardinality
if-feature 0..1
amm:enum 0..1
status 0..1
reference 0..1
description 0..1
amm:action 1
amm:condition 1
amm:min-interval 0..1
amm:max-count 0..1
amm:init-enabled 0..1

An example of an SBR with some default fields is below.

  amm:sbr enable_safe_mode {
    amm:action "/AC/(./CTRL/ensure_safe_mode(true))";
    amm:condition "/AC/(./EDD/sensor,./VAR/min_threshold,/ietf-amm/OPER/compare_lt)";
    description "Enable safe mode below threshold.";
  }

6.9.1. The amm:min-interval Statement

This statement is used to define the Minimum Interval field of SBR (Section 6.9) objects. The argument to this statement is the text form of a TD value. If not present, the default value of zero (meaning no minimum) is used.

6.9.2. The amm:max-count Statement

This statement is used to define the Maximum Count field of SBR (Section 6.9) and TBR (Section 6.10) objects. The argument to this statement is the text form of a UVAST value. If not present, the default value of zero (meaning no limit) is used.

6.9.3. The amm:init-enabled Statement

This statement is used to define the Initial Enabled state of SBR (Section 6.9) and TBR (Section 6.10) objects. The argument to this statement is the text form of a BOOL value. If not present, the default value of true is used.

6.10. The amm:tbr Statement

This statement is used to define a Time-Based Rule (TBR) object (see Section 3.4.8 of [I-D.ietf-dtn-amm]). The argument to this statement is the name of the AMM object.

The substatements under this are the common object metadata, the action to execute upon trigger, and rule control fields defined below.

Table 21: amm:tbr Substatements
Substatement Cardinality
if-feature 0..1
amm:enum 0..1
status 0..1
reference 0..1
description 0..1
amm:action 1
amm:start 1
amm:period 0..1
amm:max-count 0..1
amm:init-enabled 0..1

An example of an TBR with some default fields is below.

  amm:tbr tlm_rule {
    amm:action "/AC/(./CTRL/first,/adm2/CTRL/other)";
    amm:period "/TD/PT30s";
    description "Generate telemetry reports.";
  }

6.10.1. The amm:start Statement

This statement is used to define the Start field of TBR (Section 6.10) objects. The argument to this statement is the text form of a TIME value (see Appendix A). If not present, the default value of zero (meaning start immediately) is used.

6.11. The amm:var Statement

This statement is used to define a Variable (VAR) object (see Section 3.4.9 of [I-D.ietf-dtn-amm]). The argument to this statement is the name of the AMM object.

The substatements under this are the common object metadata, optional formal parameters, one of the semantic type statements (Section 6.2) that represents the stored-and-produced value of the VAR, and an optional initializer expression.

Table 22: amm:var Substatements
Substatement Cardinality
if-feature 0..1
amm:enum 0..1
amm:parameter 0..n
status 0..1
reference 0..1
description 0..1
One of the type uses:
amm:type 0..1
amm:ulist 0..1
amm:dlist 0..1
amm:tblt 0..1
amm:umap 0..1
amm:union 0..1
An optional initializer:
amm:init-value 0..1
amm:init-expr 0..1

An example of a simple-typed VAR with an initializer value is below.

  amm:var min_threshold {
    amm:type real32 {
      units "meter";
    }
    amm:init-value "1e4";
    description "The lower threshold to enable safe mode.";
  }

6.11.1. The amm:init-value Statement

This statement is used to define CONST values and VAR initial state as an AMM value. The argument to this statement is the text form of the ARI encoding the expression.

The initializer is used as part of the Agent Initialization procedure, (see Section 6.1 of [I-D.ietf-dtn-amm]) and when new VAR objects are defined in an ODM.

6.11.2. The amm:init-expr Statement

This statement is used to define an initial VAR state as an AMM value or an Expression (EXPR) (see Section 4.2.3 of [I-D.ietf-dtn-amm]). The argument to this statement is the text form of the ARI encoding the expression.

The initializer is used as part of the Agent Initialization procedure and when new VAR objects are defined in an ODM.

7. IANA Considerations

This section provides guidance to the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) regarding registration of schema and namespaces related to core ADMs, in accordance with BCP 26 [RFC1155].

7.1. DTN Management Architecture Parameters

This document relies on existing ARI-defined sub-registries defined in [IANA-DTNMA] by Section 9.3 of [I-D.ietf-dtn-ari].

This document registers the following entries within the "Application Data Models" sub-registry of the "DTN Management Architecture Parameters" registry [IANA-DTNMA].

Table 23: Application Data Models
Enumeration Name Reference Notes
0 ietf-amm [This document] This ADM defines YANG extensions for the AMM itself.
1 ietf-dtnma-agent [This document]
2 ietf-dtnma-agent-acl [This document]

8. Security Considerations

This document defines a syntax for encoding DTNMA ADMs within a text file, and for interpreting extensions to the YANG language to support modeling of AMM objects and ARI values. It does not address what the contents of those ADMs are or any security considerations associated with the data models themselves.

9. References

9.1. Normative References

[IANA-DTNMA]
IANA, "Delay-Tolerant Networking Management Architecture (DTNMA) Parameters", <https://www.iana.org/assignments/TBA/>.
[RFC2119]
Bradner, S., "Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate Requirement Levels", BCP 14, RFC 2119, DOI 10.17487/RFC2119, , <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc2119>.
[RFC7950]
Bjorklund, M., Ed., "The YANG 1.1 Data Modeling Language", RFC 7950, DOI 10.17487/RFC7950, , <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7950>.
[I-D.ietf-dtn-amm]
III, E. J. B., Sipos, B., and J. Ethier, "DTNMA Application Management Model (AMM) and Data Models", Work in Progress, Internet-Draft, draft-ietf-dtn-amm-00, , <https://datatracker.ietf.org/api/v1/doc/document/draft-ietf-dtn-amm/>.
[I-D.ietf-dtn-ari]
Birrane, E. J., Annis, E., and B. Sipos, "DTNMA Application Resource Identifier (ARI)", Work in Progress, Internet-Draft, draft-ietf-dtn-ari-00, , <https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/draft-ietf-dtn-ari-00>.

9.2. Informative References

[IANA-YANG]
IANA, "YANG Parameters", <https://www.iana.org/assignments/yang-parameters/>.
[X.680]
ITU-T, "Information technology -- Abstract Syntax Notation One (ASN.1): Specification of basic notation", ITU-T Recommendation X.680, ISO/IEC 8824-1:2015, , <https://www.itu.int/rec/T-REC-X.680-201508-I/en>.
[RFC1155]
Rose, M. and K. McCloghrie, "Structure and identification of management information for TCP/IP-based internets", STD 16, RFC 1155, DOI 10.17487/RFC1155, , <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc1155>.
[RFC2578]
McCloghrie, K., Ed., Perkins, D., Ed., and J. Schoenwaelder, Ed., "Structure of Management Information Version 2 (SMIv2)", STD 58, RFC 2578, DOI 10.17487/RFC2578, , <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc2578>.
[RFC5280]
Cooper, D., Santesson, S., Farrell, S., Boeyen, S., Housley, R., and W. Polk, "Internet X.509 Public Key Infrastructure Certificate and Certificate Revocation List (CRL) Profile", RFC 5280, DOI 10.17487/RFC5280, , <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc5280>.
[RFC8407]
Bierman, A., "Guidelines for Authors and Reviewers of Documents Containing YANG Data Models", BCP 216, RFC 8407, DOI 10.17487/RFC8407, , <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8407>.
[RFC8610]
Birkholz, H., Vigano, C., and C. Bormann, "Concise Data Definition Language (CDDL): A Notational Convention to Express Concise Binary Object Representation (CBOR) and JSON Data Structures", RFC 8610, DOI 10.17487/RFC8610, , <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8610>.
[I-D.ietf-dtn-dtnma]
Birrane, E. J., Heiner, S., and E. Annis, "DTN Management Architecture", Work in Progress, Internet-Draft, draft-ietf-dtn-dtnma-11, , <https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/draft-ietf-dtn-dtnma-11>.

Appendix A. ADM Module for AMM Definitions

The ADM module in this section implements the entities described in Section 4.2 of [I-D.ietf-dtn-amm]. This includes the following:

<CODE BEGINS> file "ietf-amm.yang"
module ietf-amm {
  yang-version 1.1;
  namespace "ari://ietf-amm/";
  prefix amm;
  amm:enum 0;

  organization
    "IETF Delay Tolerant Networking (DTN) Working Group";
  contact
    "WG Web: <http://tools.ietf.org/wg/dtn/>
     WG List: <mailto:dtn@ietf.org>

     Editor: Brian Sipos
             <mailto:brian.sipos+ietf@gmail.com>";
  description
    "This module defines the DTN Management Architecture (DTNMA)
     Application Management Model (AMM) extensions within YANG.
     It also defines the base TYPEDEF objects.

     Copyright (c) 2024 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 Revised BSD License set
     forth in Section 4.c of the IETF Trust's Legal Provisions
     Relating to IETF Documents
     (https://trustee.ietf.org/license-info).

     This version of this YANG module is part of RFC XXXX
     (https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfcXXXX); see the RFC itself
     for full legal notices.";
  reference
    "draft-ietf-dtn-adm-yang";

  revision 2024-07-03 {
    description
      "Updated for latest ADM document.";
    reference
      "draft-ietf-dtn-adm-yang";
  }
  revision 2023-06-08 {
    description
      "Updated for latest AMM contents.";
    reference
      "draft-birrane-dtn-adm";
  }
  revision 2016-04-01 {
    description
      "Updated to fix typos.";
    reference
      "draft-bsipos-dtn-amp-yang";
  }
  revision 2016-03-14 {
    description
      "Initial draft release.";
    reference
      "draft-bsipos-dtn-amp-yang";
  }

  /*
   * This section contains extensions for common behavior of AMM objects.
   */

  extension enum {
    argument value;
    description
      "An enumeration identifies an object within a namespace.
       The argument to this statement is the integer value.";
  }

  extension parameter {
    argument name;
    description
      "The schema for a formal parameter of an object.
       Order of parameters is significant within this statement.";
  }

  extension default {
    argument value;
    description
      "The literal value default for a parameter or result.
       The argument is the text form of the ARI";
  }

  extension init-value {
    argument value;
    description
      "The literal value of a CONST object,
       initial state for a VAR object.
       The argument is the text form of the ARI";
  }

  extension init-expr {
    argument expr;
    description
      "An expression evaluated to initialize a VAR object.
       The argument is the text form of the EXPR AC";
  }

  /*
   * This section contains extensions for AMM object definitions.
   */

  extension typedef {
    argument name;
    description
      "Definition of a TYPEDEF within an ADM.
       The argument to this statement is the object name.
       One of the type use substatements must be present.";
  }

  extension ident {
    argument name;
    description
      "Definition of an IDENT within an ADM.
       The argument to this statement is the object name.
       An 'base' substatement must be present.";
  }

  extension base {
    argument name;
    description
      "The argument is the base of an IDENT object.";
  }

  extension const {
    argument name;
    description
      "Definition of a CONST within an ADM.
       The argument to this statement is the object name.
       An 'init-value' substatement must be present.";
  }

  extension ctrl {
    argument name;
    description
      "Definition of a CTRL within an ADM.
       The argument to this statement is the object name.";
  }

  extension result {
    argument name;
    description
      "A result value reported as a response to a control.
       The substatement is the result type.
       Each CTRL can have a single optional result.";
  }

  extension edd {
    argument name;
    description
      "Definition of an EDD within an ADM.
       The argument to this statement is the object name.";
  }

  extension oper {
    argument name;
    description
      "Definition of an OPER within an ADM.
       The argument to this statement is the object name.";
  }

  extension operand {
    argument name;
    description
      "An individual operand taken from the expression stack
       during evaluation of the OPER.
       Each substatement is an operand as a leaf (ARI).
       Order of operands is significant within an object definition.";
  }

  extension var {
    argument name;
    description
      "Definition of a VAR within an ADM.
       The argument to this statement is the object name.";
  }

  /*
   * This section contains extensions for defining semantic type instances.
   */

  extension type {
    argument name;
    description
      "A reference to a built-in type or prefix-qualified typedef.";
  }

  extension display-hint {
    argument ident;
    description
      "Reference an IDENT object which indicates how a value should be
       displayed for human consumption.
       The base of the IDENT is the ./IDENT/display-hint object.";
  }

  extension int-labels {
    description
      "Type narrowing for an INTEGER to label enum values or bit positions.";
  }

  extension cddl {
    argument text;
    description
      "Type narrowing for a CBOR item in the form of CDDL syntax.
       The argument to this statement is the actual CDDL text.";
  }

  extension ulist {
    description
      "Type for an AC containing a list of uniform-typed values.";
  }

  extension dlist {
    description
      "Type for an AC containing a list of diverse-typed sequences.";
  }

  extension seq {
    description
      "A sequence of uniform-typed values within a 'dlist'.";
  }

  extension umap {
    description
      "Type for an AM containing a set of uniform-typed key-value pairs.";
  }

  extension keys {
    description
      "The type restriction for 'umap' keys.";
  }

  extension values {
    description
      "The type restriction for 'umap' values.";
  }

  extension tblt {
    description
      "Type for a table of values with a column schema.";
  }

  extension column {
    argument name;
    description
      "An individual column within a 'tblt' definition.";
  }

  extension key {
    argument columns;
    description
      "Names of columns composing the row key, separated by spaces,
       within a 'tblt' definition.";
  }

  extension unique {
    argument columns;
    description
      "Names of columns composing a uniqueness constraint, separated by
       spaces, within a 'tblt' definition.";
  }

  extension union {
    description
      "Type for a union of other types.";
  }

  amm:ident display-hint {
    amm:enum 0;
    description
      "The base IDENT for objects usable as arguments for the
       'amm:display-hint' extension.
       This object itself provides no display hint purpose.";
  }
  amm:ident display-hint-integer {
    amm:base "./IDENT/display-hint";
    description
      "Intermediate base IDENT of display hints for integer values.";
  }
  amm:ident display-int-dec {
    amm:base "./IDENT/display-hint-integer";
    description
      "Display integers as decimal (base 10).";
  }
  amm:ident display-int-bin {
    amm:base "./IDENT/display-hint-integer";
    description
      "Display integers as binary (base 2).";
  }
  amm:ident display-int-hex {
    amm:base "./IDENT/display-hint-integer";
    description
      "Display integers as hexadecimal (base 16).";
  }
  amm:ident display-hint-float {
    amm:base "./IDENT/display-hint";
    description
      "Intermediate base IDENT of display hints for floating point values.";
  }
  amm:ident display-float-dec {
    amm:base "./IDENT/display-hint-float";
    description
      "Display floating point values as decimal fraction.";
  }
  amm:ident display-float-exp {
    amm:base "./IDENT/display-hint-float";
    description
      "Display floating point values as decimal exponential form.";
  }
  amm:ident display-float-hex {
    amm:base "./IDENT/display-hint-float";
    description
      "Display floating point values as hexadecimal exponential form.";
  }
  amm:ident display-hint-bstr {
    amm:base "./IDENT/display-hint";
    description
      "Intermediate base IDENT of display hints for BYTESTR values.";
  }
  amm:ident display-bstr-text {
    amm:base "./IDENT/display-hint-bstr";
    reference
      "draft-ietf-dtn-ari";
    description
      "Display byte string values as UTF-8 text where possible.
       The base16 encoding is used otherwise.";
  }
  amm:ident display-bstr-base16 {
    amm:base "./IDENT/display-hint-bstr";
    reference
      "draft-ietf-dtn-ari";
    description
      "Display byte string values as base16-encoded.";
  }
  amm:ident display-bstr-base64 {
    amm:base "./IDENT/display-hint-bstr";
    reference
      "draft-ietf-dtn-ari";
    description
      "Display byte string values as base64url-encoded.";
  }
  amm:ident display-hint-time {
    amm:base "./IDENT/display-hint";
    description
      "Intermediate base IDENT of display hints for TP and TD values.";
  }
  amm:ident display-time-text {
    amm:base "./IDENT/display-hint-time";
    reference
      "draft-ietf-dtn-ari";
    description
      "Display TP and TD values as text in accordance with RFC 3339.";
  }
  amm:ident display-time-dec {
    amm:base "./IDENT/display-hint-time";
    reference
      "draft-ietf-dtn-ari";
    description
      "Display TP and TD values as decimal fraction.";
  }

  // Named type unions
  amm:typedef TYPE-REF {
    amm:union {
      amm:type "/ARITYPE/ARITYPE";
      amm:type "/ARITYPE/TYPEDEF";
    }
    description
      "Reference to either a literal type or a typedef.";
  }
  amm:typedef INTEGER {
    amm:union {
      amm:type "/ARITYPE/BYTE";
      amm:type "/ARITYPE/UINT";
      amm:type "/ARITYPE/INT";
      amm:type "/ARITYPE/UVAST";
      amm:type "/ARITYPE/VAST";
    }
    description
      "Any type which represents a discrete integer.";
  }
  amm:typedef FLOAT {
    amm:union {
      amm:type "/ARITYPE/REAL32";
      amm:type "/ARITYPE/REAL64";
    }
    description
      "Any type which represents a floating point number.";
  }
  amm:typedef NUMERIC {
    amm:union {
      amm:type "./TYPEDEF/INTEGER";
      amm:type "./TYPEDEF/FLOAT";
    }
    description
      "Any type which can be used with numeric expressions.";
  }
  amm:typedef PRIMITIVE {
    amm:union {
      amm:type "/ARITYPE/NULL";
      amm:type "/ARITYPE/BOOL";
      amm:type "./TYPEDEF/NUMERIC";
      amm:type "/ARITYPE/TEXTSTR";
      amm:type "/ARITYPE/BYTESTR";
    }
    description
      "Any primitive type.";
  }
  amm:typedef TIME {
    amm:union {
      amm:type "/ARITYPE/TP";
      amm:type "/ARITYPE/TD";
    }
    description
      "Any type which can be used with time expressions.";
  }
  amm:typedef SIMPLE {
    amm:union {
      amm:type "./TYPEDEF/PRIMITIVE";
      amm:type "./TYPEDEF/TIME";
    }
    description
      "Any type which contains a single literal value (not nested).";
  }
  amm:typedef NESTED {
    amm:union {
      amm:type "/ARITYPE/AC";
      amm:type "/ARITYPE/AM";
      amm:type "/ARITYPE/TBL";
    }
    description
      "A literal type which contains other ARI values.";
  }
  amm:typedef ANY {
    // These type names are built-in
    amm:union {
      amm:type "/ARITYPE/LITERAL";
      amm:type "/ARITYPE/OBJECT";
    }
    description
      "Any value representable by an ARI.";
  }
  amm:typedef VALUE-OBJ {
    amm:union {
      amm:type "/ARITYPE/CONST";
      amm:type "/ARITYPE/EDD";
      amm:type "/ARITYPE/VAR";
    }
    description
      "A reference to an object which can produce a value.";
  }
  amm:typedef NONCE {
    amm:union {
      amm:type "/ARITYPE/BYTESTR";
      amm:type "/ARITYPE/UVAST";
      amm:type "/ARITYPE/NULL";
    }
    description
      "This type union is used to correlate Agent-Manager messages.";
  }

  // operational semantic types
  amm:typedef counter32 {
    amm:type "/ARITYPE/UINT";
    description
      "A 32-bit counter with an arbitrary initial value that only increments.
       When the value reaches the upper range it wraps around to zero.
       At least two samples of this value need to be compared over time.";
  }
  amm:typedef counter64 {
    amm:type "/ARITYPE/UVAST";
    description
      "A 64-bit counter with an arbitrary initial value that only increments.
       When the value reaches the upper range it wraps around to zero.
       At least two samples of this value need to be compared over time.";
  }
  amm:typedef gauge32 {
    amm:type "/ARITYPE/INT";
    description
      "A 32-bit value sampling some quantized measurement.
       The value can increase or decrease arbitrarily over time.";
  }
  amm:typedef gauge64 {
    amm:type "/ARITYPE/VAST";
    description
      "A 64-bit value sampling some quantized measurement.
       The value can increase or decrease arbitrarily over time.";
  }
  amm:typedef timestamp {
    amm:type "/ARITYPE/TP";
    description
      "A time point representing the system clock at which a specific
       occurrence happened.
       The specific occurrence must be defined in the description
       of any node defined using this type.";
  }

  // Restrictions on AC item types for Evaluation and EXPR
  amm:typedef eval-tgt {
    amm:union {
      amm:type "./TYPEDEF/SIMPLE"; // special case of literal value result
      amm:type "./TYPEDEF/VALUE-OBJ"; // produces an eval-tgt
      amm:type "./TYPEDEF/EXPR";
    }
    description
      "A value which can be the target of an evaluation.";
  }
  amm:typedef EXPR-item {
    amm:union {
      amm:type "./TYPEDEF/SIMPLE";
      amm:type "./TYPEDEF/VALUE-OBJ"; // produces an eval-tgt
      amm:type "./TYPEDEF/TYPE-REF"; // treated as unary operator
      amm:type "/ARITYPE/LABEL"; // substitutable label
      amm:type "/ARITYPE/OPER";
    }
    description
      "Each item of an EXPR list.";
  }
  amm:typedef EXPR {
    amm:ulist {
      amm:type "./TYPEDEF/EXPR-item";
    }
    description
      "The contents of an EXPR container.";
  }

  // Restrictions on AC item types for Execution and MAC
  amm:typedef exec-tgt {
    amm:union {
      amm:type "./TYPEDEF/exec-item";
      amm:type "./TYPEDEF/MAC";
    }
    description
      "A value which can be the target of an execution.";
  }
  amm:typedef exec-item {
    amm:union {
      amm:type "/ARITYPE/CTRL";
      amm:type "./TYPEDEF/VALUE-OBJ"; // produces an exec-tgt
    }
    description
      "A reference to an object which can be executed.
       The value-object must be typed to contain an exec-tgt.";
  }
  amm:typedef MAC {
    amm:ulist {
      amm:type "./TYPEDEF/EXEC-item";
    }
    description
      "The contents of a MAC container are an ordered list of
       executable values.";
  }

  // Restrictions on AC item types for Reporting and RPTT
  amm:typedef rpt-tgt {
    amm:union {
      amm:type "./TYPEDEF/VALUE-OBJ"; // produces an RPTT
      amm:type "./TYPEDEF/RPTT";
    }
    description
      "A value which can be the target of reporting.";
  }
  amm:typedef RPTT-item {
    amm:union {
      amm:type "./TYPEDEF/VALUE-OBJ";
      amm:type "./TYPEDEF/EXPR";
    }
    description
      "Each item of a RPTT.
       Each item references a value-producing object or contains an
       expression to be evaluated.";
  }
  amm:typedef RPTT {
    amm:ulist {
      amm:type "./TYPEDEF/RPTT-item";
    }
    description
      "The contents of a report template, encoded as the sequence of items.";
  }
}

<CODE ENDS>

Appendix B. ADM Module for DTNMA Agents

The ADM module in this section implements the entities described in Section 4.3 of [I-D.ietf-dtn-amm]. This includes the following:

<CODE BEGINS> file "ietf-dtnma-agent.yang"
module ietf-dtnma-agent {
  yang-version 1.1;
  namespace "ari://ietf-dtnma-agent/";
  prefix da;
  amm:enum 1;

  import ietf-amm {
    prefix amm;
  }

  organization
    "IETF Delay Tolerant Networking (DTN) Working Group";
  contact
    "WG Web: <http://tools.ietf.org/wg/dtn/>
     WG List: <mailto:dtn@ietf.org>

     Editor: Brian Sipos
             <mailto:brian.sipos+ietf@gmail.com>";
  description
    "This module implements the DTN Management Architecture (DTNMA)
     Agent core functionality.

     Copyright (c) 2024 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 Revised BSD License set
     forth in Section 4.c of the IETF Trust's Legal Provisions
     Relating to IETF Documents
     (https://trustee.ietf.org/license-info).

     This version of this YANG module is part of RFC XXXX
     (https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfcXXXX); see the RFC itself
     for full legal notices.";
  reference
    "draft-ietf-dtn-adm-yang";

  revision 2024-07-03 {
    description
      "Updated for latest ADM document.";
    reference
      "draft-ietf-dtn-adm-yang";
  }
  revision 2023-06-08 {
    description
      "Updated for latest AMM contents.";
    reference
      "draft-birrane-dtn-adm";
  }

  feature rules {
    description
      "Conforming to this feature enables time-based and
       state-based autonomy rules.";
  }

  amm:edd sw_vendor {
    amm:type "/ARITYPE/TEXTSTR";
    description
      "The vendor for this Agent implementation.";
  }
  amm:edd sw_version {
    amm:type "/ARITYPE/TEXTSTR";
    description
      "The version for this Agent implementation.";
  }
  amm:edd capability {
    amm:tblt {
      amm:key "adm_name";
      amm:column adm_name {
        amm:type "/ARITYPE/TEXTSTR";
        description
          "The module name of the ADM";
      }
      amm:column enum {
        amm:type "/ARITYPE/VAST";
        description
          "The module enumeration of the ADM";
      }
      amm:column revision {
        amm:type "/ARITYPE/TEXTSTR";
        description
          "The specific revision the agent supports.";
      }
      amm:column features {
        amm:ulist {
          amm:type "/ARITYPE/TEXTSTR";
        }
        description
          "The features of the ADM which the agent supports.";
      }
    }
    description
      "A table to indicate the ADM capability of the sending agent.";
  }
  amm:const hello {
    amm:enum 0;
    amm:type "//ietf-amm/TYPEDEF/RPTT";
    amm:init-value "/AC/(./EDD/sw_vendor,./EDD/sw_version,./EDD/capability)";
    description
      "A report template to indicate the presence of an agent
       on a network.";
  }

  // Messaging counters
  amm:edd num_msg_rx {
    amm:type "//ietf-amm/TYPEDEF/counter64";
  }
  amm:edd num_msg_rx_failed {
    amm:type "//ietf-amm/TYPEDEF/counter64";
  }
  amm:edd num_msg_tx {
    amm:type "//ietf-amm/TYPEDEF/counter64";
  }

  // Execution counters and states
  amm:edd num_exec_started {
    amm:type "//ietf-amm/TYPEDEF/counter64";
  }
  amm:edd num_exec_succeeded {
    amm:type "//ietf-amm/TYPEDEF/counter64";
  }
  amm:edd num_exec_failed {
    amm:type "//ietf-amm/TYPEDEF/counter64";
  }
  amm:edd exec_running {
    amm:tblt {
      amm:key "pid";
      amm:column pid {
        amm:type "/ARITYPE/UVAST";
      }
      amm:column target {
        amm:type "//ietf-amm/TYPEDEF/ANY";
      }
      amm:column state {
        amm:type "/ARITYPE/BYTE" {
          amm:int-labels {
            enum waiting {
              value 0;
            }
            enum running {
              value 1;
            }
          }
        }
      }
    }
  }

  // MAC helper controls
  amm:ctrl if_then_else {
    amm:parameter condition {
      amm:type "//ietf-amm/TYPEDEF/eval-tgt";
      description
        "The condition to evaluate.";
    }
    amm:parameter on_truthy {
      amm:union {
        amm:type "//ietf-amm/TYPEDEF/exec-tgt";
        amm:type "/ARITYPE/NULL";
      }
      amm:default "null";
      description
        "The object to execute when the condition is truthy.";
    }
    amm:parameter on_falsy {
      amm:union {
        amm:type "//ietf-amm/TYPEDEF/exec-tgt";
        amm:type "/ARITYPE/NULL";
      }
      amm:default "null";
      description
        "An optional execution when the condition is falsey.";
    }
    amm:result branch {
      amm:type "/ARITYPE/BOOL";
      description
        "Indication of which branch was executed.";
    }
    description
      "Evaluate an expression and follow one of two branches of
       further evaluation.";
  }
  amm:ctrl catch {
    amm:parameter try {
      amm:type "//ietf-amm/TYPEDEF/exec-tgt";
      description
        "The object to execute.";
    }
    amm:parameter on_failure {
      amm:union {
        amm:type "//ietf-amm/TYPEDEF/exec-tgt";
        amm:type "/ARITYPE/NULL";
      }
      amm:default "null";
      description
        "An optional execution after failure.";
    }
    amm:result try_success {
      amm:type "/ARITYPE/BOOL";
      description
        "True if the try target succeeded without exception.";
    }
    description
      "Attempt to execute a target, and if there is some failure catch it
       and execute an alternative target.";
  }
  amm:ctrl wait_for {
    amm:parameter duration {
      amm:type "/ARITYPE/TD";
    }
    description
      "This control causes the execution to pause for a given amount of time.
       This is intended to be used within a macro to separate controls
       in time.";
  }
  amm:ctrl wait_until {
    amm:parameter time {
      amm:type "/ARITYPE/TP";
    }
    description
      "This control causes the execution to pause until a specific absolute
       time point.
       This is intended to be used within a macro to separate controls
       in time or as a first macro item to delay execution after the time
       of reception.";
  }
  amm:ctrl wait_cond {
    amm:parameter condition {
      amm:type "//ietf-amm/TYPEDEF/eval-tgt";
    }
    description
      "This control causes the execution to pause until a condition expression
       evaluates to truthy.
       This is intended to be used within a macro to separate controls
       in time or as a first macro item to delay execution until the
       condition is met.";
  }

  // Value production and reporting
  amm:ctrl inspect {
    amm:parameter ref {
      amm:type "//ietf-amm/TYPEDEF/VALUE-OBJ";
      description
        "An object to produce a value from.";
    }
    amm:result val {
      amm:type "//ietf-amm/TYPEDEF/ANY";
      description
        "The produced value.";
    }
    description
      "Produce a result value to inspect the agent state.
       This does not perform any EXPR evaluation or RPTT handling.";
  }
  amm:ctrl report_on {
    amm:parameter rptt {
      amm:type "//ietf-amm/TYPEDEF/rpt-tgt";
    }
    description
      "Generate a report on an object without needing to define an object.
       The parameter is a single RPTT list that would be produced by an object.
       If used for more than one-shot diagnostics, defining a RPTT
       (e.g. in a VAR) is more efficient because the RPTT item would not
       be present in the report.";
  }

  // Helpers for VAR
  amm:ctrl var_reset {
    amm:parameter target {
      amm:type "/ARITYPE/VAR";
      description
        "The VAR object to affect.";
    }
    description
      "Modify a VAR state to its default value.";
  }
  amm:ctrl var_store {
    amm:parameter target {
      amm:type "/ARITYPE/VAR";
      description
        "The VAR object to affect.";
    }
    amm:parameter value {
      amm:type "//ietf-amm/TYPEDEF/ANY";
      description
        "The exact value to store in the VAR.";
    }
    description
      "Modify a VAR state to a specific value.";
  }

  grouping obj-list-params {
    amm:parameter include_adm {
      amm:type "/ARITYPE/BOOL";
      amm:default "false";
      description
        "If true, listings will include objects from ADMs";
    }
    description
      "Common parameters for object listing";
  }

  amm:typedef hellotyp {
    amm:union {
      amm:type "/ARITYPE/BYTE";
      amm:type "/ARITYPE/UINT";
    }
  }
  amm:edd typedef_list {
    uses obj-list-params;
    amm:tblt {
      amm:key "obj";
      amm:column obj {
        amm:type "/ARITYPE/TYPEDEF";
      }
    }
    description
      "A table of TYPEDEF within the agent.";
  }

  // Objects related to VAR handling
  amm:edd var_list {
    uses obj-list-params;
    amm:tblt {
      amm:key "obj";
      amm:column obj {
        amm:type "/ARITYPE/VAR";
      }
      amm:column type {
        amm:type "//ietf-amm/TYPEDEF/TYPE-REF";
      }
    }
    description
      "A table of VAR within the agent.";
  }
  amm:ctrl ensure_var {
    amm:parameter obj {
      amm:type "/ARITYPE/VAR";
      description
        "A reference to a VAR within an ODM only.";
    }
    amm:parameter type {
      amm:type "//ietf-amm/TYPEDEF/TYPE-REF";
      description
        "The type for the VAR object.";
    }
    amm:parameter init {
      amm:union {
        amm:type "/ARITYPE/NULL";
        amm:type "//ietf-amm/TYPEDEF/EXPR";
      }
      amm:default "null";
      description
        "An optional initializer expression.";
    }
    description
      "Ensure a specific VAR is present.";
  }
  amm:ctrl discard_var {
    amm:parameter obj {
      amm:type "/ARITYPE/VAR";
      description
        "A reference to a VAR within an ODM only.";
    }
    description
      "Discard a specific VAR if it is present.";
  }

  // Objects related to SBR handling
  amm:edd sbr_list {
    if-feature "rules";
    amm:tblt {
      amm:key "obj";
      amm:column obj {
        amm:type "/ARITYPE/SBR";
      }
      amm:column action {
        amm:type "//ietf-amm/TYPEDEF/MAC";
        description
          "The execution when this rule triggers.";
      }
      amm:column start_time {
        amm:type "//ietf-amm/TYPEDEF/TIME";
      }
      amm:column condition {
        amm:type "//ietf-amm/TYPEDEF/EXPR";
      }
      amm:column min_interval {
        amm:type "/ARITYPE/TD";
      }
      amm:column max_count {
        amm:type "/ARITYPE/UVAST";
      }
    }
  }
  amm:edd tbr_list {
    if-feature "rules";
    amm:tblt {
      amm:key "obj";
      amm:column obj {
        amm:type "/ARITYPE/TBR";
      }
      amm:column action {
        amm:type "//ietf-amm/TYPEDEF/MAC";
        description
          "The execution when this rule triggers.";
      }
      amm:column start_time {
        amm:type "//ietf-amm/TYPEDEF/TIME";
      }
      amm:column period {
        amm:type "/ARITYPE/TD";
      }
      amm:column max_count {
        amm:type "/ARITYPE/UVAST";
      }
    }
  }

  grouping any-binary-operands {
    amm:operand left {
      amm:type "//ietf-amm/TYPEDEF/ANY";
      description
        "The left-side operand.";
    }
    amm:operand right {
      amm:type "//ietf-amm/TYPEDEF/ANY";
      description
        "The left-side operand.";
    }
    description
      "Any-value bianry operands";
  }

  grouping numeric-unary-operands {
    amm:operand val {
      amm:type "//ietf-amm/TYPEDEF/NUMERIC";
      description
        "The single value.";
    }
    description
      "Numeric unary operand";
  }

  grouping numeric-binary-operands {
    amm:operand left {
      amm:type "//ietf-amm/TYPEDEF/NUMERIC";
      description
        "The left-side operand.";
    }
    amm:operand right {
      amm:type "//ietf-amm/TYPEDEF/NUMERIC";
      description
        "The left-side operand.";
    }
    description
      "Numeric bianry operands";
  }

  grouping numeric-unary-result {
    amm:result val {
      amm:type "//ietf-amm/TYPEDEF/NUMERIC";
      description
        "The single value.";
    }
    description
      "Numeric result";
  }

  grouping integer-unary-operands {
    amm:operand val {
      amm:type "//ietf-amm/TYPEDEF/INTEGER";
      description
        "The single value.";
    }
    description
      "Integer unary operand";
  }

  grouping integer-binary-operands {
    amm:operand left {
      amm:type "//ietf-amm/TYPEDEF/INTEGER";
      description
        "The left-side operand.";
    }
    amm:operand right {
      amm:type "//ietf-amm/TYPEDEF/INTEGER";
      description
        "The left-side operand.";
    }
    description
      "Integer bianry operands";
  }

  grouping integer-unary-result {
    amm:result val {
      amm:type "//ietf-amm/TYPEDEF/INTEGER";
      description
        "The single value.";
    }
    description
      "Integer result";
  }

  grouping bool-unary-operands {
    amm:operand val {
      amm:type "/ARITYPE/BOOL";
      description
        "The single value.";
    }
    description
      "Boolean unary operand";
  }

  grouping bool-binary-operands {
    amm:operand left {
      amm:type "/ARITYPE/BOOL";
      description
        "The left-side operand.";
    }
    amm:operand right {
      amm:type "/ARITYPE/BOOL";
      description
        "The left-side operand.";
    }
    description
      "Boolean bianry operands";
  }

  grouping bool-unary-result {
    amm:result val {
      amm:type "/ARITYPE/BOOL";
      description
        "The single value.";
    }
    description
      "Boolean result";
  }

  // Numeric operators
  amm:oper negate {
    uses numeric-unary-operands;
    uses numeric-unary-result;
    description
      "Negate a value.
       This is equivalent to multiplying by -1 but a shorter
       expression.";
  }
  amm:oper add {
    uses numeric-binary-operands;
    uses numeric-unary-result;
    description
      "Add two numeric values.
       The operands are cast to the least compatible numeric type
       before the arithmetic.";
  }
  amm:oper sub {
    uses numeric-binary-operands;
    uses numeric-unary-result;
  }
  amm:oper multiply {
    uses numeric-binary-operands;
    uses numeric-unary-result;
  }
  amm:oper divide {
    uses numeric-binary-operands;
    uses numeric-unary-result;
  }
  amm:oper remainder {
    uses numeric-binary-operands;
    uses numeric-unary-result;
  }

  // Bitwise operators
  amm:oper bit_not {
    uses integer-unary-operands;
    uses integer-unary-result;
  }
  amm:oper bit_and {
    uses integer-binary-operands;
    uses integer-unary-result;
  }
  amm:oper bit_or {
    uses integer-binary-operands;
    uses integer-unary-result;
  }
  amm:oper bit_xor {
    uses integer-binary-operands;
    uses integer-unary-result;
  }

  // Boolean operators
  amm:oper bool_not {
    uses bool-binary-operands;
    uses bool-unary-result;
  }
  amm:oper bool_and {
    uses bool-binary-operands;
    uses bool-unary-result;
  }
  amm:oper bool_or {
    uses bool-binary-operands;
    uses bool-unary-result;
  }
  amm:oper bool_xor {
    uses bool-binary-operands;
    uses bool-unary-result;
  }

  // Value comparison
  amm:oper compare_eq {
    uses any-binary-operands;
    uses bool-unary-result;
  }
  amm:oper compare_ne {
    uses any-binary-operands;
    uses bool-unary-result;
  }

  // Numeric comparison
  amm:oper compare_gt {
    uses numeric-binary-operands;
    uses bool-unary-result;
    description
      "Compare two numbers by value.
       The result is true if the left value is greater than the right.
       The operands are cast to the least compatible numeric type
       before the comparison.";
  }
  amm:oper compare_ge {
    uses numeric-binary-operands;
    uses bool-unary-result;
    description
      "Compare two numbers by value.
       The result is true if the left value is greater than or equal
       to the right.
       The operands are cast to the least compatible numeric type
       before the comparison.";
  }
  amm:oper compare_lt {
    uses numeric-binary-operands;
    uses bool-unary-result;
    description
      "Compare two operands by value.
       The result is true if the left value is less than the right.
       The operands are cast to the least compatible numeric type
       before the comparison.";
  }
  amm:oper compare_le {
    uses numeric-binary-operands;
    uses bool-unary-result;
    description
      "Compare two operands by value.
       The result is true if the left value is less than or
       equal to the right.
       The operands are cast to the least compatible numeric type
       before the comparison.";
  }

  // Table filtering
  amm:typedef column-id {
    amm:union {
      amm:type "/ARITYPE/UVAST";
      amm:type "/ARITYPE/TEXTSTR";
    }
    description
      "Name or index of an individual column in a table.";
  }
  amm:oper tbl_filter {
    amm:parameter row_match {
      amm:ulist {
        amm:type "//ietf-amm/TYPEDEF/EXPR";
      }
      description
        "A filter to match rows with specific cell contents.
         Each key is a column to compare and each value is an expression
         with LABEL values substituted by column names.";
    }
    amm:parameter columns {
      amm:ulist {
        amm:type "./TYPEDEF/column-id";
      }
      description
        "A filter to match rows with specific cell contents.
         Each key is a column to compare and each value is an expression
         with LABEL values substituted by column names.";
    }
    amm:operand in {
      amm:type "/ARITYPE/TBL";
      description
        "Table to filter.";
    }
    amm:result out {
      amm:type "/ARITYPE/TBL";
      description
        "The filtered table.";
    }
    description
      "Filter a table first by rows and then by columns.";
  }
}

<CODE ENDS>

Appendix C. ADM Module for DTNMA Agent Access Control Lists

The ADM module in this section implements the entities described in Appendix A of [I-D.ietf-dtn-amm].

<CODE BEGINS> file "ietf-dtnma-agent-acl.yang"
module ietf-dtnma-agent-acl {
  yang-version 1.1;
  namespace "ari://ietf-dtnma-agent-acl";
  prefix acl;
  amm:enum 2;

  import ietf-amm {
    prefix amm;
  }
  import ietf-dtnma-agent {
    prefix da;
  }

  organization
    "IETF Delay Tolerant Networking (DTN) Working Group";
  contact
    "WG Web: <http://tools.ietf.org/wg/dtn/>
     WG List: <mailto:dtn@ietf.org>

     Editor: Brian Sipos
             <mailto:brian.sipos+ietf@gmail.com>";
  description
    "This module implements the DTN Management Architecture (DTNMA)
     Agent Access Control List (ACL) functionality.

     Copyright (c) 2024 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 Revised BSD License set
     forth in Section 4.c of the IETF Trust's Legal Provisions
     Relating to IETF Documents
     (https://trustee.ietf.org/license-info).

     This version of this YANG module is part of RFC XXXX
     (https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfcXXXX); see the RFC itself
     for full legal notices.";
  reference
    "draft-ietf-dtn-adm-yang";

  revision 2024-07-03 {
    description
      "Updated for latest ADM document.";
    reference
      "draft-ietf-dtn-adm-yang";
  }
  revision 2023-12-12 {
    description
      "Initial version for latest AMM document";
    reference
      "draft-birrane-dtn-adm";
  }
  amm:typedef tag {
    amm:type "./TYPEDEF/permissions";
    description
      "Datatype for access control list tags";
  }
  amm:typedef permissions {
    amm:type "/ARITYPE/BYTE" {
      amm:int-labels {
        bit tag-read {
          position 0;
          description
            "Permission bit for Read";
        }
        bit tag-write {
          position 1;
          description
            "Permission bit for Write";
        }
        bit tag-execute {
          position 2;
          description
            "Permission bit for Execute/Evaluate";
        }
      }
    }
  }
  amm:typedef entry-id {
    amm:type "/ARITYPE/UVAST";
    description
      "The identifier for an entry in any access control table.";
  }
  amm:typedef optional-entry-id {
    amm:union {
      amm:type "./TYPEDEF/entry-id";
      amm:type "/ARITYPE/null";
    }
    description
      "An optional entry identifier (or a null value).";
  }
  amm:typedef result {
    amm:type "/ARITYPE/INT" {
      amm:int-labels {
        enum success {
          value 0;
          description
            "Execution was successful";
        }
        enum error-generic {
          value 1;
          description
            "Generic execution failure";
        }
        enum error-permission-denied {
          value 2;
          description
            "Manager does not have permission";
        }
      }
    }
  }

  // Default access permission
  amm:var default-access {
    amm:enum 1;
    amm:type "./TYPEDEF/tag";
    description
      "The default permission for any object if no specific access are
       present in the ./EDD/access-list table.";
  }

  // Access control table and modifier controls
  amm:edd access-list {
    amm:enum 2;
    amm:tblt {
      amm:key "id";
      amm:column id {
        amm:type "./TYPEDEF/entry-id";
      }
      amm:column group {
        amm:type "./TYPEDEF/optional-entry-id";
        description
          "A cross-reference to the group getting access, or null to match all groups.";
      }
      amm:column object-pattern {
        amm:type "/ARITYPE/TEXTSTR";
        description
          "A pattern for objects being accessed, which may match all objects.";
      }
      amm:column tag {
        amm:type "./TYPEDEF/tag";
        description
          "A pattern for objects being accessed, which may match all objects.";
      }
    }
    description
      "List the current group--object access.";
  }
  amm:ctrl ensure-access {
    amm:enum 3;
    amm:parameter group {
      amm:type "./TYPEDEF/optional-entry-id";
      description
        "Identify the group being assigned the permission";
    }
    amm:parameter object-pattern {
      amm:type "/ARITYPE/TEXTSTR";
      description
        "ARI pattern to determine which objects shall be assigned the permission";
    }
    amm:parameter tag {
      amm:type "./TYPEDEF/tag";
      amm:default "0";
      description
        "Permission tag value to set";
    }
    amm:result error-code {
      amm:type "./TYPEDEF/result";
      description
        "If non-zero, an indicator of an error.";
    }
    description
      "Ensures that an access control permission is set for the given group and ARI pattern.";
  }
  amm:ctrl discard-access {
    amm:enum 4;
    amm:parameter group {
      amm:type "./TYPEDEF/optional-entry-id";
      description
        "Identify the group";
    }
    amm:parameter object-pattern {
      amm:type "/ARITYPE/TEXTSTR";
      description
        "ARI pattern";
    }
    amm:result error-code {
      amm:type "./TYPEDEF/result";
      description
        "If non-zero, an indicator of an error.";
    }
    description
      "Discard any permissions for the given group and ARI pattern.";
  }

  //
  // Group management
  //
  amm:typedef transport-endpoint-pattern {
    amm:type "/ARITYPE/IDENT" {
      amm:base "//ietf-dtnma-agent/IDENT/transport-endpoint-pattern";
    }
  }
  amm:edd current-group-id {
    amm:enum 3;
    amm:type "./TYPEDEF/entry-id";
    description
      "Get the group ID for the current execution context, which may be
       the implicit Agent group ID zero.";
  }
  amm:edd group-list {
    amm:enum 4;
    amm:tblt {
      amm:key "id";
      amm:column id {
        amm:type "./TYPEDEF/entry-id";
        description
          "The unique identifier for a group.
           The agent itself has implicit group ID zero.";
      }
      amm:column name {
        amm:type "/ARITYPE/TEXTSTR";
        description
          "The human-friendly name of the group.";
      }
      amm:column members {
        amm:ulist {
          amm:type "./TYPEDEF/transport-endpoint-pattern";
        }
        description
          "The list of members of the group, identified by matching transport endpoint.";
      }
    }
    description
      "Get the defined access control groups.";
  }
  amm:ctrl ensure-group {
    amm:enum 5;
    amm:parameter id {
      amm:type "./TYPEDEF/entry-id";
      description
        "Uniquely identify the group";
    }
    amm:parameter name {
      amm:type "/ARITYPE/TEXTSTR";
      description
        "Name of the group";
    }
    amm:result error-code {
      amm:type "./TYPEDEF/result";
      description
        "If non-zero, an indicator of an error.";
    }
    description
      "Ensure that after the control completes a group exists with the given information";
  }
  amm:ctrl ensure-group-members {
    amm:enum 7;
    amm:parameter id {
      amm:type "./TYPEDEF/entry-id";
      description
        "Uniquely identify the group";
    }
    amm:parameter members {
      amm:ulist {
        amm:type "./TYPEDEF/transport-endpoint-pattern";
      }
    }
    amm:result error-code {
      amm:type "./TYPEDEF/result";
      description
        "If non-zero, an indicator of an error.";
    }
    description
      "Ensure that the membership of a group has a specific set of endpoint patterns.";
  }
  amm:ctrl discard-group {
    amm:enum 6;
    amm:parameter group {
      amm:type "./TYPEDEF/entry-id";
      description
        "Uniquely identify the group";
    }
    amm:result error-code {
      amm:type "./TYPEDEF/result";
      description
        "If non-zero, an indicator of an error.";
    }
    description
      "Discard any group with the given ID.";
  }
}

<CODE ENDS>

Appendix D. Examples

For the sake of adhering to the proper syntax for ARIs, all of the example reports are timestamped at 2023-01-01T00:00:00Z.

ari://dtnma-agent/CTRL/report_on(//example-adm/EDD/intvalue)

Executing that results in a report containing the following:

(
  //example-adm/EDD/intvalue,
  /TP/20230101T000000Z,
  /INT/10
)

If the produced value has a semantic type which is ambiguous within the EDD type, the report would instead contain:

(
  //example-adm/EDD/intvalue,
  /TP/20230101T000000Z,
  //example-adm/TYPEDEF/mycounter(/INT/10)
)

For a similar CONST that contains an RPTT value, the report would contain:

(
  ./EDD/intvalue,
  ./EDD/boolvalue
)
(
  //example-adm/CONST/report1,
  /TP/20230101T000000Z,
  /INT/10,
  /true
)

Acknowledgments

The following participants contributed technical material, use cases, and useful thoughts on the overall approach captured in this document: David Linko, Sarah Heiner, and Jenny Cao of the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory.

Authors' Addresses

Edward J. Birrane, III
The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
11100 Johns Hopkins Rd.
Laurel, MD 20723
United States of America
Brian Sipos
The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
Justin Ethier
The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory