Chapter 13
YANG
This chapter discusses data modeling in general and the YANG modeling language in particular. It’s very important to understand these topics, as YANG data models are very important in network automation today.
A Data Modeling Primer
Before you delve into the details of YANG, it is important that you understand the problem it attempts to solve. YANG provides a framework for modeling (or structuring) data. The following sections cover the difference between structured and unstructured data, what a data model is, why we need data models, and the problems that data modeling solves.
What Is a Data Model?
Information is everywhere. It is not an exaggeration to say that we are surrounded by various types of data all the time. Even ...
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