[j-nsp] EX-series automation, NETCONF woes

[Joe Abley]

On 27 Jan 2009, at 16:23, Ross Vandegrift wrote:

> 3) XML is far more complicated than SNMP with marginal benefits to a
> switching environment.

This whole message was a great read, and I'm glad you took the time to  
write it. On this particular point, though, I think you need to  
compare apples with apples.

XML is a data representation; SNMP is a protocol. It would make more  
sense to compare XML with ASN.1, in which case I'd assert ASN.1 is far  
more complicated -- to the extent that you don't think about  
constructing or parsing PDUs by hand, and instead use tools to do the  
job for you.

If you take the same approach with NETCONF and use tools to generate,  
validate and parse request and response documents, then I'd suggest  
that the difference in complexity boils down to how good your tools are.


Joe