Internet DRAFT - draft-ietf-netmod-geo-location
draft-ietf-netmod-geo-location
Network Working Group C. Hopps
Internet-Draft LabN Consulting, L.L.C.
Intended status: Standards Track 24 October 2021
Expires: 27 April 2022
A YANG Grouping for Geographic Locations
draft-ietf-netmod-geo-location-11
Abstract
This document defines a generic geographical location YANG grouping.
The geographical location grouping is intended to be used in YANG
models for specifying a location on or in reference to Earth or any
other astronomical object.
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Table of Contents
1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
1.1. Terminology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
2. The Geo Location Object . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
2.1. Frame of Reference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
2.2. Location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
2.3. Motion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
2.4. Nested Locations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
2.5. Non-location Attributes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
2.6. Tree . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
3. YANG Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
4. ISO 6709:2008 Conformance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
5. Usability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
5.1. Portability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
5.1.1. IETF URI Value . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
5.1.2. W3C . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
5.1.3. Geography Markup Language (GML) . . . . . . . . . . . 16
5.1.4. KML . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
6. IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
6.1. Geodetic System Values Registry . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
6.2. Updates to the IETF XML Registry . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
6.3. Updates to the YANG Module Names Registry . . . . . . . . 19
7. Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
8. Normative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
9. Informative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Appendix A. Examples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Appendix B. Acknowledgments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Author's Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
1. Introduction
In many applications we would like to specify the location of
something geographically. Some examples of locations in networking
might be the location of data center, a rack in an internet exchange
point, a router, a firewall, a port on some device, or it could be
the endpoints of a fiber, or perhaps the failure point along a fiber.
Additionally, while this location is typically relative to Earth, it
does not need to be. Indeed, it is easy to imagine a network or
device located on The Moon, on Mars, on Enceladus (the moon of
Saturn) or even a comet (e.g., 67p/churyumov-gerasimenko).
Finally, one can imagine defining locations using different frames of
reference or even alternate systems (e.g., simulations or virtual
realities).
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This document defines a "geo-location" YANG grouping that allows for
all the above data to be captured.
This specification conforms to [ISO.6709.2008].
The YANG data model described in this document conforms to the
Network Management Datastore Architecture defined in [RFC8342].
1.1. Terminology
The key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL NOT",
"SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED", "NOT RECOMMENDED", "MAY", and
"OPTIONAL" in this document are to be interpreted as described in
[RFC2119] [RFC8174] when, and only when, they appear in all capitals,
as shown here.
2. The Geo Location Object
2.1. Frame of Reference
The frame of reference ("reference-frame") defines what the location
values refer to and their meaning. The referred to object can be any
astronomical body. It could be a planet such as Earth or Mars, a
moon such as Enceladus, an asteroid such as Ceres, or even a comet
such as 1P/Halley. This value is specified in "astronomical-body"
and is defined by the International Astronomical Union
(http://www.iau.org). The default "astronomical-body" value is
"earth".
In addition to identifying the astronomical body, we also need to
define the meaning of the coordinates (e.g., latitude and longitude)
and the definition of 0-height. This is done with a "geodetic-datum"
value. The default value for "geodetic-datum" is "wgs-84" (i.e., the
World Geodetic System, [WGS84]), which is used by the Global
Positioning System (GPS) among many others. We define an IANA
registry for specifying standard values for the "geodetic-datum".
In addition to the "geodetic-datum" value, we allow overriding the
coordinate and height accuracy using "coord-accuracy" and "height-
accuracy" respectively. When specified, these values override the
defaults implied by the "geodetic-datum" value.
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Finally, we define an optional feature which allows for changing the
system for which the above values are defined. This optional feature
adds an "alternate-system" value to the reference frame. This value
is normally not present which implies the natural universe is the
system. The use of this value is intended to allow for creating
virtual realities or perhaps alternate coordinate systems. The
definition of alternate systems is outside the scope of this
document.
2.2. Location
This is the location on, or relative to, the astronomical object. It
is specified using 2 or 3 coordinates values. These values are given
either as "latitude", "longitude", and an optional "height", or as
Cartesian coordinates of "x", "y" and "z". For the standard location
choice "latitude" and "longitude" are specified as decimal degrees,
and the "height" value is in fractions of meters. For the Cartesian
choice "x", "y" and "z" are in fractions of meters. In both choices
the exact meanings of all the values are defined by the "geodetic-
datum" value in the Section 2.1.
2.3. Motion
Support is added for objects in relatively stable motion. For
objects in relatively stable motion the grouping provides a
3-dimensional vector value. The components of the vector are
"v-north", "v-east" and "v-up" which are all given in fractional
meters per second. The values "v-north" and "v-east" are relative to
true north as defined by the reference frame for the astronomical
body, "v-up" is perpendicular to the plane defined by "v-north" and
"v-east", and is pointed away from the center of mass.
To derive the 2-dimensional heading and speed one would use the
following formulas:
,------------------------------
speed = V v_{north}^{2} + v_{east}^{2}
heading = arctan(v_{east} / v_{north})
For some applications that demand high accuracy, and where the data
is infrequently updated this velocity vector can track very slow
movement such as continental drift.
Tracking more complex forms of motion is outside the scope of this
work. The intent of the grouping being defined here is to identify
where something is located, and generally this is expected to be
somewhere on, or relative to, Earth (or another astronomical body).
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At least two options are available to YANG models that wish to use
this grouping with objects that are changing location frequently in
non-simple ways. They can add additional motion data to their model
directly. Or, if the application allows, it can require more
frequent queries to keep the location data current.
2.4. Nested Locations
When locations are nested (e.g., a building may have a location which
houses routers that also have locations) the module using this
grouping is free to indicate in its definition that the "reference-
frame" is inherited from the containing object so that the
"reference-frame" need not be repeated in every instance of location
data.
2.5. Non-location Attributes
During the development of this module, the question of whether it
would support data such as orientation arose. These types of
attributes are outside the scope of this grouping because they do not
deal with a location but rather describe something more about the
object that is at the location. Module authors are free to add these
non-location attributes along with their use of this location
grouping.
2.6. Tree
The following is the YANG tree diagram [RFC8340] for the geo-location
grouping.
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module: ietf-geo-location
grouping geo-location
+-- geo-location
+-- reference-frame
| +-- alternate-system? string {alternate-systems}?
| +-- astronomical-body? string
| +-- geodetic-system
| +-- geodetic-datum? string
| +-- coord-accuracy? decimal64
| +-- height-accuracy? decimal64
+-- (location)?
| +--:(ellipsoid)
| | +-- latitude? decimal64
| | +-- longitude? decimal64
| | +-- height? decimal64
| +--:(cartesian)
| +-- x? decimal64
| +-- y? decimal64
| +-- z? decimal64
+-- velocity
| +-- v-north? decimal64
| +-- v-east? decimal64
| +-- v-up? decimal64
+-- timestamp? yang:date-and-time
+-- valid-until? yang:date-and-time
3. YANG Module
This model imports Common YANG Data Types [RFC6991]. It uses YANG
version 1.1 [RFC7950]
<CODE BEGINS> file "ietf-geo-location@2019-02-17.yang"
module ietf-geo-location {
yang-version 1.1;
namespace "urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:yang:ietf-geo-location";
prefix geo;
import ietf-yang-types {
prefix yang;
reference "RFC 6991: Common YANG Data Types.";
}
organization
"IETF NETMOD Working Group (NETMOD)";
contact
"WG Web: <https://datatracker.ietf.org/wg/netmod/>
WG List: <mailto:netmod@ietf.org>
Editor: Christian Hopps
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<mailto:chopps@chopps.org>";
// RFC Ed.: replace XXXX with actual RFC number or IANA reference
// and remove this note.
description
"This module defines a grouping of a container object for
specifying a location on or around an astronomical object (e.g.,
'earth').
Copyright (c) 2019 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 Simplified 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.
// RFC Ed.: replace XXXX with the actual RFC number or IANA
// reference and remove this note.
The key words 'MUST', 'MUST NOT', 'REQUIRED', 'SHALL', 'SHALL
NOT', 'SHOULD', 'SHOULD NOT', 'RECOMMENDED', 'NOT RECOMMENDED',
'MAY', and 'OPTIONAL' in this document are to be interpreted as
described in BCP 14 (RFC 2119) (RFC 8174) when, and only when,
they appear in all capitals, as shown here.";
revision 2019-02-17 {
description "Initial Revision";
reference "RFC XXXX: A YANG Grouping for Geographic Locations";
}
feature alternate-systems {
description
"This feature means the device supports specifying locations
using alternate systems for reference frames.";
}
grouping geo-location {
description
"Grouping to identify a location on an astronomical object.";
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container geo-location {
description
"A location on an astronomical body (e.g., 'earth')
somewhere in a universe.";
container reference-frame {
description
"The Frame of Reference for the location values.";
leaf alternate-system {
if-feature alternate-systems;
type string;
description
"The system in which the astronomical body and
geodetic-datum is defined. Normally, this value is not
present and the system is the natural universe; however,
when present this value allows for specifying alternate
systems (e.g., virtual realities). An alternate-system
modifies the definition (but not the type) of the other
values in the reference frame.";
}
leaf astronomical-body {
type string {
pattern '[ -@\[-\^_-~]*';
}
default "earth";
description
"An astronomical body as named by the International
Astronomical Union (IAU) or according to the alternate
system if specified. Examples include 'sun' (our star),
'earth' (our planet), 'moon' (our moon), 'enceladus' (a
moon of Saturn), 'ceres' (an asteroid),
'67p/churyumov-gerasimenko (a comet). The ASCII value
SHOULD have upper case converted to lower case and not
include control characters (i.e., values 32..64, and
91..126). Any preceding 'the' in the name SHOULD NOT be
included.";
reference "https://www.iau.org/";
}
container geodetic-system {
description
"The geodetic system of the location data.";
leaf geodetic-datum {
type string {
pattern '[ -@\[-\^_-~]*';
}
description
"A geodetic-datum defining the meaning of latitude,
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longitude and height. The default when the
astronomical body is 'earth' is 'wgs-84' which is
used by the Global Positioning System (GPS). The
ASCII value SHOULD have upper case converted to lower
case and not include control characters (i.e., values
32..64, and 91..126). The IANA registry further
restricts the value by converting all spaces (' ') to
dashes ('-').
The specification for the geodetic-datum indicates
how accurately it models the astronomical body in
question, both for the 'horizontal'
latitude/longitude coordinates and for height
coordinates.";
reference
"IANA XXXX YANG Geographic Location Parameters,
Geodetic System Values";
}
leaf coord-accuracy {
type decimal64 {
fraction-digits 6;
}
description
"The accuracy of the latitude longitude pair for
ellipsoidal coordinates, or the X, Y and Z components
for Cartesian coordinates. When coord-accuracy is
specified, it indicates how precisely the coordinates
in the associated list of locations have been
determined with respect to the coordinate system
defined by the geodetic-datum. For example, there
might be uncertainty due to measurement error if an
experimental measurement was made to determine each
location.";
}
leaf height-accuracy {
type decimal64 {
fraction-digits 6;
}
units "meters";
description
"The accuracy of height value for ellipsoidal
coordinates, this value is not used with Cartesian
coordinates. When height-accuracy is specified, it
indicates how precisely the heights in the
associated list of locations have been determined
with respect to the coordinate system defined by the
geodetic-datum. For example, there might be
uncertainty due to measurement error if an
experimental measurement was made to determine each
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location.";
}
}
}
choice location {
description
"The location data either in lat/long or Cartesian values";
case ellipsoid {
leaf latitude {
type decimal64 {
fraction-digits 16;
}
units "decimal degrees";
description
"The latitude value on the astronomical body. The
definition and precision of this measurement is
indicated by the reference-frame.";
}
leaf longitude {
type decimal64 {
fraction-digits 16;
}
units "decimal degrees";
description
"The longitude value on the astronomical body. The
definition and precision of this measurement is
indicated by the reference-frame.";
}
leaf height {
type decimal64 {
fraction-digits 6;
}
units "meters";
description
"Height from a reference 0 value. The precision and '0'
value is defined by the reference-frame.";
}
}
case cartesian {
leaf x {
type decimal64 {
fraction-digits 6;
}
units "meters";
description
"The X value as defined by the reference-frame.";
}
leaf y {
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type decimal64 {
fraction-digits 6;
}
units "meters";
description
"The Y value as defined by the reference-frame.";
}
leaf z {
type decimal64 {
fraction-digits 6;
}
units "meters";
description
"The Z value as defined by the reference-frame.";
}
}
}
container velocity {
description
"If the object is in motion the velocity vector describes
this motion at the the time given by the timestamp. For a
formula to convert these values to speed and heading see
RFC XXXX.";
reference
"RFC XXXX: A YANG Grouping for Geographic Locations";
leaf v-north {
type decimal64 {
fraction-digits 12;
}
units "meters per second";
description
"v-north is the rate of change (i.e., speed) towards
truth north as defined by the geodetic-system.";
}
leaf v-east {
type decimal64 {
fraction-digits 12;
}
units "meters per second";
description
"v-east is the rate of change (i.e., speed) perpendicular
to the right of true north as defined by
the geodetic-system.";
}
leaf v-up {
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type decimal64 {
fraction-digits 12;
}
units "meters per second";
description
"v-up is the rate of change (i.e., speed) away from the
center of mass.";
}
}
leaf timestamp {
type yang:date-and-time;
description "Reference time when location was recorded.";
}
leaf valid-until {
type yang:date-and-time;
description
"The timestamp for which this geo-location is valid until.
If unspecified the geo-location has no specific expiration
time.";
}
}
}
}
<CODE ENDS>
4. ISO 6709:2008 Conformance
[ISO.6709.2008] provides an appendix with a set of tests for
conformance to the standard. The tests and results are given in the
following table along with an explanation of non-applicable tests.
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+---------+----------------------+------------------+
| Test | Description | Pass Explanation |
+=========+======================+==================+
| A.1.2.1 | elements reqd. for a | CRS is always |
| | geo. point location | indicated |
+---------+----------------------+------------------+
| A.1.2.2 | Description of a CRS | CRS register is |
| | from a register | defined |
+---------+----------------------+------------------+
| A.1.2.3 | definition of CRS | N/A - Don't |
| | | define CRS |
+---------+----------------------+------------------+
| A.1.2.4 | representation of | lat/long values |
| | horizontal position | conform |
+---------+----------------------+------------------+
| A.1.2.5 | representation of | height value |
| | vertical position | conforms |
+---------+----------------------+------------------+
| A.1.2.6 | text string | N/A - No string |
| | representation | format |
+---------+----------------------+------------------+
Table 1: Conformance Test Results
For test "A.1.2.1" the YANG geo location object either includes a
Coordinate Reference System (CRS) ("reference-frame") or has a
default defined ([WGS84]).
For "A.1.2.3" we do not define our own CRS, and doing so is not
required for conformance.
For "A.1.2.6" we do not define a text string representation, which is
also not required for conformance.
5. Usability
The geo-location object defined in this document and YANG module have
been designed to be usable in a very broad set of applications. This
includes the ability to locate things on astronomical bodies other
than Earth, and to utilize entirely different coordinate systems and
realities.
5.1. Portability
In order to verify portability while developing this module the
following standards and standard APIs were considered.
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5.1.1. IETF URI Value
[RFC5870] defines a standard URI value for geographic location data.
It includes the ability to specify the "geodetic-value" (it calls
this "crs") with the default being "wgs-84" [WGS84]. For the
location data it allows 2 to 3 coordinates defined by the "crs"
value. For accuracy, it has a single "u" parameter for specifying
uncertainty. The "u" value is in fractions of meters and applies to
all the location values. As the URI is a string, all values are
specified as strings and so are capable of as much precision as
required.
URI values can be mapped to and from the YANG grouping, with the
caveat that some loss of precision (in the extremes) may occur due to
the YANG grouping using decimal64 values rather than strings.
5.1.2. W3C
W3C Defines a geo-location API in [W3CGEO]. We show a snippet of
code below which defines the geo-location data for this API. This is
used by many applications (e.g., Google Maps API).
interface GeolocationPosition {
readonly attribute GeolocationCoordinates coords;
readonly attribute DOMTimeStamp timestamp;
};
interface GeolocationCoordinates {
readonly attribute double latitude;
readonly attribute double longitude;
readonly attribute double? altitude;
readonly attribute double accuracy;
readonly attribute double? altitudeAccuracy;
readonly attribute double? heading;
readonly attribute double? speed;
};
Figure 1: Snippet Showing Geo-Location Definition
5.1.2.1. Compare with YANG Model
+------------------+--------------+-----------------+-------------+
| Field | Type | YANG | Type |
+==================+==============+=================+=============+
| accuracy | double | coord-accuracy | dec64 fr 6 |
+------------------+--------------+-----------------+-------------+
| altitude | double | height | dec64 fr 6 |
+------------------+--------------+-----------------+-------------+
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| altitudeAccuracy | double | height-accuracy | dec64 fr 6 |
+------------------+--------------+-----------------+-------------+
| heading | double | v-north, v-east | dec64 fr 12 |
+------------------+--------------+-----------------+-------------+
| latitude | double | latitude | dec64 fr 16 |
+------------------+--------------+-----------------+-------------+
| longitude | double | longitude | dec64 fr 16 |
+------------------+--------------+-----------------+-------------+
| speed | double | v-north, v-east | dec64 fr 12 |
+------------------+--------------+-----------------+-------------+
| timestamp | DOMTimeStamp | timestamp | string |
+------------------+--------------+-----------------+-------------+
Table 2
accuracy (double) Accuracy of "latitude" and "longitude" values in
meters.
altitude (double) Optional height in meters above the [WGS84]
ellipsoid.
altitudeAccuracy (double) Optional accuracy of "altitude" value in
meters.
heading (double) Optional Direction in decimal deg from true north
increasing clock-wise.
latitude, longitude (double) Standard lat/long values in decimal
degrees.
speed (double) Speed along heading in meters per second.
timestamp (DOMTimeStamp) Specifies milliseconds since the Unix EPOCH
in 64 bit unsigned integer. The YANG model defines the timestamp
with arbitrarily large precision by using a string which
encompasses all representable values of this timestamp value.
W3C API values can be mapped to the YANG grouping, with the caveat
that some loss of precision (in the extremes) may occur due to the
YANG grouping using decimal64 values rather than doubles.
Conversely, only YANG values for Earth using the default "wgs-84"
[WGS84] as the "geodetic-datum", can be directly mapped to the W3C
values, as W3C does not provide the extra features necessary to map
the broader set of values supported by the YANG grouping.
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5.1.3. Geography Markup Language (GML)
ISO adopted the Geography Markup Language (GML) defined by OGC 07-036
as [ISO.19136.2007]. GML defines, among many other things, a
position type "gml:pos" which is a sequence of "double" values. This
sequence of values represents coordinates in a given CRS. The CRS is
either inherited from containing elements or directly specified as
attributes "srsName" and optionally "srsDimension" on the "gml:pos".
GML defines an Abstract CRS type which Concrete CRS types derive
from. This allows for many types of CRS definitions. We are
concerned with the Geodetic CRS type which can have either
ellipsoidal or Cartesian coordinates. We believe that other non-
Earth based CRS as well as virtual CRS should also be representable
by the GML CRS types.
Thus, GML "gml:pos" values can be mapped directly to the YANG
grouping, with the caveat that some loss of precision (in the
extremes) may occur due to the YANG grouping using decimal64 values
rather than doubles.
Conversely, YANG grouping values can be mapped to GML as directly as
the GML CRS available definitions allow with a minimum of Earth-based
geodetic systems fully supported.
GML also defines an observation value in "gml:Observation" which
includes a timestamp value "gml:validTime" in addition to other
components such as "gml:using" "gml:target" and "gml:resultOf". Only
the timestamp is mappable to and from the YANG grouping.
Furthermore, "gml:validTime" can either be an Instantaneous measure
("gml:TimeInstant") or a time period ("gml:TimePeriod"). The
instantaneous "gml:TimeInstant" is mappable to and from the YANG
grouping "timestamp" value, and values down to the resolution of
seconds for "gml:TimePeriod" can be mapped using the "valid-until"
node of the YANG grouping.
5.1.4. KML
KML 2.2 [KML22] (formerly Keyhole Markup Language) was submitted by
Google to the Open Geospatial Consortium,
(https://www.opengeospatial.org/) and was adopted. The latest
version as of this writing is KML 2.3 [KML23]. This schema includes
geographic location data in some of its objects (e.g., "kml:Point" or
"kml:Camera" objects). This data is provided in string format and
corresponds to the [W3CGEO] values. The timestamp value is also
specified as a string as in our YANG grouping.
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KML has some special handling for the height value useful for
visualization software, "kml:altitudeMode". These values for
"kml:altitudeMode" include indicating the height is ignored
("clampToGround"), in relation to the location's ground level
("relativeToGround"), or in relation to the geodetic datum
("absolute"). The YANG grouping can directly map the ignored and
absolute cases, but not the relative to ground case.
In addition to the "kml:altitudeMode" KML also defines two seafloor
height values using "kml:seaFloorAltitudeMode". One value is to
ignore the height value ("clampToSeaFloor") and the other is relative
("relativeToSeaFloor"). As with the "kml:altitudeMode" value, the
YANG grouping supports the ignore case but not the relative case.
The KML location values use a geodetic datum defined in Annex A by
the GML Coordinate Reference System (CRS) [ISO.19136.2007] with
identifier "LonLat84_5773". The altitude value for KML absolute
height mode is measured from the vertical datum specified by [WGS84].
Thus, the YANG grouping and KML values can be directly mapped in both
directions (when using a supported altitude mode) with the caveat
that some loss of precision (in the extremes) may occur due to the
YANG grouping using decimal64 values rather than strings. For the
relative height cases, the application doing the transformation is
expected to have the data available to transform the relative height
into an absolute height, which can then be expressed using the YANG
grouping.
6. IANA Considerations
6.1. Geodetic System Values Registry
IANA is asked to create a new registry "Geodetic System Values" under
a new protocol category group "YANG Geographic Location Parameters".
This registry allocates names for standard geodetic systems. Often
these values are referred to using multiple names (e.g., full names
or multiple acronyms). The intent of this registry is to provide a
single standard value for any given geodetic system.
The values SHOULD use an acronym when available, they MUST be
converted to lower case, and spaces MUST be changed to dashes "-".
Each entry should be sufficient to define the 2 coordinate values,
and to define height if height is required. So, for example, the
"wgs-84" is defined as WGS-84 with the geoid updated by at least
[EGM96] for height values. Specific entries for [EGM96] and [EGM08]
are present if a more precise definition of the data is required.
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It should be noted that [RFC5870] also creates a registry for
Geodetic Systems (it calls CRS); however, this registry has a very
strict modification policy. The authors of [RFC5870] have the stated
goal of making CRS registration hard to avoid proliferation of CRS
values. As our module defines alternate systems and has a broader
(beyond Earth) scope, the registry defined below is meant to be more
easily modified.
The allocation policy for this registry is First Come, First Served,
[RFC8126] as the intent is simply to avoid duplicate values.
The Reference value can either be a document or a contact person as
defined in [RFC8126]. The Change Control (i.e., Owner) is also
defined by [RFC8126].
The initial values for this registry are as follows. They include
the non-Earth based geodetic-datum value for the moon based on [ME].
+-----------+------------------------------+-----------+---------+
| Name | Description | Reference | Change |
+-----------+------------------------------+-----------+---------+
| | | /Contact | Control |
+===========+==============================+===========+=========+
| me | Mean Earth/Polar Axis (Moon) | this | IESG |
+-----------+------------------------------+-----------+---------+
| wgs-84-96 | World Geodetic System 1984 | this | IESG |
+-----------+------------------------------+-----------+---------+
| wgs-84-08 | World Geodetic System 1984 | this | IESG |
+-----------+------------------------------+-----------+---------+
| wgs-84 | World Geodetic System 1984 | this | IESG |
+-----------+------------------------------+-----------+---------+
Table 3
6.2. Updates to the IETF XML Registry
This document registers a URI in the "IETF XML Registry" [RFC3688].
Following the format in [RFC3688], the following registration has
been made:
URI urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:yang:ietf-geo-location
Registrant Contact The IESG.
XML N/A; the requested URI is an XML namespace.
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6.3. Updates to the YANG Module Names Registry
This document registers one YANG module in the "YANG Module Names"
registry [RFC6020]. Following the format in [RFC6020], the following
registration has been made:
name ietf-geo-location
namespace urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:yang:ietf-geo-location
prefix geo
reference RFC XXXX (RFC Ed.: replace XXXX with RFC number and remove
this note.)
7. Security Considerations
The YANG module specified in this document defines a schema for data
that is designed to be accessed via network management protocols such
as NETCONF [RFC6241] or RESTCONF [RFC8040]. The lowest NETCONF layer
is the secure transport layer, and the mandatory-to-implement secure
transport is Secure Shell (SSH) [RFC6242]. The lowest RESTCONF layer
is HTTPS, and the mandatory-to-implement secure transport is TLS
[RFC8446].
The NETCONF access control model [RFC8341] provides the means to
restrict access for particular NETCONF or RESTCONF users to a
preconfigured subset of all available NETCONF or RESTCONF protocol
operations and content.
Since the modules defined in this document only define groupings,
these considerations are primarily for the designers of other modules
that use these groupings.
All the data nodes defined in this YANG module are
writable/creatable/deletable (i.e., "config true", which is the
default).
None of the writable/creatable/deletable data nodes in the YANG
module defined in this document are by themselves considered more
sensitive or vulnerable than standard configuration.
Some of the readable data nodes in this YANG module may be considered
sensitive or vulnerable in some network environments. It is thus
important to control read access (e.g., via get, get-config, or
notification) to these data nodes.
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Since the grouping defined in this module identifies locations,
authors using this grouping SHOULD consider any privacy issues that
may arise when the data is readable (e.g., customer device locations,
etc).
8. Normative References
[EGM08] Pavlis, N.K., Holmes, S.A., Kenyon, S.C., and J.K. Factor,
"An Earth Gravitational Model to Degree 2160: EGM08.",
Presented at the 2008 General Assembly of the European
Geosciences Union, Vienna, Arpil13-18, 2008, 2008.
[EGM96] Lemoine, F.G., Kenyon, S.C., Factor, J.K., Trimmer, R.G.,
Pavlis, N.K., Chinn, D.S., Cox, C.M., Klosko, S.M.,
Luthcke, S.B., Torrence, M.H., Wang, Y.M., Williamson,
R.G., Pavlis, E.C., Rapp, R.H., and T.R. Olson, "The
Development of the Joint NASA GSFC and the National
Imagery and Mapping Agency (NIMA) Geopotential Model
EGM96.", Technical Report NASA/TP-1998-206861, NASA,
Greenbelt., 1998.
[ISO.6709.2008]
International Organization for Standardization, "ISO
6709:2008 Standard representation of geographic point
location by coordinates.", 2008.
[ME] National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Goddard
Space Flight Center., "A Standardized Lunar Coordinate
System for the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, Version 4.",
14 May 2008.
[RFC2119] Bradner, S., "Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate
Requirement Levels", BCP 14, RFC 2119,
DOI 10.17487/RFC2119, March 1997,
<https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc2119>.
[RFC6991] Schoenwaelder, J., Ed., "Common YANG Data Types",
RFC 6991, DOI 10.17487/RFC6991, July 2013,
<https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc6991>.
[RFC8174] Leiba, B., "Ambiguity of Uppercase vs Lowercase in RFC
2119 Key Words", BCP 14, RFC 8174, DOI 10.17487/RFC8174,
May 2017, <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8174>.
[RFC8126] Cotton, M., Leiba, B., and T. Narten, "Guidelines for
Writing an IANA Considerations Section in RFCs", BCP 26,
RFC 8126, DOI 10.17487/RFC8126, June 2017,
<https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8126>.
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[RFC8342] Bjorklund, M., Schoenwaelder, J., Shafer, P., Watsen, K.,
and R. Wilton, "Network Management Datastore Architecture
(NMDA)", RFC 8342, DOI 10.17487/RFC8342, March 2018,
<https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8342>.
[WGS84] National Imagery and Mapping Agency., "National Imagery
and Mapping Agency Technical Report 8350.2, Third
Edition.", 3 January 2000.
9. Informative References
[ISO.19136.2007]
International Organization for Standardization, "ISO
19136:2007 Geographic information -- Geography Markup
Language (GML)".
[KML22] Wilson, T., Ed., "OGC KML (Version 2.2)", 14 April 2008,
<http://portal.opengeospatial.org/
files/?artifact_id=27810>.
[KML23] Burggraf, D., Ed., "OGC KML 2.3", 4 August 2015,
<http://docs.opengeospatial.org/
is/12-007r2/12-007r2.html>.
[RFC3688] Mealling, M., "The IETF XML Registry", BCP 81, RFC 3688,
DOI 10.17487/RFC3688, January 2004,
<https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc3688>.
[RFC5870] Mayrhofer, A. and C. Spanring, "A Uniform Resource
Identifier for Geographic Locations ('geo' URI)",
RFC 5870, DOI 10.17487/RFC5870, June 2010,
<https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc5870>.
[RFC6020] Bjorklund, M., Ed., "YANG - A Data Modeling Language for
the Network Configuration Protocol (NETCONF)", RFC 6020,
DOI 10.17487/RFC6020, October 2010,
<https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc6020>.
[RFC6241] Enns, R., Ed., Bjorklund, M., Ed., Schoenwaelder, J., Ed.,
and A. Bierman, Ed., "Network Configuration Protocol
(NETCONF)", RFC 6241, DOI 10.17487/RFC6241, June 2011,
<https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc6241>.
[RFC6242] Wasserman, M., "Using the NETCONF Protocol over Secure
Shell (SSH)", RFC 6242, DOI 10.17487/RFC6242, June 2011,
<https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc6242>.
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[RFC7950] Bjorklund, M., Ed., "The YANG 1.1 Data Modeling Language",
RFC 7950, DOI 10.17487/RFC7950, August 2016,
<https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7950>.
[RFC8040] Bierman, A., Bjorklund, M., and K. Watsen, "RESTCONF
Protocol", RFC 8040, DOI 10.17487/RFC8040, January 2017,
<https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8040>.
[RFC8340] Bjorklund, M. and L. Berger, Ed., "YANG Tree Diagrams",
BCP 215, RFC 8340, DOI 10.17487/RFC8340, March 2018,
<https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8340>.
[RFC8341] Bierman, A. and M. Bjorklund, "Network Configuration
Access Control Model", STD 91, RFC 8341,
DOI 10.17487/RFC8341, March 2018,
<https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8341>.
[RFC8446] Rescorla, E., "The Transport Layer Security (TLS) Protocol
Version 1.3", RFC 8446, DOI 10.17487/RFC8446, August 2018,
<https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8446>.
[W3CGEO] Popescu, A., "Geolocation API Specification", 8 November
2016, <https://www.w3.org/TR/2016/REC-geolocation-API-
20161108/>.
Appendix A. Examples
Below is a fictitious module that uses the geo-location grouping.
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module example-uses-geo-location {
namespace
"urn:example:example-uses-geo-location";
prefix ugeo;
import ietf-geo-location { prefix geo; }
organization "Empty Org";
contact "Example Author <eauthor@example.com>";
description "Example use of geo-location";
revision 2019-02-02 { reference "None"; }
container locatable-items {
description "container of locatable items";
list locatable-item {
key name;
description "A locatable item";
leaf name {
type string;
description "name of locatable item";
}
uses geo:geo-location;
}
}
}
Figure 2: Example YANG module using geo location.
Below is the YANG tree for the fictitious module that uses the geo-
location grouping.
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module: example-uses-geo-location
+--rw locatable-items
+--rw locatable-item* [name]
+--rw name string
+--rw geo-location
+--rw reference-frame
| +--rw alternate-system? string
| | {alternate-systems}?
| +--rw astronomical-body? string
| +--rw geodetic-system
| +--rw geodetic-datum? string
| +--rw coord-accuracy? decimal64
| +--rw height-accuracy? decimal64
+--rw (location)?
| +--:(ellipsoid)
| | +--rw latitude? decimal64
| | +--rw longitude? decimal64
| | +--rw height? decimal64
| +--:(cartesian)
| +--rw x? decimal64
| +--rw y? decimal64
| +--rw z? decimal64
+--rw velocity
| +--rw v-north? decimal64
| +--rw v-east? decimal64
| +--rw v-up? decimal64
+--rw timestamp? yang:date-and-time
+--rw valid-until? yang:date-and-time
Below is some example YANG XML data for the fictitious module that
uses the geo-location grouping.
<locatable-items xmlns="urn:example:example-uses-geo-location">
<locatable-item>
<name>Gaetana's</name>
<geo-location>
<latitude>40.73297</latitude>
<longitude>-74.007696</longitude>
</geo-location>
</locatable-item>
<locatable-item>
<name>Pont des Arts</name>
<geo-location>
<timestamp>2012-03-31T16:00:00Z</timestamp>
<latitude>48.8583424</latitude>
<longitude>2.3375084</longitude>
<height>35</height>
</geo-location>
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</locatable-item>
<locatable-item>
<name>Saint Louis Cathedral</name>
<geo-location>
<timestamp>2013-10-12T15:00:00-06:00</timestamp>
<latitude>29.9579735</latitude>
<longitude>-90.0637281</longitude>
</geo-location>
</locatable-item>
<locatable-item>
<name>Apollo 11 Landing Site</name>
<geo-location>
<timestamp>1969-07-21T02:56:15Z</timestamp>
<reference-frame>
<astronomical-body>moon</astronomical-body>
<geodetic-system>
<geodetic-datum>me</geodetic-datum>
</geodetic-system>
</reference-frame>
<latitude>0.67409</latitude>
<longitude>23.47298</longitude>
</geo-location>
</locatable-item>
<locatable-item>
<name>Reference Frame Only</name>
<geo-location>
<reference-frame>
<astronomical-body>moon</astronomical-body>
<geodetic-system>
<geodetic-datum>me</geodetic-datum>
</geodetic-system>
</reference-frame>
</geo-location>
</locatable-item>
</locatable-items>
Figure 3: Example XML data of geo location use.
Appendix B. Acknowledgments
We would like to thank Jim Biard and Ben Koziol for their reviews and
suggested improvements. We would also like to thank Peter Lothberg
for the motivation as well as help in defining a broadly useful
geographic location object, and Acee Lindem and Qin Wu for their work
on a geographic location object that led to this documents' creation.
We would also like to thank the document shepherd Kent Watsen.
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Author's Address
Christian Hopps
LabN Consulting, L.L.C.
Email: chopps@chopps.org
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