At RFC6020, include and import is different.
However, i can’t understand the difference between the two.
Would you explain it and give me some examples?
thanks you.
Both the YANG 1.0 and 1.1 RFCs provide an include/import example.
From the YANG 1.1 RFC, the include/import example:
https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7950#section-7.1.10
The included submodule:
https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7950#section-7.2.3
The imported ietf-yang-types YANG module:
https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6991#section-3
One clarification in addition to the YANG RFC 7950 description that may be helpful is that “include” is just a way to structure a YANG module where the submodule(s) will belong to the same namespace.
When you import, you are making definitions from another YANG module with a different namespace available for use with a prefix in front of the definition.
If your definition is defined in the same namespace but in a YANG submodule that belongs-to the YANG module that include it, a prefix is obviously not needed.
If you prefer a ConfD example, see for example:
examples.confd/linuxcfg/ietf_routing/ietf-ipv6-unicast-routing.yang that include the ietf-ipv6-router-advertisements.yang submodule.
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