IEEE 802.3 YANG Open Source Project Update – January 2026

["Peter Jones (petejone)" <00000b5d1d72f221-dmarc-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Dear Colleagues,

 

This is a quick update of what’s been happening with the project.

• Coming out of the November 2025 plenary, we obtained approval from 802.3(Yang closing report) and 802 (802.3 EC closing report) to move forwards and submit the project request to OSCom.
• The project request was submitted to OSCom, and was discussed during the 2025 12 18 meeting (agenda, minutes).  The project was approved without objection.
• The next step in the process was for me to meet with the OSCom Community Manager(Josh Gay) to discuss project governance, project naming,  initial commit etc.
• I met with Josh 1/12/6, during the meeting:
• I received a positive response to using the YANG AdHoc FAQ and Guidelines (last update 01/07/2026) document as the project governance document. This document will evolve as the project moves forward,  but it has the key things we need.
• We decided on the project name space (home page)  and repository (https://opensource.ieee.org/802-3-yang/802-3-yang.ieee-saopen.org)
• We agreed that the “initial commit” would be some basic infrastructure.
• That was completed by OSCom staff 01/13/26.
• This makes it easier to  collect Contributor License Agreements (CLA). This project will use the IEEE OS BSD 3-Clause CLA.
• I have some more  work to do providing additional information on the project home page.
• I will begin collecting CLAs (IEEE OS BSD 3-Clause CLA) to enable the project to seed the repository using the 802.3.22-2025 YANG modules. There are both individual and entity versions of the CLA. Please review these documents to determine the appropriate one to submit.
• If you have been a contributor to 802.3.2 in the past or intend to contribute to this project in the future, please work with your employer(s) to complete an appropriate CLA. Detailed instructions are at CLA and Terms of Use . If you have questions about this process, please contact me and/or the OSCom Community Manager(Josh Gay).
• I’ve looked through the contributions to 802.3.2-2019 and 802.3.2-2025 (e.g., meeting presentations,  submitted comments, etc) to find contributors to both projects.  I will be reaching out to these individuals and/or the companies they were affiliated with/employed by at the time of their contributions to obtain CLAs.

 

I don’t plan to start a regular meeting series during the process of gathering CLAs. I intend to meet in person at the March 802 plenary in Vancouver.

 

Questions, comments and discussions? Please use join and use the STDS-802-3-YANG@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx email reflector (information at the Ad Hoc home page).

 

Regards

Peter Jones,

IEEE 802.3 YANG Open Source Project Ad Hoc Chair

 

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