# Glossary of Terms

MD-SAL https://wiki.opendaylight.org/view/OpenDaylight_Controller:MD-SAL:FAQ- Model driven service application layer

OPENFLOW https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenFlow- OpenFlow communications protocol that exposes the forwarding plane of a network switch or router over the network OPENDAYLIGHT https://www.opendaylight.org/

RESTCONF https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-netconf-restconf-1- draft-ietf-netconf-restconf-12 SDN Software defined networking – management of network services through abstraction of higher-level functionality.

NETCONF https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6242

Using the NETCONF Protocol over Secure Shell (SSH) https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6241

Network Configuration Protocol (NETCONF) https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5277

NETCONF Event Notifications https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6243

With-defaults Capability for NETCONF YANG https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6020 a modelling language for NETCONF