What is one benefit of adopting a data modeling language?

Data modeling languages promote vendor-neutrality and standardization, not vendor-centric actions around models.

Data modeling languages, such as YANG, define network device configurations and operational states in a structured, vendor-neutral manner. This allows network administrators to create configurations that are compatible across different vendors and platforms, moving away from proprietary CLI commands or XML formats, thereby refactoring configurations.

While data models can define data for management protocols, their primary benefit is standardizing configuration and operational data, not solely augmenting SNMP for status subscriptions.

Data modeling languages define configurations in a machine-readable format, which *enables* deploying machine-friendly codes, but the direct benefit is the widely compatible configurations they represent.