http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc4741.txt
RFC 4741: NETCONF Configuration Protocol, R. Enns2006-12-01T23:00:00-00:00The Network Configuration Protocol (NETCONF) defined in this document provides mechanisms to install, manipulate, and delete the configuration of network devices. It uses an Extensible Markup Language (XML)-based data encoding for the configuration data as well as the protocol messages. The NETCONF protocol operations are realized on top of a simple Remote Procedure Call (RPC) layer. [STANDARDS-TRACK]