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The example shown previously can be improved upon, as there was no user YANG model loaded. For instance, if you mount a NETCONF device containing its own YANG model, you could interact with it through YANGUI.

You would use the config data store to push/update some data, and you would see the operational data store updated accordingly. In addition, accessing your data would be much easier than having to define the exact URL, as mentioned in the Mounting a NETCONF device recipe.