NETCONF uses an XML-based encoding format.

✅A. encoding: indicates the character set encoding format. Currently, only UTF-8 encoding is supported.

UTF-8 is the default and only supported character encoding in NETCONF XML.

✅B. /: indicates the end of the current tag.

In XML, closes an element, defining the end of a structure.

✅C.

The

✅D. ?>: indicates the end of an instruction.

Closes theXML declaration.

Reference from Huawei HCIE-Datacom Documentation:

Huawei NETCONF Development Guide – XML Formatting Rules

HCIE-Datacom Training Material – Understanding XML in Network Automation