While the paper implies this kind of system must wait for some day in the future to build a network using these principles, I think you can get pretty close today. My “ideal design” for a data center fabric right now is (modified) IS-IS or RIFT in the underlay and eVPN in the overlay, with a set of controllers sitting on top. Why?

IS-IS doesn’t rely on IP, so it can serve in a mostly pure discovery role, telling any upper layers where things are, and what is changing. eVPN can provide segmented reachability on top of this, as well as any other policies. Controllers can be used to manage eVPN configuration to implement intent. A separate controller can work with IS-IS on inventory and lifecycle of installed hardware. This creates a clean “break” between the infrastructure underlay and overlays, and pretty much eliminates any dependence the underlay has on the overlay. Replacing the overlay with a more SDN’ish solution (rather than BGP) is perfectly do-able and reasonable.