QT4 CG Meeting 087 Agenda 2024-07-23

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Agenda

This meeting will be hosted on Zoom at 16:00BST (15:00GMT, 17:00CEST, 11:00EDT)

See the meeting logistics page for details.

1. Administrivia

1.1. Roll call

1.2. Approve the agenda

1.3. Approve minutes of previous meeting

Minutes of the previous meeting as amended per comments by DN.

1.4. Next meeting

This meeting is planned for 3 September 2024, the group is on recess from 30 July through 27 August, inclusive.

1.5. Review of open action items [0/3]

(Items marked [X] are believed to have been closed via email before this agenda was posted.)

  • [ ] QT4CG-080-05: NW to add absolute property to the parse-uri output
  • [ ] QT4CG-080-07: NW to update the build instructions in the README
  • [ ] QT4CG-082-02: DN to work with MK to come to agreement on the fn:ranks proposal

1.6. Review of open pull requests and issues

1.6.1. Blocked

The following PRs are open but have merge conflicts or comments which suggest they aren’t ready for action.

  • PR #1231: 1193 Parsing Functions: Empty input
  • PR #1227: 150 PR resubmission for fn ranks
  • PR #1062: 150bis - revised proposal for fn:ranks
  • PR #529: 528 fn:elements-to-maps

1.6.2. Merge without discussion

The following PRs are editorial, small, or otherwise appeared to be uncontroversial when the agenda was prepared. The chairs propose that these can be merged without discussion. If you think discussion is necessary, please say so.

  • PR #1332: 1317 Fix the record subtyping rules
  • PR #1328: 1326 wording improvements for concat and string-join

1.6.3. Substantive PRs

The following substantive PRs were open when this agenda was prepared.

  • PR #1333: 1329 Add content option to load-xquery-module
  • PR #1331: 1324 Introduce markup for executable specs
  • PR #1327: 1309 bare brace ambiguities
  • PR #1296: 982 Rewrite of scan-left and scan-right
  • PR #1283: 77b: Update expressions
  • PR #1263: 1224 Add xsl:accumulator-rule/@priority attribute
  • PR #1228: – Adding the BLAKE3 hashing algorithm to fn:hash
  • PR #1209: 1183 Add transient mode and the transient{} expression
  • PR #1185: 1179 array:values, map:values → array:get, map:get
  • PR #832: 77 Lookup returning path selection

1.6.4. Required for V4.0

The following issues are labeled “required for V4.0”.

  • Issue #1252: Add a new function `fn:html-doc`
  • Issue #1240: $sequence-of-maps ? info()
  • Issue #1238: XSLT on-no-match="shallow-copy-all" - revised rules
  • Issue #1235: Function Identity: Treating function items with identical bodies
  • Issue #1202: XQFO: Rendering of new/updated functions
  • Issue #1169: Maps & Arrays: Consistency & Terminology
  • Issue #1127: Binary resources
  • Issue #1045: Functions to manage namespace usage
  • Issue #1021: Extend `fn:doc`, `fn:collection` and `fn:uri-collection` with options maps
  • Issue #1014: Predicates, sequences of numbers: Feedback
  • Issue #1011: fn:transform() improvements
  • Issue #986: Numeric Comparisons
  • Issue #967: XPath Appendix I: Comparisons
  • Issue #868: fn:intersperse → fn:join, array:join($arrays, $separator)
  • Issue #826: Arrays: Representation of single members of an array
  • Issue #767: parse-html(): case of SVG element names
  • Issue #755: Expression for binding the Context Value
  • Issue #748: Parse functions: consistency
  • Issue #689: fn:stack-trace: keep, drop, replace with $err:stack-trace ?
  • Issue #675: XSLT streaming rules for new constructs
  • Issue #501: Error handling: Rethrow errors; finally block
  • Issue #490: Control over schema validation in parse-xml(), doc(), etc.
  • Issue #407: XSLT-specific context properties used in function items
  • Issue #272: Setting parameter values in xsl:use-package
  • Issue #69: fn:document, fn:function-available: default arguments

2. Technical Agenda

2.1. PR #1263: 1224 Add xsl:accumulator-rule/@priority attribute

See PR #1263

Please review the technical discussion from last week. Several members requested a week to consider the proposal.

2.2. PR #1331: 1324 Introduce markup for executable specs

See PR #1331.

2.3. PR #1327: 1309 bare brace ambiguities

See PR #1327.

2.4. PR #1333: 1329 Add content option to load-xquery-module

See PR #1333.

2.5. PR #1296: 982 Rewrite of scan-left and scan-right

See PR #1296.

2.6. PR #1283: 77b: Update expressions

See PR #1283.

2.7. PR #1263: 1224 Add xsl:accumulator-rule/@priority attribute

See PR #1263.

2.8. PR #1228: – Adding the BLAKE3 hashing algorithm to fn:hash

See PR #1228.

2.9. PR #1209: 1183 Add transient mode and the transient{} expression

See PR #1209.

2.10. PR #1185: 1179 array:values, map:values → array:get, map:get

See PR #1185.

2.11. PR #832: 77 Lookup returning path selection

See PR #832.

3. Any other business