QT4 CG Meeting 089 Agenda 2024-09-10

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

• PR #1414: XSLT spec abstract, introduction
• PR #1355: 1351 Add "declare record" in XQuery
• PR #1296: 982 Rewrite of scan-left and scan-right
• PR #1227: 150 PR resubmission for fn ranks
• PR #1209: 1183 Add transient mode and the transient{} expression
• PR #1185: 1179 array:values, map:values → array:get, map:get
• PR #1062: 150bis - revised proposal for fn:ranks
• PR #832: 77 Lookup returning path selection
• PR #529: 528 fn:elements-to-maps

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 #1425: 1424 Fix typo
• PR #1423: Clarify parse-uri/build-uri encoding rules, and remove options
  • Note: an alternative to/replacement for PR #1388
• PR #1419: 1337bis Replace a few remaining occurrences of "atomic value"
• PR #1418: 1415 Add to lists of XSLT declarations and instructions
• PR #1417: 1408 Fix reference to "function conversion rules" in XPTY0117
• PR #1413: Dispose of action QT4CG-080-05, add absolute to parse-uri
• PR #1412: Fix typo in uri-structure-record
• PR #1393: 1391 Change function-annotations to return a sequence
  • Accepted last week but not merged?

It has been proposed that the following issues be closed without action. If you think discussion is necessary, please say so.

• Issue #1385: Quantifier expressions: optional positional argument
• PR #1388: 1387 Clarify the encoding rules

The following PRs appear to be candidates for a future XSLT-focused meeting.

• PR #1418: 1415 Add to lists of XSLT declarations and instructions
• PR #1414: XSLT spec abstract, introduction
• PR #1378: 1375 - bugs in pattern syntax

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

• PR #1429: Align type tests
• PR #1428: 1426 Add notes on endianness of CRC-32
• PR #1393: 1391 Change function-annotations to return a sequence
• PR #1364: 1314 Change to type() syntax to fix ambiguity
• PR #1360: 1348 Some grammar simplifications
• PR #1283: 77b: Update expressions

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

• Issue #1252: Add a new function `fn:html-doc`
• Issue #1240: $sequence-of-maps ? info()
• Issue #1238: XSLT on-no-match="shallow-copy-all" - revised rules
• Issue #1235: Function Identity: Treating function items with identical bodies
• Issue #1169: Maps & Arrays: Consistency & Terminology
• Issue #1127: Binary resources
• Issue #1045: Functions to manage namespace usage
• Issue #1021: Extend `fn:doc`, `fn:collection` and `fn:uri-collection` with options maps
• Issue #1011: fn:transform() improvements
• Issue #986: Numeric Comparisons
• Issue #967: XPath Appendix I: Comparisons
• Issue #868: fn:intersperse → fn:join, array:join($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