QT4 CG Meeting 090 Agenda 2024-09-17

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Agenda

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

The Zoom meeting ID is 831 9996 6275; the passcode is 707664.

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1. Administrivia

1.1. Roll call

1.2. Approve the agenda

1.3. Approve minutes of previous meeting

Minutes of the previous meeting.

1.4. Next meeting

This meeting is planned for 17 September 2024. The following meeting is scheduled for 24 September.

1.5. Review of open action items `[1/8]`

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

[ ] 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
[ ] QT4CG-087-01: DN to update PR #1228 to reflect MK’s compromise and update the vulnerabilities
[ ] QT4CG-088-01: NW to consider how best to add a dedication to MSM.
[ ] QT4CG-088-03: MK to add an example of duplicate function-annotations being returned.
[ ] QT4CG-088-04: [Someone] needs to update the processing model diagram needs vis-a-vis the static typing feature
[ ] QT4CG-089-01: CG to draft a PR that attempts to resolve the operators described in #755 to a smaller number of orthogonal choices.
[X] QT4CG-089-02: WP to provide a more complete citation for the CRC-32 algorithm.
- Shortly after the meeting, WP reported that the “cite this” button on the spec landing page proposes: "IEEE Standard for Ethernet," in IEEE Std 802.3-2022 (Revision of IEEE Std 802.3-2018) , vol., no., pp.1-7025, 29 July 2022, doi: 10.1109/IEEESTD.2022.9844436.

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 #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 #1062: 150bis revised proposal for fn:ranks
PR #832: 77 Lookup returning path selection
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 #1444: Implement improvement to bibligraphy entry for IEEE 802.3
PR #1414: XSLT spec abstract, introduction

1.6.3. Close without action

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

Issue #1389: fn:while-do: Optional error: will not terminate

1.6.4. XSLT focused

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

PR #1442: 1394 Add new default priority rules
PR #1414: XSLT spec abstract, introduction
PR #1378: 1375 bugs in pattern syntax

1.6.5. Substantive PRs

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

PR #1440: 1387 Another tweak to build-uri
PR #1439: 1235 Function Identity: Treating function items with identical bodies
PR #1438: 1322 fn:collation-available (editorial)
PR #1437: 1325 Variadic System Functions limited to `fn:concat`
PR #1436: 1323 Function parameters names: $href → $uri
PR #1435: 1421 fn:unix-time: Revisions
PR #1434: 1373 XQFO: Editorial
PR #1433: 1422 fn:hash: Revision
PR #1432: 1379 Initializing expression: Allow self references
PR #1431: 1372 Unknown option: FORG0013 → XPTY0004
PR #1430: 1427 Add element-number function
PR #1429: 1403 Align type tests
PR #1364: 1314 Change to type() syntax to fix ambiguity
PR #1283: 77b Update expressions

1.6.6. Required for V4.0

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

Issue #1252: Add a new function `fn:html-doc`
Issue #1240: $sequence-of-maps ? info()
Issue #1238: XSLT on-no-match="shallow-copy-all" - revised rules
Issue #1235: Function Identity: Treating function items with identical bodies
Issue #1169: Maps & Arrays: Consistency & Terminology
Issue #1127: Binary resources
Issue #1045: Functions to manage namespace usage
Issue #1021: Extend `fn:doc`, `fn:collection` and `fn:uri-collection` with options maps
Issue #1011: fn:transform() improvements
Issue #986: Numeric Comparisons
Issue #967: XPath Appendix I: Comparisons
Issue #868: fn:intersperse → fn:join, array:join($arrays, $separator)
Issue #826: Arrays: Representation of single members of an array
Issue #767: parse-html(): case of SVG element names
Issue #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 #1364: Change to type() syntax to fix ambiguity

See PR #1364

2.2. PR #1283: 77b: Update expressions

See PR #1283

2.3. PR #1429: Align type tests

See PR #1429

2.4. PR #1430: 1427 Add element-number function

See PR #1430.

2.5. PR #1431: 1372 Unknown option: FORG0013 → XPTY0004

See PR #1431.

2.6. PR #1432: 1379 Initializing expression: Allow self references

See PR #1432.

2.7. PR #1433: 1422 fn:hash: Revision

See PR #1433.

2.8. PR #1434: 1373 XQFO: Editorial

See PR #1434.

2.9. PR #1435: 1421 fn:unix-time: Revisions

See PR #1435.

2.10. PR #1436: 1323 Function parameters names: $href → $uri

See PR #1436.

2.11. PR #1437: 1325 Variadic System Functions limited to `fn:concat`

See PR #1437.

2.12. PR #1438: 1322 fn:collation-available (editorial)

See PR #1438.

2.13. PR #1439: 1235 Function Identity: Treating function items with identical bodies

See PR #1439.

2.14. PR #1440: 1387 Another tweak to build-uri

See PR #1440.