QT4 CG Meeting 095 Agenda 2024-10-22

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Agenda

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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 22 October 2024. The following meeting is scheduled for 29 October.

Note: The QT4CG operates on European civil time. In Europe and the United Kingdom, summer time ends on 27 October. In the United States, summer time ends on 3 November. That means the meeting of 29 October will be one hour later in the United States.

1.5. Review of open action items [2/7]

(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-088-01: NW to consider how best to add a dedication to MSM.
  • [ ] 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-094-01: CG to revise the proposal to serialize as jsonl
    • New PR #1497
  • [X] QT4CG-094-02: CG to revise the proposal to have err:stack-trace return a function item
    • Revised PR #1470

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 #1470: 689 fn:stack-trace: replace with $err:stack-trace
  • PR #1454: 1449 Relax rules on multiple xsl:includes
  • PR #1296: 982 Rewrite of scan-left and scan-right
  • PR #1283: 77b Update expressions
  • 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 #1518: Add to changes metadata
  • PR #1517: 1516(A) Fix failing F&O examples
  • PR #1510: 1509 Drop obsolete/redundant text about "import schema" location hints
  • PR #1508: 1507 Make format-integer spec legible
  • PR #1505: 1503 Add err:map, err:stack-trace, err:additional to XSLT
  • PR #1502: 1458 Arguments that have a default value but don't accept ()

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 #1179: Editorial: `array:values`, `map:values`
  • Issue #1169: Maps & Arrays: Consistency & Terminology
  • Issue #1114: Partial function application: Keywords and placeholders
  • Issue #1065: fn:format-number: further notes
  • Issue #735: Local functions in XSLT
  • Issue #573: Node construction functions

1.6.4. Substantive PRs

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

  • PR #1513: 1512 Disallow reserved names in namespace and PI constructors
  • PR #1511: 1345 Re-allow bare-brace map constructors everywhere
  • PR #1504: 868 fn:intersperse → fn:join, array:join($arrays, $separator)
  • PR #1501: 1318 Function Coercion: Records, Maps, Arrays
  • PR #1498: 1366 Use ++ and ** operators in EBNF
  • PR #1497: 1471 JSON Serialization: json-lines
  • PR #1496: 1495 Drop context value static type
  • PR #1454: 1449 Relax rules on multiple xsl:includes
  • PR #1227: 150 PR resubmission for fn ranks

1.6.5. Required for V4.0

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

  • Issue #1252: Add a new function `fn:html-doc`
  • Issue #1240: $sequence-of-maps ? info()
  • Issue #1238: XSLT on-no-match="shallow-copy-all" - revised rules
  • Issue #1169: Maps & Arrays: Consistency & Terminology
  • Issue #1127: Binary resources
  • Issue #1045: Functions to manage namespace usage
  • Issue #1021: Extend `fn:doc`, `fn:collection` and `fn:uri-collection` with options maps
  • Issue #1011: fn:transform() improvements
  • Issue #986: Numeric Comparisons
  • Issue #967: XPath Appendix I: Comparisons
  • Issue #868: fn:intersperse → fn:join, array:join($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: 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 #1513: 1512 Disallow reserved names in namespace and PI constructors

See PR #1513

2.2. PR #1511: 1345 Re-allow bare-brace map constructors everywhere

See PR #1511

2.3. PR #1504: 868 fn:intersperse → fn:join, array:join($arrays, $separator)

See PR #1504

2.4. PR #1501: 1318 Function Coercion: Records, Maps, Arrays

See PR #1501

2.5. PR #1498: 1366 Use ++ and ** operators in EBNF

See PR #1498

2.6. PR #1497: 1471 JSON Serialization: json-lines

See PR #1497

2.7. PR #1496: 1495 Drop context value static type

See PR #1496

2.8. PR #1454: 1449 Relax rules on multiple xsl:includes

See PR #1454

3. Any other business