QT4 CG Meeting 105 Agenda 2025-01-14

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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 14 January 2025. The following meeting is scheduled for 21 January 2025.

1.5. Review of open action items [0/9]

(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.
  • [ ] QT4CG-097-03: DN to proposal an axis for accessing the siblings of a node.
  • [ ] QT4CG-103-01: MK to add an example of showing all the properties for an untyped node.
  • [ ] QT4CG-104-01: MK to improve the wording around trim-whitespace wrt spaces outside the quoted string
  • [ ] QT4CG-103-02: MK to research alternative names for divide-decimals.

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 #1617: 1606 Drop named item types, refine named record types, esp in XSLT
  • PR #1587: 557 Add fn:binary-resource
  • PR #1296: 982 Rewrite of scan-left and scan-right
  • PR #1283: 77b Update expressions
  • PR #1062: 150bis revised proposal for fn:ranks
  • PR #1227: 150 PR resubmission for fn ranks

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 #1695: 1284 Define streamability of distinct-ordered-nodes
  • PR #1693: 1683 Extend xpath-functions schema with CSV components
  • PR #1690: 1688 In "implementation-defined" appendix, fix absent generated link
  • PR #1673: 1407 TOC structure for types

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 #1006: regular expression addition - word boundaries
  • Issue #490: Control over schema validation in parse-xml(), doc(), etc.
  • Issue #108: Template match using values of [tunnel] parameters

1.6.4. Substantive PRs

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

  • PR #1609: 1651 Ordered Maps
  • PR #1677: 1675 Fixes for CSV parsing
  • PR #1686: 1685 Pipeline Operator
  • PR #1687: 1672 array:values, map:values: Alternatives
  • PR #1689: 1684 Composite merge keys; current-merge-key-array function
  • PR #1692: 1680 Fix switch syntax ambiguity
  • PR #1694: 1632 Add xsl:map/@select
  • PR #1696: 1136 Optional names in typed function types

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 #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 #826: Arrays: Representation of single members of an array
  • Issue #748: Parse functions: consistency
  • 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

2. Technical agenda

2.1. PR #1686: 1685 Pipeline Operator

See PR #1686

2.2. PR #1677: 1675 Fixes for CSV parsing

See PR #1677

2.3. PR #1687: 1672 array:values, map:values: Alternatives

See PR #1687

2.4. PR #1692: 1680 Fix switch syntax ambiguity

See PR #1692

2.5. PR #1696: 1136 Optional names in typed function types

See PR #1696

2.6. PR #1609: 1651 Ordered Maps

See PR #1609

2.7. PR #1689: 1684 Composite merge keys; current-merge-key-array function

See PR #1689

2.8. PR #1694: 1632 Add xsl:map/@select

See PR #1694

3. Any other business