QT4 CG Meeting 134 Agenda 2025-08-19

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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 16 September 2025.

The next meeting is planned for 23 September 2025.

1.5. Review of open action items [0/8]

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

  • [ ] QT4CG-116-01: Add a specific error code for unsupported options on doc and doc-available
  • [ ] QT4CG-118-01: MK to make an incorrect type raise an error in #1906
  • [ ] QT4CG-127-01: NW to diagram the JTree representing arbitrary XDM content.
  • [ ] QT4CG-128-03: NW to compare the file: module against the equivalent XProc 3.1 steps
  • [ ] QT4CG-131-01: MK to add a non-schema aware result.
  • [ ] QT4CG-131-02: MK to expand on the $E := <e A="p q r"… example
  • [ ] QT4CG-131-03: MK to change “invert” to “transpose” in the matrix example.
  • [ ] QT4CG-133-01: MK to correct the use of “Expr” in examples for get()

1.6. Review of open pull requests and issues

This section summarizes all of the issues and pull requests that need to be resolved before we can finish. See Technical Agenda below for the focus of this meeting.

1.6.1. Blocked

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

  • PR #2124: 573 Functions to Construct Trees
  • PR #2120: 2007 Revised design for xsl:array
  • PR #2019: 1776: XSLT template rules for maps and array

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 #2174: 2173 Drop method annotations from XPath grammar
  • PR #2171: 2163 Change ?> symbol to =?>

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 #2161: Drop other non-ASCII operators (×, ÷)
  • Issue #2034: fn:parse-xml, fn:doc: `safe` option
  • Issue #1912: Error handling: `fn:throw`
  • Issue #1868: array:members() to include index position
  • Issue #670: The trouble with XPath’s fn:fold-right. A fix and Proposal for fn:fold-lazy
  • Issue #576: JSON serialization: INF/NaN, function items
  • Issue #158: Support optional parameters on dynamic functions
  • Issue #105: Maps with Infinite Number of Keys: Total Maps and Decorated maps

1.6.4. Substantive PRs

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

  • PR #2191: 2075 Editorial Omnibus
  • PR #2189: 2180 Clarify paths mixing XNodes and JNodes
  • PR #2188: 2187 Add coercion rule for enumeration types
  • PR #2182: 2178 Define predeclared namespaces for XQuery
  • PR #2181: 2179 Add namespace declarations to XPath grammar
  • PR #2176: 2130 encore: precedes-or-is, follows-or-is
  • PR #2175: 2093 Rearrange the order and grouping of functions
  • PR #2160: 2073 data model changes for JNodes and Sequences
  • PR #2071: 77c deep update
  • PR #2155: 2150 Define patterns for JNodes
  • PR #2123: 2051: XSLT group by cluster
  • PR #2120: 2007 Revised design for xsl:array
  • PR #2019: 1776: XSLT template rules for maps and array

1.6.5. Required for V4.0

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

  • Issue #1777: Shallow copy in XSLT with maps and arrays
  • Issue #1584: Review the XML Schema and RELAX NG schemas for XSLT 4.0 for compatibility
  • Issue #1045: Functions to manage namespace usage
  • Issue #1011: fn:transform() improvements
  • Issue #986: Numeric Comparisons
  • Issue #675: XSLT streaming rules for new constructs
  • 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 #2191: 2075 Editorial Omnibus

See PR #2191

2.2. PR #2189: 2180 Clarify paths mixing XNodes and JNodes

See PR #2189

2.3. PR #2188: 2187 Add coercion rule for enumeration types

See PR #2188

2.4. PR #2182: 2178 Define predeclared namespaces for XQuery

See PR #2182

2.5. PR #2181: 2179 Add namespace declarations to XPath grammar

See PR #2181

2.6. PR #2176: 2130 encore: precedes-or-is, follows-or-is

See PR #2176

2.7. PR #2175: 2093 Rearrange the order and grouping of functions

See PR #2175

2.8. PR #2160: 2073 data model changes for JNodes and Sequences

See PR #2160

3. Any other business