QT4 CG Meeting 139 Agenda 2025-10-21
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Agenda
This meeting will be hosted on Zoom at 16:00BST (15:00GMT, 17:00CEST, 11:00EDT).
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Heads up: daylight saving time ends in the UK and Europe on 26 October 2025. It ends in the United States on 2 November 2025. Our meetings are scheduled on European civil time, consequently, our meeting of 28 October 2025 will occur one hour later in the United States at 12:00EDT.
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 21 October 2025.
The next meeting is planned for 28 October 2025.
1.5. Review of open action items [5/5]
None recorded.
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 #2256: 2216 All atomic types become ordered
- PR #2222: 2217 bin:decode-string: Input encoding
- PR #2208: 675 (part) Update XSLT streamability rules
- PR #2160: 2073 data model changes for JNodes and Sequences
- PR #2124: 573 Functions to Construct Trees
- PR #2120: 2007 Revised design for xsl:array
- PR #2071: 77c deep update
- 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 #2255: 2254 Fix spelling of nevertheless
1.6.3. Close without action
1.6.4. Substantive PRs
The following substantive PRs were open when this agenda was prepared.
- PR #2251: 323 Add select attribute to xsl:text
- PR #2249: 2221 fn:unparsed-text: Encoding, BOM handling
- PR #2248: 2148b XDM Recognize that Base URI property may be invalid
- PR #2247: Deferred Evaluation in XPath - the f:generator record
- PR #2246: 2233 Expand xsl:analyze-string; introduce fn:regex-groups()
- PR #2223: 2193 fn:parse-xml, fn:doc: Drop security options
- PR #2213: 2047 External resources and security
- PR #2208: 675 (part) Update XSLT streamability rules
- PR #2205: 2190 Drop binary input for parse-csv and parse-json
- 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 #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 #2249: 2221 fn:unparsed-text: Encoding, BOM handling
See PR #2249
2.2. PR #2248: 2148b XDM Recognize that Base URI property may be invalid
See PR #2248
2.3. PR #2223: 2193 fn:parse-xml, fn:doc: Drop security options
See PR #2223
2.4. PR #2213: 2047 External resources and security
See PR #2213
2.5. PR #2205: 2190 Drop binary input for parse-csv and parse-json
See PR #2205
2.6. PR #2251: 323 Add select attribute to xsl:text
See PR #2251
2.7. PR #2246: 2233 Expand xsl:analyze-string; introduce fn:regex-groups()
See PR #2246
2.8. PR #2120: 2007 Revised design for xsl:array
See PR #2120
2.9. PR #2019: 1776: XSLT template rules for maps and array
See PR #2019
2.10. PR #2208: 675 (part) Update XSLT streamability rules
See PR #2208