QT4 CG Meeting 140 Agenda 2025-10-28
Agenda index / QT4CG.org / Dashboard / GH Issues / GH Pull Requests
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.
See the meeting logistics page for more details.
Heads up: daylight saving time ended 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 28 October 2025.
The next meeting is planned for 4 November 2025.
NW must give regrets due to travel conflicts related to Declarative Amsterdam.
1.5. Group photograph for JWL/JLO presentation
JWL has asked if he might take a screenshot of us all to show at the tutorial he and JLO are giving at Declarative Amsterdam.
1.6. Review of open action items [0/0]
None recorded.
1.7. 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.
1.7.1. Blocked
The following PRs are open but have merge conflicts or comments which suggest they aren’t ready for action.
1.7.2. 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 #2262: 2258 Correct the statement that split is the inverse of join
1.7.3. Substantive PRs
The following substantive PRs were open when this agenda was prepared.
- PR #2264: 2214 Separate streaming into its own spec
- PR #2259: 938 Canonical serialization
- PR #2247: Deferred Evaluation in XPath - the f:generator record
- PR #2246: 2233 Expand xsl:analyze-string; introduce fn:regex-groups()
- PR #2222: 2217 bin:decode-string: Input encoding
- PR #2213: 2047 External resources and security
- 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
1.7.4. 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 #2120: 2007 Revised design for xsl:array
See PR #2120
JWL/JLO would like an update on the status of this PR as it’s reflected in their proposed tutorial about the 4.0 specifications at Declarative Amsterdam.
2.2. PR #2264: 2214 Separate streaming into its own spec
See PR #2264
Reminder: see https://qt4cg.org/pr/streaming/ for the formatted “dashboard” view.
2.3. PR #2222: 2217 bin:decode-string: Input encoding
See PR #2222
2.4. PR #2213: 2047 External resources and security
See PR #2213
Based on the outcome of disucssions about #2222, perhaps progress can be made here?
2.5. PR #2205: 2190 Drop binary input for parse-csv and parse-json
See PR #2205
Based on the outcome of disucssions about #2222, perhaps progress can be made here?
2.6. PR #2259: 938 Canonical serialization
See PR #2259
2.7. PR #2246: 2233 Expand xsl:analyze-string; introduce fn:regex-groups()
See PR #2246