QT4 CG Meeting 140 Agenda 2025-10-28

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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.

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.

  • PR #2256: 2216 All atomic types become ordered
  • 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

1.7.2. 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

3. Any other business