QT4 CG Meeting 141 Agenda 2025-11-11

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Agenda

This meeting will be hosted on Zoom at 16:00GMT (17:00CET, 11:00EST).

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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 11 November 2025.

The next meeting is planned for 18 November 2025.

1.5. Review of open action items [1/2]

  • [X] QT4CG-140-01: NW to make sure that the new spec is in the dashboard.
  • [ ] QT4CG-140-02: MK to add a note about dealing with binary in parse-cvs and parse-json

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 #2160: 2073 data model changes for JNodes and Sequences
  • PR #2124: 573 Functions to Construct Trees
  • 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 #2272: 2253 Add examples for Q{uri}prefix:local
  • PR #2270: 2267 Fix inconsistency in XQuery unprefixed function declarations
  • PR #2269: 2268 Correct equivalent expression for for-each-pair

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 #2265: XDM 4.0: a question about mutability/immutability of sequence types
  • Issue #2203: Drop XSLT Streaming?
  • Issue #1953: Make generation of constructor function for named record types optional

1.6.4. Substantive PRs

The following substantive PRs were open when this agenda was prepared. See below for a list of the issues proposed for discussion this week.

  • PR #2277: 2195 Editorial Omnibus
  • PR #2274: 407 Function items capturing XSLT context components
  • PR #2273: 2219 A method can be applied to multiple maps
  • PR #2272: 2253 Add examples for Q{uri}prefix:local
  • PR #2270: 2267 Fix inconsistency in XQuery unprefixed function declarations
  • PR #2266: 540 system-property equivalent for XQuery
  • 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 #2213: 2047 External resources and security
  • 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 #2277: 2195 Editorial Omnibus

See PR #2277.

2.2. PR #2273: 2219 A method can be applied to multiple maps

See PR #2273.

2.3. PR #2266: 540 system-property equivalent for XQuery

See PR #2266.

2.4. PR #2259: 938 Canonical serialization

See PR #2259.

2.5. PR #2120: 2007 Revised design for xsl:array

See PR #2120.

2.6. PR #2246: 2233 Expand xsl:analyze-string; introduce fn:regex-groups()

See PR #2246.

2.7. PR #2274: 407 Function items capturing XSLT context components

See PR #2274.

These PRs are marked as drafts. We aren’t going to resolve them this week, but if there are points where discussion would help advance them, let’s try to have that discussion.

2.8. PR #2256: 2216 All atomic types become ordered

See PR #2256.

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

See PR #2160.

2.10. PR #2213: 2047 External resources and security

See PR #2213.

2.11. PR #2019: 1776: XSLT template rules for maps and array

See PR #2019.

3. Any other business