QT4 CG Meeting 144 Agenda 2025-12-02
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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 2 December 2025.
The next meeting is planned for 9 December 2025.
The CG will meet on 2, 9, and 16 December, then recess for the end-of-year holidays, with the following meeting on 6 January 2026.
1.5. Review of open action items [0/4]
[ ]QT4CG-143-01: CG to make another attempt at binary functions.[ ]QT4CG-143-02: MK to try to recover the ability to extract formal equivalences into tests[ ]QT4CG-143-03: JK to look for C14N test suites.
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.
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.
1.6.3. Substantive PRs
The following substantive PRs were open when this agenda was prepared. Only some of these will be discussed, as shown below.
- PR #2324: 2278 bin:infer-encoding, bin:decode-string
- PR #2323: 2322 Generalize simplified stylesheets
- PR #2319: 2311 Change default XSLT pattern priorities
- PR #2313: 2298 XQFO rules: definition of default values
- PR #2301: 2198 Add cdata attribute to xsl:text and xsl:value-of
- PR #2283: 2276 Relax XSLT rules on Extension Attributes
- PR #2282: 2278 Add function bin:infer-encoding; simplify bin:decode-string
- PR #2281: 2280 Usability of xsl:array-member
- PR #2274: 407 Function items capturing XSLT context components
- PR #2266: 540 system-property equivalent for XQuery
- PR #2256: 2216 All atomic types become ordered
- PR #2019: 1776: XSLT template rules for maps and array
1.6.4. 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 #2247: Deferred Evaluation in XPath - the f:generator record
See PR #2256.
DN and LQ (Liam Quin) have indicated that this PR is now ready for discussion. It’s on the agenda this week only as a heads-up. I propose that we discuss it next week. DN and LQ will join the call.
2.2. PR #2256: 2216 All atomic types become ordered
See PR #2256.
2.4. PR #2313: 2298 XQFO rules: definition of default values
See PR #2313.
2.5. PR #2301: 2198 Add cdata attribute to xsl:text and xsl:value-of
See PR #2301.
2.6. PR #2323: 2322 Generalize simplified stylesheets
See PR #2323.
2.7. PR #2319: 2311 Change default XSLT pattern priorities
See PR #2319.
2.8. PR #2283: 2276 Relax XSLT rules on Extension Attributes
See PR #2283.
2.9. PR #2281: 2280 Usability of xsl:array-member
See PR #2281.
2.10. PR #2274: 407 Function items capturing XSLT context components
See PR #2274