QT4 CG Meeting 151 Agenda 2026-02-03

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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 3 February 2026.

The next meeting is planned for 10 February 2026.

1.5. Review of open action items [0/10]

  • [ ] 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.
  • [ ] QT4CG-144-01: MK to consider if any now lost value comparisons should be added as examples.
  • [ ] QT4CG-148-02: NW to publish a dated draft after QT4CG-148-01 is complete.
  • [ ] QT4CG-149-01: CG to draft a new PR with the common rule note.
  • [ ] QT4CG-149-02: MK to update the PR #2372 so that the “?” are part of the comment.
  • [ ] QT4CG-150-01: NW to ask Jirka for a room at XML Prague for Tuesday/Wednesday
  • [ ] QT4CG-150-02: Everyone review the “nice to have” tags and object where they wish
  • [ ] QT4CG-150-03: NW to setup an agenda item to review open issues
  • [ ] QT4CG-150-04: NW to see about a status update on that PR; possibly schedule discussion

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 #2313: 2298 XQFO rules: definition of default values
  • PR #2266: 540 system-property equivalent for XQuery
  • PR #2160: 2073 data model changes for JNodes and Sequences
  • 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 #2430: Updates to schema for xslt
  • PR #2429: Feature/2026 01 28 draft review
  • PR #2426: 2408 editorial omnibus
  • PR #2412: 2395 2396 Add missing "new in 4.0" entries
  • PR #2411: 2397 add to F&O list of functions defined in XSLT

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 #2053: Add fn:collection-available
  • Issue #1962: fn:map-to-element

1.6.4. Substantive PRs

The following substantive PRs were open when this agenda was prepared.

  • PR #2428: 2422 Drop XSLT section on embedded stylesheet modules
  • PR #2423: 2421 document XSLT incompatibility with simplified stylesheets
  • PR #2419: 2292 XSLT document() function: options parameter
  • PR #2418: 2399b Add rules and advice for JSON output of special numerics
  • PR #2416: 2406 Add fn:parts-of-dateTime and fn:build-dateTime functions
  • PR #2413: 2365 Drop extensible record types
  • PR #2412: 2395 2396 Add missing "new in 4.0" entries
  • PR #2410: 2398 Fix fn:highest to match fn:lowest
  • PR #2409: 2407 Change function to fn in type-of output
  • PR #2404: 2403 Enhancements to fos.xsd
  • PR #2350: 708 An alternative proposal for generators
  • PR #2345: 2299 Expand pipeline to allow arrow expression in path expression
  • PR #2247: 716 Deferred Evaluation in XPath - the f:generator record
  • 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 #675: XSLT streaming rules for new constructs
  • Issue #272: Setting parameter values in xsl:use-package

2. Technical agenda

2.1. PR #2413: 2365 Drop extensible record types

See PR #2413.

2.2. PR #2418: 2399b Add rules and advice for JSON output of special numerics

See PR #2418.

2.3. PR #2416: 2406 Add fn:parts-of-dateTime and fn:build-dateTime functions

See PR #2416.

2.4. PR #2410: 2398 Fix fn:highest to match fn:lowest

See PR #2410.

2.5. PR #2404: 2403 Enhancements to fos.xsd

See PR #2404.

2.6. PR #2409: 2407 Change function to fn in type-of output

See PR #2409.

2.7. PR #2419: 2292 XSLT document() function: options parameter

See PR #2419.

2.8. PR #2428: 2422 Drop XSLT section on embedded stylesheet modules

See PR #2428.

2.9. PR #2423: 2421 document XSLT incompatibility with simplified stylesheets

See PR #2423.

3. Any other business