QT4 CG Meeting 152 Agenda 2026-02-10

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Agenda

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

See the meeting logistics page for more details.

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 10 February 2026.

The next meeting is planned for 17 February 2026.

1.5. Review of open action items [1/11]

  • [ ] 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-149-01: CG to draft a new PR with the common rule note.
  • [ ] 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 PR #2345; possibly schedule discussion
  • [ ] QT4CG-151-01: MK to fix the typo in the build-dateTime function.
  • [X] QT4CG-151-02: NW to generate compiled schema, merge #2404.
  • [ ] QT4CG-151-03: NW to investigate why records are formatted incorrectly in XSLT

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.

1.7. 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 #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

1.7.2. 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 #2440: 2432 Clarify effect of coercion on constructor functions
  • PR #2439: Fix prefix on bin:int-octets example function

1.7.3. 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 #2436: `jnode` type: arguments (spec vs. tests)

1.7.4. Substantive PRs

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

  • PR #2452: 2450 Add jnode((), *) to match root JNodes
  • PR #2451: 2444 Make match="*" and match="N" match element nodes only
  • PR #2449: 2445 Add rules for xsi namespace elements in element-to-map
  • PR #2446: 2427 Add computed node constructors to XPath
  • PR #2441: 2434 Fix inconsistencies with GNode tests in axis steps
  • PR #2418: 2399b Add rules and advice for JSON output of special numerics
  • 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

1.7.5. 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 #2452: 2450 Add jnode((), *) to match root JNodes

See PR #2452.

2.2. PR #2451: 2444 Make match="*" and match="N" match element nodes only

See PR #2451.

2.3. PR #2449: 2445 Add rules for xsi namespace elements in element-to-map

See PR #2449.

2.4. PR #2446: 2427 Add computed node constructors to XPath

See PR #2446.

2.5. PR #2441: 2434 Fix inconsistencies with GNode tests in axis steps

See PR #2441.

3. Any other business