QT4 CG Meeting 162 Agenda 2026-04-28

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Agenda

This meeting will be hosted on Zoom at 16:00BST (15:00GMT, 17:00CEST, 11:00EDT).

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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 28 April 2026.

The next meeting is planned for 5 May 2026.

1.5. Review of open action items [1/12]

  • [ ] QT4CG-143-02: MK to try to recover the ability to extract formal equivalences into tests
  • [ ] QT4CG-144-01: MK to consider if any now lost value comparisons should be added as examples.
  • [X] QT4CG-150-04: NW to see about a status update on PR #2345; possibly schedule discussion
    • Absent any recent feedback, I propose closing this for now
  • [ ] QT4CG-156-01: MK: add reference to data model in F&O 9.2
  • [ ] QT4CG-156-03: MK to revise PR #2516 in light of the comments.
  • [ ] QT4CG-158-01: MK to revisit the Conformance section to revise in light of #2556 error changes
  • [ ] QT4CG-158-02: MK to add system-properties() keys for file and binary support
  • [ ] QT4CG-160-01: MK to fix the markup error in method/method call in #2578
  • [ ] QT4CG-160-02: NW to think about how to promote the dated drafts for broader community feedback.
  • [ ] QT4CG-161-01: MK to add a record parameter to the dm:record-get accessor. (Editorial)
  • [ ] QT4CG-161-02: MK to review the build-dateTime example in with and correct as necessary.
  • [ ] QT4CG-161-03: MK to review the grammar; with seems to be unreferenced.

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 #2345: 2299 Expand pipeline to allow arrow expression in path expression
  • 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. Substantive PRs

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

  • PR #2593: 2592 Change number-parser option to number-format
  • PR #2589: 2587 Streamability of context value expressions
  • PR #2566: 1979 Records with type annotations
  • PR #2470: 1310 Function fn:matching-segments

1.6.3. Required for V4.0

The following issues are labeled “required for V4.0”.

  • Issue #1777: Shallow copy in XSLT with maps and arrays
  • Issue #675: XSLT streaming rules for new constructs

2. Technical agenda

2.1. PR #2470: 1310 Function fn:matching-segments

See PR #2470

2.2. Issue 2489: fn:parts-of-dateTime, fn:parse-uri: names & types

See issue #2489.

This issue is marked propose closing after discussion.

2.3. Issue 2314: fn:error: return type xs:error ?

See issue #2314.

This issue is marked propose closing after discussion.

2.4. Issue 2312: Map/Array Filter: too much syntactic sugar?

See issue #2312.

This issue is marked propose closing after discussion.

2.5. PR #2593: 2592 Change number-parser option to number-format

See PR #2593

2.6. PR #2589: 2587 Streamability of context value expressions

See PR #2589

2.7. PR #2566: 1979 Records with type annotations

See PR #2566

3. Any other business