QT4 CG Meeting 168 Agenda 2026-06-23

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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 meetings

Minutes of the previous meeting.

1.4. Next meeting

This meeting is planned for 23 June 2026.

The next meeting is planned for 30 June.

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-167-01: DB to write a PR for #2641, comments in CSV
  • [ ] QT4CG-167-02: MK to make a PR for #2591, grammar for step?lookup is invalid
  • [ ] QT4CG-167-03: NW to make a PR for #2482, fallback on bin:decode-string
  • [ ] QT4CG-167-04: NW to make a PR explaining load-xquery-module for PR #2464
  • [ ] QT4CG-167-05: MK to write a proposal to change #2393 so the functions return JNodes
  • [ ] QT4CG-167-06: NW to write a PR to resolve #2169 per GuntherRademacher
  • [ ] QT4CG-167-07: NW to review tests for interpolated strings with edge cases in mind
  • [ ] QT4CG-167-08: MK to review the state of #1949 to see which items are still outstanding.
  • [ ] QT4CG-167-09: NW to close all “nice to have” issues at the end of October if they haven’t progressed

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 #2698: 2641 Support comments in csv
  • PR #2638: 2632-6: cross-cutting consistency
  • PR #2637: 2632-5: refresh stale 4.0 content
  • PR #2636: 2632-4: logic and semantics
  • PR #2635: 2632-3: typos and grammar
  • PR #2634: 2632-2: fix broken examples in expressions.xml
  • PR #2633: 2632-1: fix critical bugs and DTD-validity issues
  • PR #2594: 2389 Adaptive Serialization: more freedom
  • PR #2350: 708 An alternative proposal for generators
  • PR #2247: 716 Deferred Evaluation in XPath - the f:generator record
  • PR #2160: 2073 data model changes for JNodes and Sequences
  • PR #2071: 77c deep update

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 #2697: 2689 Updates/corrections to XSLT examples
  • PR #2694: Reserved constructor names should include `trace`
  • PR #2690: Corrections to PR2581 noted during review

1.6.3. Substantive PRs

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

  • PR #2696: 2695 Apply templates to maps, arrays, and JNodes
  • PR #2691: 2683 Casting cannot return subtype
  • PR #2688: 1949 Refine rules for element-to-map() handling of atomic types
  • PR #2686: 2684 strip-space - align fn:doc and fn:document
  • PR #2649: 2647 descendants: recursion, filtering

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 #675: XSLT streaming rules for new constructs

2. Technical agenda

2.1. Issue 2169: Longest-token rule incorrectly produces StringInterpolation delimiter

See #2169

2.2. PR #2696: 2695 Apply templates to maps, arrays, and JNodes

See PR #2696

2.3. PR #2691: 2683 Casting cannot return subtype

See PR #2691

2.4. PR #2688: 1949 Refine rules for element-to-map() handling of atomic types

See PR #2688

2.5. PR #2686: 2684 strip-space - align fn:doc and fn:document

See PR #2686

2.6. PR #2649: 2647 descendants: recursion, filtering

See PR #2649

3. Any other business