QT4 CG Meeting 184 Agenda 2026-10-13

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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 13 Octoberr.

The next meeting is planned for 20 October.

1.5. Review of open action items [0/9]

  • [ ] QT4CG-143-02: MK to try to recover the ability to extract formal equivalences into tests
  • [ ] QT4CG-167-07: NW to review tests for interpolated strings with edge cases in mind
  • [ ] QT4CG-167-09: NW to close all “nice to have” issues at the end of October if they haven’t progressed
  • [ ] QT4CG-170-01: RD to draft a proposal that attempts to address the lexical issues differently.
  • [ ] QT4CG-177-01: NW to put the progress graphs back in the minutes.
  • [ ] QT4CG-182-01: NW to review CG’s diff script

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 #2948: 2919 fn:distinct-by
  • PR #2920: 2813 clarifications for xsl:result-document
  • PR #2918: 2600 Options on fn:collection()
  • PR #2831: 2809 fn:deep-equal, debug option: nondeterminism
  • PR #2247: 716 Deferred Evaluation in XPath - the f:generator record

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 #2975: 2971 Align trim-space with normalize-space
  • PR #2939: 2936 Named function references: make early errors optional
  • PR #2760: 2521 URIs: unify handling of fragment identifiers

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 #2914: Define a new char/codepoint type.

1.6.4. Substantive PRs

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

  • PR #2977: 2976 `fn:current`: drop it!
  • PR #2966: 2965 Regex functions: bugs
  • PR #2931: 2930 fn:map-to-element: tweaks
  • PR #2920: 2813 clarifications for xsl:result-document
  • PR #2911: 2693 Drop type patterns (and other revisions)
  • PR #2885: 2849 xs:integer vs. restricted subtypes
  • PR #2881: 2873 fn:update: another attempt
  • PR #2350: 708 An alternative proposal for generators

1.6.5. Required for V4.0

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

  • Issue #675: XSLT streaming rules for new constructs

2. Technical agenda

2.1. PR #2977: 2976 `fn:current`: drop it!

See PR #2977

2.2. PR #2966: 2965 Regex functions: bugs

See PR #2966

2.3. PR #2931: 2930 fn:map-to-element: tweaks

See PR #2931

2.4. PR #2920: 2813 clarifications for xsl:result-document

See PR #2920

2.5. PR #2911: 2693 Drop type patterns (and other revisions)

See PR #2911

2.6. PR #2885: 2849 xs:integer vs. restricted subtypes

See PR #2885

2.7. PR #2881: 2873 fn:update: another attempt

See PR #2881

2.8. PR #2350: 708 An alternative proposal for generators

See PR #2350

2.9. Closing the “nice to have issues”

Any last words?

  • #2860 Add a function that converts an absolute URI into a relative URI with respect to a given base
  • #2567 Allow one named record type to extend another
    • Isn’t this in progress now?
  • #2390 methods and inheritance
  • #285 Stability of collections

3. Any other business