Re: comments about XPath 3.0 request

I agree.

And I think working on the basis of the newest version is the most
efficient use of scarce time. Except for adding JSON support, there is
little difference between XPath 3.0 and XPath 3.1, so why not keep moving
forward, whether or not you happen to use the JSON support?

But as Mike points out, nobody is working on either at this point.  XQuery
3.1 / XPath 3.1 have satisfied the major requirements we were aware of.
Starting up a new activity around either XPath or XQuery would probably
require some interesting and important new set of requirements to satisfy.

Jonathan



On Mon, Jun 18, 2018 at 4:14 AM Michael Kay <mike@saxonica.com> wrote:

> At present, no-one is actively working on either version.
>
> What I meant by my comment was that if, at some stage, a group convenes to
> do further work on XPath, they are likely to start with 3.1 and any
> outstanding reported comments as a baseline; they are very unlikely to look
> at earlier releases.
>
> Michael Kay
> Saxonica
>
> > On 18 Jun 2018, at 07:24, Mukul Gandhi <gandhi.mukul@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Hi all,
> >    I've heard from the XSL group that, currently there are more chances
> of comments getting looked at for XPath 3.1 than 3.0.
> >
> > Both the XPath 3.0 and 3.1 specs, are equidistant for the XSLT 3.0 spec.
> >
> > My request is to, please take comments about XPath 3.0 equivalent in
> importance for XPath 3.1.
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Regards,
> > Mukul Gandhi
>
>
>