QT4 CG Agenda 039, 20 June 2023

Hello,

Here’s our agenda for this week. Apologies for the slight tardiness. As
I indicated last week, the focus this week is on the CSV and JSON
functions.

  https://qt4cg.org/meeting/agenda/2023/06-20.html

QT4 CG Meeting 039 Agenda 2023-06-20

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Agenda

   This meeting will be hosted on Zoom at 16:00BST (17:00CEST, 11:00EDT,
   08:00PDT).

   See the [6]meeting logistics page for details.

1. Administrivia

1.1. Roll call

1.2. Approve the agenda

1.3. Approve minutes of previous meeting

   Minutes of [7]the previous meeting.

1.4. Next meeting

   This meeting is planned for 20 June, the following meeting is scheduled
   for 27 June.

   Any regrets for the following meeting?

   The CG will take a vacation for four weeks in August. We will not meet
   on 1, 8, 15, or 22 August.

1.5. Review of open action items [1/8]

   (Items marked [X] are believed to have been closed via email before
   this agenda was posted.)
     * [ ] QT4CG-002-10: BTW to coordinate some ideas about improving
       diversity in the group
     * [ ] QT4CG-016-08: RD to clarify how namespace comparisons are
       performed.
     * [ ] QT4CG-026-01: MK to write a summary paper that outlines the
       decisions we need to make on "value sequences"
          + This is related to PR #368: Issue 129 - Context item
            generalized to context value and subsequent discussion.
     * [ ] QT4CG-029-01: RD+DN to draft spec prose for the "divide and
       conquer" approach outlined in issue #399
     * [ ] QT4CG-029-07: NW to open the next discussion of #397 with a
       demo from DN See PR [8]#449
     * [ ] QT4CG-035-01: CG to make a few more (slightly more complex)
       map:keys examples.
     * [ ] QT4CG-035-02: CG to fix the type signature and examples in
       map:filter.
     * [X] QT4CG-038-01: NW to attempt to craft some sort of proposal for
       dealing with stale issues.
          + [9]https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-xslt-40/2023Jun
            /0012.html

1.6. Review of open pull requests and issues

   The following PRs are open but have merge conflicts or comments which
   suggest they aren't ready for action.
     * PR [10]#538: Attempt to allow xs:string to be 'promoted to'
       xs:anyURI
     * PR [11]#491: Fix more examples in the FO 4.0 spec
     * PR [12]#368: 129: Context item generalized to context value

   The following substantive PRs were open when this agenda was prepared.
     * PR [13]#533: 413: Spec for CSV parsing with fn:parse-csv()
     * PR [14]#529: 528: revision of json(), and renaming to xdm-to-json()
     * PR [15]#547: Action QT4CG-036-02: Further elaboration of the rules
       for function identity
     * PR [16]#546: Attempt to implement expanding the allowed character
       repertoire
     * PR [17]#555: Revised narrative of normalization steps for
       serialization

   The following editorial or otherwise minor PRs were open when this
   agenda was prepared. The chair proposes that these can be merged
   without discussion. If you think discussion is necessary, please say
   so.
     * PR [18]#549: 526 load xquery module
     * PR [19]#552: Editorial: Updates to back matter and status section
       of F+O spec
     * PR [20]#551: Drop the fn:differences function
     * PR [21]#550: 548: require parens around lambda arguments

   It has been proposed that the following issues be [22]closed without
   action. If you think discussion is necessary, please say so.
     * Iss [23]#425: Structural proposal (ThinLayer(TM)) : Add a layer of
       thin spec between XPath and the XPath Derived Language
     * Iss [24]#399: fn:deep-equal: Using Multilevel Hierarchy and
       Abstraction when designing and specifying complex functions
     * Iss [25]#376: add documentation prefix attribute to xsl:stylesheet
     * Iss [26]#331: Extend fn:path to support arrays and maps.
     * Iss [27]#112: Abbreviate map:function($someMap) to
       $someMap?function()
     * Iss [28]#82: Should the mode attribute for apply-templates in
       templates of enclosed modes default to #current?
     * Iss [29]#52: Allow record(*) based RecordTests

   The following PRs appear to be candidates for a future XSLT-focussed
   meeting.
     * PR [30]#470: 369 add fixed-prefixes attribute in XSLT
     * PR [31]#412: 409, QT4CG-027-01: xsl:next-match

2. Technical Agenda

   This week's focus is on two large PRs related to CSV and JSON. We
   expect Matt Patterson to join us for the CSV discussions.

2.1. PR #533: 413: Spec for CSV parsing with fn:parse-csv()

   See PR [32]#533

2.2. PR #529: 528: revision of json(), and renaming to xdm-to-json()

   See PR [33]#529

3. Any other business

References

   1. https://qt4cg.org/meeting/agenda/
   2. https://qt4cg.org/
   3. https://qt4cg.org/dashboard
   4. https://github.com/qt4cg/qtspecs/issues
   5. https://github.com/qt4cg/qtspecs/pulls
   6. https://qt4cg.org/meeting/logistics.html
   7. https://qt4cg.org/meeting/minutes/2023/06-13.html
   8. https://qt4cg.org/dashboard/#pr-449
   9. https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-xslt-40/2023Jun/0012.html
  10. https://qt4cg.org/dashboard/#pr-538
  11. https://qt4cg.org/dashboard/#pr-491
  12. https://qt4cg.org/dashboard/#pr-368
  13. https://qt4cg.org/dashboard/#pr-533
  14. https://qt4cg.org/dashboard/#pr-529
  15. https://qt4cg.org/dashboard/#pr-547
  16. https://qt4cg.org/dashboard/#pr-546
  17. https://qt4cg.org/dashboard/#pr-555
  18. https://qt4cg.org/dashboard/#pr-549
  19. https://qt4cg.org/dashboard/#pr-552
  20. https://qt4cg.org/dashboard/#pr-551
  21. https://qt4cg.org/dashboard/#pr-550
  22. https://github.com/qt4cg/qtspecs/labels/Propose%20Closing%20with%20No%20Action
  23. https://github.com/qt4cg/qtspecs/issues/425
  24. https://github.com/qt4cg/qtspecs/issues/399
  25. https://github.com/qt4cg/qtspecs/issues/376
  26. https://github.com/qt4cg/qtspecs/issues/331
  27. https://github.com/qt4cg/qtspecs/issues/112
  28. https://github.com/qt4cg/qtspecs/issues/82
  29. https://github.com/qt4cg/qtspecs/issues/52
  30. https://qt4cg.org/dashboard/#pr-470
  31. https://qt4cg.org/dashboard/#pr-412
  32. https://qt4cg.org/dashboard/#pr-533
  33. https://qt4cg.org/dashboard/#pr-529

                                        Be seeing you,
                                          norm

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Norm Tovey-Walsh
Saxonica