QT4 CG Agenda 034, 16 May 2023

Hi folks,

Here’s the proposed agenda for next week. Comments welcome.

  https://qt4cg.org/meeting/agenda/2023/05-16.html

QT4 CG Meeting 034 Agenda 2023-05-16

Agenda

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

   See the [1]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 [2]the previous meeting.

1.4. Next meeting

   This meeting is planned for 16 May, the following meeting is scheduled
   for 23 May.

   Any regrets for the following meeting?

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

   (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 [3]#449
     * [ ] QT4CG-033-01: MK to attempt to improve the first sentence of
       18.1.
     * [ ] QT4CG-033-02: MK to consider how to add map:pair and with
       appropriate naming.

1.6. Review of open pull requests

   The following PRs are open but have merge conflicts or comments which
   suggest they aren't ready for action.
     * PR [4]#454: Fix issue #125 - array:partition
     * PR [5]#375: Context for default parameter values

   The following substantive PRs were open when this agenda was prepared.
     * PR [6]#483: 452: window: make 'start' and 'when' optional
     * PR [7]#478: 467: map:keys-where
     * PR [8]#455: "Comparison operators on numeric values", changes
       reverted.
     * PR [9]#447: 435, 53, 436: lambda expressions, thin arrows
     * PR [10]#396: Deep-equal, no failure when comparing functions
     * PR [11]#368: Issue 129 - Context item generalized to context value

   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 [12]#493: 32: try/catch: New variable for all error information
     * PR [13]#492: Fix examples, change filepath definition slightly
     * PR [14]#491: Fix more examples in the FO 4.0 spec
     * PR [15]#489: 443: Allow select attribute on
       xsl:[non-]matching-substring
     * PR [16]#487: 485: Predeclare the prefixes math, map, array, and err
     * PR [17]#470: 369 add fixed-prefixes attribute in XSLT
     * PR [18]#466: 460: Fix math symbols

2. Technical Agenda

2.1. PR #483: 452: window: make 'start' and 'when' optional

   See PR [19]#483. (This may be minor/editorial.)

2.2. PR #478: 467: map:keys-where

   See PR [20]#478.

2.3. PR #455: "Comparison operators on numeric values", changes reverted.

   See PR [21]#455.

2.4. PR #447: 435, 53, 436: lambda expressions, thin arrows

   See PR [22]#447.

2.5. Issue #490: Control over schema validation in parse-xml(), doc(), etc.

   See issue [23]#490.

2.6. Issue #481: When we have array:build and map:build, then why do we also
need array:of and map:of ?

   See issue [24]#481.

3. Any other business

References

   1. https://qt4cg.org/meeting/logistics.html
   2. https://qt4cg.org/meeting/minutes/2023/05-02.html
   3. https://qt4cg.org/dashboard/#pr-449
   4. https://qt4cg.org/dashboard/#pr-454
   5. https://qt4cg.org/dashboard/#pr-375
   6. https://qt4cg.org/dashboard/#pr-483
   7. https://qt4cg.org/dashboard/#pr-478
   8. https://qt4cg.org/dashboard/#pr-455
   9. https://qt4cg.org/dashboard/#pr-447
  10. https://qt4cg.org/dashboard/#pr-396
  11. https://qt4cg.org/dashboard/#pr-368
  12. https://qt4cg.org/dashboard/#pr-493
  13. https://qt4cg.org/dashboard/#pr-492
  14. https://qt4cg.org/dashboard/#pr-491
  15. https://qt4cg.org/dashboard/#pr-489
  16. https://qt4cg.org/dashboard/#pr-487
  17. https://qt4cg.org/dashboard/#pr-470
  18. https://qt4cg.org/dashboard/#pr-466
  19. https://qt4cg.org/dashboard/#pr-483
  20. https://qt4cg.org/dashboard/#pr-478
  21. https://qt4cg.org/dashboard/#pr-455
  22. https://qt4cg.org/dashboard/#pr-447
  23. https://github.com/qt4cg/qtspecs/issues/490
  24. https://github.com/qt4cg/qtspecs/issues/481

                                        Be seeing you,
                                          norm

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Norm Tovey-Walsh
Saxonica