QT4CG meeting 134 draft agenda, 16 September 2025

Hello folks,

Welcome back from your summer holidays! Here’s a proposed agenda for tomorrow’s meeting.

  https://qt4cg.org/meeting/agenda/2025/09-16.html

QT4 CG Meeting 134 Agenda 2025-08-19

   [1]Agenda index / [2]QT4CG.org / [3]Dashboard / [4]GH Issues / [5]GH
   Pull Requests

Agenda

   This meeting will be hosted on Zoom at 16:00BST (15:00GMT, 17:00CEST,
   11:00EDT).

   The [6]Zoom meeting ID is 831 9996 6275; the passcode is 707664.

   See the [7]meeting logistics page for more details.

1. Administrivia

1.1. Roll call

1.2. Approve the agenda

1.3. Approve minutes of previous meeting

   Minutes of [8]the previous meeting.

1.4. Next meeting

   This meeting is planned for 16 September 2025.

   The next meeting is planned for 23 September 2025.

1.5. Review of open action items [1/11]

   (Items marked [X] are believed to have been closed via email before
   this agenda was posted.)
     * [ ] QT4CG-116-01: Add a specific error code for unsupported options
       on doc and doc-available
     * [ ] QT4CG-118-01: MK to make an incorrect type raise an error in
       #1906
     * [ ] QT4CG-127-01: NW to diagram the JTree representing arbitrary
       XDM content.
     * [ ] QT4CG-128-03: NW to compare the file: module against the
       equivalent XProc 3.1 steps
     * [ ] QT4CG-131-01: MK to add a non-schema aware result.
     * [ ] QT4CG-131-02: MK to expand on the $E := <e A="p q r"... example
     * [ ] QT4CG-131-03: MK to change "invert" to "transpose" in the
       matrix example.
     * [ ] QT4CG-133-01: MK to correct the use of "Expr" in examples for
       get()

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 [9]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 [10]#2124: 573 Functions to Construct Trees
     * PR [11]#2120: 2007 Revised design for xsl:array
     * PR [12]#2019: 1776: XSLT template rules for maps and array

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 [13]#2174: 2173 Drop method annotations from XPath grammar
     * PR [14]#2171: 2163 Change ?> symbol to =?>

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 [15]#2161: Drop other non-ASCII operators (◊, ˜)
     * Issue [16]#2034: fn:parse-xml, fn:doc: `safe` option
     * Issue [17]#1912: Error handling: `fn:throw`
     * Issue [18]#1868: array:members() to include index position
     * Issue [19]#670: The trouble with XPath's fn:fold-right. A fix and
       Proposal for fn:fold-lazy
     * Issue [20]#576: JSON serialization: INF/NaN, function items
     * Issue [21]#158: Support optional parameters on dynamic functions
     * Issue [22]#105: Maps with Infinite Number of Keys: Total Maps and
       Decorated maps

1.6.4. Substantive PRs

   The following substantive PRs were open when this agenda was prepared.
     * PR [23]#2191: 2075 Editorial Omnibus
     * PR [24]#2189: 2180 Clarify paths mixing XNodes and JNodes
     * PR [25]#2188: 2187 Add coercion rule for enumeration types
     * PR [26]#2182: 2178 Define predeclared namespaces for XQuery
     * PR [27]#2181: 2179 Add namespace declarations to XPath grammar
     * PR [28]#2176: 2130 encore: precedes-or-is, follows-or-is
     * PR [29]#2175: 2093 Rearrange the order and grouping of functions
     * PR [30]#2160: 2073 data model changes for JNodes and Sequences
     * PR [31]#2071: 77c deep update
     * PR [32]#2155: 2150 Define patterns for JNodes
     * PR [33]#2123: 2051: XSLT group by cluster
     * PR [34]#2120: 2007 Revised design for xsl:array
     * PR [35]#2019: 1776: XSLT template rules for maps and array

1.6.5. Required for V4.0

   The following issues are labeled "required for V4.0".
     * Issue [36]#1777: Shallow copy in XSLT with maps and arrays
     * Issue [37]#1584: Review the XML Schema and RELAX NG schemas for
       XSLT 4.0 for compatibility
     * Issue [38]#1045: Functions to manage namespace usage
     * Issue [39]#1011: fn:transform() improvements
     * Issue [40]#986: Numeric Comparisons
     * Issue [41]#675: XSLT streaming rules for new constructs
     * Issue [42]#407: XSLT-specific context properties used in function
       items
     * Issue [43]#272: Setting parameter values in xsl:use-package

2. Technical agenda

2.1. PR #2191: 2075 Editorial Omnibus

   See PR [44]#2191

2.2. PR #2189: 2180 Clarify paths mixing XNodes and JNodes

   See PR [45]#2189

2.3. PR #2188: 2187 Add coercion rule for enumeration types

   See PR [46]#2188

2.4. PR #2182: 2178 Define predeclared namespaces for XQuery

   See PR [47]#2182

2.5. PR #2181: 2179 Add namespace declarations to XPath grammar

   See PR [48]#2181

2.6. PR #2176: 2130 encore: precedes-or-is, follows-or-is

   See PR [49]#2176

2.7. PR #2175: 2093 Rearrange the order and grouping of functions

   See PR [50]#2175

2.8. PR #2160: 2073 data model changes for JNodes and Sequences

   See PR [51]#2160

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://us06web.zoom.us/j/83199966275?pwd=SmN6V0RhUGdSTHFHZkd6cjgxVEY2QT09
   7. https://qt4cg.org/meeting/logistics.html
   8. https://qt4cg.org/meeting/minutes/2025/08-19.html
   9. https://qt4cg.org/meeting/agenda/2025/09-16.html#technical-agenda
  10. https://qt4cg.org/dashboard/#pr-2124
  11. https://qt4cg.org/dashboard/#pr-2120
  12. https://qt4cg.org/dashboard/#pr-2019
  13. https://qt4cg.org/dashboard/#pr-2174
  14. https://qt4cg.org/dashboard/#pr-2171
  15. https://github.com/qt4cg/qtspecs/issues/2161
  16. https://github.com/qt4cg/qtspecs/issues/2034
  17. https://github.com/qt4cg/qtspecs/issues/1912
  18. https://github.com/qt4cg/qtspecs/issues/1868
  19. https://github.com/qt4cg/qtspecs/issues/670
  20. https://github.com/qt4cg/qtspecs/issues/576
  21. https://github.com/qt4cg/qtspecs/issues/158
  22. https://github.com/qt4cg/qtspecs/issues/105
  23. https://qt4cg.org/dashboard/#pr-2191
  24. https://qt4cg.org/dashboard/#pr-2189
  25. https://qt4cg.org/dashboard/#pr-2188
  26. https://qt4cg.org/dashboard/#pr-2182
  27. https://qt4cg.org/dashboard/#pr-2181
  28. https://qt4cg.org/dashboard/#pr-2176
  29. https://qt4cg.org/dashboard/#pr-2175
  30. https://qt4cg.org/dashboard/#pr-2160
  31. https://qt4cg.org/dashboard/#pr-2071
  32. https://qt4cg.org/dashboard/#pr-2155
  33. https://qt4cg.org/dashboard/#pr-2123
  34. https://qt4cg.org/dashboard/#pr-2120
  35. https://qt4cg.org/dashboard/#pr-2019
  36. https://github.com/qt4cg/qtspecs/issues/1777
  37. https://github.com/qt4cg/qtspecs/issues/1584
  38. https://github.com/qt4cg/qtspecs/issues/1045
  39. https://github.com/qt4cg/qtspecs/issues/1011
  40. https://github.com/qt4cg/qtspecs/issues/986
  41. https://github.com/qt4cg/qtspecs/issues/675
  42. https://github.com/qt4cg/qtspecs/issues/407
  43. https://github.com/qt4cg/qtspecs/issues/272
  44. https://qt4cg.org/dashboard/#pr-2191
  45. https://qt4cg.org/dashboard/#pr-2189
  46. https://qt4cg.org/dashboard/#pr-2188
  47. https://qt4cg.org/dashboard/#pr-2182
  48. https://qt4cg.org/dashboard/#pr-2181
  49. https://qt4cg.org/dashboard/#pr-2176
  50. https://qt4cg.org/dashboard/#pr-2175
  51. https://qt4cg.org/dashboard/#pr-2160


                                        Be seeing you,
                                          norm

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Norm Tovey-Walsh
Saxonica

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