- From: Norm Tovey-Walsh <norm@saxonica.com>
- Date: Mon, 13 Jul 2026 17:45:24 +0100
- To: public-xslt-40@w3.org
Rushing much, Norm?
Apologies for the slightly tardy agenda:
https://qt4cg.org/meeting/agenda/2026/07-14.html
QT4 CG Meeting 172 Agenda 2026-07-14
[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).
See the [6]meeting logistics page for more details.
1. Administrivia
1.1. Roll call
1.2. Approve the agenda
1.3. Approve minutes of previous meetings
Minutes of [7]the previous meeting.
1.4. Next meeting
This meeting is planned for 14 July 2026.
The next meeting is planned for 21 July.
1.5. Review of open action items [0/10]
* [ ] QT4CG-143-02: MK to try to recover the ability to extract
formal equivalences into tests
* [ ] QT4CG-167-01: DB to write a PR for #2641, comments in CSV
* [ ] QT4CG-167-02: MK to make a PR for #2591, grammar for
step?lookup is invalid
* [ ] QT4CG-167-03: NW to make a PR for #2482, fallback on
bin:decode-string
* [ ] QT4CG-167-05: MK to write a proposal to change #2393 so the
functions return JNodes
* [ ] QT4CG-167-07: NW to review tests for interpolated strings with
edge cases in mind
* [ ] QT4CG-167-08: MK to review the state of #1949 to see which
items are still outstanding.
* [ ] 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.
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 [8]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 [9]#2594: 2389 Adaptive Serialization: more freedom
* PR [10]#2350: 708 An alternative proposal for generators
* PR [11]#2247: 716 Deferred Evaluation in XPath - the f:generator
record
* PR [12]#2160: 2073 data model changes for JNodes and Sequences
* PR [13]#2071: 77c deep update
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* PR [14]#2782: 2781b XQFO: outdated examples
* PR [15]#2779: 2781a Fix parsing errors in F&O and XQuery specs
* PR [16]#2771: 2769 Clarify repeatability of
random-number-generator() results
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 [17]#2315: Optimization of the workflow action checkout
* Issue [18]#2299: Make the pipe-like operators left associative and
have the same precedence
1.6.4. Substantive PRs
The following substantive PRs were open when this agenda was prepared.
* PR [19]#2784: 2783 fn:pad-string
* PR [20]#2778: 2641b Add support for CSV comments
* PR [21]#2777: 2644 Extend casts to sequences, arrays, maps, and
records
* PR [22]#2776: 2769 repeatability of rng next
* PR [23]#2768: 2740 Drop constructor functions from built-in records
* PR [24]#2767: 2750 Make fn:unparsed-text, ... nondeterministic
* PR [25]#2761: 2758 Add rules for visibility of named types across
packages
* PR [26]#2760: 2521 URIs: unify handling of fragment identifiers
* PR [27]#2757: 2569 Rules for unprefixed function calls with
explicit default function ns
* PR [28]#2739: 2738 XSLT - tree terminology
* PR [29]#2734: 2733 A step too far
* PR [30]#2719: 1234 Serialization Parameters: Indentation,
Whitespace, Newlines
* PR [31]#2715: 2653 FLWOR, member/key/value clauses: allow sequences
* PR [32]#2714: 2219 Generalize method calls to sequences
* PR [33]#2713: 2257 Record declarations without namespace
* PR [34]#2712: 2702 Dynamic node tests
* PR [35]#2707: 1962 fn:map-to-element
* PR [36]#2696: 2695 Apply templates to maps, arrays, and JNodes
1.6.5. Required for V4.0
The following issues are labeled "required for V4.0".
* Issue [37]#1777: Shallow copy in XSLT with maps and arrays
* Issue [38]#675: XSLT streaming rules for new constructs
2. Technical agenda
I've put a few new PRs at the top, then the previous ones in the same
order as last week.
* PR [39]#2784: 2783 fn:pad-string
* PR [40]#2778: 2641b Add support for CSV comments
* PR [41]#2777: 2644 Extend casts to sequences, arrays, maps, and
records
* PR [42]#2776: 2769 repeatability of rng next
* PR [43]#2768: 2740 Drop constructor functions from built-in records
* PR [44]#2767: 2750 Make fn:unparsed-text, ... nondeterministic
* PR [45]#2761: 2758 Add rules for visibility of named types across
packages
* PR [46]#2760: 2521 URIs: unify handling of fragment identifiers
* PR [47]#2757: 2569 Rules for unprefixed function calls with
explicit default function ns
* PR [48]#2739: 2738 XSLT - tree terminology
* PR [49]#2734: 2733 A step too far
* PR [50]#2719: 1234 Serialization Parameters: Indentation,
Whitespace, Newlines
* PR [51]#2715: 2653 FLWOR, member/key/value clauses: allow sequences
* PR [52]#2714: 2219 Generalize method calls to sequences
* PR [53]#2713: 2257 Record declarations without namespace
* PR [54]#2712: 2702 Dynamic node tests
* PR [55]#2707: 1962 fn:map-to-element
* PR [56]#2696: 2695 Apply templates to maps, arrays, and JNodes
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/2026/07-07.html
8. https://qt4cg.org/meeting/agenda/2026/07-14.html#technical-agenda
9. https://qt4cg.org/dashboard/#pr-2594
10. https://qt4cg.org/dashboard/#pr-2350
11. https://qt4cg.org/dashboard/#pr-2247
12. https://qt4cg.org/dashboard/#pr-2160
13. https://qt4cg.org/dashboard/#pr-2071
14. https://qt4cg.org/dashboard/#pr-2782
15. https://qt4cg.org/dashboard/#pr-2779
16. https://qt4cg.org/dashboard/#pr-2771
17. https://github.com/qt4cg/qtspecs/issues/2315
18. https://github.com/qt4cg/qtspecs/issues/2299
19. https://qt4cg.org/dashboard/#pr-2784
20. https://qt4cg.org/dashboard/#pr-2778
21. https://qt4cg.org/dashboard/#pr-2777
22. https://qt4cg.org/dashboard/#pr-2776
23. https://qt4cg.org/dashboard/#pr-2768
24. https://qt4cg.org/dashboard/#pr-2767
25. https://qt4cg.org/dashboard/#pr-2761
26. https://qt4cg.org/dashboard/#pr-2760
27. https://qt4cg.org/dashboard/#pr-2757
28. https://qt4cg.org/dashboard/#pr-2739
29. https://qt4cg.org/dashboard/#pr-2734
30. https://qt4cg.org/dashboard/#pr-2719
31. https://qt4cg.org/dashboard/#pr-2715
32. https://qt4cg.org/dashboard/#pr-2714
33. https://qt4cg.org/dashboard/#pr-2713
34. https://qt4cg.org/dashboard/#pr-2712
35. https://qt4cg.org/dashboard/#pr-2707
36. https://qt4cg.org/dashboard/#pr-2696
37. https://github.com/qt4cg/qtspecs/issues/1777
38. https://github.com/qt4cg/qtspecs/issues/675
39. https://qt4cg.org/dashboard/#pr-2784
40. https://qt4cg.org/dashboard/#pr-2778
41. https://qt4cg.org/dashboard/#pr-2777
42. https://qt4cg.org/dashboard/#pr-2776
43. https://qt4cg.org/dashboard/#pr-2768
44. https://qt4cg.org/dashboard/#pr-2767
45. https://qt4cg.org/dashboard/#pr-2761
46. https://qt4cg.org/dashboard/#pr-2760
47. https://qt4cg.org/dashboard/#pr-2757
48. https://qt4cg.org/dashboard/#pr-2739
49. https://qt4cg.org/dashboard/#pr-2734
50. https://qt4cg.org/dashboard/#pr-2719
51. https://qt4cg.org/dashboard/#pr-2715
52. https://qt4cg.org/dashboard/#pr-2714
53. https://qt4cg.org/dashboard/#pr-2713
54. https://qt4cg.org/dashboard/#pr-2712
55. https://qt4cg.org/dashboard/#pr-2707
56. https://qt4cg.org/dashboard/#pr-2696
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Norm Tovey-Walsh
CEO, Saxonica
Received on Monday, 13 July 2026 16:45:33 UTC