QT4CG meeting 156 draft agenda, 17 March 2026

Hello,

Here’s the proposed agenda for tomorrow’s meeting:

   https://qt4cg.org/meeting/agenda/2026/03-17.html

QT4 CG Meeting 156 Agenda 2026-03-17

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

Agenda

   This meeting will be hosted on Zoom at 16:00GMT (17:00CET, 12:00EDT).

   Note: Daylight Saving Time began in North America on Sunday, 8 March.
   It does not begin in the UK and Europe until Sunday, 29 March. The QT4
   CG meets on UK and European civil time. The meetings of 17 and 24 March
   will be one hour later in North America.

   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 meeting

   Minutes of [7]the previous meeting.

1.4. Next meeting

   This meeting is planned for 17 March 2026.

   The next meeting is planned for 24 March 2026.

1.5. Review of open action items [2/14]

     * [ ] QT4CG-143-02: MK to try to recover the ability to extract
       formal equivalences into tests
     * [ ] QT4CG-143-03: JK to look for C14N test suites.
     * [ ] QT4CG-144-01: MK to consider if any now lost value comparisons
       should be added as examples.
     * [ ] QT4CG-150-01: NW to ask Jirka for a room at XML Prague for
       Tuesday/Wednesday
     * [ ] QT4CG-150-04: NW to see about a status update on PR #2345;
       possibly schedule discussion
     * [ ] QT4CG-151-01: MK to fix the typo in the build-dateTime
       function.
     * [ ] QT4CG-152-01: MK to add a note about the new and old syntax for
       names in PR #2446
     * [ ] QT4CG-153-01: MK to investigate the indentation problem.
     * [ ] QT4CG-153-02: MK to turn my suggestions on #1949 into a PR.
     * [ ] QT4CG-154-01: MK to review why anyAtomicType didn't, in fact,
       become a square box!
     * [ ] QT4CG-154-02: MK to add a note about "tunneling" package
       parameters.
     * [ ] QT4CG-155-01: MK to add an example of function coercion that
       uses ?.
     * [ ] QT4CG-155-02: MK to clarify that the seconds value can be 59.9,
       etc. (exlusive vs. inclusive)

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]#2345: 2299 Expand pipeline to allow arrow expression in path
       expression
     * PR [10]#2266: 540 system-property equivalent for XQuery
     * PR [11]#2160: 2073 data model changes for JNodes and Sequences
     * PR [12]#2071: 77c deep update
     * PR [13]#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 [14]#2514: 2403 Use narrative results for examples in file
       module
     * PR [15]#2513: QT4CG-152-01 Add note explaining computed node
       constructor syntax
     * PR [16]#2511: 2497 JNodes diagrams: selector -> jkey, content ->
       jvalue

1.6.3. Substantive PRs

   The following substantive PRs were open when this agenda was prepared.
     * PR [17]#2522: 2520 Atomic Data Types based on XSD 1.1
     * PR [18]#2519: 2000 Define named record types for the conversion
       plan
     * PR [19]#2516: 2433 JTree function: Discuss JNode identity more
       fully
     * PR [20]#2515: 2475 Unification of type syntax
     * PR [21]#2504: alternative PR#2247: Attempt at a minimalist
       alternative for generators.
     * PR [22]#2470: 1310 Functions fn:regex and ?matching-substrings
     * PR [23]#2350: 708 An alternative proposal for generators
     * PR [24]#2313: 2298 XQFO rules: definition of default values
     * PR [25]#2247: 716 Deferred Evaluation in XPath - the f:generator
       record
     * PR [26]#2019: 1776: XSLT template rules for maps and array

1.6.4. Required for V4.0

   The following issues are labeled "required for V4.0".
     * Issue [27]#1777: Shallow copy in XSLT with maps and arrays
     * Issue [28]#1584: Review the XML Schema and RELAX NG schemas for
       XSLT 4.0 for compatibility
     * Issue [29]#675: XSLT streaming rules for new constructs

2. Technical agenda

2.1. PR #2522: 2520 Atomic Data Types based on XSD 1.1

   See PR [30]#2522.

2.2. PR #2519: 2000 Define named record types for the conversion plan

   See PR [31]#2519.

2.3. PR #2516: 2433 JTree function: Discuss JNode identity more fully

   See PR [32]#2516.

2.4. PR #2515: 2475 Unification of type syntax

   See PR [33]#2515.

2.5. PR #2504: alternative PR#2247: Attempt at a minimalist alternative for
generators.

   See PR [34]#2504.

2.6. PR #2470: 1310 Functions fn:regex and ?matching-substrings

   See PR [35]#2470.

2.7. PR #2313: 2298 XQFO rules: definition of default values

   See PR [36]#2313.

2.8. PR #2019: 1776: XSLT template rules for maps and array

   See PR [37]#2019.

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/2026/03-10.html
   8. https://qt4cg.org/meeting/agenda/2026/03-17.html#technical-agenda
   9. https://qt4cg.org/dashboard/#pr-2345
  10. https://qt4cg.org/dashboard/#pr-2266
  11. https://qt4cg.org/dashboard/#pr-2160
  12. https://qt4cg.org/dashboard/#pr-2071
  13. https://qt4cg.org/dashboard/#pr-2019
  14. https://qt4cg.org/dashboard/#pr-2514
  15. https://qt4cg.org/dashboard/#pr-2513
  16. https://qt4cg.org/dashboard/#pr-2511
  17. https://qt4cg.org/dashboard/#pr-2522
  18. https://qt4cg.org/dashboard/#pr-2519
  19. https://qt4cg.org/dashboard/#pr-2516
  20. https://qt4cg.org/dashboard/#pr-2515
  21. https://qt4cg.org/dashboard/#pr-2504
  22. https://qt4cg.org/dashboard/#pr-2470
  23. https://qt4cg.org/dashboard/#pr-2350
  24. https://qt4cg.org/dashboard/#pr-2313
  25. https://qt4cg.org/dashboard/#pr-2247
  26. https://qt4cg.org/dashboard/#pr-2019
  27. https://github.com/qt4cg/qtspecs/issues/1777
  28. https://github.com/qt4cg/qtspecs/issues/1584
  29. https://github.com/qt4cg/qtspecs/issues/675
  30. https://qt4cg.org/dashboard/#pr-2522
  31. https://qt4cg.org/dashboard/#pr-2519
  32. https://qt4cg.org/dashboard/#pr-2516
  33. https://qt4cg.org/dashboard/#pr-2515
  34. https://qt4cg.org/dashboard/#pr-2504
  35. https://qt4cg.org/dashboard/#pr-2470
  36. https://qt4cg.org/dashboard/#pr-2313
  37. https://qt4cg.org/dashboard/#pr-2019

                                        Be seeing you,
                                          norm

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Norm Tovey-Walsh
CEO, Saxonica

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