1. Spec issues
documentFinalTerminatorCanBeMissing:
Let's try to avoid creating another property for the postfix separator
scenario. I think this property provides a way of modelling the data naturally.
We can recommend use of infix-with-a-terminator rather than 'postfix' if
the final terminator can be missing.
We didn't come to a conclusion on the alst WG call.
dfdl:lengthKind endOfParent
'endOfParent' has almost the same meaning as 'delimited' so should have
the same semantics.
· the item’s
terminator (if specified)
· an enclosing
construct’s separator or terminator
· the end of
an enclosing construct designated by its known length
· the end of
the data stream
The effect would be the the element could be ended by the nearest known
length parent not just the immediate parent. Also the immediate parent
could have lengthKind 'implicit'
dfdl:lengthKind endOfParent
LengthUnits 'characters' is currently
for simple representation 'text' only. Should it be allowed for complex?
Selectors
Should they be moved to an appendix.
DFDL Expression Syntax
Value comparison operators are 'eq' 'lt'
'gt' etc not '=' '<' '>' because these were defined poorly in XPATH
v1 and replaced in XPATH V2. Unfortunately most examples us '=' etc
Syntax of expressions in string literals.
Add
- A DFDL string literal which begins
with { and does not end with } does not need to have its leading { escaped.
IgnoreCase
Should ignoreCase apply to numberInfinityRep
and numberNaNRep
Escapes.
Should escapeCharacter, escapeEscapeCharacater
etc allow DFDL expressions.
2. Current Actions:
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| Investigate format for defining test
cases
25/11:IBM to see if it is possible to
publish its test case format.
04/12: no update
09/12: no update
16/12: reminded dent to project manager
23/12: SH will send another reminder.
06/01: Another reminder will be sent
13/01: no update
20/01: no update
27/01: no progress
29/01: no progress
03/02: IBM is still investigating
10/02: IBM is still investigating
17/02: IBM is willing in principle to
publish the test case format and some of the test cases. May need some
time to build a 'compliance suite'
24/03: No progress
03/03: Discussions have been taking
place on the subset of tests that will be provided.
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080
| AP:Clarify semantics of fn:poisition
and fn:count
17/02: no progress
24/03: No progress
03/03: no progress. There are other
functions which return a duration which need investgating |
3 Status of specification (for
OGF28)
| Alan Powell
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