Below is the list of work items for the next version (033) of the DFDL specification Draft 32: Published 25/5/2008 valueCalc (Mike) - ??, 2008 *Mostly complete* Remaining aspects of null/default/optionals (Alan) - Mar 31, 2008 *complete* 2-level description of schema components, including UML (Simon) - *complete* Property precedence for writing (Steve) - *complete but under review* Variable markup (Steve) - Mar 31, 2008 *porposal needs writing up* Regular expressions for lengths - Mar 31, 2008 (Alan) *complete* Bring supplements up-to-date (Steve) - Mar 31, 2008 *complete* Assertions, discriminators and choice, including discussion of timing option (Suman) - Mar 31, 2008 * in progress * How speculative parsing works (combining choice and variable-occurence - currently these are separate) ??, 2008 (IBM) * in progress * Reordering the properties discussion: move representation earlier, improve flow of topics ??, 2008 (Alan) * not started * Draft 33: Escape schemes (Ian P) - Apr 30, 2008 String XML type (Ian P) - Apr 30, 2008 Variables - ??, 2008 (Mike) Selectors (Suman) - Apr 30, 2008 Improvements on property descriptions - ??, 2008 (All - split TBD) Envelopes and Payloads (Steve) - Apr 30, 2008 (from draft 32) valueCalc (Mike) - ??, 2008 *Mostly complete* (from draft 32) Property precedence for writing (Steve) - *complete but under review* (from draft 32) Variable markup (Steve) - Mar 31, 2008 *porposal needs writing up* (from draft 32) Assertions, discriminators and choice, including discussion of timing option (Suman) - Mar 31, 2008 * in progress * (from draft 32) How speculative parsing works (combining choice and variable-occurence - currently these are separate) ??, 2008 (IBM) * in progress * (from draft 32) Reordering the properties discussion: move representation earlier, improve flow of topics ??, 2008 (Alan) * not started * (from F2F) New scoping rules (from F2F) Occurs, OccurSeparator changes (from F2F) choices and Output (from F2F) xpath forward references (IBM WTX review) Minor agreed updates (IBM WTX review) Review generateNewLine (IBM WTX review) Special value for zero seen eg 'zero'. (IBM WTX review) 'EndOfData' changes (IBM WTX review) Unresolvable choices - infoset changes (IBM WTX review) separatorKind=?prefix? ?infix? or ?postfix? (IBM WTX review) StopValue clarification Alan Powell MP 211, IBM UK Labs, Hursley, Winchester, SO21 2JN, England Notes Id: Alan Powell/UK/IBM email: alan_powell@uk.ibm.com Tel: +44 (0)1962 815073 Fax: +44 (0)1962 816898 Unless stated otherwise above: IBM United Kingdom Limited - Registered in England and Wales with number 741598. Registered office: PO Box 41, North Harbour, Portsmouth, Hampshire PO6 3AU