I have removed all the resolved items from the WTX document so we can discuss the remaining (action 003)


Alan Powell

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From: Steve Hanson/UK/IBM@IBMGB
To: dfdl-wg@ogf.org
Date: 10/09/2008 18:24
Subject: [DFDL-WG] Fw:  DFDL: Minutes from OGF WG call, 10 September 2008






Open Grid Forum: Data Format Description Language Working Group

Weekly Working Group Conference Call
13:00 GMT, 10 September 2008


Attendees

Mike Beckerle (Oco)

Steve Hanson (IBM)


Apologies: Alan Powell (IBM)



1. Visit actions

Actions updated below


2. AOB

Next call 17th Sept


Meeting closed, 13:40 GMT

Actions raised at this meeting
No
Action

Current Actions:
No
Action
003
AP: Update spec from WTX document
13/8:  All resolved issues have been added to spec. Remaining unresolved items need discussion

10/9: Alan will pull out the remaining unresolved items and circulate for discussion next week
004
MB: Mike will also author a new section in response to comments from Sandy Gao and Suman Kalia, explicitly connecting syntax with DFDL semantics
16/7: no progress

10/9: Mike not convinced this is necessary. Steve to talk to Sandy to see if it is needed for any IBM implementation that extends the existing XML parsing framework
006
SH: Distribute hidden proposal
16/7: Done. MB to review

13/8: MB to review

10/9: Mike has located this and will review
007
AP: enum + expression wording
13/8: no progress

10/9: No update
011
SH: Update decimal supplement
13/8: Editorial changes needed.

10/9: Alan to incorporate into main spec
012
??: Update decimalCalendarScheme
10/9: Not allocated yet
013
MB: Description and use cases for EndofData syntax
10/9: Steve didn't receive this mail, he now has and will review
014
SH: Use cases for lengthKind pattern on binary fields.
10/9: Not done
015
AP: removed extended floats
10/9: No update

Actions closed at this meeting:
No
Action
009
SH: propose algorithm unparse length lengthKind=implicit decimal type/binary representation
13/8: AP has incorporated into lengthkind document. Done

10/9: Closed
010
AP: Document Fixed length string truncation property
13/8: done

10/9: Closed

033 Work items:
No
Item
001
String XML type (Ian P) - Apr 30, 2008
002
Escape schemes (Ian P) - Apr 30, 2008
003
Variables - ??, 2008 (Mike)
004
Selectors (Suman) - Apr 30, 2008
005
Improvements on property descriptions - ??, 2008 (All - split TBD)
006
Envelopes and Payloads (Steve) - Apr 30, 2008
007
(from draft 32) valueCalc (Mike) - ??, 2008 *Mostly complete*
008
(from draft 32) Property precedence for writing (Steve) - *complete but under review*
009
(from draft 32) Variable markup (Steve) - Mar 31, 2008 *proposal needs writing up*
010
(from draft 32) Assertions, discriminators and choice, including discussion of timing option (Suman) - Mar 31, 2008 * in progress *
011
(from draft 32) How speculative parsing works (combining choice and variable-occurence - currently these are separate) ??, 2008 (IBM) * in progress *
012
(from draft 32) Reordering the properties discussion: move representation earlier, improve flow of topics ??, 2008 (Alan) * not started *
013
(from F2F) New scoping rules
014
(from F2F) Occurs, OccurSeparator changes
015
(from F2F) choices and Output (Mike)
016
(from F2F) xpath forward references (Alan) *complete*
017
(IBM WTX review) Minor agreed updates (Alan) *complete*
018
(IBM WTX review) Review generateNewLine (Alan) *complete*
020
(IBM WTX review) Special value for zero seen eg 'zero'. (Steve)
021
(IBM WTX review) 'EndOfData' changes (Alan)
022
(IBM WTX review) Unresolvable choices - infoset changes *complete*
023
(IBM WTX review) separatorKind=’prefix’ ‘infix’ or ‘postfix’ (Alan)
024
(IBM WTX review)  StopValue clarification (Alan)  
025
Augmented infoset and unparsing (Alan)  




Regards

Steve Hanson
Programming Model Architect
WebSphere Message Brokers
Hursley, UK
Internet: smh@uk.ibm.com
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