Meeting minutes
<norm> You volunteering to take my scribing slot, John?
<norm> Last week. That's about the past, isn't it? I don't do the past. Or the future. And barely the present. But thank you, kindly.
<norm> I'll take my lumps next week.
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Previous Actions
Issue - dynamic error in test catalog schema - ready to pull into GIT - Michael
Action-002 - STeven implemented '**' and '++' operators
Action-003: Error code linkages added - done
Action-004: Namespace for error decided
Status Reports
Implementations require some changes for changes in spec. and syntax
ACTION: Norm to update the schema for the testsuite to the current spec.
Tomos: we may need some alterations for the proposal on added suffix spaces with some punctuation
Review of bug reports and technical issues
Issues 60, 59, 57 and 48 have been completed
Issues open for Norm now completed
Michael: conformance of grammars #43 - fixed - can now be closed
Michael #28 (desiderata for ixml schema) now finished - can be closed
Michael: perhaps need two schemas - a simple (narrow) one and a (broad) one with namespace etc bells and whistles. If anyone is unhappy about this - please holler. Michael to make the decision
Issue#26 - Michael not completely happy - implies differences of opinion about ambiguity amongst the different parser implementations.
… No general definition of ambiguity with BNF. A concrete proposal in comment in the issue
… Perhaps this should be in parsing rather than conformance.
ACTION: Steven - to review the ambiguity text should end up
Issue#19 can now be closed (one rule per non-terminal)
New Issues
Use of 's' and 'S' now to be deprecated in favour of other forms, eg. 's' and 'RS' (Required space)
ACTION: Steven - Steven to review this option.
Issue #66 - Namespace proposal to be reviewed by the group
ACTION: All - Review of the namespace proposal
Michael: existence of a default namespace is not a breaking issue for me
Steven: is the intention to allow prefixes or allow namespaces?
Tomos: Using prefix rather than default should be easier for users
… prolog for the declarations and prefixes on the names
Issue #63 - optional version
Norm: We've left almost no option for grammar extensions, hence the need to identify which grammar version is being used.
… described just as a string...
Michael: XML experience suggest that 1.0 processors should not reject higher/different version numbers...
… A 1.0 processor shouldn't reject a 1.0+ gramar out of hand but do their best to parse it... An issue to discuss
ACTION: Norm to produce some spec. prose on the version (conformance) issue
Issue #51 - needs some review from Michael before closing
ACTION: Norm - Improve the README - what format - Markdown or HTML
Tomos: Are all happy with adding a prolog into the grammar?
Norm: seems to make sense
Michael: inclined to have the prolog non-empty and optional...
ACTION: Tomos to ensure all can see the Balisage paper
Norm scribe for next week