[odata] Agenda for OData TC meeting on 2015-09-24

Here [1] is a draft agenda for the OData TC (Technical Committee) meeting
scheduled on
Thursday September 24, 2015 during 8-10am PDT (17:00-19:00 CEST).
For additional information, such as dial-in details and chat room, refer to [2]. For TC timeline, see [3]. Feel free to suggest additions or modifications.

 

Thanks.

 

[1]
Agenda

 

1.       
Roll call [8:00am PT]

a.    
Self-registration link:

https://www.oasis-open.org/apps/org/workgroup/odata/event.php?event_id=39117 

 

2.       
Approve agenda [8:05am PT]

 

3.       
Approve minutes from previous meeting(s) [8:10am PT]

a.    
Minutes from September 17, 2015 TC meeting:

https://www.oasis-open.org/committees/download.php/56539/odata-meeting-105_on-20150917-minutes.html

 

4.       
Review action items [Action item list:

https://www.oasis-open.org/apps/org/workgroup/odata/members/action_items.php] [8:15am PT]

a.    
Action items due

                                 
i.    None

 

5.       
Discuss grouping of issues for V4.01 [8:20am PT]

a.    
Issues
 for V4.01_WD01 in New or Open state

                                 
i.    Annotations

1.    
ODATA-516 Add super type Edm.AnyPath for Edm.PropertyPath, Edm.NavigationPropertyPath, and
 Edm.AnnotationPath

2.    
ODATA-735 Enhance the CSDL for instance annotations

3.    
ODATA-786 Extend definition of edm:Path _expression_

4.    
ODATA-811 Define propagation and (partial) overriding of annotations

5.    
ODATA-631 Allow expressing that a term can be applied any collection and is not restricted
 to entity sets

 

                                
ii.    Batch

1.    
ODATA-480 $batch: remove restriction "within the same change set " for Content-ID referencing

2.    
ODATA-541 Allow the If-Match header to reference the ETag that resulted from an earlier operation
 in a batch request

 

                               
iii.    Complex Types

1.    
ODATA-560 Allow arbitrary properties in referential constraints

2.    
ODATA-572 Clarify that eq, ne can be used with complex type

3.    
ODATA-617 Allow eq/ne comparison of instances of same structured (complex or entity) type,
 allow eq/ne comparison with null for 0..1 nav props

 

                               
iv.    Decimal

1.    
ODATA-557 Allow exponential notation for Edm.Decimal

2.    
ODATA-747 Allow IEEE 754 constants [-]INF and NaN also for Edm.Decimal

 

                                
v.    Enum Types

1.    
ODATA-494 Define inheritance for enumeration types

2.    
ODATA-849 Add possibility for enumeration types to "extend" another enumeration type

 

                               
vi.    Interfaces

1.    
ODATA-619 Attach action and function signatures to terms, i.e. make a term definition an interface
 definition

2.    
ODATA-696 Support "interfaces" for casting entities to multiple different types

 

                              
vii.    New Query Capabilities

1.    
ODATA-482 Allow inlining stream properties and media resources

2.    
ODATA-614 Allow $expand, $select, ... with POST/PATCH/PUT in combination with return=representation
 to specify the response shape

3.    
ODATA-827 introduce $compute query option

4.    
ODATA-556 Add "in" operator as syntactic sugar for a chain of "or" expressions

5.    
ODATA-820 Allow indexing into collections

 

                             
viii.    Set Operations

1.    
ODATA-666 Define Deep Update and Deep Upsert operations

2.    
ODATA-836 Allow applying actions to a filtered collection of entities

3.    
ODATA-613 Allow POST to entity sets using the delta-response format

4.    
ODATA-615 Allow PATCH and DELETE with $filter on collections to modify or delete all (and only)
 the matching entities

5.    
ODATA-616 Allow POST to collections of complex and primitive types, and DELETE with $filter

 

                               
ix.    Simplified Payload

1.    
ODATA-561 odata.type shouldn't require "#" for primitive types

2.    
ODATA-630 Consider making odata the default namespace for annotations

3.    
ODATA-813 Allow no metadata for non-OData clients

4.    
ODATA-814 Don't need TargetId in a deleted link for a to 0..1 relationship

5.    
ODATA-809 Define non-message format for final response of async request

 

                                
x.    Simplified Syntax

1.    
ODATA-664 Consider supporting parameterless function imports with no parens

2.    
ODATA-812 Allow omitting namespaces for unambiguous functions/actions

3.    
ODATA-763 Allowing implicit aliasing of parameters (public comment c201412e00001)

4.    
ODATA-799 Define Key-As-Segment URL convention for resource paths

5.    
ODATA-834 Make type prefix optional for enumeration literals in URLs

 

                               
xi.    OData CSDL

1.    
ODATA-674 Specify navigation property binding combined with containment

2.    
ODATA-618 Allow using term names in positions that allow type names

3.    
ODATA-743 Restructure/rename documents CSDL, JSON Format, and JSON Format for CSDL

4.    
ODATA-798 Semantic Key or Alternate Key for entity types

5.    
ODATA-817 Add client-side function odata.matchesRegularExpression

 

                              
xii.    OData JSON Format

1.    
ODATA-656 Requesting clarity on payload ordering constraints for clients

2.    
ODATA-838 Allow inclusion of "untyped JSON" into JSON requests and responses

 

                             
xiii.    OData Protocol

1.    
ODATA-824 Header Content-Transfer-Encoding not used in HTTP

2.    
ODATA-846 Add version 4.01

 

                            
xiv.    OData URL Conventions

1.    
ODATA-850 Improve document structure for functions used in common expressions

 

                             
xv.    Vocabularies

1.    
ODATA-571 Add annotation for properties that are (not) part of the default selection if no $select is specified

2.    
ODATA-760 Add to depth restrictions to Capabilities Vocabulary

3.    
ODATA-816 Add Capability term for filter _expression_ restrictions

 

6.       
Process issues [Issues list:
https://issues.oasis-open.org/issues/?jql=project%20%3D%20ODATA] [8:35am PT]

a.    
Issues
 for V4.01_WD01 in New or Open state

                                 
i.    OData URL Conventions

1.    
ODATA-850 Improve document structure for functions used in common expressions

 

                                
ii.    OData Protocol

1.    
ODATA-824 Header Content-Transfer-Encoding not used in HTTP

2.    
ODATA-846 Add version 4.01

 

                               
iii.    New Query Capabilities

1.    
ODATA-482 Allow inlining stream properties and media resources

2.    
ODATA-614 Allow $expand, $select, ... with POST/PATCH/PUT in combination with return=representation
 to specify the response shape

3.    
ODATA-827 introduce $compute query option

4.    
ODATA-556 Add "in" operator as syntactic sugar for a chain of "or" expressions

5.    
ODATA-820 Allow indexing into collections

 

                               
iv.    Set Operations

1.    
ODATA-666 Define Deep Update and Deep Upsert operations

2.    
ODATA-836 Allow applying actions to a filtered collection of entities

3.    
ODATA-613 Allow POST to entity sets using the delta-response format

4.    
ODATA-615 Allow PATCH and DELETE with $filter on collections to modify or delete all (and only)
 the matching entities

5.    
ODATA-616 Allow POST to collections of complex and primitive types, and DELETE with $filter

 

7.       
Next meeting [9:50am PT]

a.    
Thursday October 01, 2015 during 8-10am PT?

 

8.       
AOB and wrap up [9:55am PT]

 

[2]
References

·        
Conference call details:

https://www.oasis-open.org/apps/org/workgroup/odata/download.php/46401/TC%20meeting%20dial-in%20details.htm

·        
Chat room:
http://webconf.soaphub.org/conf/room/odatatc

 

[3]
Timeline

·        
https://www.oasis-open.org/committees/document.php?document_id=56024&wg_abbrev=odata