RE: Agenda for OData TC meeting on 2024-01-17

["Ericson, George" <George.Ericson@dell.com>]

I forgot to mention that I’ll be traveling on Jan 17.

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Subject: [odata] Agenda for OData TC meeting on 2024-01-17

 

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Here [1] is a draft agenda for the OData TC (Technical Committee) meeting scheduled on Wednesday January 17, 2023 during 8-10 am PST (17:00-19:00 CET).

 

For TC timeline, see [2].

 

Feel free to suggest additions or modifications.

Thanks.

 

 

[1] Agenda

1. Roll call [8:00]
1. Self-registration link: https://www.oasis-open.org/apps/org/workgroup/odata/event.php?event_id=54349 [oasis-open.org]

2. Join Microsoft Teams Meeting

Conference ID: 629 315 222#

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2. Approve agenda [8:05]

 

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

1. Minutes from January 10, 2024 TC meeting: https://www.oasis-open.org/committees/download.php/71617/Minutes%20of%202024-01-10%20Meeting%20%23457.docx [oasis-open.org]

 

4. OData Metamodel [8:15]

1. George's approach with UML stereotypes [8:15]
Christof's approach [8:45]

 

5. Issues [9:00]

1. V4.02 and V4.01 Errata 01: RESOLVED [issues.oasis-open.org]
1. ODATA-1354 [issues.oasis-open.org] Add support for SoundsLike expressions
2. ODATA-1426 [issues.oasis-open.org] Clarify use of byte-order mark (BOM) in text/plain responses
3. ODATA-1436 [issues.oasis-open.org] Relax constraint that DELETE Cannot return data
4. ODATA-1484 [issues.oasis-open.org] Allow a client to query the status of an asynchronous request without returning the result if the request completed.
5. ODATA-1516 [issues.oasis-open.org] Support returning inline count accuracy
6. ODATA-1526 [issues.oasis-open.org] Support collapsing individual sections (chapters) in the HTML versions of the specification
7. ODATA-1528 [issues.oasis-open.org] Update JSON Delta Response payload examples
8. ODATA-1549 [issues.oasis-open.org] Clarify semantics of etag in delta requests/responses
9. ODATA-1567 [issues.oasis-open.org] Clarify “Expand to the level present in the deep insert request”
10. ODATA-1580 [issues.oasis-open.org] Further clarify restrictions around open types
11. ODATA-1599 [issues.oasis-open.org] Clarify support for supplementary plane characters in OData Identifiers

 

2. V4.02 and V4.01 Errata 01: APPLIED [issues.oasis-open.org]

1. ODATA-1323 [issues.oasis-open.org] Clarify representation of GEO literals and streams in annotations (XML, JSON)
2. ODATA-1481 [issues.oasis-open.org] Allow Edm.Stream for non-binding action and function parameters
3. ODATA-1547 [issues.oasis-open.org] Recursive complex types must be nullable
4. ODATA-1588 [issues.oasis-open.org] Allow creating and linking along a nullable single-valued navigation

 

3. V4.01 Errata: NEW or OPEN [issues.oasis-open.org]

1. ODATA-1370 [issues.oasis-open.org] CSDL Section 12.9 “Parameter” mixing with “overload” causes ambiguity, particularly with regard to parameter ordering
2. ODATA-1424 [issues.oasis-open.org] OData 4.01 JSON “Delta Responses” doesn’t describe use of “@id” (or “@odata.id”) for Added/Changed Entity
3. ODATA-1496 [issues.oasis-open.org] clarify the relationship of the various path _expression_ types
4. ODATA-1558 [issues.oasis-open.org] Define semantics for navigation properties of type Edm.EntityType
5. ODATA-1559 [issues.oasis-open.org] Clarify definition of transient.
6. ODATA-1560 [issues.oasis-open.org] Clarify usage of URL templates with callback preference
7. ODATA-1573 [issues.oasis-open.org] clarify behavior for omitted values in PATCH and PUT
8. ODATA-1603 [issues.oasis-open.org] It is not clear if the entities in a collection returned by a function always have an entity-id
9. ODATA-1610 [issues.oasis-open.org] Clarify use of ‘wait’ preference without ‘respond-async’ preference

 

4. V4.02: NEW or OPEN with champion and proposal [issues.oasis-open.org]

1. ODATA-730 [issues.oasis-open.org] Lack of ordering constraints on delta responses may require clients to buffer (or persist) entire response to process it correctly
2. ODATA-879 [issues.oasis-open.org] Support Arrays of Arrays
3. ODATA-919 [issues.oasis-open.org] Specify the result type for each operation based on operator types
4. ODATA-923 [issues.oasis-open.org] Support subsetting returned metadata
5. ODATA-1059 [issues.oasis-open.org] Improve specification and use of NavigationProperties, EntitySets, and Singletons
6. ODATA-1060 [issues.oasis-open.org] Improve specification of element response requirements
7. ODATA-1071 [issues.oasis-open.org] Nullable Collection Navigation Property
8. ODATA-1113 [issues.oasis-open.org] Allow alternate / native search syntax
9. ODATA-1239 [issues.oasis-open.org] Define a mechanism to distinguish between inserted and updated entities in a Delta message
10. ODATA-1253 [issues.oasis-open.org] Abstract type definition Core.Number as a super-type of all numeric types
11. ODATA-1336 [issues.oasis-open.org] Querying “JSON properties”
12. ODATA-1340 [issues.oasis-open.org] PATCH: new preference return=delta to get back a delta response
13. ODATA-1405 [issues.oasis-open.org] /$query shall allow Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded
14. ODATA-1407 [issues.oasis-open.org] No way to $select instance annotations on primitive types
15. ODATA-1435 [issues.oasis-open.org] Conditionally add an element to a collection
16. ODATA-1457 [issues.oasis-open.org] Potential confusion wrt Content-Type header for media entities
17. ODATA-1506 [issues.oasis-open.org] Allow index segments in path expressions
18. ODATA-1534 [issues.oasis-open.org] OData 4.01 JSON batch format doesn’t support streaming use cases well
19. ODATA-1540 [issues.oasis-open.org] Require decoding of plus as space in query part of URL
20. ODATA-1544 [issues.oasis-open.org] Section 4.17: support new HTTP QUERY method, deprecate /$query path suffix
21. ODATA-1545 [issues.oasis-open.org] Allow services to validate read-only properties in update payloads
22. ODATA-1548 [issues.oasis-open.org] Encourage clients to specify the correct value for non-key, non-computed read-only values (or omit)
23. ODATA-1569 [issues.oasis-open.org] Allow CSDL JSON also for OData versions 2.0 and 3.0
24. ODATA-1575 [issues.oasis-open.org] Remove restriction on Partner navigation
25. ODATA-1583 [issues.oasis-open.org] Clarify representation of context URLs in JSON payloads
26. ODATA-1585 [issues.oasis-open.org] Should be able to change type when PATCHing an entity
27. ODATA-1589 [issues.oasis-open.org] /$query shall allow Content-Type: application/json
28. ODATA-1590 [issues.oasis-open.org] Clarify where alternate keys can be used
29. ODATA-1594 [issues.oasis-open.org] Add support for fuzzy search function within $filter, etc.
30. ODATA-1597 [issues.oasis-open.org] Allow to create annotations in CSDL with a less verbose format to increase adoption
31. ODATA-1601 [issues.oasis-open.org] concat: allow more than two arguments
32. ODATA-1616 [issues.oasis-open.org] Clarify rules around results returned from Create/Update
33. ODATA-1618 [issues.oasis-open.org] Clarify matchespattern and regular _expression_ flags
34. ODATA-1621 [issues.oasis-open.org] Clarify annotations on unavailable properties
35. ODATA-1623 [issues.oasis-open.org] Support alternate keys in delta patch
36. ODATA-1624 [issues.oasis-open.org] Make conformance clauses more future-proof
37. ODATA-1626 [issues.oasis-open.org] Should support annotations to bound actions/functions via path

 

5. V4.02: NEW or OPEN without champion or proposal [issues.oasis-open.org]

1. ODATA-579 [issues.oasis-open.org] Should we support dynamic functions/actions?
2. ODATA-601 [issues.oasis-open.org] Investigate enhancements to interoperability and feature set of OData JSON through JSON-LD
3. ODATA-665 [issues.oasis-open.org] Add OData-MetadataETag header
4. ODATA-854 [issues.oasis-open.org] Consider use of OPTIONS for discovering formats, other capabilities and features
5. ODATA-900 [issues.oasis-open.org] Cross-service navigation and service versioning
6. ODATA-1052 [issues.oasis-open.org] Consider the “fragility” of server-driven paging
7. ODATA-1062 [issues.oasis-open.org] Revise UML model for OData Metamodel
8. ODATA-1070 [issues.oasis-open.org] Clarify text related to Canonical URL
9. ODATA-1107 [issues.oasis-open.org] Introduce instance annotation to specify which types an instance “implements”
10. ODATA-1235 [issues.oasis-open.org] ActionImport and FunctionImport on EntityType
11. ODATA-1246 [issues.oasis-open.org] Allow BaseType of EntityType to be a ComplexType
12. ODATA-1261 [issues.oasis-open.org] Allow $pagesize system query option
13. ODATA-1262 [issues.oasis-open.org] Explicitly state structural restrictions of type Edm.Untyped
14. ODATA-1308 [issues.oasis-open.org] Ability to reference newly discovered OData services
15. ODATA-1317 [issues.oasis-open.org] ContextUrl does not represent navigation properties for which the entity references ($ref) are included
16. ODATA-1333 [issues.oasis-open.org] Add Terms, Abbreviated Terms, and Symbols sections to specifications
17. ODATA-1350 [issues.oasis-open.org] OData V2 required continue-on-error style batch responses, V4 makes it optional for servers (due to use of Prefer)
18. ODATA-1379 [issues.oasis-open.org] Consider adding railroad diagrams for the URL syntax
19. ODATA-1386 [issues.oasis-open.org] Introduce primitive types for color values
20. ODATA-1438 [issues.oasis-open.org] New preference return=keys
21. ODATA-1441 [issues.oasis-open.org] New query option $expect combining $expand and $select
22. ODATA-1479 [issues.oasis-open.org] Current instance/collection is only defined adhoc
23. ODATA-1504 [issues.oasis-open.org] Dry-run of data modification requests
24. ODATA-1505 [issues.oasis-open.org] Expressions in action payloads
25. ODATA-1514 [issues.oasis-open.org] Generalize the use of $each
26. ODATA-1527 [issues.oasis-open.org] Allow functions/actions to return (and take) a delta payload
27. ODATA-1529 [issues.oasis-open.org] Provide support for selecting the id of an entity
28. ODATA-1535 [issues.oasis-open.org] Should updates of related resources be supported in Create?
29. ODATA-1574 [issues.oasis-open.org] Expand function results
30. ODATA-1579 [issues.oasis-open.org] Allow references to Core.ContentIDs in batch request URLs
31. ODATA-1586 [issues.oasis-open.org] Clarify create/replace for server-defined dynamic properties
32. ODATA-1606 [issues.oasis-open.org] Separation of concerns: ABNF for URL components instead of whole URLs
33. ODATA-1608 [issues.oasis-open.org] Safety, Security and Privacy Considerations: fill out or remove appendix
34. ODATA-1614 [issues.oasis-open.org] Add NonSelectableProperties to SelectSupportType
35. ODATA-1625 [issues.oasis-open.org] Cannot specify null as DefaultValue in CSDL XML

 

6. Data Aggregation: NEW or OPEN [issues.oasis-open.org]

1. ODATA-1492 [issues.oasis-open.org] Temporal transformation at() for snapshot entity sets

 

7. Temporal: NEW or OPEN [issues.oasis-open.org]

1. ODATA-1542 [issues.oasis-open.org] Chapter 3, example 7 still uses TimeSliceStart and TimeSliceEnd
2. ODATA-1551 [issues.oasis-open.org] 4.3.2.3 Delete during a Period, step 3: align with corresponding step of 4.3.2.1, step 3
3. ODATA-1615 [issues.oasis-open.org] 4.3.2.3 Delete during a Period: add example

 

8. Vocabularies: NEW or OPEN with proposal [issues.oasis-open.org]

1. ODATA-1140 [issues.oasis-open.org] Add details to HttpResponse
2. ODATA-1214 [issues.oasis-open.org] Annotate constructor/factory actions
3. ODATA-1358 [issues.oasis-open.org] Detach textual descriptions from operation restriction terms in Capability vocabulary
4. ODATA-1394 [issues.oasis-open.org] Add full-fledged support for ISO 8601-1 duration
5. ODATA-1412 [issues.oasis-open.org] Capabilities vocabulary: Add EntityContainer as annotation target
6. ODATA-1453 [issues.oasis-open.org] Capabilities.SearchRestrictions/UnsupportedExpressions: description of default value “none” is misleading
7. ODATA-1467 [issues.oasis-open.org] Keep a CHANGELOG.md, use Semantic Versioning for each vocabulary
8. ODATA-1550 [issues.oasis-open.org] Clarify whether Validation.AllowedValues can be applied to collection-valued properties
9. ODATA-1600 [issues.oasis-open.org] Functions and Actions as Interfaces

 

9. Vocabularies: NEW or OPEN without proposal [issues.oasis-open.org]

1. ODATA-1480 [issues.oasis-open.org] Missing term property Capabilities.NavigationRestrictions/…/ComputeSupported
2. ODATA-1499 [issues.oasis-open.org] Clarify how to allow/disallow an unbound function in filter/orderby
3. ODATA-1502 [issues.oasis-open.org] Allow to specify expand query options beyond just nested expands (filter, select, …)
4. ODATA-1512 [issues.oasis-open.org] Delta: distinguish “soft-deleted” and “hard-deleted” entities
ODATA-1513 [issues.oasis-open.org] Clarify use of read/update restrictions for complex types

6. ODATA-1611 [issues.oasis-open.org] Clarify where RequiredProperties have to appear
7. ODATA-1612 [issues.oasis-open.org] Capabilities for creating a relation to an existing entity during insert
8. ODATA-1613 [issues.oasis-open.org] Validation.Minimum, Validation.Maximum: clarify possible data types
ODATA-1627 [issues.oasis-open.org] clarify usage of Capabilities.IndexableByKey Vs Capabilities.ReadRestrictions.ReadByKeyRestriction.Readable

 

6. Next meetings [9:50]

1. Wednesday January 24, 2024 during 8-10 PST (17:00-19:00 CET)
Wednesday January 31, 2024 during 8-10 PST (17:00-19:00 CET)

3. Wednesday February 07, 2024 during 8-10 PST (17:00-19:00 CET)
4. Wednesday February 14, 2024 during 8-10 PST (17:00-19:00 CET)

 

7. AOB and wrap up [9:55]

 

[2] Timeline

1. https://www.oasis-open.org/committees/download.php/71620/TC-Timeline-2024-01-10.docx [oasis-open.org]