[odata] Agenda for OData TC meeting on 2018-02-01

["Handl, Ralf" <ralf.handl@sap.com>]

Here [1] is a draft agenda for the OData TC (Technical Committee) meeting scheduled on Thursday February 01, 2018 during 8-10 am PST (17:00-19:00 CET). 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 [8:00 am PT]

1. Self-registration link: https://www.oasis-open.org/apps/org/workgroup/odata/event.php?event_id=46240  

 

2.        Approve agenda [8:05 am PT]

 

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

1. Minutes from January 25, 2018 TC meeting: https://www.oasis-open.org/committees/download.php/62415/odata-meeting-200_on-20180125-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]

1. Action items due

                                  i.    none

 

5.        Ballot to approve V4.01 CS01 Specs [8:20 am PT]

1. https://www.oasis-open.org/apps/org/workgroup/odata/ballot.php?id=3170

                                  i.    Closed, 11 “yea” votes for each of the four specifications, no “nay” votes, no “abstain” votes

 

6.        Committee Note on Google Protocol Buffers as an alternative data format [8:25 am PT]

1. George: describe use case and purpose of the proposed committee note

                                  i.    Pro: PB is more efficient between services.

                                 ii.    Pro: PB has traction in the community

                                iii.    Con: PB is not as expressive

                                iv.    Con: JSON better for communication between servers.

 

7.        Structural Property with Type=Entity Type versus Containment Navigation Property [8:45 am PT]

1. George: describe use case and why containment navigation properties aren’t sufficient

                                  i.    Sometimes want to store the values of an entities properties, for example storing representations of entities in a log message.

In that case, don’t want the behavior features of the entity and no relationship, just a snapshot of the structural values.

 

8.        Issues [9:05 am PT]

1. Vocabularies: NEW or OPEN

                                  i.    ODATA-1132 Propagation of NavigationRestrictions

                                 ii.    ODATA-1121 Extend FilterExpressionRestrictions with "MultiPredicate"

                                iii.    ODATA-1099 Add annotations to describe custom query options and custom headers

                                iv.    ODATA-1067 Consider ability to define computed default values

                                 v.    ODATA-1064 Add ability to annotate collections to return only count and NextLink

                                vi.    ODATA-1005 Make sure we have capabilities for all new 4.01 functionality

                               vii.    ODATA-884 Add term ErrorCodes to describe possible codes in error messages (public comment c201510e00019)

 

9.        Next meetings [9:50 am PT]

1. Thursday February 08, 2018 during 8-10 am PST (already confirmed)
2. Thursday February 15, 2018 during 8-10 am PST

 

10.     AOB and wrap up [9:55 am PT]

 

[2] References

• Chat room: http://webconf.soaphub.org/conf/room/odatatc
• Conference call & Screen sharing: https://sap.emea.pgiconnect.com/OData-TC
• Conference call details: https://www.oasis-open.org/apps/org/workgroup/odata/download.php/56760/TC%20meeting%20dial-in%20details.htm

 

[3] Timeline

• https://www.oasis-open.org/committees/download.php/61677/TC%20Timeline-2017-09-29.docx