Agenda for OData TC meeting on 2018-05-24

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

Here [1] is a draft agenda for the OData TC (Technical Committee) meeting scheduled on Thursday May 24, 2018 during 8-10 am 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 [8:00 am PT]

1. Self-registration link: https://www.oasis-open.org/apps/org/workgroup/odata/event.php?event_id=46257

 

2.        Approve agenda [8:05 am PT]

 

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

1. Minutes from May 17, 2018 TC meeting: https://www.oasis-open.org/committees/download.php/63146/odata-meeting-214_on-20180517-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.        New GitHub Repos – Description and Purpose statements [8:20 am PT]

1. odata-csdl-schemas

                                  i.    Description: Schemas for validating CSDL JSON and CSDL XML ($metadata) documents

                                 ii.    Purpose: This repository contains JSON schemas for validating CSDL JSON documents and XML schemas for validating CSDL XML documents.

2. odata-abnf

                                  i.    Description: ABNF for OData URLs, headers, and literal data values

                                 ii.    Purpose: This repository contains ABNF-based grammars for OData Uniform Resource Identifiers, request and response headers, and literal data values in request and response bodies. Each grammar is accompanied by a set of positive and negative test cases that serve as examples for what is intended and not intended, and that can also be used to automatically test the grammars.

3. odata-csdl-schemas

                                  i.    Description: Tools for producing JSON Schema documents for OData services

                                 ii.    Purpose: This repository provides tools for producing JSON Schema documents for validating OData JSON request and response bodies.

 

4. odata-vocabularies - existing repo, just for reference

                                  i.    Description: Standard vocabularies for annotating OData services

                                 ii.    Purpose: This repository contains the most recent copies of the standard OData vocabularies authored by the OASIS OData Technical committee.

5. odata-openapi - existing repo, just for reference

                                  i.    Description: Tools for producing API descriptions for OData services that adhere to the OpenAPI Specification

                                 ii.    Purpose: This repository provides tools for producing OpenAPI descriptions for OData services.

 

6.        Issues [8:30 am PT]

1. Data Aggregation: NEW or OPEN

                                  i.    ODATA-1182 Clarify that transformation topcount keeps the order of the input set

                                 ii.    ODATA-1179 Enhance orderby $apply-transformation with sorting of undefined properties

                                iii.    ODATA-1169 Transformation for nesting the result of another transformation within a single entity

                                iv.    ODATA-1162 Fix data type in example model

                                 v.    ODATA-1161 Clarify how to process hybrid results of a transformation in subsequent transformations

                                vi.    ODATA-1160 Clarify example 66 in section 7.5

                               vii.    ODATA-1159 Clarify context URLs for aggregated result sets

                              viii.    ODATA-1137 Clarify type information for dynamic properties in the aggregated result set

                                ix.    ODATA-1073 Conformance section references wrong annotation term

                                 x.    ODATA-1068 3.12 Transformation expand: require at least two parameters, with innermost expansion requiring a filter()

                                xi.    ODATA-1041 Broaden definitions of transformations topcount and bottomcount

                               xii.    (and 16 more)

 

2. V4.01: NEW or OPEN

                                  i.    ODATA-1180 Cast between enumeration types and integer types

                                 ii.    ODATA-1171 Consider using matrix parameters for filter segments

                                iii.    ODATA-1168 Clarify the use of ETags for Avoiding Update Conflicts

                                iv.    ODATA-1148 PATCH with nested nav props should not remove omitted resources

                                 v.    ODATA-1141 Upsert: clarify upsert along nullable single-valued navigation path

                                vi.    ODATA-1088 Clarify affect of applying an Annotation to an element

 

3. Vocabularies: NEW or OPEN with concrete proposal

                                  i.    ODATA-1176 Capabilities: add new term SelectRestrictions

                                 ii.    ODATA-1167 Add way to specify which batch formats (if any) are supported by a service

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

 

4. Vocabularies: NEW or OPEN that need more discussion

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

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

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

 

7.        Next meetings [9:50 am PT]

1. Thursday May 31, 2018 during 8-10 am PDT (17:00-19:00 CEST) – public holiday in Germany, Mike will moderate, Matt will start audio conference
2. Thursday June 07, 2018 during 8-10 am PDT (17:00-19:00 CEST)

 

8.        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/62637/TC%20Timeline-2018-03-02.docx