Here [1] is a draft agenda for the OData TC (Technical Committee) meeting scheduled on Wednesday February 21, 2024, 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 Roll call [8:00] Self-registration link:
https://www.oasis-open.org/apps/org/workgroup/odata/event.php?event_id=54354 Join Microsoft Teams Meeting Conference ID: 629 315 222# Local numbers Learn more about Teams Meeting options Approve agenda [8:05] Approve minutes from previous meeting(s) [8:10] Minutes from February 07, 2024 TC meeting:
https://www.oasis-open.org/committees/download.php/71677/Minutes%20of%202024-02-07%20Meeting%20%23461.docx RAPID Profile for OData [8:15] Pull Requests Issues Publish V4.02 CSD01 Decision: publish with public review Which issues MUST or SHOULD go into CSD01? Issues [8:20] V4.02 and V4.01 Errata 01: with pull request ODATA-1214 Annotate constructor/factory actions ODATA-1239 Define a mechanism to distinguish between inserted and updated entities in a Delta message ODATA-1253 Abstract type definition Core.Number as a super-type of all numeric types ODATA-1323 Clarify representation of GEO literals and streams in annotations (XML, JSON) ODATA-1336 Querying “JSON properties” ODATA-1370 CSDL Section 12.9 “Parameter” mixing with “overload” causes ambiguity, particularly with regard to parameter ordering ODATA-1405 /$query shall allow Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded ODATA-1435 Conditionally add an element to a collection ODATA-1506 Allow index segments in path expressions ODATA-1540 Require decoding of plus as space in query part of URL ODATA-1583 Clarify representation of context URLs in JSON payloads ODATA-1610 Clarify use of ‘wait’ preference without ‘respond-async’ preference ODATA-1624 Make conformance clauses more future-proof ODATA-1626 Should support annotations to bound actions/functions via path ODATA-1630 Resharpen definitions of PropertyPath and NavigationPropertyPath ODATA-1637 Clarify that content-id referencing for newly created entities also works for entities created by an action V4.02 and V4.01 Errata 01: RESOLVED without pull request ODATA-1354 Add support for SoundsLike expressions ODATA-1426 Clarify use of byte-order mark (BOM) in text/plain responses ODATA-1436 Relax constraint that DELETE Cannot return data ODATA-1484 Allow a client to query the status of an asynchronous request without returning the result if the request completed. ODATA-1516 Support returning inline count accuracy ODATA-1526 Support collapsing individual sections (chapters) in the HTML versions of the specification ODATA-1528 Update JSON Delta Response payload examples ODATA-1549 Clarify semantics of etag in delta requests/responses ODATA-1567 Clarify “Expand to the level present in the deep insert request” ODATA-1580 Further clarify restrictions around open types ODATA-1599 Clarify support for supplementary plane characters in OData Identifiers ODATA-1633 In should support empty literal arrays V4.02 and V4.01 Errata: NEW or OPEN without pull request ODATA-579 Should we support dynamic functions/actions? ODATA-601 Investigate enhancements to interoperability and feature set of OData JSON through JSON-LD ODATA-730 Lack of ordering constraints on delta responses may require clients to buffer (or persist) entire response to process it correctly ODATA-854 Consider use of OPTIONS for discovering formats, other capabilities and features ODATA-879 Support Arrays of Arrays ODATA-919 Specify the result type for each operation based on operator types ODATA-923 Support subsetting returned metadata ODATA-1052 Consider the “fragility” of server-driven paging ODATA-1059 Improve specification and use of NavigationProperties, EntitySets, and Singletons ODATA-1060 Improve specification of element response requirements ODATA-1062 Formally define OData Metamodel ODATA-1070 Clarify text related to Canonical URL ODATA-1071 Nullable Collection Navigation Property ODATA-1107 Introduce instance annotation to specify which types an instance “implements” ODATA-1113 Allow alternate / native search syntax ODATA-1235 ActionImport and FunctionImport on EntityType ODATA-1246 Allow BaseType of EntityType to be a ComplexType ODATA-1261 Allow $pagesize system query option ODATA-1262 Explicitly state structural restrictions of type Edm.Untyped ODATA-1308 Ability to reference newly discovered OData services ODATA-1317 ContextUrl does not represent navigation properties for which the entity references ($ref) are included ODATA-1333 Add Terms, Abbreviated Terms, and Symbols sections to specifications ODATA-1340 PATCH: new preference return=delta to get back a delta response ODATA-1350 OData V2 required continue-on-error style batch responses, V4 makes it optional for servers (due to use of Prefer) ODATA-1379 Consider adding railroad diagrams for the URL syntax ODATA-1386 Introduce primitive types for color values ODATA-1407 No way to $select instance annotations on primitive types ODATA-1424 OData 4.01 JSON “Delta Responses” doesn’t describe use of “@id” (or “@odata.id”) for Added/Changed Entity ODATA-1438 New preference return=keys ODATA-1441 New query option $expect combining $expand and $select ODATA-1457 Potential confusion wrt Content-Type header for media entities ODATA-1479 Current instance/collection is only defined adhoc ODATA-1504 Dry-run of data modification requests ODATA-1505 Expressions in action payloads ODATA-1514 Generalize the use of $each ODATA-1527 Allow functions/actions to return (and take) a delta payload ODATA-1529 Provide support for selecting the id of an entity ODATA-1534 OData 4.01 JSON batch format doesn’t support streaming use cases well ODATA-1535 Should updates of related resources be supported in Create? ODATA-1544 Section 4.17: support new HTTP QUERY method, deprecate /$query path suffix ODATA-1545 Allow services to validate read-only properties in update payloads ODATA-1548 Encourage clients to specify the correct value for non-key, non-computed read-only values (or omit) ODATA-1558 Define semantics for navigation properties of type Edm.EntityType ODATA-1560 Clarify usage of URL templates with callback preference ODATA-1573 clarify behavior for omitted values in PATCH and PUT ODATA-1574 Expand function results ODATA-1575 Remove restriction on Partner navigation ODATA-1579 Allow references to Core.ContentIDs in batch request URLs ODATA-1585 Should be able to change type when PATCHing an entity ODATA-1586 Clarify create/replace for server-defined dynamic properties ODATA-1589 /$query shall allow Content-Type: application/json ODATA-1590 Clarify where alternate keys can be used ODATA-1594 Add support for fuzzy search function within $filter, etc. ODATA-1597 Allow to create annotations in CSDL with a less verbose format to increase adoption ODATA-1603 It is not clear if the entities in a collection returned by a function always have an entity-id ODATA-1606 Separation of concerns: ABNF for URL components instead of whole URLs ODATA-1608 Safety, Security and Privacy Considerations: fill out or remove appendix ODATA-1614 Add NonSelectableProperties to SelectSupportType ODATA-1616 Clarify rules around results returned from Create/Update ODATA-1621 Clarify annotations on unavailable properties ODATA-1623 Support alternate keys in delta patch ODATA-1625 Cannot specify null as DefaultValue in CSDL XML ODATA-1638 Clarify creation of a singleton media entity Next meetings [9:50] Wednesday February 28, 2024, during 8-10 PST (17:00-19:00 CET) Wednesday March 06, 2024, during 8-10 PST (17:00-19:00 CET) Wednesday March 13, 2024, during 8-10 PST (17:00-19:00 CET) Wednesday March 20, 2024, during 8-10 PST (17:00-19:00 CET) AOB and wrap up [9:55] [2] Timeline
https://www.oasis-open.org/committees/download.php/71620/TC-Timeline-2024-01-10.docx