Re: [ANN] Upcoming XSpec v3.1

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We plan to release XSpec v3.1 during the week of September 23, 2024. Please try the release candidate, and feel free to report any bugs, feature requests, or feedback.

You may be interested in these changes:

### Common to Languages Under Test

XSpec is tested with Saxon 12.5, except that the detailed contents of XSLT code coverage reports are tested with Saxon 12.4

The XSpec schemas enforce the boolean values for the x:expand-text attribute and provide a Schematron Quick Fix for expand-text attributes on non-XSpec elements.

### XSLT

XSpec 3.1 fixes bugs in the coverage status shown in XSLT code coverage reports.

Also, XSLT code coverage reports include a new coverage status of "unknown" for situations where XSpec has insufficient data to judge whether a node was hit or missed. Some instances of hit/miss/unknown determinations differ based on the Saxon version used for generating the report. While both Saxon 12.4 and 12.5 are supported, 12.4 is currently preferred for coverage reporting.

### XQuery

XSpec is tested with BaseX 11.2.

### Schematron

SchXslt 1.10 replaces SchXslt 1.9.5 as the built-in Schematron implementation.


## How to try out the release candidate

Command Line or Ant: Download/clone the current master branch of https://github.com/xspec/xspec and run CLI/Ant from there.

Oxygen Add-on: Follow instructions at https://github.com/xspec/xspec/wiki/Running-with-Oxygen#loading-xspec-via-oxygen-add-on


Thanks,
XSpec Team