I'm requesting a discussion on the addition of the User Defined Functions capability to daffodil. The proposal referenced below provides a possible solution for Daffodil to be able to process and use User Defined Functions referenced in the DFDL Schema.
The original request can be found at https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/DAFFODIL-2186 and the proposal can be found https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/DAFFODIL/Proposal%3A+User+Defined+Functions.