Script for finding note fields that have been improperly set to required. Execute the script from the root directory of your config.

find_required_notes.sh

#!/usr/bin/env bash
set -Eeuo pipefail

msg() {
  echo >&2 -e "${1-}"
}

is_readonly='[^>]*readonly="true\(\)"'
is_string='[^>]*type="string"'
is_required='[^>]*required="true\(\)"'
is_calculate='[^>]*calculate=".+?"'

msg "Searching [${PWD}] for forms with required notes..."
msg

required_notes_count=0

while read file_path;
do
  if [ -n "$file_path" ]
  then
    # Get the nodeset values from any string elements that are readonly and required, but do not have a calculate
    required_notes=$(grep -oP "<[^>]*nodeset=\"\K(.*?)(?=\"(?=${is_readonly})(?=${is_required})(?=${is_string})(?!${is_calculate})(.*?)\/>)" "${file_path}") || true
    if [ -n "$required_notes" ]
    then
      msg "Required note(s) found in [${file_path}]"
      msg "${required_notes}"
      msg
      required_notes_count=$((required_notes_count+1))
    fi
  fi
done <<< "$(find "${PWD}" -name '*.xml')"

if [ $required_notes_count == 0 ]
then
  msg "SUCCESS: No required notes found!"
else
  msg "WARNING: required notes found in ${required_notes_count} form(s). See the details above."
fi

required_notes.xsl

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
                xmlns:xf="http://www.w3.org/2002/xforms"
                xmlns:h="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
    <!-- Do not copy the required attribute for notes -->
    <xsl:template match="/h:html/h:head/xf:model/xf:bind[@type='string' and @readonly='true()' and @required='true()' and not(@calculate)]/@required">
    </xsl:template>

    <!-- Copy everything else -->
    <xsl:template match="node()|@*">
        <xsl:copy>
            <xsl:apply-templates select="node()|@*"/>
        </xsl:copy>
    </xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>