[X3D-Public] announce: X3D Schematron rule improvements, updated X3D Validator, X3D-Edit

[Don Brutzman]

New features in X3D Schematron rules:

- Improved Humanoid Animation rules, including Joint symmetry and USE 
only allowed at top level
- Color value checks
- Improved reporting of attribute values, when appropriate
- A few more small checks for CAD and other nodes

X3D Schematron rules will find a large number of problems in authored 
X3D content.  These rules are also helpful because other XML validation 
reports can sometimes be confusing, even for simple error cases.

Updated versions available for use at:
- X3D Validator online at https://savage.nps.edu/X3dValidator
- X3D-Edit download is at https://savage.nps.edu/X3D-Edit

Examples:
- 
https://savage.nps.edu/X3dValidator?url=http://www.web3d.org/x3d/content/examples/HelloWorld.x3d
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https://savage.nps.edu/X3dValidator?url=http://www.web3d.org/x3d/content/examples/Basic/CAD/CatiaHubAssemblyCombined.x3d
- 
https://savage.nps.edu/X3dValidator?url=http://www.web3d.org/x3d/content/examples/Basic/CAD/KeyFobWeb3d2013BasqueCountry.x3d
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https://savage.nps.edu/X3dValidator?url=http://www.web3d.org/x3d/content/examples/Basic/HumanoidAnimation/HAnimSpecificationLOA3Illustrated.x3d

Reference for more information:
- X3D Resources - Quality Assurance
- 
http://www.web3d.org/x3d/content/examples/X3dResources.html#QualityAssurance

Comments welcome.  Have fun with X3D!

all the best, Don
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Don Brutzman  Naval Postgraduate School, Code USW/Br       brutzman at nps.edu
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X3D graphics, virtual worlds, navy robotics http://faculty.nps.edu/brutzman