[x3d-public] [x3d] X3D schema, DTD updates: SIGGRAPH milestone

[Michael Aratow]

What a great milestone!

Thanks to everyone who put in the hard work to make this happen!

Mike

On 8/3/15 9:28 PM, Don Brutzman wrote:
> First a sincere Thank You to Roy Walmsley for his detailed scrutiny of 
> the X3D specifications.  Our weekly calls focused on X3D Schema and 
> DTD refinements have been totally productive.  All inputs and feedback 
> are welcome.
>
> Am further happy to report that for the first time in, uh, maybe 
> forever, all of the X3D Schemas and DTDs are fully up to date and no 
> known errors are documented in the Mantis issue tracker.  What a great 
> milestone prior to SIGGRAPH next week!  Web3D participants have a lot 
> planned, hope to see everyone there.  8)
>
>     X3D: Xroads of 3D on the Web
>     http://www.web3d.org/event/x3d-xroads-3d-web
>
> Details of this latest release:
>
> ============================================================================= 
>
>
> 3 August 2015, walmsley brutzman
> - Refined ChildContentModelCore annotation to node that X3DNode 
> content model can include
>   IS/connect prior to (Metadata) nodes.
> - Corrected stylesheet autogeneration of X3D XML Encoding paragraph 
> 6.2.179 Script
>   to show <field> preceding <IS>
> http://www.web3d.org/specifications/stylesheets/EncodingOfNodes.html#Script
> ============================================================================= 
>
>
> 3 August 2015, walmsley, brutzman
> - (v3.2+) X3DColorDamper nodes: default value for order field is 3, not 0
> - Noted in comments that, unlike Schema, the DTD content model for 
> Script node
>   is not ordered
> ============================================================================= 
>
>
> These assets can be found on the X3D Specifications: XML Schema and 
> DOCTYPE Validation page.
>
>         http://www.web3d.org/specifications
>
> Full documentation updates have been autogenerated for the XML Schema 
> and DOCTYPE, available for X3D versions 3.0 through 3.4. Recommended 
> version is 3.3.
>
> http://www.web3d.org/specifications/X3dSchemaDocumentation3.3/x3d-3.3.html
> http://www.web3d.org/specifications/X3dDoctypeDocumentation3.3.html
>
> The X3D Working Group also maintains the X3D Graphics Standards: 
> Specification Relationships diagram up to date, showing the roadmap 
> for all major planned work.
>
> http://www.web3d.org/specifications/X3dSpecificationRelationships.png
> http://www.web3d.org/specifications/X3dSpecificationRelationships.pdf
>
> Please note that X3D version 3.4 is experimental and supports 
> specification development.
>
> Changes are tested through validation regression testing of 3800+ 
> open-source X3D scenes.
>
>     X3D Resources: Examples
> http://www.web3d.org/x3d/content/examples/X3dResources.html#Examples
>
>     X3D Resources: Quality Assurance (QA)
> http://www.web3d.org/x3d/content/examples/X3dResources.html#QualityAssurance
>
> Corresponding updates have also been released in the following:
>
>     X3D Tooltips
> http://www.web3d.org/x3d/content/examples/X3dResources.html#Tooltips
>
>     X3D Validator
>     https://savage.nps.edu/X3dValidator
>
>     X3D-Edit Authoring Tool
>     https://savage.nps.edu/X3D-Edit
>
> Feedback welcome, thanks for all testing and contributions.  Have fun 
> with X3D!
>
> all the best, Don