[x3d-public] X3D Working Group DRAFT Minutes - 29 July

Tue Aug 4 20:19:41 PDT 2015

I think I forgot to send the minutes from last week's meeting. This is a 
DRAFT version. Please comment with any changes or corrections.

*X3D Working Group Meeting*

*Wednesday, 2015-07-29*

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*Attendees:*Leonard Daly, Roy Walmsley, Dick Puk, Don Brutzman, Anita Havele

*MIA:*Fraunhofer, Bitmanagement, Joe Williams, Nicholas Polys

*Excused: *No one

Focus: *X3D Futures for SIGGRAPH*

/Meeting started at 8:10 (PDT)/

1.Introductions (All)

2.Spec Status (Dick)

2.1.Diagram showing spec document relationships:

2.1.1.Chart with specification relationships
http://www.web3d.org/specifications/X3dSpecificationRelationships.png
http://www.web3d.org/specifications/X3dSpecificationRelationships.pdf

2.2.Dick received proof text for 19775-2

2.3.Sending to ISO the Disposition of Comments from 19777-1.

3.Schedule through the September

3.1.Topics (tentative)

3.1.1.5 August 2015 – SIGGRAPH Planning

3.1.2.11 August 2015, 3:30pm Room 504 (LACC)

3.1.3.19 August 2015 – SIGGRAPH Review, SC-24 preparation

3.1.4.26 August 2015 – TBD (SC-24 meeting)

3.1.5.2 September 2015 – X3D Futures (V3.4, V4.x, or any topic related 
to future specifications)

3.1.6.9 September 2015 – TBD

3.1.7.16 September 2015 – TBD

3.1.8.23 September 2015 – TBD

3.1.9.30 September 2015 – TBD

4.X3D Futures

4.1.SIGGRAPH in 2- weeks

4.1.1.Review press release – link from Anita

4.1.2.Request a summary of accomplishments and plans from each of the WGs

4.1.3.BOF schedule: http://www.web3d.org/event/x3d-xroads-3d-web

4.2.Major announcement on X3D V4

4.3.Binary geometry

4.3.1.SRC standard

4.3.2.EXI implementations

4.4.X3D V3.4 document and/or functionality

4.5.Review of Disposition of Comments for 19777-1

5.Press Release (Anita)

5.1.WG interaction collaboration of editing and review of press release.

5.2.Work completed on X3D V4 press release to be posted to PR service 
tomorrow (Thursday). Any changes must be coordinated with Anita.

5.3.Document references new web page http://www.web3d.org/x3d-version-4

5.4.Work completed on SIGGRAPH press release to be posted to PR service 
tomorrow (Thursday). Any changes must be coordinated with Anita.

6.SRC (Leonard)

6.1.Document in progress at http://realism.com/x3d-tools/Specifications/SRC

6.2.Section 5 starts description of format.

6.3.Some parts appear not to be defined in the paper: 
http://x3dom.org/src/files/Web3d2014_SRC.pdf

6.4.Meet with Khronos during SIGGRAPH (by Tuesday noon)

6.5.Reviewed existing document

6.5.1.Need to write New Work Item proposal (Don’s request, no volunteers)

6.5.2.Need source control for documentation (Leonard to set up)

7.Separate note:

7.1.SourceForge down for 2 weeks earlier this month

7.2.Some check-ins were identified as not recorded

7.3.Web3D material has been fully updated

7.3.1.Don has all of the originals

7.3.2.Roy keeps a current full dump of material

8.X3D V 4

8.1.BOF Topics

8.1.1.General X3D V4 Strategy

8.1.2.Dealing with V3.4 functionality

8.1.3.Profiles

8.1.3.1.How to determine what goes into X3D V4

8.1.3.2.Need to provide background prior to start of discussion

8.1.3.3.Intent is not to determine node-by-node what’s in and what’s out

8.1.3.4.Direct HTML support (a la X3DOM)

8.1.3.5.New profile

8.1.3.6.Immersive-level experience

8.1.3.7.DRAFT specification soon (perhaps this year)

8.1.3.8.Profile size / node support

8.1.3.9.Delivery date

8.1.4.Tools

8.1.4.1.Unity exporters (Arendash and Franke)

8.1.4.2.Other exporters

8.1.4.3.Conversion tools

8.1.5.How to engage

8.1.5.1.Projects wish list

8.1.6.Encodings

8.1.6.1.JSON

8.1.6.2.EXI

8.1.6.3.SRC

8.2.Pages at URLs below highlight differences between X3D and X3DOM

8.2.1.http://realism.com/x3d-tools/Specifications/comparison.php

8.2.2.www.web3d.org/specifications/X3dNodeInventoryComparison.xlsx 
<http://www.web3d.org/specifications/X3dNodeInventoryComparison.xlsx>

8.2.3.www.web3d.org/specifications/X3dNodeInventoryComparison.pdf 
<http://www.web3d.org/specifications/X3dNodeInventoryComparison.pdf>

8.2.4.First URL shows node-level differences between potential profiles

8.2.5..2 & .3 show implementation status

9.Review of Disposition of Comments for 19777-1

9.1.A number of minor corrections and changes from Don

9.2.Most incorporated by Dick into ISO document

/Meeting ended at 10:27/

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-- 
*Leonard Daly*
X3D Co-Chair
Cloud Consultant
President, Daly Realism - /Creating the Future/
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