[x3d-public] Call to Progress on X3D V4

[Leonard Daly]

On 1/14/2016 8:17 AM, doug sanden wrote:
> Joe,
> If x3dom node definitions are not proprietary -if they are web3d.org- then why doesn't Leonard just snapshot x3dom node definitions and call it version 4?

Doug,

X3DOM is separately licensed under MIT and GNU - making it open source.

The nodes, fields, and design of the internals is open, but not standard.

It is not my option to create V4, that is the provance of the X3D WG 
with direction from the Web3D Consortium BOD.



> -Doug
> more..
> PS if there's a difference between dom and classic, I would prefer a separate numerical series for the DOM vs Classic, since cobweb can do classic in a browser, and we may need more revisions of classic.

That is one of the big questions for the X3D WG. To some extent, 
differences can be handled via Profiles. The question is if there are 
differences that cannot be handled via profiles, what should be done?


Leonard Daly





> ie
> classic v3.4 -> v4 v5 ...
> dom v1.0 ... or start dom at 4, and call it dom 4
> OR
> classic v1 v2 v3 v4 v5
> dom  .............\ v4 v5
> more..
> 4 hypotheses for delay in v4/dom:
> H0: proprietary blockage
> H1: resistance from classic supporters not wanting their numerical series cut off
> H2: desire by standards designers to add some value, beyond copy and pasting, and no broad support for it
> H3: confusion over what is standardizable wrt dom: node definitions vs. browser functionality. I gather the standard would cover the node definitions as seen by exporters, but not how wrapped in the html file for a particular dom-based browser implemention.
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*Leonard Daly*
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