[x3d-public] ProtoDeclarations via SAI ?

[Don Brutzman]

On 10/26/2016 4:07 PM, Andreas Plesch wrote:
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> There may be DOM strategies to achieve functionality similar to ProtoDeclare and ProtoInstance such as templating engines.

yes, since prototypes are a template for a customized collection of other X3D nodes.

> Should it be a design goal of the SAI standard to actually enable a fully featured scene authoring tool which only uses SAI methods ?

yes, should be possible if done properly.

The design goal for all X3D language bindings (SAI javascript, SAI java, etc.) and file encodings (XML, ClassicVRML, binary, JSON) is to fully and correctly match the semantics of the X3D abstract specification.

and i suppose.. the design goal for the X3D Object Model is actually the same: fully capture the object-oriented nature of the X3D scene graph in the X3D abstract specification.  what thinkest thou Roy?

all the best, Don
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