[x3d-public] Fwd: Re: charter points for X3D Semantics Working Group, resuming discussion (from Jakub)

Fri Nov 9 09:23:02 PST 2018

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Subject: Re: charter points for X3D Semantics Working Group, resuming discussion
Date: Fri, 9 Nov 2018 15:23:59 +0100
From: Jakub Flotyński <flotynski at kti.ue.poznan.pl>
To: Brutzman, Donald (Don) (CIV) <brutzman at nps.edu>, X3D Graphics public mailing list <x3d-public at web3d.org>
CC: Leslie Sikos <leslie at lesliesikos.com>

Dear All,

it's perfect for me. A minor corrections.

Best regards
Jakub

W dniu 04.11.2018 o 23:59, Brutzman, Donald (Don) (CIV) pisze:
> Much X3D Semantic Web activity has been going on for quite a while, most noticeably in papers and presentations during the past few years of Web3D Conferences.  It looks pretty clear that we are achieving critical mass so that much sharing, stabilization and usage can occur during the coming year.
>
> Discussions to date are pretty conclusive that this needs to be a Web3D Member working group in order to ensure that Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) restrictions are met and maximum benefit is achieved for all working groups.  At the same time, similar to the X3D Working Group, much of this group's work is expected to be periodically shared in the public community for best comment and adoption opportunities.
>
> So once again, there is much value in membership and non-members interested in this effort are cordially invited to join.
>
> 	Join the Web3D Consortium
> 	http://www.web3d.org/join
>
> We intend to have this charter and associated website references fully ready for review by Web3D Members and Board of Directors within a month.
>
> Thanks for considering the possibilities, and for all feedback.  Attached please find prior draft charter points with comments still exposed.  Current draft also attached, change tracking on, to resume improvements.  Plain text follows.
>
> ===========================================================
> DRAFT revised 4 NOV 2018
>
> *Name*: *X3D Semantic Web Working Group*
> -	Provides complete clarity about our scope: two standards areas, X3D and the Semantic Web
> -	Provide clarity how other diverse 3D technologies might best use semantic technologies
>
> *Mission*
> -	Publish models to the Web using X3D to best gain Web interoperability and enable intelligent 3D applications, feature-based 3D model querying, and reasoning over 3D scenes
>
> *Motivations*
> a.	Establish best practices for metadata and semantic information/relationships using X3D as a Web-based presentation layer.
> b.	Enable authors to utilize the power of X3Dv4 and HTML5/DOM together in any Web page utilizing a family of specifications and practices provided by the Semantic Web, such as HTML5 Microdata (microformats) and Linked Open Data, (possibly) MPEG-7 and related references.
> c.	Align the X3Dv4 specification with these standards as best possible to further enable the Digital Publishing industry and communities.
> d.	Describe value proposition for utilizing semantic information in concert with archival export, publishing, visualization, and printing of any 3D model as X3D.
> Goals
> a.	Enable more effective search, comparison, and analysis of X3D models through the advanced use of metadata, shape geometry, etc.
> b.	Create and partially autogenerate X3Dv4 OWL ontology from the X3D Unified Object Model (X3DUOM) using best-practice design patterns, starting with those shown by prior published work.
> c.	Support various Web3D Working Group domains, including CAD, 3D printing/scanning, Medical, Cultural and Natural Heritage, Humanoid Animation (HAnim) and someday Building Information Models (BIM).
> d.	Build and maintain a list of domain-specific controlled vocabularies and taxonomies that are suitable for use in concert with the X3D Ontology.
>
> *Work Summary*
>
> We plan to collaboratively design a general framework covering a number of open issues focused on but not limited to:
> 1.	representation of semantics of 3D objects within X3D documents,
> 2.	representation of semantics of the counterpart real objects within X3D documents,
> 3.	automatic generating of X3D documents based on ontologies and vice versa,
> 4.	queries to semantic X3D documents.
> Such a general framework could by gradually extended with new concepts related to very different areas of using semantics with X3D.
>
> *Outcomes*
>
> a.	Create appropriate specifications and recommended practices for Semantic X3D.
> b.	Publish and deploy products based on the X3D Ontology using multiple syntax formats including RDF/OWL, Turtle Triple Language (TTL) and JSON for Linked Data (JSON-LD).
> c.	Build suite of exemplars and tools, including X3D Model Exchange https://modelexchange.nps.edu
> d.	Publish papers, provide tutorials, hold workshops, and influence other groups within and outside Web3D.
>
> *Working Group Participation and Visibility*
>
> a.	Must be a Web3D Consortium member, sign Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) agreement etc. to participate in working group.  (This provides strong protection for all our work.)
> b.	Results will be openly accessible and publicly downloadable to encourage feedback, at first likely using same location and design patterns as X3D Example Archives, X3D Specifications and X3D Unified Object Model (X3DUOM) on SourceForge.
> c.	If we want to put member-only examples up on github (for example, private work shared with other liaisons like HL7 or DICOM perhaps), we do have infrastructure in place now.
> d.	If we want to put public examples on github, we’ll need another account there.
> e.	Frequency of meetings is likely to be every 1-2 weeks, using Web3D teleconference line, with meeting times will be determined by participants.
>
> Leslie Sikos, Jakub Flotynski, Don Brutzman
>
> ===========================================================
>
> Have fun with Semantic X3D!
>
> all the best, Don

-- 
Dr. eng. Jakub Flotyński
Assistant Professor
Department of Information Technology
Poznań University of Economics and Business
Niepodległości 10, 61-875 Poznań, Poland
phone/fax: (+48)(61)639-2758
e-mail: flotynski at kti.ue.poznan.pl
http://www.kti.ue.poznan.pl/flotynski

all the best, Don
-- 
Don Brutzman  Naval Postgraduate School, Code USW/Br       brutzman at nps.edu
Watkins 270,  MOVES Institute, Monterey CA 93943-5000 USA   +1.831.656.2149
X3D graphics, virtual worlds, navy robotics http://faculty.nps.edu/brutzman
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