[x3d-public] [consortium] X3D4 materials available, no X3D meeting Friday 7 August 2020

[Michalis Kamburelis]

I figured that this was an old news item, just edited, instead of creating
a new news item :)

The problem I report is that this news post contains a link to a 1st
working draft of X3Dv4, from a ~year ago. The page
https://www.web3d.org/news-story/x3dv4-draft-specification-available-public-now
contains link to
https://www.web3d.org/specifications/X3Dv4Draft/ISO-IEC19775-1v4-WD1/
(click on "X3Dv4 Public Working Draft Specification"). It doesn't contain
e.g. PBR stuff, and a zillion of other new features :)

As a casual person coming to Web3D website, I would not know that I
mistakenly view an outdated document. The post is a mixture of text that
applies to 1st working draft (link to 1st working draft, the text "Release
reviewed satisfactorily by X3D Working Group, 19 July 2019") and text that
applies to 2nd working draft ("X3Dv4 (WD2) draft specification is available
to public now!").

So, I suggest to edit the "X3Dv4 Public Working Draft Specification" link,
to lead to https://www.web3d.org/specifications/X3Dv4Draft (latest working
draft).

You're using Drupal for these news I see -- it is possible to edit the post
detail (even the post creation date, as visible by user).

Regards,
Michalis

pon., 10 sie 2020 o 13:15 Anita Havele <anita.havele at web3d.org> napisał(a):

> This was our news item from last year that was updated for for this draft
> release. Please see the content.
>
> Best Regards,
> Anita-Havele
>
>
> On Aug 8, 2020, at 7:19 PM, Michalis Kamburelis <michalis.kambi at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> 
> Great news about the new X3D v4 draft being available!
>
> Note: Announcement on the main page https://www.web3d.org/ , in the
> "News" box, leads to
> https://www.web3d.org/news-story/x3dv4-draft-specification-available-public-now
> which says:
>
> - "Submitted by anita.havele on Wed, 2019-07-24 08:26" (despite main page
> saying it's an announcement from [2020 Aug 3]),
>
> - The "X3Dv4 Public Working Draft Specification" link in this announcement
> leads to the old working draft version 1, from ~year ago,
> https://www.web3d.org/specifications/X3Dv4Draft/ISO-IEC19775-1v4-WD1/ .
> You probably want to update it now to lead to
> https://www.web3d.org/specifications/X3Dv4Draft/ISO-IEC19775-1v4-WD2/ .
> Or use the stable link https://www.web3d.org/specifications/X3Dv4Draft .
>
> Regards,
> Michalis
>
>
> czw., 6 sie 2020 o 18:26 Don Brutzman <brutzman at nps.edu> napisał(a):
>
>> We are way busy!  Great set of Web3D webinars this week, also excellent
>> set of ISO meetings are ongoing.
>>
>> Given this furious state of activity, we will skip our regular Friday
>> meeting this week.
>>
>> Suggested activity: review presentation and public release of X3D4
>> Working Draft 2!
>>
>> * X3D Version 4 Overview
>>    https://www.web3d.org/x3d4
>>
>> * X3D Version 4 Draft: Ready for Early Adoption! presentation
>>
>> https://www.web3d.org/sites/default/files/page/X3D%20Version%204%20Overview/X3dVersion4Siggraph2020Brutzman.2020August3.pdf
>>
>> * X3D4 Public Working Draft Specification, second release
>>    https://www.web3d.org/x3dv4-public-working-draft
>>
>> As ever: all questions, feedback and improvement are welcome.  Have fun
>> with X3D4!  8)
>>
>> 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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