[x3d-public] ECMAScript (JavaScript) language support for X3D

[John Carlson]

I saw internationalization for ECMAScript in your included image.  Very
important!

John

On Wed, Jun 3, 2020 at 8:15 AM Don Brutzman <brutzman at nps.edu> wrote:

> As we start exploring potential upgrade to X3D Scene Access Interface
> (SAI) for ECMAScript (JavaScript), it is good to establish expectations for
> support.
>
> Summary recommendation: we should use latest version for best
> compatibility and future stability.
>
> This will be an agenda item Friday for X3D Working Group, let's discuss to
> ensure complete clarity, then enter a Mantis issue for planned X3D
> specification updates.
>
> References of interest follow, all freely available:
>
> [0] X3D Graphics Standards Relationships
>
> https://www.web3d.org/specifications/X3dSpecificationRelationships.png
>
> https://www.web3d.org/specifications/X3dSpecificationRelationships.pdf
>
> [1] X3D Architecture, 29.4.1 Script
>
> https://www.web3d.org/documents/specifications/19775-1/V3.3/Part01/components/scripting.html#Script
>
> "Browsers are not required to support any specific language. Detailed
> information on scripting languages is described in 29.2 Concepts. Browsers
> supporting a scripting language for which a language binding is specified
> shall adhere to that language binding (see _ISO/IEC 19777_)."
>
> [2] X3D Architecture, 29.2.1 Overview
>
> https://www.web3d.org/documents/specifications/19775-1/V3.3/Part01/components/scripting.html#ScriptingOverview
>
> "This clause describes the general mechanisms and semantics of all
> scripting access. _2.[I19775-2]_ defines a set of abstract scripting
> services and specific languages bound to those services."
>
> TODO editorial erratum: inconsistent referencing style
>
> [3] X3D Abstract : Scene Access Interface (SAI), ISO/IEC 19775-2:2015
>      Clause 7 Conformance and minimum support requirements
>
> https://www.web3d.org/documents/specifications/19775-2/V3.3/Part02/conformance.html
>
> [4] X3D Language Bindings : ECMAScript (JavaScript)
>      ISO/IEC CD 19777-1:201x, Edition 2, v3.3
>
> https://www.web3d.org/documents/specifications/19777-1/V3.3/index.html
>
> [5] X3D Language Bindings : ECMAScript (JavaScript), 2 Normative references
>      I16262 - ISO/IEC 16262:2011 Information technology — ECMAScript
> language specification
>
> https://www.web3d.org/documents/specifications/19777-1/V3.3/Part1/references.html
>
> [6] ISO/IEC 16262:2011
>      Information technology — Programming languages, their environments
> and system software interfaces — ECMAScript language specification
>
> "This standard has been revised by ISO/IEC 22275:2018"
>
> [7] ISO/IEC 22275:2018
>      Information technology — Programming languages, their environments,
> and system software interfaces — ECMAScript® Specification Suite
>      https://www.iso.org/standard/73002.html
>
>      The electronic version of this International Standard can be
> downloaded from the ISO/IEC Information Technology Task Force (ITTF) web
> site.
>
> http://isotc.iso.org/livelink/livelink/fetch/2000/2489/Ittf_Home/PubliclyAvailableStandards.htm
>
> https://standards.iso.org/ittf/PubliclyAvailableStandards/c073002_ISO_IEC_22275_2018.zip
>      (10 pages long)
>
> "The following Standards constitute the current ECMAScript Specification
> Suite (see Figure 1)"
>
> * ECMA-262, ECMAScript® Language Specification
> * ECMA-402, ECMAScript® Internationalization API Specification
> * ISO/IEC 21778, Information technology — The JSON data interchange syntax
> [Adoption of ECMA-404]
>
> Attached: Figure 1 — Components of the ECMAScript Specification Suite
> Standard
>
> [8] Standard ECMA-262 - Ecma International
>
> https://www.ecma-international.org/publications/standards/Ecma-262.htm
>      10th edition (June 2019)
>
> "Standard ECMA-262. This Standard defines the ECMAScript 2019
> general-purpose programming language. Kindly note that the normative copy
> is the HTML version; the PDF version has been produced to generate a
> printable document. This 10th edition has been prepared under the Ecma RF
> patent policy."
>
> Gosh, that was easy wasn't it...
>
> As ever, all comments welcome.  Have fun with X3D and JavaScript!   8)
>
> all the best, Don
> --
> Don Brutzman  Naval Postgraduate School, Code USW/Br
> brutzman at nps.edu
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