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

[John Carlson]

I also saw that JSON was standardized by ISO.  See:

https://www.iso.org/standard/71616.html

Good news!   Can we progress without a standardized schema?

John

On Thu, Jun 4, 2020 at 2:28 AM John Carlson <yottzumm at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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
>> 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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