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Hi Len. We're in Brussels at the ISO SC 24 WG 6 meeting and
discussing<br>
the draft X3D Annotation Component that the Medical working group<br>
was originally working on. Dick Puk showed us a draft.<br>
<br>
Based on various discussions, we're hearing that this work will be
of<br>
specific value for our Medical, CAD, Augmented Reality (AR) and the<br>
E-Learning activities. No doubt it will be of general use too.<br>
<br>
General questions:<br>
- Can we get the current version publicly visible on web3d.org?<br>
- Wondering if use cases or requirements have been defined?<br>
- Where is the Xj3D partial implementation?<br>
- Any other implementations out there?<br>
- Did anyone try making node prototypes for experimental use?
Shouldn't be hard.<br>
<br>
I expect that we will need to update this draft to be well aligned<br>
with current specifications and practices of HTML5 and also the<br>
W3C Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI). These will be important<br>
steps for publishing 3D models and making X3D accessible to<br>
all Web users. Several business areas might also emerge in<br>
publishing X3D models of real-world locations to make them<br>
more accessible to people with physical impediments.<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.w3.org/WAI">http://www.w3.org/WAI</a><br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/spec.html">http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/spec.html</a><br>
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One draft can be found under the Web3D Member area,<br>
<b><a href="http://www.web3d.org/membership/login/documents">Members
Working Group Folders</a>, </b>MedX3D, "annotation.html"<br>
but I found nothing else in there about annotations... Hopefully<br>
any relevant work can be located and released to the public side.<br>
<br>
Mike, Nick, Justin (and anyone else with experience here), can you<br>
please help get everything relevant exposed and out in the open?<br>
<br>
An earlier version of the specification document is online at<br>
Xj3D Extensions - Annotations<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://svn.xj3d.org/xj3d_website/trunk/extensions/annotation.html">http://svn.xj3d.org/xj3d_website/trunk/extensions/annotation.html</a><br>
<br>
Thanks for all efforts to uncover this important work for review<br>
and (hopefully) renewed progress.<br>
<pre class="moz-signature" cols="0">all the best, Don
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Don Brutzman Naval Postgraduate School, Code USW/Br <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:brutzman@nps.edu">brutzman@nps.edu</a>
Watkins 270, MOVES Institute, Monterey CA 93943-5000 USA +1.831.656.2149
X3D graphics, virtual worlds, navy robotics <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://faculty.nps.edu/brutzman">http://faculty.nps.edu/brutzman</a>
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