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--></style></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Roy,</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The following JSON fails to validate, I think, at this point:</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>                      "-textureTransform": {<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>                        "-children": [<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>                          {<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>                            "#comment": "NULL node as child"<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>                          }<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>                        ]<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>                      },<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Likely more work needs to be done on the JSON schema and SFNode node fields.  I believe this is how you told me to do it this morning, so please advise.  Note that this is version 3.0, but I am validating with 3.3, I hope, it’s hard to tell, I cleared the 3.0 schema out of my browser.  It would probably be best if you validated against 3.3 yourself.  The error report failure is popping up (-children is an unexpected additional property), so…</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Thanks,</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>John</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>{</p><p class=MsoNormal>  "X3D": {</p><p class=MsoNormal>    "encoding": "UTF-8",</p><p class=MsoNormal>    "@profile": "Immersive",</p><p class=MsoNormal>    "@version": "3.0",</p><p class=MsoNormal>    "@xsd:noNamespaceSchemaLocation": "http://www.web3d.org/specifications/x3d-3.0.xsd",</p><p class=MsoNormal>    "JSON schema": "http://www.web3d.org/specifications/x3d-3.3-JSONSchema.json",</p><p class=MsoNormal>    "head": {</p><p class=MsoNormal>      "meta": [</p><p class=MsoNormal>        {</p><p class=MsoNormal>          "@name": "title",</p><p class=MsoNormal>          "@content": "Figure31.4WoodAppearancePrototypesLibrary.x3d"</p><p class=MsoNormal>        },</p><p class=MsoNormal>        {</p><p class=MsoNormal>          "@name": "creator",</p><p class=MsoNormal>          "@content": "Figure 31.4, The VRML 2.0 Sourcebook, Copyright [1997] By Andrea L. Ames, David R. Nadeau, and John L. Moreland"</p><p class=MsoNormal>        },</p><p class=MsoNormal>        {</p><p class=MsoNormal>          "@name": "reference",</p><p class=MsoNormal>          "@content": "http://www.wiley.com/legacy/compbooks/vrml2sbk/ch31/31fig04.htm"</p><p class=MsoNormal>        },</p><p class=MsoNormal>        {</p><p class=MsoNormal>          "@name": "translator",</p><p class=MsoNormal>          "@content": "Don Brutzman"</p><p class=MsoNormal>        },</p><p class=MsoNormal>        {</p><p class=MsoNormal>          "@name": "created",</p><p class=MsoNormal>          "@content": "31 October 2000"</p><p class=MsoNormal>        },</p><p class=MsoNormal>        {</p><p class=MsoNormal>          "@name": "modified",</p><p class=MsoNormal>          "@content": "28 May 2016"</p><p class=MsoNormal>        },</p><p class=MsoNormal>        {</p><p class=MsoNormal>          "@name": "description",</p><p class=MsoNormal>          "@content": "An external file containing an appearance library with wood appearances."</p><p class=MsoNormal>        },</p><p class=MsoNormal>        {</p><p class=MsoNormal>          "@name": "identifier",</p><p class=MsoNormal>          "@content": "http://www.web3d.org/x3d/content/examples/Vrml2.0Sourcebook/Chapter31-Prototypes/Figure31.4WoodAppearancePrototypesLibrary.x3d"</p><p class=MsoNormal>        },</p><p class=MsoNormal>        {</p><p class=MsoNormal>          "@name": "generator",</p><p class=MsoNormal>          "@content": "X3D-Edit 3.3, https://savage.nps.edu/X3D-Edit"</p><p class=MsoNormal>        },</p><p class=MsoNormal>        {</p><p class=MsoNormal>          "@name": "license",</p><p class=MsoNormal>          "@content": "../../license.html"</p><p class=MsoNormal>        },</p><p class=MsoNormal>        {</p><p class=MsoNormal>          "@name": "translated",</p><p class=MsoNormal>          "@content": "02 July 2016"</p><p class=MsoNormal>        },</p><p class=MsoNormal>        {</p><p class=MsoNormal>          "@name": "generator",</p><p class=MsoNormal>          "@content": "X3dToJson.xslt, http://www.web3d.org/x3d/stylesheets/X3dToJson.html"</p><p class=MsoNormal>        },</p><p class=MsoNormal>        {</p><p class=MsoNormal>          "@name": "warning",</p><p class=MsoNormal>          "@content": "An experimental version of X3D JSON encoding is used for this scene.  Status online at http://www.web3d.org/wiki/index.php/X3D_JSON_Encoding"</p><p class=MsoNormal>        }</p><p class=MsoNormal>      ]</p><p class=MsoNormal>    },</p><p class=MsoNormal>    "Scene": {</p><p class=MsoNormal>      "-children": [</p><p class=MsoNormal>        {},</p><p class=MsoNormal>        {},</p><p c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