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<div>Andreas,<br>
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I am looking forward to web components. I'm sure there is a lot
out there on that, I just don't have the bandwidth to pursue it
right now. I hope to get there by the end of the month.<br>
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The details of how to access the internals may change
depending on how<br>
the data is loaded (potentially the data format) and the
kind of<br>
protection that might be needed. For example a model may
represent a<br>
part that should not be modified (because of licensing,
etc.). The X3D<br>
library may need to enforce (to an extent) that
restriction by not<br>
exposing that model to the DOM and user modification. Note
that I am not<br>
arguing for absolute protection or DRM mechanisms.<br>
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<div>Yes, I thought the main motivation for EXPORT may be to
control what is exposed. But then again, the inline node
has to be able to be downloaded and therefore will be
subject to any manipulation locally, including outside of
X3D, so this control would be mostly symbolic, as far as I
can see. Is it more useful than limiting to have such a
barrier ?<br>
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Given that it cannot be truly protected, I am thinking more as a
convention so that external methods don't accidentally try to access
those nodes/structures. Sort-of like many interpreted languages
using a leading underscore in method names to indicate that they
should be treated as "private".<br>
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<font size="+1"><b>Leonard Daly</b></font><br>
3D Systems & Cloud Consultant<br>
LA ACM SIGGRAPH Chair<br>
President, Daly Realism - <i>Creating the Future</i>
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