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--></style></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>I am actually thinking of the keys (names) as Shapes as well, like a key that unlocks a door. Any key-value database that has keys as objects and values as objects should do (Thinking of Java public interface RenderableCollection extends Map<RenderableObject,RenderableObject>, RenderableObject {} or some such). Perhaps an example would help? But yeah, a switch in a proto might work.</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Has anyone done it? What value might this lend to a web authoring environment? How many web-based X3D authoring environments are there?</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>Sent from <a href="https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986">Mail</a> for Windows 10</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div style='mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='border:none;padding:0in'><b>From: </b><a href="mailto:vmarchetti@kshell.com">vmarchetti@kshell.com</a><br><b>Sent: </b>Thursday, July 19, 2018 6:51 AM<br><b>To: </b><a href="mailto:yottzumm@gmail.com">John Carlson</a>; <a href="mailto:x3d-public@web3d.org">X3D-Public</a><br><b>Subject: </b>Re: [x3d-public] key-value database in VRML</p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The Metadata nodes could form the basis of a key-value database attached to X3D scene elements. It might be interesting to think about new nodes, implementable as Prototypes, that are motivated by treating each visual element's Metadata as a key-value set and performing search and comparison operations. -- for example, could you write a Prototype that was visually rendered as a Shape identified by some condition on the Shape's Metadata?<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Vince Marchetti<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><br><br><o:p></o:p></p><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Jul 19, 2018, at 4:26 AM, John Carlson <<a href="mailto:yottzumm@gmail.com">yottzumm@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Has anyone built a key-value database in VRML (not stored VRML in a key-value database)?<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>John<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Monaco",serif'>_______________________________________________<br>x3d-public mailing list<br></span><a href="mailto:x3d-public@web3d.org"><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Monaco",serif;color:#954F72'>x3d-public@web3d.org</span></a><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Monaco",serif'><br></span><a href="http://web3d.org/mailman/listinfo/x3d-public_web3d.org"><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Monaco",serif;color:#954F72'>http://web3d.org/mailman/listinfo/x3d-public_web3d.org</span></a><o:p></o:p></p></div></blockquote></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>