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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Consolas;
color:#1F497D'>While a little bit on the subject of graphics and textures, let
us remember about the Universal Media Element Library (UMEL) circa 1999, in
case there is any relevance. Several high quality textures that were donated in
the past and put in the public domain are still available at the URL below. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<pre style='background:white'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Consolas;
color:#1F497D'>Of particular interest is the use of URNs as implemented (by me) in BS Contact (look in the cache settings), which allows for textures to be distributed and fetched from several locations including locally (ex. </span><b><span
style='color:black'>urn:vrml:umel:texture/wood/oak001.gif</span></b><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#1F497D'>).</span><span
style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></pre>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Consolas;
color:#1F497D'>But this involved much more than textures, as code snippets and
3D objects were envisioned to be shared in much the same way, though I am not
sure what ever came of it as far as X3D.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Consolas;
color:#1F497D'><a href="http://www.officetowers.com/UniversalMedia/index.htm">http://www.officetowers.com/UniversalMedia/index.htm</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Consolas;
color:#1F497D'>GL<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Simplified Arabic Fixed";
color:#1F497D'>________________________________________________________<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Simplified Arabic Fixed";
color:#1F497D'>* * * Interactive Multimedia - Internet Management * * *<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Simplified Arabic Fixed";
color:#1F497D'> * * Virtual Reality -- Application Programming * *<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Simplified Arabic Fixed";
color:#1F497D'> * 3D Net Productions 3dnetproductions.com *<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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