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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">X3D Java Scene Access Interface Library (X3DJSAIL) supports programmers with standards-based X3D Java interfaces and objects, all as open source.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><a href="http://www.web3d.org/specifications/java/X3DJSAIL.html">http://www.web3d.org/specifications/java/X3DJSAIL.html</a></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Am happy to report a new release, building using Java OpenJDK16 and the latest open-source edition of the Saxon library for XSLT, version 10.5.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Existing capabilities are massive. Test suites all pass. Updates are few but helpful.</p>
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<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">Full support for X3D4 as instantiated by X3D Unified Object Model (X3DUOM)</li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">Tested with latest
<a href="https://www.blender.org/">Blender 2.93.4 LTS</a></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><a href="https://www.meshlab.net/">Meshlab</a> updates are now released monthly but it no longer supports meshlabserver invocation, though their team is working on a Python version</li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">Added .setIS(), getIS(), hasIS() and .clearIS() to fieldValue for nested ProtoInstance nodes within a ProtoBody – thanks John Carlson for figuring out the gap and explaining.</li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">Renewed autogeneration and self-validation of all 4000 Java versions of X3D models found in the
<a href="https://www.web3d.org/x3d/content/examples/X3dResources.html#Examples">X3D Example Archives</a></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Have fun with X3D Java!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">all the best, Don<br>
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">-- <br>
Don Brutzman Naval Postgraduate School, Code USW/Br brutzman@nps.edu<br>
Watkins 270, MOVES Institute, Monterey CA 93943-5000 USA +1.831.656.2149<br>
X3D graphics, virtual worlds, navy robotics </span><a href="http://faculty.nps.edu/brutzman"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">http://faculty.nps.edu/brutzman</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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