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<p class="MsoNormal">Attendees John Carlson, Anita Havele, Vince Marchetti, Dick Puk, Don Brutzman<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:-.25in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo1">We discussed potential execution of additional tutorials during Web3D 2021 on X3D4 and glTF-X3D for physically based rendering.<o:p></o:p></li></ol>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.25in">Web3D 2021: 26th International Conference on 3D Web Technology<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.25in">Virtual Event, Organized by ISTI-CNR. Pisa, Italy, November 8-12, 2021<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.25in"><a href="https://web3d.siggraph.org/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1D419F">https://web3d.siggraph.org</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:-.25in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo1">X3DJSAIL update was deployed. This includes long-needed updates to Saxon HE libraries for XSLT to version 10.6 Home Edition HE (open source).<o:p></o:p></li></ol>
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<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2">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></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2"><a href="https://www.web3d.org/specifications/java/X3DJSAIL.html">https://www.web3d.org/specifications/java/X3DJSAIL.html</a>
<o:p></o:p></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Investigated and answered question about setID() getID() methods. Now documented:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">X3DJSAIL Utility Methods and Functionality<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.web3d.org/specifications/java/X3DJSAIL.html#UtilityMethods">https://www.web3d.org/specifications/java/X3DJSAIL.html#UtilityMethods</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:darkgreen">Complete</span></i><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">. Utility methods for X3D model attributes when used
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<span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Methods of interest for common HTML attributes are present but have slightly different names to clearly differentiate them from X3D fields.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3">
<span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Specific patterns include </span><code><span style="font-size:10.0pt">getHtmlID(), getCssClass(), getCssStyle()</span></code><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> and </span><code><span style="font-size:10.0pt">setHtmlID(newValue),
setCssClass(newValue), setCssStyle(newValue)</span></code><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3">
<span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Example methods: </span><code><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black"><a href="https://www.web3d.org/specifications/java/javadoc/org/web3d/x3d/jsail/Geometry3D/Box.html#getHtmlID()">Box.getHtmlID()</a></span></code><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"> and </span><code><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black"><a href="https://www.web3d.org/specifications/java/javadoc/org/web3d/x3d/jsail/Geometry3D/Box.html#setHtmlID(java.lang.String)">Box.setHtmlID(java.lang.String)</a></span></code><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">, </span><code><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black"><a href="https://www.web3d.org/specifications/java/javadoc/org/web3d/x3d/jsail/Geometry3D/Box.html#getCssClass()">Box.getCssClass()</a></span></code><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"> and </span><code><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black"><a href="https://www.web3d.org/specifications/java/javadoc/org/web3d/x3d/jsail/Geometry3D/Box.html#setCssClass(java.lang.String)">Box.setCssClass(java.lang.String)</a></span></code><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">, </span><code><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black"><a href="https://www.web3d.org/specifications/java/javadoc/org/web3d/x3d/jsail/Geometry3D/Box.html#getCssStyle()">Box.getCssStyle()</a></span></code><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"> and </span><code><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black"><a href="https://www.web3d.org/specifications/java/javadoc/org/web3d/x3d/jsail/Geometry3D/Box.html#setCssStyle(java.lang.String)">Box.setCssStyle(java.lang.String)</a></span></code><code><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></code></li></ul>
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<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:-.25in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo1">Thanks to initiatives by John Carlson, we had a good discussion about using the Open Discussion section of SourceForge to comment on specific issues with X3D models and codebases
there.<o:p></o:p></li></ol>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:.25in"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3"><a href="https://sourceforge.net/p/x3d/discussion/169856/">x3d / Discussion / Open Discussion (sourceforge.net)</a><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3"><a href="https://sourceforge.net/p/x3d/discussion/169856">https://sourceforge.net/p/x3d/discussion/169856</a><o:p></o:p></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal">John, let’s together look closer at this please.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">- We already have an archived “discussion” list, namely this very same x3d-public mailing list. Another is not needed.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">- Issue reporting always needs to be terse and precise (not endless copying of threads) or it is simply not readable, repeatable or useful.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">- We might try to do “Tickets” instead as a way to track the specifics of individual bugs and fixes.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:-.25in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo1">3D text. In response to recurring list questions about 3D text, added the following Mantis issue for future X3D 4.1. Feedback welcome.<o:p></o:p></li></ol>
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<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3">Mantis 1374: Need to add 3D text capabilities<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3"><a href="https://www.web3d.org/member-only/mantis/view.php?id=1374">https://www.web3d.org/member-only/mantis/view.php?id=1374</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.25in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">Need to add 3D text capabilities as a long-requested feature in X3D.<br clear="all">
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Characteristics of potential interesting include:<br clear="all">
* compatibility with Text, FontStyle, ScreenFontStyle<br clear="all">
* possibility of simple extrusion of 2D fonts,<br clear="all">
* possible interoperability with WebFonts<br clear="all">
* internationalization (I18N) and localization (L10N)<br clear="all">
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Related:<br clear="all">
* <a href="https://www.w3.org/Fonts"><span style="color:royalblue">https://www.w3.org/Fonts</span></a><br clear="all">
* <a href="https://www.w3.org/groups/wg/webfonts"><span style="color:royalblue">https://www.w3.org/groups/wg/webfonts</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:-.25in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo1">Mantis issue progress remains steady, Dick and I continue to maintain forward momentum. X3D 4.0 Resolution list attached.<o:p></o:p></li></ol>
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<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3"><a href="https://www.web3d.org/member-only/mantis/view_all_bug_page.php">View Issues - Web3D MantisBT</a><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3"><a href="https://www.web3d.org/member-only/mantis/view_all_bug_page.php">https://www.web3d.org/member-only/mantis/view_all_bug_page.php</a><o:p></o:p></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks for all efforts. Have fun with X3D4!</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">all the best, Don<br>
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New",serif">-- <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",serif">http://faculty.nps.edu/brutzman</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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