<div dir="auto">Excellent work Don et al. I have not yet tested the DIS implementations, but i may try to extract standards text and convert to 8-bit or 2x6-bit ASCII or Unicode Braille (original Braille is 6-bit and thus can’t cover all ASCII codes). I believe the 256 unicode characters in Unicode stand for the dimples (not something like ‘R’).</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">If anyone wants to put in effort towards Unicode Braille, that would be a great help towards the deafblind being able to read the standards in their own localized languages.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Likely this will aid in getting 3D printed information more accessible (particularly annotations and metadata).</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">I don’t know what I’m doing, i feel like the blind leading the blind.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">John </div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Jul 15, 2022 at 11:56 AM Brutzman, Donald (Don) (CIV) <<a href="mailto:brutzman@nps.edu">brutzman@nps.edu</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204)"><div lang="EN-US" link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" style="word-wrap:break-word"><div class="m_9086557452711996826WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal">Attendees at today’s weekly X3D Working Group meeting: Anita Havele, Dick Puk, Don Brutzman.<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Web3D Consortium has received an advance review copy of the X3D4 Architecture 19775-1 Draft International Specification.<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><ul style="margin-top:0in" type="disc"><li class="m_9086557452711996826MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in">DRAFT INTERNATIONAL STANDARD ISO/IEC DIS 19775-1:2022(E), Information technology — Computer graphics, image processing and environmental data representation — Extensible 3D (X3D), Part 1: Architecture and base components<u></u><u></u></li><li class="m_9086557452711996826MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in">Introduction. <i>Extensible 3D</i> (X3D) is a software standard for defining interactive web- and broadcast-based 3D content integrated with multimedia. X3D is intended for use on a variety of hardware devices and in a broad range of application areas such as engineering and scientific visualization, multimedia presentations, entertainment and educational titles, web pages, and shared virtual worlds. X3D is also intended to be a universal interchange format for integrated 3D graphics and multimedia. X3D is the successor to the Virtual Reality Modeling Language (VRML), the original ISO standard for web-based 3D graphics (ISO/IEC 14772). X3D improves upon VRML with new features, advanced application programmer interfaces, additional data encoding formats, stricter conformance, and a componentized architecture that allows for a modular approach to supporting the standard.<u></u><u></u></li></ul><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Of note is that X3D4 includes authoring recommendations are included for HTML5 integration, with full support defined for both glTF 2.0 and Web Audio API.<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">This ballot-preparation document has been circulated by International Standards Organization with International Electrotechnical Committee (ISO/IEC) and now, in turn, the U.S. national standards body INCITS, which is asking for comments.<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><ul style="margin-top:0in" type="disc"><li class="m_9086557452711996826MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in">InterNational Committee for Information Technology Standards (INCITS)<u></u><u></u></li><li class="m_9086557452711996826MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in">Committee H3, Graphics and Imaging<u></u><u></u></li><li class="m_9086557452711996826MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in">INCITS/Graphics and Imaging develops standards for computer graphics and image processing. The area of work includes the standardization of interfaces, in windowed and non-windowed environments, for: Computer Graphics, Image Processing, and the interaction with and visual presentation of information.<u></u><u></u></li><li class="m_9086557452711996826MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in"><a href="https://www.incits.org/committees/h3" target="_blank">https://www.incits.org/committees/h3</a><u></u><u></u></li></ul><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">The balloting period for participating ISO nations around the world will occur 7 SEP 2022 through 30 NOV 2022.<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">The Web3D Consortium welcomes all technical and editorial comments on this important document. Pristine and marked-up copies are available online at<u></u><u></u></p><ul style="margin-top:0in" type="disc"><li class="m_9086557452711996826MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in"><a href="https://www.web3d.org/specifications/X3Dv4Draft/ISO-IEC19775-1v4-DIS/Part01/Architecture.html" target="_blank">https://www.web3d.org/specifications/X3Dv4Draft/ISO-IEC19775-1v4-DIS/Part01/Architecture.html</a> (pristine copy)<u></u><u></u></li><li class="m_9086557452711996826MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in"><a href="https://www.web3d.org/specifications/X3Dv4Draft/ISO-IEC19775-1v4-CD1/Part01/Architecture.html" target="_blank">https://www.web3d.org/specifications/X3Dv4Draft/ISO-IEC19775-1v4-CD1/Part01/Architecture.html</a> (marked-up copy)<u></u><u></u></li></ul><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Individuals and companies are welcome to join their respective national standards organizations to contribute to each national position on this milestone document.<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Individuals, companies and other organizations are also welcome to join the Web3D Consortium for continued advancement and usage of the X3D and Humanoid Animation (HAnim) standards. Membership has value!<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><ul style="margin-top:0in" type="disc"><li class="m_9086557452711996826MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in">Web3D Consortium: Open Standards for Real-Time 3D Communication<u></u><u></u></li><li class="m_9086557452711996826MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in"><a href="https://www.web3d.org" target="_blank"><span class="m_9086557452711996826EmailStyle17"><span style="text-decoration:none">https://www.web3d.org</span></span></a> <u></u><u></u></li><li class="m_9086557452711996826MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in"><a href="https://www.web3d.org/join" target="_blank">https://www.web3d.org/join</a><u></u><u></u></li></ul><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Thank for considering these magnificent opportunities. Have fun with X3D4! 8)<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Courier New""><u style="font-family:"Courier New""></u> <u style="font-family:"Courier New""></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Courier New"">all the best, Don<u style="font-family:"Courier New""></u><u style="font-family:"Courier New""></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Courier New"">-- <u style="font-family:"Courier New""></u><u style="font-family:"Courier New""></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Courier New"">Don Brutzman Naval Postgraduate School, Code USW/Br <a href="mailto:brutzman@nps.edu" target="_blank" style="font-family:"Courier New"">brutzman@nps.edu</a><u style="font-family:"Courier New""></u><u style="font-family:"Courier New""></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Courier New"">Watkins 270, MOVES Institute, Monterey CA 93943-5000 USA +1.831.656.2149<u style="font-family:"Courier New""></u><u style="font-family:"Courier New""></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Courier New"">X3D graphics, virtual worlds, Navy robotics https://</span> <span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Courier New""><a href="http://faculty.nps.edu/brutzman" target="_blank" style="font-family:"Courier New"">faculty.nps.edu/brutzman</a><u style="font-family:"Courier New""></u><u style="font-family:"Courier New""></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div></div>_______________________________________________<br>
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