[x3d-public] [x3d] X3D schema, DTD updates: SIGGRAPH milestone

[Don Brutzman]

First a sincere Thank You to Roy Walmsley for his detailed scrutiny of the X3D specifications.  Our weekly calls focused on X3D Schema and DTD refinements have been totally productive.  All inputs and feedback are welcome.

Am further happy to report that for the first time in, uh, maybe forever, all of the X3D Schemas and DTDs are fully up to date and no known errors are documented in the Mantis issue tracker.  What a great milestone prior to SIGGRAPH next week!  Web3D participants have a lot planned, hope to see everyone there.  8)

	X3D: Xroads of 3D on the Web
	http://www.web3d.org/event/x3d-xroads-3d-web

Details of this latest release:

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3 August 2015, walmsley brutzman
- Refined ChildContentModelCore annotation to node that X3DNode content model can include
   IS/connect prior to (Metadata) nodes.
- Corrected stylesheet autogeneration of X3D XML Encoding paragraph 6.2.179 Script
   to show <field> preceding <IS>
   http://www.web3d.org/specifications/stylesheets/EncodingOfNodes.html#Script
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3 August 2015, walmsley, brutzman
- (v3.2+) X3DColorDamper nodes: default value for order field is 3, not 0
- Noted in comments that, unlike Schema, the DTD content model for Script node
   is not ordered
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These assets can be found on the X3D Specifications: XML Schema and DOCTYPE Validation page.

         http://www.web3d.org/specifications

Full documentation updates have been autogenerated for the XML Schema and DOCTYPE, available for X3D versions 3.0 through 3.4.  Recommended version is 3.3.

     http://www.web3d.org/specifications/X3dSchemaDocumentation3.3/x3d-3.3.html
     http://www.web3d.org/specifications/X3dDoctypeDocumentation3.3.html

The X3D Working Group also maintains the X3D Graphics Standards: Specification Relationships diagram up to date, showing the roadmap for all major planned work.

     http://www.web3d.org/specifications/X3dSpecificationRelationships.png
     http://www.web3d.org/specifications/X3dSpecificationRelationships.pdf

Please note that X3D version 3.4 is experimental and supports specification development.

Changes are tested through validation regression testing of 3800+ open-source X3D scenes.

     X3D Resources: Examples
     http://www.web3d.org/x3d/content/examples/X3dResources.html#Examples

     X3D Resources: Quality Assurance (QA)
     http://www.web3d.org/x3d/content/examples/X3dResources.html#QualityAssurance

Corresponding updates have also been released in the following:

     X3D Tooltips
     http://www.web3d.org/x3d/content/examples/X3dResources.html#Tooltips

     X3D Validator
     https://savage.nps.edu/X3dValidator

     X3D-Edit Authoring Tool
     https://savage.nps.edu/X3D-Edit

Feedback welcome, thanks for all testing and contributions.  Have fun with X3D!

all the best, Don
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Don Brutzman  Naval Postgraduate School, Code USW/Br       brutzman at nps.edu
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X3D graphics, virtual worlds, navy robotics http://faculty.nps.edu/brutzman