[x3d-public] X3D Working Group Meeting Agenda - 5 August 2015

Tue Aug 4 20:18:32 PDT 2015

Our next meeting is on Wednesday, 5 August 2015 at 8:00 AM PDT 
(GMT-0700). The BOF on Tuesday, 11 Aug replaces the meeting on the 12^th 
. There will be a meeting on the 19^th .

ALL members of the Web3D Consortium Community (Consortium members + 
public) are invited to attend. We use the standard Web3D Conference 
phone number. The information is available to Web3D members at 
http://www.web3d.org/member/teleconference-information. If you are not a 
member, please contact me for details.

This is the draft agenda. If you have any additional topics or details 
to add to existing topics, please email me.

Focus:*SIGGRAPH Planning*

Regular Members Known Missing: No one

1.Introductions (All)

2.Spec Status (Dick)

2.1.Diagram showing spec document relationships:

2.1.1.Chart with specification relationships
http://www.web3d.org/specifications/X3dSpecificationRelationships.png
http://www.web3d.org/specifications/X3dSpecificationRelationships.pdf

2.2.Editor’s Meeting Report on 19777-1 (ECMAScript Language Binding)

3.Schedule through the September

3.1.Topics (tentative)

3.1.1.5 August 2015 – SIGGRAPH Planning

3.1.2.11 August 2015, 3:30pm Room 504 (LACC)

3.1.3.19 August 2015 – SIGGRAPH Review, SC-24 preparation

3.1.4.26 August 2015 – TBD (SC-24 meeting)

3.1.5.2 September 2015 – X3D Futures (V3.4, V4.x, or any topic related 
to future specifications)

3.1.6.9 September 2015 – TBD

3.1.7.16 September 2015 – TBD

3.1.8.23 September 2015 – TBD

3.1.9.30 September 2015 – TBD

4.SIGGRAPH Planning

4.1.SIGGRAPH next week

4.2.BOF Agenda

4.3.SRC (binary geometry) standard

4.4.Major announcement on X3D V4

5.Proposed BOF Agenda – “The Future of 3D Web Standards”

Tuesday, 11 Aug 3:30-4:30 Rm. 504

Initial start at http://realism.com/presentations/96

5.1.Intro (0:05)

5.2.Current State (0:05)

5.2.1.X3D Specifications (V3.3)

5.2.2.X3DOM functionality

5.3.Current Work (0:30)

5.3.1.Embedded 3D in HTML (X3D V4)

5.3.1.1.How to handle X3DOM functionality in X3D & HTML

5.3.1.2.V3.4 Functionality

5.3.2.JSON encoding

5.3.3.Compressed encodings/specifications

5.3.3.1.EXI

5.3.3.2.Shape Resource Container (SRC) 
[http://realism.com/x3d-tools/Specifications/SRC]

5.4.Tools (0:05)

5.4.1.Unity exporters

5.4.2.FBX converter [http://realism.com/x3d-tools/_fbx-converter_ 
<http://realism.com/x3d-tools/FBX>]

5.4.3.Maya exporter

5.5.Get Involved (0:05)

5.5.1.Join Consortium

5.5.2.Join x3d-public mailing list

5.5.3.Projects Wish List

5.6.Q&A (0:10)

6.SRC (Leonard)

6.1.Document in progress at http://realism.com/x3d-tools/Specifications/SRC

6.2.Section 5 starts description of format.

6.3.A lot of additional information added based on email from Max

6.4.Is there a time for a Khronos meeting?

6.4.1.Who attends: Don, Max/Johannes, Leonard, ???

7.X3D V 4

7.1.This topic has been extensively discussed at WG meetings. The 
material is here for background purposes during the BOF.

7.2.A number of significant compatibility issues between X3D and X3DOM

7.3.Propose this be a major discussion during X3D BOF

7.4.High-level points of agreement (list to be modified as needed)

7.4.1.Direct HTML support (a la X3DOM)

7.4.2.New profile

7.4.3.Immersive-level experience

7.4.4.DRAFT specification soon (perhaps this year)

7.5.High-level points of discussion

7.5.1.Profile size / node support

7.5.2.Delivery date

7.6.Pages at URLs below highlight differences between X3D and X3DOM

7.6.1.http://realism.com/x3d-tools/Specifications/comparison.php

7.6.2.www.web3d.org/specifications/X3dNodeInventoryComparison.xlsx 
<http://www.web3d.org/specifications/X3dNodeInventoryComparison.xlsx>

7.6.3.www.web3d.org/specifications/X3dNodeInventoryComparison.pdf 
<http://www.web3d.org/specifications/X3dNodeInventoryComparison.pdf>

7.6.4.First URL shows node-level differences between potential profiles

7.6.5..2 & .3 show implementation status

7.7.Need to determine which nodes (or classes of nodes) are to be 
present in V4

7.7.1.Requirements

7.7.1.1.X3D as a whole must support everything in X3D V3.3, except for 
nodes or components that are deprecated

7.7.1.2.End result must be implementable and have two implementations

7.7.1.3.May add features and./or profiles that are needed, documented, 
and implemented

7.7.2.A new ‘HTML’ profile may overlap with existing profiles and 
include nodes and./or fields not in any existing profile.

7.7.3.Causes for concern (not necessarily complete)

7.7.3.1.Script node name conflict

7.7.3.2.DOM Namespaces (includes need for IMPORT/EXPORT)

7.7.3.3.DOM/X3D interaction not using the SAI

7.7.3.4.PROTO and EXTERNPROTO

7.7.3.5.Miscellaneous fields (e.g., url, render)

7.7.3.6.Miscellaneous STATEMENTS (e.g., UNITS)

7.7.3.7.Geometry (Mesh, Extrusion, ElevationGrid, SRC)

7.7.3.8.Appearance (Shaders)

7.7.3.9.Spec-compliant implementations

7.7.3.10.Missing or incomplete support for field access type attributes

7.7.4.How to go about creating an HTML profile that can be documented 
and implemented by December?

-- 
*Leonard Daly*
X3D Co-Chair
Cloud Consultant
President, Daly Realism - /Creating the Future/
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