[x3d-public] HudPrototype.json in updated .zip; converting url file extensions from .x3d to to .x3dv .json etc.

[John Carlson]

On Jul 2, 2016 8:25 PM, "Don Brutzman" <brutzman at nps.edu> wrote:

>> Mentioned here (I rewrite URLs to use .json) for the ExternProtoDeclare
stuff:

> By that, I assume that you mean, should url file-extension values be
converted from .x3d to .json?

Not necessary, I would like to not have to regen JSON files every time I do
a fresh install.

> Am always hesitant to change the original content provided by an author
in a scene.

I think it's okay to leave as is, as long as it's okay for me to change it
in the  short term.

> Conceivably we might add changeUrlExtensionsFromX3dToX3dv and
changeUrlExtensionsFromX3dToJson parameters in the XSLT conversion
stylesheets.
>
> Is it preferable to have that as a default for all of the .x3dv and .x3db
and .json conversions of the X3D Example Archives?

It would provide an extra check to that complete JSON example files are
there.
I'm not aware of any browser that does both XML and JSON yet.  Roy?  Right
now, following a JSON link in the browser leads to a text page with JSON on
it, so you may not want to change Anchors.

John
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