[x3d-public] Agenda for X3D WG Open Meeting Wednesday 10th May 2017

[Yves Piguet]

Hi Dick,

Ok, thanks. But that's more related to X3D types, or the Classic VRML encoding which is unambiguous, rather than the XML encoding.

Yves

> On 12 May 2017, at 18:13, Richard F. Puk <puk at igraphics.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi, Yves --
> 
> What I meant by "originally intended" was that it is consistent with other
> data types. For example, an MFFloat expressed as [] represents an array with
> no elements. Similarly, an MFString expressed as [] represents an array with
> no elements (i.e., no strings). However, an MFString expressed as [""]
> represents an array with on element consisting of an empty string. Since the
> implementation of an MFString is often done by providing an array of
> pointers to the strings in the array, an empty string would have a pointer
> but no content. I believe that this is what is expressed in both VRML and
> X3D. Since I participated in all of the discussions back when VRML and X3D
> were each being designed, I know that consistency of field type was an
> important factor.
> 
>  -- Dick