[x3d-public] X3D minutes 12 FEB 2021: X3D4 release, working groups are busy, possible Webinars and follow-on activities

[Don Brutzman]

Attendees: Vince Marchetti, Dick Puk, Don Brutzman.  Regrets Anita Havele, John Carlson, Nicholas Polys.

This week we review X3D4 release and look ahead at follow-on activities.

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Prior minutes:

[0.2]	[x3d-public] X3D minutes, 5 FEB 2021: NWIP complete, WD3 finalization, CD submission to ISO
      	https://web3d.org/pipermail/x3d-public_web3d.org/2021-February/014698.html

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1. Draft X3D4 specification available

Am (overwhelmingly) happy to report that X3D4 Committee Draft (CD) is now stable and submitted to ISO.

All links of interest available at

[1.1]	X3D4 Version 4 Overview
      	https://www.web3D.org/x3d4

[1.2]	X3Dv4 Public Working Draft
      	https://www.web3d.org/x3dv4-public-working-draft

All prior comments are available and marked up in color-coded styles for Working Draft 3 (WD3).

[1.3]	X3D4 Working Draft 3 (WD3)
      	https://www.web3d.org/specifications/X3Dv4Draft/ISO-IEC19775-1v4-WD3
      	https://www.web3d.org/specifications/X3Dv4Draft/ISO-IEC19775-1v4-WD3.Web3D.zip

Web3D version of pristine Committee Draft (CD) submitted to ISO is available with no markup.

[1.4]	X3D4 Working Draft 3 (WD3)
      	https://www.web3d.org/specifications/X3Dv4Draft/ISO-IEC19775-1v4-CD
      	https://www.web3d.org/specifications/X3Dv4Draft/ISO-IEC19775-1v4-CD.Web3D.zip

Issues and resolutions are found in Mantis.  Multiple implementations and resources available.  Summary:

[1.5]	[x3d-public] X3D4 Architecture validation and implementation update, with thanks
      	https://web3d.org/pipermail/x3d-public_web3d.org/2020-December/014302.html

Enjoy!  8)

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2. Active working-group meetings

A lot is happening to adapt and use X3D4!  Watch the x3d-public list for minutes and announcements:

[2]	Web3D Working Groups
    	https://www.web3d.org/working-groups

a. Web3DUX meets (typically every other) Monday 1015-1100 pacific

b. Semantic X3D discussion Tuesday, timing varies

c. Communications team (members only) Wednesdays 8-9 pacific

d. Audio implementation Wednesdays 1000 pacific

e. CAD Design Printing Scanning (members only) Thursday 8-9 pacific

f. X3D specification editors meet weekly, next topic is X3D SAI 19775-2 review.

As discussed in Monday's Web3DUX meeting, comments improvements and incremental extensions to X3D4 remain possible during ISO balloting this year.

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3. Webinar planning

Great suggestion by Nicholas - discuss potential webinars in coming months.  Volunteers (and superstar requests) welcome.

a. Audio.  Efi Lakka is finalizing her full integration of Web Audio API in X3DOM, and is happy to lead a video webinar in March performing a code walkthrough.

b. DIS Stream recording. Don Brutzman can share this week's presentation to SISO on recording DIS to create X3D Position/Orientation interpolators, aka “A Stream is a Stream”.

[3]	Repeatable Unit Testing of Distributed Interactive Simulation (DIS) Protocol 
Behavior Streams using Web Standards
    	https://gitlab.nps.edu/Savage/NetworkedGraphicsMV3500/-/blob/master/conferences/SIW2021/BrutzmanBrennenstuhlOpenDIS7UnitTestingSiwFebruary2021Official.pdf

c. Vince (and maybe Andreas) can demonstrate use of online tools (such as Glitch) for construction of 3D web pages.

Let's think about how to present all past and upcoming webinars, on a webpage and Twitter too.  Hoping that by creating a schedule it will encourage lots of good sessions.

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Have fun with X3D4!  8)

all the best, Don
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