[x3d-public] What should I focus on?

John Carlson yottzumm at gmail.com
Wed Feb 2 13:09:19 PST 2022


At this point, I’m leaning towards modifying python which created X3DJSON
schema to also output translation rules.  I’ll start with a copy of the
current code and attempt to extend it.

Other potential ideas welcome, I’m kind of in a brainstorming session.

On Wed, Feb 2, 2022 at 2:00 PM John Carlson <yottzumm at gmail.com> wrote:

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> On Wed, Feb 2, 2022 at 1:15 PM John Carlson <yottzumm at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> * documenting X3DUOM to JSON schema rules, possibly automate (export
>> XSLT???)
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> I have specific experience converting translation rules to C++ in another
> lifetime.   But this time, we don’t have a C++ library to rely on.   Could
> I write the translation rules in some form of Saxon API, then use Saxon to
> export to XSLT?   How tightly do we want to bind to Saxon?
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> This time, I guess I have to generate the rules, possibly in XML or Java,
> and then trust that someone else will take the lead on converting the XML
> or Java to XSLT (probably using Saxon).  Or maybe I should create the rules
> in JSON?   Is that even possible?   Brain is exploding…
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> I understand that I have X3DUOM and X3D JSON schema as input.   What is
> the desired output beyond XSLT?   Would it be best to create/generate a
> kind of I/O mapping DSL file (in JSON?)  as I had on the C++ project?
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