[x3d-public] [x3d:tickets] #10 JSON schema errors that start to make sense. Need X3dToJson.xslt updates to create MFString arrays.

[John Carlson]

We also need to discuss other JSON MF fields in light of x3d.py
constructors.using multidimensional lists/tuples.

I originally advocated for JSON arrays, but I’m leaning towards a JSON
string for MFStrings.  I am almost into the multidimensional for numbers
camp at this point for other MF fields.

Mostly I just do what other people want, as long as it’s clear and
consistent.

Here is the question I asked Don.   What JSON data type do we use for
NavigationInfo.type?  That’s still the question I’m asking.

John

On Sun, Jan 16, 2022 at 9:31 PM John Carlson <yottzumm at gmail.com> wrote:

> That’s basically the whole discussion, Vince.   What types do we use in
> JSON for MF fields?  Particularly MFStrings.   We have two approaches, one
> we use for url field and one we use for Navigation.type field.   You may
> look at many online examples .  I’m hoping we can clearly express this in
> the JSON encoding online materials.   Right now, our documents diverge,
> possibly within a document.   We need to clearly describe this divergence,
> if we choose to take that route.
>
> There seems to be some confusion when I say string?
>
> John
>
> On Sun, Jan 16, 2022 at 6:19 PM vmarchetti at kshell.com <
> vmarchetti at kshell.com> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> On Jan 16, 2022, at 4:30 PM, John Carlson <yottzumm at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> *[tickets:#10] <https://sourceforge.net/p/x3d/tickets/10/> JSON schema
>> errors that start to make sense. Need X3dToJson.xslt updates to create
>> MFString arrays.*
>>
>> *Discussion leading towards enlightenment whether MFStrings should be
>> arrays or strings in JSON (or both?).*
>>
>> Vince, I added you here because I thought you would want to advocate for
>> a single string MFString being a string and not an arrray.
>>
>>
>> John
>>
>> Thank you for including me, but I would actually advocate for the
>> opposite, that any value typed as MFString be encoded as an MFString of 0,
>> 1, or N>1 elements, by whatever syntax is appropriate for that encoding.
>>
>> Vince
>>
>>
>> John
>>
>>
>>
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