[x3d-public] X3D meeting minutes: X3D4 Architecture ISO ballot now in circulation

[John Carlson]

Excellent work Don et al.   I have not yet tested the DIS implementations,
but i may try to extract standards text and convert to 8-bit or 2x6-bit
ASCII or Unicode  Braille (original Braille is 6-bit and thus can’t cover
all ASCII codes).  I believe the 256 unicode characters in Unicode stand
for the dimples (not something like ‘R’).

If anyone wants to put in effort towards Unicode Braille, that would be a
great help towards the deafblind being able to read the standards in their
own localized languages.

Likely this will aid in getting 3D printed information more accessible
(particularly annotations and metadata).

I don’t know what I’m doing, i feel like the blind leading the blind.

John

On Fri, Jul 15, 2022 at 11:56 AM Brutzman, Donald (Don) (CIV) <
brutzman at nps.edu> wrote:

> Attendees at today’s weekly X3D Working Group meeting:  Anita Havele, Dick
> Puk, Don Brutzman.
>
>
>
> Web3D Consortium has received an advance review copy of the X3D4
> Architecture 19775-1 Draft International Specification.
>
>
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>    - DRAFT INTERNATIONAL STANDARD ISO/IEC DIS 19775-1:2022(E),
>    Information technology — Computer graphics, image processing and
>    environmental data representation — Extensible 3D (X3D), Part 1:
>    Architecture and base components
>    - Introduction. *Extensible 3D* (X3D) is a software standard for
>    defining interactive web- and broadcast-based 3D content integrated with
>    multimedia. X3D is intended for use on a variety of hardware devices and in
>    a broad range of application areas such as engineering and scientific
>    visualization, multimedia presentations, entertainment and educational
>    titles, web pages, and shared virtual worlds. X3D is also intended to be a
>    universal interchange format for integrated 3D graphics and multimedia. X3D
>    is the successor to the Virtual Reality Modeling Language (VRML), the
>    original ISO standard for web-based 3D graphics (ISO/IEC 14772). X3D
>    improves upon VRML with new features, advanced application programmer
>    interfaces, additional data encoding formats, stricter conformance, and a
>    componentized architecture that allows for a modular approach to supporting
>    the standard.
>
>
>
> Of note is that X3D4 includes authoring recommendations are included for
> HTML5 integration, with full support defined for both glTF 2.0 and Web
> Audio API.
>
>
>
> This ballot-preparation document has been circulated by International
> Standards Organization with International Electrotechnical Committee
> (ISO/IEC) and now, in turn, the U.S. national standards body INCITS, which
> is asking for comments.
>
>
>
>    - InterNational Committee for Information Technology Standards (INCITS)
>    - Committee H3, Graphics and Imaging
>    - INCITS/Graphics and Imaging develops standards for computer graphics
>    and image processing. The area of work includes the standardization of
>    interfaces, in windowed and non-windowed environments, for: Computer
>    Graphics, Image Processing, and the interaction with and visual
>    presentation of information.
>    - https://www.incits.org/committees/h3
>
>
>
> The balloting period for participating ISO nations around the world will
> occur 7 SEP 2022 through 30 NOV 2022.
>
>
>
> The Web3D Consortium welcomes all technical and editorial comments on this
> important document.  Pristine and marked-up copies are available online at
>
>    -
>    https://www.web3d.org/specifications/X3Dv4Draft/ISO-IEC19775-1v4-DIS/Part01/Architecture.html
>     (pristine copy)
>    -
>    https://www.web3d.org/specifications/X3Dv4Draft/ISO-IEC19775-1v4-CD1/Part01/Architecture.html
>    (marked-up copy)
>
>
>
> Individuals and companies are welcome to join their respective national
> standards organizations to contribute to each national position on this
> milestone document.
>
>
>
> Individuals, companies and other organizations are also welcome to join
> the Web3D Consortium for continued advancement and usage of the X3D and
> Humanoid Animation (HAnim) standards.  Membership has value!
>
>
>
>    - Web3D Consortium: Open Standards for Real-Time 3D Communication
>    - https://www.web3d.org
>    - https://www.web3d.org/join
>
>
>
> Thank for considering these magnificent opportunities.  Have fun with
> X3D4!  8)
>
>
>
> all the best, Don
>
> --
>
> Don Brutzman  Naval Postgraduate School, Code USW/Br
> brutzman at nps.edu
>
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>
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