[x3d-public] Metadata tooltips for X3D 4.0
Andreas Plesch
andreasplesch at gmail.com
Tue Oct 31 14:19:46 PDT 2023
Thanks !
On Tue, Oct 31, 2023 at 5:17 PM Brutzman, Donald (Don) (CIV) <
brutzman at nps.edu> wrote:
> Thanks. I have updated all six of the Metadata node containerField
> tooltips, noting changed default and adding a corresponding warning.
>
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> https://www.web3d.org/x3d/content/X3dTooltips.html#MetadataString.containerField
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> *containerField*
> <https://www.web3d.org/x3d/content/X3dTooltips.html#MetadataString.containerField>
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> *[containerField type NMTOKEN
> <https://www.web3d.org/x3d/content/X3dTooltips.html#NMTOKEN> "metadata" is
> X3D3 default, "value" is X3D4 default]*
> containerField is a field-label prefix indicating this node's field
> relationship to its parent node, for example <Transform><Shape
> containerField='children'/></Transform>.
> *Hint:* default containerField values for each node are correct in most
> cases, so the need to override default containerField values is rare.
> *Hint:* set containerField="value" when part of a MetadataSet payload,
> otherwise use default value "metadata" when providing information about a
> parent node itself.
> *Warning:* X3D3 default is 'metadata' while X3D4 default is 'value' in
> order to support terseness of MetadataSet collections in X3D4.
> *Warning:* containerField attribute is only part of XML encoding for X3D
> scenes, and corresponds to the always-declared field names in the
> ClassicVRML and VRML97 file encodings.
> *Hint:* USE node instances are allowed to have a containerField value
> that is different than the corresponding DEF declaration of that node.
> *Hint:* X3D Scene Authoring Hints, containerField
> https://www.web3d.org/x3d/content/examples/X3dSceneAuthoringHints.html#containerField
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>
>
> all the best, Don
>
> --
>
> Don Brutzman Naval Postgraduate School, Code USW/Br
> brutzman at nps.edu
>
> Watkins 270, MOVES Institute, Monterey CA 93943-5000 USA
> +1.831.656.2149
>
> X3D graphics, virtual worlds, navy robotics
> https://faculty.nps.edu/brutzman
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: x3d-public <x3d-public-bounces at web3d.org> On Behalf Of Andreas
> Plesch
> Sent: Tuesday, October 31, 2023 9:20 AM
> To: X3D Graphics public mailing list <x3d-public at web3d.org>
> Subject: [x3d-public] Metadata tooltips for X3D 4.0
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> The tooltips for Metadata nodes mention in a warning that in X3D 4.0 the
> default value for the containerField attribute changed to 'value'
>
> but actual description of the attribute still has 'metadata' as the
> default value:
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> https://www.web3d.org/x3d/content/X3dTooltips.html#MetadataString.containerField
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> is an example but all Metadata node tooltips are affected.
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>
> -Andreas
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>
> --
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> Andreas Plesch
>
> Waltham, MA 02453
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