[x3d-public] Specification draft for review: 19776-1 X3D XML Encoding version 4.0 WD1

Sun Apr 21 19:48:23 PDT 2024

Web3D Consortium is a Standards Development Organization (SDO).  Dick Puk and I continue dedicated, focused efforts on Web3D Standards.  The following document is now ready for Web3D member and X3D community public review.

*	ISO/IEC 19776-1, X3D Extensible Markup Language (XML) encoding version 4.0
*	https://web3d.org/specifications/X3Dv4Draft/ISO-IEC19776-1v4.0-WD1/Part01/X3D_XML.html
*	Introduction, Purpose
*	As defined in [I19775-1], 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 14772-1). 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.
*	The ISO/IEC 19776 series of standards specifies the X3D encodings of the functionality defined in [I19775-1].
*	This part of ISO/IEC 19776 specifies the X3D encoding of X3D files using the Extensible Markup Language (XML).

We invite all comments on this document.

Formal changes have been applied to make this draft standard consistent with:

*	ISO/IEC 19775-1, X3D Architecture version 4.0, 2023
*	https://www.web3d.org/specifications/X3Dv4/ISO-IEC19775-1v4-IS/Part01/Architecture.html
*	https://www.web3d.org/x3d4
*	https://www.web3d.org/specifications/X3dGraphicsStandardsRelationships.png

All changes are applied using version control, and visible to Web3D Consortium members at:

*	https://github.com/Web3DConsortium
*	https://github.com/Web3DConsortium/X3D/tree/master/ISO-IEC19775/ISO-IEC19775-2/ISO-IEC19775-2v4.0/ISO-IEC19775-2v4.0-WD1/Part02

All issues have been discussed on the x3d-public mailing list.  Problems, alternatives, examples, and resolutions are captured in the Mantis issue tracker.  A summary of current, resolved, and open issues is attached.  Ongoing distilled issue details are visible to Web3D Consortium members in Mantis at:

*	Web3D Consortium Mantis Issue Tracker
*	https://www.web3d.org/member-only/mantis/view_all_bug_page.php

*	x3d-public -- Extensible 3D (X3D) Graphics public discussion
*	https://www.web3d.org/mailman/listinfo/x3d-public_web3d.org

Following public comment, full member review, and Web3D Consortium Board of Directors (BoD) concurrence, this working draft (WD1) will be submitted to:

*	INCITS H3 – Graphics and Imaging
*	INCITS -- the InterNational Committee for Information Technology Standards -- is the central U.S. forum dedicated to creating technology standards for the next generation of innovation. INCITS members combine their expertise to create the building blocks for globally transformative technologies. From cloud computing to communications, from transportation to health care technologies, INCITS is the place where innovation begins.
*	https://www.incits.org/committees/h3

*	ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 24, Computer graphics, image processing and environmental data representation
*	https://www.iso.org/committee/45252.html

We thank all contributors to the specification revision process and look forward to further scrutiny.

Have fun with X3D!  😊

all the best, Don

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Don Brutzman  Naval Postgraduate School, Code USW/Br        brutzman at nps.edu <mailto: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

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