[x3d-public] bindTime specification incomplete

[John Carlson]

My understanding is that bindTime is outputOnly.  So it’s probably when
set_bind is set (but I’m not clear on TRUE or FALSE).  I have not read any
descriptions, YMMV.

I remember having issues with specifying bindTime as a field in XML, but I
was trying to get animation working.

This really is a newbie area for me.  I just saw it in an example and
couldn’t find any documentation on it, so I assumed it was not really
used.  Thanks for bringing it up.

On Tue, Aug 27, 2024 at 10:25 PM Andreas Plesch via x3d-public <
x3d-public at web3d.org> wrote:

> Trying to add bindTime fields in x3dom, I checked the specification
> and found that the field is almost never explained although it appears
> in all bindable node signatures. Perhaps I missed something.
>
> The only place I could find where there is an actual definition of how
> the field operates is in
>
>
> https://www.web3d.org/specifications/X3Dv4/ISO-IEC19775-1v4-IS/Part01/components/navigation.html#X3DViewpointNode
>
> This section and the tooltips strongly suggest that it comes as a pair
> with the isBound field which is covered in detail here:
>
>
> https://www.web3d.org/specifications/X3Dv4/ISO-IEC19775-1v4-IS/Part01/components/core.html#BindableChildrenNodes
>
> If confirmed, this section may then be the appropriate place to add
> language similar to what is provided for X3DViewpoint (unless bindTime
> is purposefully left open to browser interpretation for all other
> bindable nodes).
>
> -Andreas
>
>
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> Andreas Plesch
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