[x3d-public] Thoughts on 3d model (styling) and data model

[Joe D Williams]

> Is there a data or information modeling language hiding inside X3D?  Or is that X3DUOM or X3DUOM schema?   Yes, the supreme data model. A node can have fields and a field of a node can be a node and nodes and script can talk with nodes and fields of nodes. On and on.That, with the internal and external time stamped event system that preserves the cascade makes it none-finer for the best realtime alive interactive data structure.It just happens to happen that various encoding styles work. Joe-----Original Message-----
From: John Carlson <yottzumm at gmail.com>
Sent: Jul 2, 2024 8:26 AM
To: Joe D Williams <joedwil at earthlink.net>, X3D Graphics public mailing list <x3d-public at web3d.org>
Subject: Thoughts on 3d model (styling) and data model

X3D, AFAIK, has a way to represent a data model, unlike HTML.  We have Metadata, Groups and Switch. We have MF and SF fields in Scripts and PROTOs. 
Can we write a replacement for GraphQL? Or SQL DDL?  Is there a data or information modeling language hiding inside X3D?  Or is that X3DUOM or X3DUOM schema?
Might there be a “data” or “metadata” profile? 
 
How might a data profile be combined with styling to produce visualizations?  What does styling mean in X3D?  Can styling become a full team member?  Or is styling merely appearance and material with DEF/USE? Can I combine appearances, say with a list of DEF values?  MultiTexture?
 
Historical thread https://www.web3d.org/pipermail/x3d-public_web3d.org/2011-January/001330.html
 

 
John


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