- From: Shelley Powers <shelley.just@gmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 20 Oct 2009 11:55:58 -0500
- To: Don Brutzman <brutzman@nps.edu>
- Cc: public-html@w3.org
On Tue, Oct 20, 2009 at 10:59 AM, Don Brutzman <brutzman@nps.edu> wrote: > Dear HTML5 colleagues: > > Members of the Web3D Consortium have been working on integration of > Extensible 3D (X3D) Graphics standard with HTML5. We have been > following HTML5 development for some time. This effort is conducted > publicly and documented online at > > http://www.web3d.org/x3d/wiki/index.php/X3D_and_HTML5 > > We have prepared a summary list of goals and issues at > > http://www.web3d.org/x3d/wiki/index.php/X3D_and_HTML5_Summary > > We hope to present these points at the upcoming face-to-face meeting at > TPAC. The slideset summary and a demo can be completed in 10 minutes. > We are also happy to handle questions. Our question for this group is: > what is HTML5 relationship to 3D graphics? > > Until recently X3D was explicitly called out in the HTML5 > editors draft recommendation, namely: > > http://www.w3.org/TR/2009/WD-html5-20090825/no.html#declarative-3d-scenes > > 13 Things that you can't do with this specification because > they are better handled using other technologies that are > further described herein > > 13.2 Declarative 3D scenes > Embedding 3D imagery into XHTML documents is the domain of X3D, > or technologies based on X3D that are namespace-aware. > > Since this paragraph is no longer in the HTML5 editors draft, we are > wondering what the groups' intention is regarding X3D and other 3D > graphics content in HTML5. > > Three of our team will be there at TPAC: John Stewart, Joe Williams and > myself. > The fourth member Johannes Behr has produced a demonstration for the > meeting: > Javascript running inside Firefox and Webkit browser nightly builds, on top > of the WebGL layer, presenting X3D content inside HTML5 content via the DOM. > We think that this is a good summary of how 3D technologies can work > together > with HTML5. > > Please advise if we can get on the HTML5 agenda. Thanks for considering the > possibilities. > > all the best, Don > -- > Don Brutzman Naval Postgraduate School, Code USW/Br > brutzman@nps.edu > Watkins 270 MOVES Institute, Monterey CA 93943-5000 USA work > +1.831.656.2149 > X3D, virtual worlds, underwater robots, XMSF > http://web.nps.navy.mil/~brutzman > > > As some background on this, I found the report on this change [1], which listed the X3D section as out of scope. I didn't find a companion discussion regarding this decision at either the HTML WG email list, or the WhatWG email list. Not making a comment on this decision, or the TPAC X3D invitation, just providing specifics. Shelley [1] http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-html-diffs/2009Sep/0233.html
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