X3D WG to present X3D and HTML integration at W3C Technical Plenary and Advisory Committee Meeting Nov 02, 2009
The X3D Working Group is participating in the HTML Working Group for the purpose of best integrating X3D with HTML.
This effort has strategic importance for Web3D and indeed for all 3D graphics, since X3D is an interchange format for a wide variety of models. We intend to establish a solid foundation for X3D to properly support 3D graphics in HTML5.
The X3D Working Group is considering three basic approaches to display an X3D scene inside an HTML page:
* External reference - HTML page includes an object element tag that refers to an .x3d scene, implemented via an X3D plugin. Data might be passed within the page using DOM events.
* X3D as XML in HTML - HTML page directly includes X3D source, likely with an XML namespace prefix, presumably implemented via an X3D plugin or the browser itself. Again data might be exchanged within the page using DOM events.
* API access - HTML page includes some form of canvas (or maybe Canvas3D) element that allows programmatic access to the page, so that X3D Scene Access Interface (SAI) might draw a bitmap
Variations on these approaches are considered as part of X3D and HTML5 examples and the X3DOM test site .
The X3D and HTML5 Summary will be presented at the HTML5 Working Group sessions Friday, November 6 2009 from 9:00 AM -10:00 AM in Mountain View during the W3C Technical Plenary and Advisory Committee (TPAC) meeting.
