[x3d-public] [consortium] X3D minutes 6 May 2022: X3D4 endgame for ISO DraftInternational Standard (DIS) submission

[Joseph D Williams]

➢  Opportunity exists for Web3D Consortium to now make the Mantis issue tracker fully open, for best comprehension of specification’s inner workings.  Allowing public access to that important resource improves expert understanding and implementation quality, thus benefiting everyone.


Certainly an educational benefit. Open with a tracking sign-in with allowed tours of the pertinent working areas, except member-only issues. No direct comments but issues discussed using x3d-public nand spec comment form. 
Thanks, 
Joe


From: Brutzman, Donald (Don) (CIV)
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Subject: [consortium] X3D minutes 6 May 2022: X3D4 endgame for ISO DraftInternational Standard (DIS) submission

We held our regular X3D Working Group meeting at regular time Friday 08-0900 pacific.  Screensharing and video are always helpful support for our communications.

• https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81634670698?pwd=a1VPeU5tN01rc21Oa3hScUlHK0Rxdz09 
• https://zoom.us/j/148206572  Password 483805 
• https://www.web3d.org/member/teleconference-information

Attendees: Anita Havele, Dick Puk, Don Brutzman.  Regrets: Nicholas Polys.


1. X3D4 Architecture Specification

We are nearing completion of this many-years work.  Our planned milestone for this month is International Standards Organization (ISO) Draft International Standard (DIS) submission for review and voting by numerous national bodies.

As ever, Web3D Consortium publishes key technical documentation openly.  Relevant references and status follow.

a. What is X3D?
https://www.web3d.org/x3d/what-x3d

b. X3D4 Overview
https://www.web3d.org/x3d4

c. X3D4 Architecture
https://www.web3d.org/specifications/X3Dv4Draft/ISO-IEC19775-1v4-CD1/Part01/Architecture.html

d. X3D4 specifications version control
https://github.com/Web3DConsortium
https://github.com/Web3DConsortium/X3D
https://github.com/Web3DConsortium/X3D/tree/master/ISO-IEC19775/ISO-IEC19775-1/ISO-IEC19775-1v4.0/ISO-IEC19775-1v4-CD1

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

Status.
• No showstopper problems remain, remaining work is editorial in nature.  No member-only issues are active.
• All received comments have been responded to satisfactorily, and majority are now resolved.  Over 200 comments have been processed since the last formal Web3D and ISO votes on X3D4 Architecture Committee Draft (CD) version.
• All follow-on technical discussions are publicly visible on x3d-public archives, with summary details provided in publicly archived weekly X3D working group minutes.
• All relevant analysis needed for issue resolution is recorded in Web3D Mantis Issue Tracker, with all details visible to members requesting access.
• Github version-control changes are cross-referenced to Mantis issues in order to enable future scrutiny and potential specification improvement.
• Opportunity exists for Web3D Consortium to now make the Mantis issue tracker fully open, for best comprehension of specification’s inner workings.  Allowing public access to that important resource improves expert understanding and implementation quality, thus benefiting everyone.
• Editors continue working on the remaining editorial issues addressed this year, with steady progress each week.
• Specification issues requiring further technical work are deferred to X3D4.1 (for example, remaining Geospatial issues).
• If any issues remain open upon ISO DIS document submission, they can be included as official comments by Web3D Consortium during the upcoming ISO DIS ballot.
• Emphasis on implementation and evaluation continues:  XML, ClassicVRML, JSON, Java, Python, JavaScript, C, C++, C#, and Turtle (Terse Triple Language for Semantic Web).


2. Open issues list.

Summary listing attached.

Our due-diligence work continues thanks to posted comments by many individuals.  In particular Dick Puk and I would like to thank Roy Walmsley for his rigorous review and numerous issue reports, which we continue to process.  His insights have significantly improved the quality of the X3D4 Architecture specification.


As ever, no Web3D Consortium member-only information is included in these minutes.

Have fun with X3D4!  8)

all the best, Don
-- 
Don Brutzman  Naval Postgraduate School, Code USW/Br        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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