[www-vrml] Re: [x3d-public] ' X3D is still too complicated but ...'

[Alan Hudson <giles@yumetech.com>]

Kitt Mason wrote:
> Hi Guys,
>
> ' X3D is still too complicated but ...'
>
> Please don't groan like that ...  It's some time since I raised this!
>
> If X3D is to become ubiquitous, accessible to 'one man and his Dreamweaver 8',
> is there a place for X3D-Lite ?  'Yes, yes,' I realise that first it's necessary to
> establish X3D-Strict , but will it be more or less accessible than Cosmology? 
>
> Lurking on this list is like watching a Maserati being designed, bit-by-bit, 
> when I'd be happy with a Ford Focus!
>
> The XHTML community bit the bullet and, as you may know,  there are all 
> these flavours:
>
> XHTML 1.0 Strict
> XHTML 1.0 Transitional
> XHTML 1.0 Frameset
> XHTML-Basic 1.0
> XHTML Mobile 1.0
Check out what X3D Interchange and X3D Interactive can do.  They are 
very small subsets of the whole spec.  We saw two mobile implementations 
of Interchange last week.  The implementors felt the Interactive profile 
would be easy enough to implement.  So I doubt we need an X3D Tiny 
profile.
--
Alan Hudson

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President Web3D Consortium                             www.web3d.org
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