Re: [x3d-public] NullPointerException when loading scene with script node

[Alan Hudson <giles@yumetech.com>]

Braden McDaniel wrote:
> Alan Hudson wrote:
>
> > Braden McDaniel wrote:
> >
> > > Alan Hudson wrote:
> > >
> > > > George Anastassakis wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Hello all
> > > > >
> > > > > I'm trying to load a scene with a Shape and a Script node but I 
> > > > > cannot get it right. The file is:
> > > > >
> > > > > #X3D V3.0 utf8
> > > > > PROFILE Immersive
> > > > > DEF s Shape {
> > > > > appearance Appearance { }
> > > > > geometry Box { }
> > > > > }
> > > > > DEF sc Script {
> > > > > eventIn SFTime test
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > this is not valid X3D.  it must be inputOnly
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > We've discussed this already and it was made clear that this *is* valid
> > > X3D. A conforming processor will not reject it. "eventIn" is a 
> > > (deprecated)
> > > synonym for "inputOnly".
> >
> > That is your opinion and not consortium policy.
>
>
> It's not my opinion. It's what the specification says. "Consortium policy"
> (whatever that is) is irrelevant. An ISO specification is at issue here;
> its interpretation is not a function of "consortium policy".
The consortium is the place where edits to that ISO document are 
generated.  If there are issues of interpretation then the consortium 
helps disambiguate them.

> >  I agree the language needs to cleared up in that area.  But authors 
> > who want their content to work in all X3D browsers will use the 
> > correct keywords.
>
>
> Please stop using such pejorative (and incorrect) language. The deprecated
> keywords are no less "correct" than the new ones; they are simply
> deprecated.
These keywords are not in the grammar at all.  Hence there is an 
ambiguity in what the ISO spec means.

http://www.web3d.org/x3d/specifications/ISO-IEC-19776-X3DEncodings-XML-ClassicVRML/


Tools and content authors should not use the keywords.  In the future 
they will be removed from the spec completely.  I expect that will 
happen on the next revision of the standard this year.  So encouraging 
users to use those keywords is a bad idea.
--
Alan Hudson

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