Extensible 3D (X3D)
Part 1: Architecture and base components

2 Normative references

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The following documents are referred to in the text in such a way that some or all of their content constitutes requirements of this document. For dated references, only the edition cited applies. For undated references, the latest edition of the referenced document (including any amendments) applies.

The Bibliography contains a list of informative documents and technology.

Identifier Reference
I639 ISO 639, Codes for the representation of names of languages:

ISO 639-1:2002, Part 1: Alpha-2 code
ISO 639-2:1998, Part 2: Alpha-3 code.

I3166 ISO 3166, Codes for the representation of names of countries and their subdivisions:

ISO 3166-1, Part 1: Country codes
ISO 3166-2, Part 2: Country subdivision code
ISO 3166-3, Part 3: Code for formerly used names of countries.

I8632 ISO/IEC 8632, Information technology — Computer graphics — Metafile for the storage and transfer of picture description information:

ISO/IEC 8632-1:1999, Part 1: Functional specification

ISO/IEC 8632-3:1999, Part 3: Binary encoding

ISO/IEC 8632-4:1999, Part 4: Clear text encoding.

I8859-1 ISO/IEC 8859-1:1998, Information technology — 8-bit single-byte coded graphic character sets — Part 1: Latin alphabet No. 1.
I9899 ISO/IEC 9899:1999, Programming languages — C.
I9973 ISO/IEC 9973:2006, Information technology — Computer graphics, image processing and environmental representation — Procedures for registration of items.
I10641 ISO/IEC 10641:1993, Information technology — Computer graphics and image processing — Conformance testing of implementations of graphics standards.
I10646 ISO/IEC 10646:2003, Information technology — Universal Multiple-Octet Coded Character Set (UCS).
I11172-1 ISO/IEC 11172-1:1993, Information technology — Coding of moving pictures and associated audio for digital storage media at up to about 1,5 Mbit/s — Part 1: Systems.
I14496-1 ISO/IEC 14496-1:2001, Coding of audio-visual objects — Part 1: Systems.
I14772-1 ISO/IEC 14772-1:1997, Information technology — Computer graphics and image processing — The Virtual reality modeling language (VRML) — Part 1: Functional specification and UTF-8 encoding.
I15948 ISO/IEC 15948:2004, Information technology — Computer graphics — PNG (Portable Network Graphics): Functional specification.
I16262 ISO/IEC 16262:20022011, Information technology — ECMAScript language specification.
Note that this standard is a formalization of ECMAScript 262.
I18026 ISO/IEC 18026:2006, Information technology — Spatial Reference Model (SRM).
I19774 ISO/IEC 19774:2006 19774:2019, Information technology — Computer graphics and image processing — Humanoid Animation (H-Anim) (HAnim) Parts 1 and 2.
I19775-2 ISO/IEC 19775-2, Information technology — Computer graphics and image processing Computer graphics, image processing and environmental data representation — Extensible 3D (X3D) — Part 2: Scene access interface (SAI).
I19776 ISO/IEC 19776, Information technology — Computer graphics and image processing Computer graphics, image processing and environmental data representation — Extensible 3D (X3D) file encodings.
  ISO/IEC 19776-1, Part 1: Extensible Markup Language (XML) encoding
  ISO/IEC 19776-2, Part 2: Classic VRML encoding
  ISO/IEC 19776-3, Part 3: Compressed binary encoding
I19777 ISO/IEC 19777, Information technology — Computer graphics and image processing Computer graphics, image processing and environmental data representation — Extensible 3D (X3D) language bindings.
  ISO/IEC 19777-1, Part 1: ECMAScript
  ISO/IEC 19777-2, Part 2: Java
I80000 ISO 80000, Quantities and Units
  ISO 80000-1:2009, Part 1: General
  ISO 80000-2:2009, Part 2: Mathematical signs and symbols to be used in the natural sciences and technology
  ISO 80000-3:2006, Part 3: Space and time
  ISO 80000-4:2006, Part 4: Mechanics
  ISO 80000-5:2007, Part 5: Thermodynamics
  ISO 80000-6:2008, Part 6: Electromagnetism
  ISO 80000-7:2008, Part 7: Light
  ISO 80000-8:2007, Part 8: Acoustics
  ISO 80000-9:2009, Part 9: Physical chemistry and molecular physics
  ISO 80000-10:2009, Part 10: Atomic and nuclear physics
  ISO 80000-11:2008, Part 11: Characteristic numbers
  ISO 80000-12:2009, Part 12: Solid state physics
  ISO 80000-13:2008, Part 13: Information science and technology
  ISO 80000-14:2008, Part 14: Telebiometrics related to human physiology
DICOM The DICOM Standard, Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine, Rosslyn, VA, 2003.
https://www.dicomstandard.org
GLTF GL Transmission Format (glTF) Specification, The Khronos Group, Version 2.0, 2017.
https://github.com/KhronosGroup/glTF/tree/master/specification/2.0
NOTE  submission planned for ISO standardization.
IEEE1278 IEEE Standard 1278.1-19952012, Standard for Distributed Interactive Simulation (DIS) — Application Protocols, 19952012.
IEEE Standard 1278.1a-1998, Supplement to Standard for Distributed Interactive Simulation — Application Protocols, 1998.
IEEE Standard 1278.2-19952015, Supplement to Standard for Distributed Interactive Simulation (DIS) — Communication Services and Profiles, 19952015.
IEEE Standard 1278.3-1996, Recommended Practice for Distributed Interactive Simulation (DIS) — Exercise Management and Feedback, 1996.
IEEE Standard 1278.4-1997, Trial-Use Recommended Practice for Distributed Interactive Simulation (DIS) — Verification, Validation, and Accreditation, 1997.
JAVA The Java Language Specification, Third Edition by James Gosling, Bill Joy, Guy Steele and Gilad Bracha, Addison Wesley, Reading Massachusetts, 2005, ISBN 0-321-24678-0. The Java Virtual Machine Specification, Second Edition by Tim Lindhold and Frank Yellin, Addison Wesley, Reading Massachusetts, 1999, ISBN 0-201-43294-3.
Java Language and Virtual Machine Specifications, Java SE 15, Oracle Corporation, 2020.
JPEG JPEG File Interchange Format, JFIF, Version 1.02, 1992.
https://www.w3.org/Graphics/JPEG/jfif.txt
ISO/IEC 10918-1:1994, Information technology — Digital compression and coding of continuous-tone still images: Requirements and guidelines.
MIDI 1.0 Complete MIDI 1.0 Detailed Specification v96.1 (second edition), MIDI Manufacturers Association, P.O. Box 3173, La Habra, CA 90632-3173 USA,
https://www.midi.org
2001.
https://www.midi.org/specifications-old/item/the-midi-1-0-specification
MIDI 2.0 Details about MIDI 2.0™, MIDI-CI, Profiles and Property Exchange, MIDI Manufacturers Association, P.O. Box 3173, La Habra, CA 90632-3173 USA, 2001 2020.
https://www.midi.org/specifications
X3D Working Group reached consensus regarding inclusion of MIDI 2.0
REG ISO International Register of Graphical Items, Maintenance agencies and registration authorities.
https://www.iso.org/iso/standards_development/maintenance_agencies.htm

https://www.iso.org/maintenance_agencies.html
RFC768 IETF RFC 768 STD 64, User Datagram Protocol (UDP), INTERNET STANDARD.
RFC1766 IETF RFC 1766, Tags for the Identification of Languages, Internet standards track protocol.
RFC1808 IETF RFC 1808, Relative Uniform Resource Locators.
RFC2077 IETF RFC 2077, The Model Primary Content Type for Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions.
RFC2397 IETF RFC 2397, The "data" URL scheme, PROPOSED STANDARD.
RFC3541 IETF RFC 3541, A Uniform Resource Name (URN) Namespace for the Web3D Consortium (Web3D).
RFC1889
RFC3550
IETF RFC 1889, RTP: A Transport Protocol for Real-Time Applications.
IETF RFC 3550 STD 64, RTP: A Transport Protocol for Real-Time Applications, INTERNET STANDARD.
RFC3066
RFC4646
IETF RFC 3066, Tags for the Identification of Languages
IETF RFC 4646, Tags for Identifying Languages.
RFC7231 IETF RFC 7231, Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP/1.1): Semantics and Content.
RFC1738
RFC8089
IETF RFC 1738, Uniform Resource Locators (URL).
IETF RFC 8089, The "file" URI Scheme, PROPOSED STANDARD.
RFC2141
RFC8141
IETF RFC 2141, URN Syntax
IETF RFC 8141, Uniform Resource Names (URNs), PROPOSED STANDARD.
SISO Simulation Interoperability Standards Organization (SISO) SISO-REF-010-2021, Reference for Enumerations for Simulation Interoperability, 2021.
URI IETF RFC 1630, Universal Resource Identifiers (URI) in WWW.
IETF RFC 3986 STD 66, Universal Resource Identifiers (URI), INTERNET STANDARD.
W3C-WebAudio Web Audio API, World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) Candidate Recommendation, 11 June 2020.
NOTE  X3D Working Group is providing technical feedback to support full advancement to Recommendation.
W3C-Media Media Capture and Streams, World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) Candidate Recommendation, 7 October 2020.
NOTE  X3D Working Group is providing technical feedback to support full advancement to Recommendation.
W3C-WebMIDI Web MIDI API, World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) Editor's Draft, 8 October 2020.
NOTE  X3D Working Group is providing technical feedback to support full advancement to Recommendation.
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