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In a strict sense, XML is inferior but for the same reasons it is a compromise in all formats. For the scene graphs, it is very verbose, the graphics guys are used to wringing every bit of performance a board can deliver, and the object model isn't very much like a DOM, so even if the DOM works in the editor, most object to it for real time. Otherwise, it is a fragmented market with most of the action in games where interoperability isn't a high priority, and generalized network protocols for real time interaction aren't that standard yet. In other words, it's still early days for this medium even with all the work that's been done, and it is platform sensitive. Yes, the forces of status quo are felt. Each community is has a different market model, some have a history, some with each other, and so on and so on. Yet more is happening in that domain this year than last year, and XML is the format of choice for the major contenders. The action is growing. len From: Kurt Cagle [mailto:kurt.cagle@g...] Len, This does not surprise me in the least, sad to say. I've had a feeling for several years that 3D would be the hardest nut to crack XML-wise -- not because XML is inherently inferior for 3d work, but because there was already such a strong invested interest group in maintaining their status quo. -- Kurt On Fri, 28 Jan 2005 08:33:02 -0600, Bullard, Claude L (Len) <len.bullard@i...> wrote: > David is right. The former VRML group, now X3D, is having > a heckuva row over the XML-encoding in X3D. A group of the > VRMLers with content and/or implemented engines fight the > XML encoding tooth and nail. The majority of the new members > come in with some XML background and a solid conviction that > XML opens up 3D to more users and applications. These don't > tend to be the C++ programmers who are more likely to support > the curly bracket camp. On the other other hand, all of the > new interchange syntaxes such as Collada are XML-based and > the arguments there are NIH and the use of elements vs > attributes (sorta myopic but there it is). > > It is an interesting debate from a social perspective. > > len
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