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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 > > From: David Megginson [mailto:david.megginson@g...] > Sent: Friday, January 28, 2005 7:54 AM > > It might depend on the audience. A few years ago, I did a major > restructuring of the Open Source FlightGear simulator, moving as much > of the configuration as possible out of the C++ and into XML (the > physics models for aircraft were already using a pseudo-XML, but > everything else was hard-coded). A short while after that, the > contributor base grew enormously, drawing in people with little or no > programming experience but other useful skills, such as 3D modelling, > aerodynamics, etc. > > So, in this case, the majority of *coders* know C++ better than XML, > but the majority of *contributors* know only XML. They don't know it > all that well, but XML doesn't have to be hard -- just make sure the > tags match, escape the special characters, quote the attributes, and > remember that names are case sensitive. > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > The xml-dev list is sponsored by XML.org <http://www.xml.org>, an > initiative of OASIS <http://www.oasis-open.org> > > The list archives are at http://lists.xml.org/archives/xml-dev/ > > To subscribe or unsubscribe from this list use the subscription > manager: <http://www.oasis-open.org/mlmanage/index.php> > > -- Kurt Cagle http://www.understandingxml.com
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