[WF-Protocols] Design Goals

Eason Choo wallaba at sympatico.ca
Wed Jul 2 18:55:31 PDT 2003


Aglanor wrote:

>Hello all,
>
>	As the requirements for this Open 3D Model Format are not very clear,
>and being true that we can't advance much without having clear goals in
>mind, I've written down a quick list of requirements for comments.
>
>Design Goals
>
>	* A format for interchange of model data. The main criteria of decision
>should be interchangeability.
>
>	* Must be free, open and extensible. Extensions should be ignored by
>applications which don't understand them.
>
I don't like the this one here (Extensible). What's the point of 
allowing users to add their own custom data? The main criteria is 
interchangeability. Perhaps interchangable as in make it easy to add new 
_standard_ chunks without much restructuring

>
>	* To be used on rendering engines and model tools. Specifically, it is
>not intended for complex editors.
>
>Comments?
>
>Aglanor
>
>  
>
wallaba



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