[WF-Protocols] Design Goals

[Jorrit Tyberghein]

Eason Choo wrote:

> 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.
>>
Another important choice to make is wether or not we're going to concentrate
on the interchange of models or if we are also going to incoporate 
levels in this
format. Levels add an entire new layer of complexity as different 
engines like
to structure levels very differently (think portals, bsp, ...)

Greetings,

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