[WF-Protocols] Design Goals

[Eason Choo]

Jorrit Tyberghein wrote:

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>> 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
>
oops -> "Perhaps interchangable as in make it easy" should've been 
"Perhaps extensible as in make it easy..."

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

i think we're focusing on just a model format, maybe even not material 
data if sinbad gets his way ;)

 Wallaba