Quote for the Day
Try as hard as we may for perfection, the net result of our labors is an amazing variety of imperfectness. We are surprised at our own versatility in being able to fail in so many different ways.
-- Samuel McChord Crothers
X3D is the current standard for 3D graphics on the Web. It is an open standard in the sense that all of the standard documents are freely available and to the best of the sponsoring organization's knowledge, they are un-encumbered (aka royality-free). As the 3D graphics community continues to evolve, the standards are updated. This page contains links to all of the X3D standards. The ISO-approved documents are listed first, followed by the documents in the ISO approval process.
ISO X3D Standard Documents
| Common Name | ISO Name | Version | Publication Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abstract Spec - X3D V3.0 | ISO/IEC 19775:2004 | 3.0 | Nov 2005 |
| Abstract Amendment 1 - X3D V3.1 | ISO/IEC 19775-1:2004 Am1:2006 | 3.1 | Awaiting Publication |
| Abstract Spec + Amendment 1 - X3D V3.1 | ISO/IEC 19775-1:2004 Am1:2006 | 3.1 | Merged Text |
| Encodings - XML & Classic VRML | ISO/IEC 19776:2005 | 3.0 | Nov 2005 |
| Bindings - ECMAScript | ISO/IEC 19777-1:2005 | 3.0 | Jun 2006 |
| Bindings - Java | ISO/IEC 19777-2:2005 | 3.0 | Jun 2006 |
X3D Development Documents
| Common Name | ISO Name | Version | ISO Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abstract Revision 1 - X3D V3.2 | ISO/IEC 19775-1r1:200x | 3.2 | FCD |
| Encodings - XML | ISO/IEC 19776-1:2005/Am1 | 3.1 | FDAM |
| Encodings - Classic VRML | ISO/IEC 19776-2:2005/Am1 | 3.1 | FDAM |
| Encodings - Binary | ISO/IEC 19776-3 | 3.1 | FDIS |
International Standards Organization (ISO) naming conventions
| Acronym | Description | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| AM | Amendment | Approved and published amendment to a standard. |
| CD | Committe Draft | First vote with technical comments on proposed standard or revision. |
| FCD | Final Committee Draft | Last vote with technical comments on proposed standard or revision. |
| FDAM | Final Draft Amendment | Last ISO vote on amendment. This is a Yes/No vote only. |
| FDIS | Final Draft International Standard | Last ISO vote on proposed standard or revision. This is a Yes/No vote only. |
| FPDAM | Final Proposed Draft Amendment | Last ISO vote with technical comments on an amendment. |
| IS | International Standard | Approved and published standard or revision. |
| PDAM | Preliminary DRAFT Amendment | First vote with technical comments on an amendment. |
