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VML is NOT a proprietary MS system. It is a W3C submission from Microsoft, HP, and Visio. Check out http://www.w3.org/TR/NOTE-VML Brandt Dainow bd@i... Internet Etc Ltd http://www.internet-etc.com >-----Original Message----- >From: owner-xml-dev@i... [mailto:owner-xml-dev@i...]On >Behalf Of >Tim Bray >Sent: Friday, January 21, 2000 12:37 AM >To: Betty L. Harvey; Jean-Marc Vanel >Cc: robertsm@i...; Patrick Laug; >staffan.bergbom@l...; hugh@d...; xml-dev@i... >Subject: Re: XML for 3D geometry and objects > > >At 07:12 PM 1/20/00 -1000, Betty L. Harvey wrote: >> I think Vector Markup Language is designed to provide 3D >>graphics. There is also some work being done to translate >UML to XML but >>I haven't been following this effort to see if they are considering >>3D modelling. > >Vector Markup Language (VML) is a Microsoft-proprietary 2-D (2 not 3) >vector-graphics system that uses XML syntax. It will soon be replaced >by SVG, being developed by a group at the W3C (including Microsoft). >VML is pretty cool and SVG is massively cool. > >VRML is Virtual Reality Modeling Language, now an ISO standard, a >very large & comprehensive VR language. It uses a textual but non-XML >encoding format. VRML has never taken off in the marketplace, opinions >differ as to why. > >The VRML folk are working on a recasting of the language into a >new version with among other things an XML syntax, go check out >web3d.org. -Tim > >xml-dev: A list for W3C XML Developers. To post, mailto:xml-dev@i... Archived as: http://www.lists.ic.ac.uk/hypermail/xml-dev/ or CD-ROM/ISBN 981-02-3594-1 Unsubscribe by posting to majordom@i... the message unsubscribe xml-dev (or) unsubscribe xml-dev your-subscribed-email@your-subscribed-address Please note: New list subscriptions now closed in preparation for transfer to OASIS. xml-dev: A list for W3C XML Developers. To post, mailto:xml-dev@i... Archived as: http://www.lists.ic.ac.uk/hypermail/xml-dev/ or CD-ROM/ISBN 981-02-3594-1 Unsubscribe by posting to majordom@i... the message unsubscribe xml-dev (or) unsubscribe xml-dev your-subscribed-email@your-subscribed-address Please note: New list subscriptions now closed in preparation for transfer to OASIS.
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