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Basic foilset VRML97 Advances: Database VRML Linkage

Given by Wojtek Furmanski and Tom Pulikal at UC Web Applications Certificate on July 24 1997. Foils prepared 5 August 97
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This describes use of VRML97 Database Working Group activities
Database used to store VRML quantities
Oracle's Worlds
Demo produced using Oracle's Worlds

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1 Scripting in VRML'97 Part III - VRML meets SQL CPS616 Summer 97 Computational Science for the Information Applications
2 VRML Working Groups
3 Current Working Groups
4 Database Working Group
5 VRML Database API
6 VRML Database Extensions
7 Oracle's Worlds
8 Oracle Worlds (contd.)
9 Oracle World's (contd.)
10 Oracle Worlds - Demo
11 Oracle Worlds - Demo (contd.)
12 Oracle Worlds - Demo (contd.)
13 Oracle Worlds - Demo (contd.)
14 Oracle World -Demo (contd.)

Outside Index Summary of Material

HTML version of Basic Foils prepared 5 August 97

Foil 1 Scripting in VRML'97 Part III - VRML meets SQL CPS616 Summer 97 Computational Science for the Information Applications

From VRML97 Advances: Database VRML Linkage UC Web Applications Certificate -- July 24 1997. *
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Tom Pulikal
tapulika@npac.syr.edu
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Foil 2 VRML Working Groups

From VRML97 Advances: Database VRML Linkage UC Web Applications Certificate -- July 24 1997. *
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Technical committee of the VRML consortium
Self-forming, self-regulating and self-directed
Working Group process
  • Formation
  • Research
  • Drafting
  • Proposal
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Foil 3 Current Working Groups

From VRML97 Advances: Database VRML Linkage UC Web Applications Certificate -- July 24 1997. *
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The Humanoid Animation WG
The Color Fidelity WG
The Object-Oriented Extensions WG
Database WG
External Authoring Interface WG
Compressed Binary Format WG
Universal Media Libraries WG
Living Worlds
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Foil 4 Database Working Group

From VRML97 Advances: Database VRML Linkage UC Web Applications Certificate -- July 24 1997. *
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A standards-based creation of VRML business applications
Intervista, Oracle corp.
Two levels of interfaces
  • VRML content stored in a database for use by the VRML tool developers (Data Repositories)
  • Relational Database operations from within a VRML scene for use by VRML application developers (VRML Database Extensions)
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Foil 5 VRML Database API

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Persistence
Using support for locks, contention management, retrieval and update of a VRML scene
Scalability
Streamed delivery of custom VRML content based on user criteria defined via spatial and logical partitioning
Security
User privileges, authorization and object ownership
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Foil 6 VRML Database Extensions

From VRML97 Advances: Database VRML Linkage UC Web Applications Certificate -- July 24 1997. *
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Server-side includes
for dynamic generation of VRML content from the database
Embedded SQL
for executing arbitrary SQL statements such as selects, inserts and updates
Triggers
for generating VRML events based on database triggers
metadata management and persistence
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Foil 7 Oracle's Worlds

From VRML97 Advances: Database VRML Linkage UC Web Applications Certificate -- July 24 1997. *
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VRML for business applications
Advantages :
  • compact, cross-platform, event-model etc.
  • efficient representation of complex data
  • navigation through a virtual environment
Limitations :
  • size and robustness of a virtual world
  • lack of client/server technologies for VRML author
  • inability to decouple application from it's logic
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Foil 8 Oracle Worlds (contd.)

From VRML97 Advances: Database VRML Linkage UC Web Applications Certificate -- July 24 1997. *
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Data Repository
for storing, managing and retrieving VRML content from a Data Repository
  • Persistence using features like locking and transactions
  • Scalability by using spatial partitioning and metadata management
  • Security by using server-based security
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Foil 9 Oracle World's (contd.)

From VRML97 Advances: Database VRML Linkage UC Web Applications Certificate -- July 24 1997. *
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Logic Repository
for distributing control of a VRML application to the back-end.
  • Server-Side Includes for dynamic generation of VRML content
  • Distributed Scripting for thin client architecture by moving VRML scripting to the application server
  • Triggered Events for changing VRML scenes with Database Triggers
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Foil 10 Oracle Worlds - Demo

From VRML97 Advances: Database VRML Linkage UC Web Applications Certificate -- July 24 1997. *
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Real-time visualization of complex 3D data
Used for tracking and managing flights
Certain criteria is given by the controllers like time and interested flights etc.
Visualization is generated on the fly from the database
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Foil 11 Oracle Worlds - Demo (contd.)

From VRML97 Advances: Database VRML Linkage UC Web Applications Certificate -- July 24 1997. *
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HTML version of Basic Foils prepared 5 August 97

Foil 12 Oracle Worlds - Demo (contd.)

From VRML97 Advances: Database VRML Linkage UC Web Applications Certificate -- July 24 1997. *
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HTML version of Basic Foils prepared 5 August 97

Foil 13 Oracle Worlds - Demo (contd.)

From VRML97 Advances: Database VRML Linkage UC Web Applications Certificate -- July 24 1997. *
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HTML version of Basic Foils prepared 5 August 97

Foil 14 Oracle World -Demo (contd.)

From VRML97 Advances: Database VRML Linkage UC Web Applications Certificate -- July 24 1997. *
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Stock Demo gives a 3D visualization of the real-time stocks
Stock demo uses the Oracle Worlds on the back-end and VRML on the client
Mining Demo - a three tier application demo using a back-end database server and middle-tier application server with a thin client
Uses terrain data stored in Oracle database and also uses EAI with Java on the client
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