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Foil 79 T4: Object-oriented Database Support for VRML -- Goal

From Collaborative and Interactive Visualization Project Overview Kickoff Meeting at NPAC -- October 17,1995. by Geoffrey C. Fox * See also color IMAGE

Goal: Enable dynamic data, scene contents and object behavior, and dynamic object interaction to support GIS
Current VRML: flat files storage
Disadvantages:
  • (-) static data;
  • (-) no user information;
  • (-) virtual worlds chopped into non-interacting sections;
  • (-) no incremental world description possible;
  • (-) no semantic object description, hence limited query possibilities;
Proposed extension:
Use of an object-oriented database system to store
VRML data


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