VRML Authentication...

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Fri, 16 Jun 95 13:28:13 CDT


Mail to me regarding the VRML authenticator:
(http://www.geom.umn.edu/~daeron/docs/vrml.html)

>
> On the file
> http://www.etext.org/Zines/UnitCircle/vrml/dmr.wrl
>
> it gives me the error on line 141 that it is expecting a "{" and getting
> a '"'. This file
> of the
> to get the error...
>
> KEvin
>

Hi Kevin,

Are you subscribed to the VRML mailing list? If not, you might want
to subscribe. One of the ivToVRML does not actually generate legitimate VRML. The problem
with your vrml file

WWWAnchor {
name "http://www.etext.org/Zines/UnitCircle/"
description "The Unit Circle home"
.
.
.

The WWWAnchor, according to the VRML spec can only have the following
fields:

WWWAnchor {
name "something" # SFString
map NONE # SFEnum (NONE or POINT)
}

Even though does not mean the file on, for instance, doesn't accept your file. The reason a lot of
browsers do accept your file, their authors have not put in the effort to insure that they are truly
VRML compliant yet. My suggestion is a polite complaint to the authors
of ivToVRML and the authors of web browsers that are still not VRML
compliant. In the meantime, you can fix your VRML file out the description field and any other Non-VRML fields that the
Authenticator highlights.

Thanks,
Daeron


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