[Openpanorama-info] New documents with first XML schema.

[Mathieu VILLEGAS]

Dear list members.

After a long time i've used to think about this project I come back with 
new documents.
I've try to use all your suggestion to find the best solution.
First of all, I think that the goal of the basic openpanorama file 
format is only to be able to describe a simple panorama. It's first goal 
is to be able to convert any other panoramic file format to openpanorama 
one without a loss of quality. I think that if there are still 
corrections to do on the new documents (xml schema and xml example) it's 
in the good way.
Secondly, I think that everybody is interrested in being able to create 
complex interface to allow powerfull interaction with the panorama. The 
simplest way to do that is to create an openpanorama user interface 
specification (OpenPanoramaUI xml schema) which will allow us to create 
slide show, configure the viewer, add buttons, etc.... Those xml data 
can be added in an openpanorama file (because it's XML, it just have to 
be added after the openpanorama data) to allow specific interface 
configuration for a specific panorama. With such system, a viewer which 
do not support OpenPanoramaUI specification but only OpenPanorama ones, 
will be able to open and display the panorama. Some documents about it 
will be available soon.

At this time, an important thing we have to work on is the scripting 
language and how we will be able to access panorama paremeters with it 
and which parameters we will be able to access. Suggestions and ideas 
about it are welcome. You will see in the new documents that actions for 
hotspots are not really defined and are juste strings. We will have to 
define it.

The web site is not updated at this time, but you can keep the xml 
schema and xml example at:
            
http://savannah.nongnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/openpanorama/openpanorama/xml/

the xml schema is not commented at this time, but you will find all the 
help you need in the comments of the xml example.

I stand for your comments, suggestions and ideas.... (all ideas and 
suggestions are welcome)
Please send them to the mailing list.

Best regards

Mathieu Villegas