CONTIGRA: An XML-based architecture for component-oriented 3D applications

Web3D Symposium Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 155-163

  Dachselt, Raimund ^a   Hinz, Michael ^a   Meißner, Klaus ^a  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

3D components; 3D user interfaces; 3D widgets; Component based development; CONTIGRA; Extensible 3D (X3D); Virtual environments; XML schema

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES; INTERACTIVE COMPUTER GRAPHICS; VIRTUAL REALITY; WORLD WIDE WEB; XML;

COMPONENT BASED DEVELOPMENT; DECLARATIVE LANGUAGES; DOMAIN SPECIFIC ARCHITECTURES;

THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

EID: 0242624903     PISSN: 15529886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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