ISO 17506:2022

INTERNATIONAL ISO
STANDARD 17506
First edition
2022-03
Industrial automation systems and
TM
integration — COLLADA digital
asset schema specification for 3D
visualization of industrial data
Systèmes d'automatisation industrielle et intégration —
TM
Spécifications du schéma des actifs numériques COLLADA pour la
visualisation 3D des données industrielles
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Contents Page
Foreword . xi
Introduction . xii
1 Scope . 1
2 Normative references . 1
3 Terms and definitions . 2
3.1 Terms and definitions . 2
3.2 Abbreviated terms . 4
4 Notational conventions . 5
4.1 Typographic conventions and notation . 5
4.2 Notation and organization in the reference sections . 5
Child element conventions . 5
Child element order . 6
5 COLLADA format . 7
5.1 Design considerations . 7
Introduction . 7
Assumptions and dependencies . 7
Goals and guidelines . 7
5.2 Tool requirements and options . 11
Introduction . 11
Exporters . 11
Importers . 14
Archive packaging . 15
5.3 Schema concepts . 15
Introduction . 15
XML overview . 15
Address syntax . 16
Instantiation and external referencing . 19
The Common profile . 21
Common profile elements . 21
Example and discussion on techniques . 22
Common glossary . 22
5.4 Programming guideline . 24
General. 24
Parameters in COLLADA . 24
Curve interpolation . 25
Skin deformation (or skinning) in COLLADA . 31
5.5 Core elements reference . 33
General. 33
Elements by category . 34
accessor . 38
ambient . 44
animation . 45
animation_clip . 47
asset . 49
bool_array . 52
camera . 53
channel . 55
COLLADA . 56
color . 58
contributor . 58
controller . 59
control_vertices . 61
directional . 63
evaluate_scene . 64
extra . 65
float_array . 67
formula . 68
geographic_location . 70
geometry . 72
IDREF_array . 74
imager . 75
input (shared) . 77
input (unshared) . 79
instance_animation . 81
instance_camera . 82
instance_controller . 83
instance_formula . 85
instance_geometry . 87
instance_light . 88
instance_node . 90
instance_visual_scene . 92
int_array . 93
joints . 94
library_animation_clips . 95
library_animations . 96
library_cameras . 97
library_controllers . 98
library_formulas .100
library_geometries .101
library_lights .
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