Editing VRML (section)

==Standardization==

The [[Web3D Consortium]] has been formed to further the collective development of the format. VRML (and its successor, [[X3D]]), have been accepted as international standards by the [[International Organization for Standardization]] (ISO) and the [[International Electrotechnical Commission]] (IEC).

The first version of VRML was specified in November 1994. This version was specified from, and very closely resembled, the [[Application Programming Interface|API]] and [[file format]] of the [[Open Inventor]] [[software component]], originally developed by [[Silicon Graphics|SGI]]. Version 2.0 development was guided by the ad hoc VRML Architecture Group (VAG).<ref name="Ando">{{cite journal |last1=Ando |first1=Hideyuki |last2=Kubota |first2=Akihiro |last3=Kiriyama |first3=Takashi |title=Study on the collaborative design process over the Internet: a case study on VRML 2.0 specification design |journal=Design Studies |date=July 1998 |volume=19 |issue=3 |pages=289–308 |doi=10.1016/S0142-694X(98)00007-6 |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0142694X98000076 |access-date=24 March 2020}}</ref> A working draft was published in August 1996.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.graphics.stanford.edu/courses/cs248-98-fall/Assignments/Assignment3/VRML2_Specification/ |title=VRML Version 2.0 Specification |date=1996-08-04 |access-date=2018-11-27}}</ref> Formal collaboration between the VAG and SC24 of ISO/IEC began in 1996<ref name="Carson">{{cite journal |last1=Carson |first1=George |last2=Puk |first2=Richard |last3=Carey |first3=Rikk |title=Developing the VRML 97 international standard |journal=IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications |date=March–April 1999 |volume=19 |issue=2 |pages=52–58 |doi=10.1109/38.749123 }}</ref> and VRML 2.0 was submitted to ISO for adoption as an international standard. The current and functionally complete version is VRML97 (ISO/IEC 14772-1:1997). VRML has now been superseded by [[X3D]] (ISO/IEC 19775-1).