WorldInfo

Overview

WorldInfo includes a browser-displayable title and persistent string information about an X3D scene. For X3D4 models, WorldInfo can also contain a single MetadataSet node with further metadata information about the scene.

The WorldInfo node belongs to the Core component and requires at least level 1, its default container field is children. It is available since VRML 2.0 and from X3D version 3.0 or higher.

Hierarchy

+ X3DNode
  + X3DChildNode
    + X3DInfoNode
      + WorldInfo

Fields

SFNode [in, out] metadata NULL [X3DMetadataObject]

Information about this node can be contained in a MetadataBoolean, MetadataDouble, MetadataFloat, MetadataInteger, MetadataString or MetadataSet node.

Hint

• X3D Architecture 7.2.4 Metadata

SFString [in, out] title “”

title of this world, placed in window title.

Hint

• Many XML tools substitute XML character references for special characters automatically if needed within an attribute value (such as & for & ampersand character, or " for “ quotation-mark character).

MFString [in, out] info [ ]

Additional information about this model.

Hints

• MFString arrays can have multiple values, so separate each individual string by quote marks “https://www.web3d.org” “https://www.web3d.org/about” “etc.”
• Many XML tools substitute XML character references for special characters automatically if needed within an attribute value (such as & for & ampersand character, or " for “ quotation-mark character).

Advice

Hints

• Comments are not readable when a model file is loaded for viewing, but WorldInfo and Metadata* nodes are persistent and inspectable at run time.
• WorldInfo is part of Core component and Core profile.
• X3D for Web Authors, Chapter 15, Metadata Information

See Also

• X3D Specification of WorldInfo Node