Appendix A

Wikitude Support and ARML Parameters

This appendix provides information you might find helpful when working with Wikitude.

SUPPORT

Here are some URLs that you will find useful in your Wikitude development:

ARML PARAMETERS

ARML (augmented reality markup language) is a proposed specification that allows content developers create content for the Wikitude 4 World Browser. ARML is built on a subset of KML. The parameters detailed in Table A-1 describe the full set of tags supported by Wikitude 4.

TABLE A-1: ARML Parameters

NAME REQUIRED DESCRIPTION
xmlns no www.opengis.net/kml/2.2: Standard KML namespace
xmlns:ar no www.openarml.org/arml/1.0: Standard ARML namespace
xmlns:wikitude no www.openarml.org/wikitude/1.0: Public Wikitude namespace
xmlns:wikitudeInternal no www.openarml.org/wikitude/1.0: Public Wikitude namespace
ar:provider yes Identifies a content provider or content channel. Wikipedia, YouTube, or Twitter are popular separate providers. Each provider must have a unique identifier.
ar:name yes Name of the content provider. This name will be used to display the content provider in the settings and bookmarks menu of the browser.
ar:description no Name of the content provider. This name will ...

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