The JavaView jvx file format is an xml format. It was developed for storing geometrical data platform and application independent, and with a special emphasis on the automatic validation of the syntactic and semantic correctness of a JVX file. Following you find an example (jvx) which can be downloaded and viewed with JavaView. Further examples are in the model collection of JavaView, or can be generated with JavaView. The formal specification of the file format is given in the DTD, which may also be used for automatic validation of a jvx file, for example, using Internet Explorer 5.5 or other tools.

Document Type Definition DTD	jvx.dtd
Example JVX file discussed here	Format_Jvx.jvx

The tags below are linked to their explanations. So if you want to know about the structure just take a look at the example and if you want to know about the meaning or purpose of some tag just click on it and you will go right to the explanation. Tags without the remark "optional" at the right end of the line are necessary.

<jvx-model>
   <meta generator="JavaView v.1.95" />                  - optional -
   <meta date="Sun May 35 25:12:34 GMT+17:00 2000" />    - optional -
   <version type="final">1.41</version>                  - optional -
   <title>deLoreon Surface</title>
   <authors>                                             - optional -
      <author>
         <firstname>Emmett</firstname>
         <lastname>Brown</lastname>
         <affiliation>
            <organization>Time Travel Labs</organization>
            <address>
               <line>parking lot</line>
               <line>12345 Twin Pines Mall</line>        - optional -
                         - here may follow additional address lines -
            </address>
         </affiliation>
         <email>Brown@TimeTravelLabs.org</email>
         <url>http://www.TimeTravelLabs.org/</url>       - optional -
      </author>
                           - here may follow additional author tags -
   </authors>
   <description>                                         - optional -
      <abstract>Very difficult 2.5 dimensional surface.</abstract>
   </description>
               - There are several possible forms for geometries:   -
               -  * point set + vector fields + material            -
               -  * point set + line set + vector fields + material -
               -  * point set + face set + vector fields + material -
   <geometries>
      <geometry name="flux">        - pointSet+vectorField+material -
         <pointSet dim="3" point="show" color="show">
            <points>                                     - optional -
               <p>-0.7 0.  1.4</p>                       - optional -
               <p>-0.4 0.  0.7</p>                       - optional -
               <p>-0.1 0.  0. </p>                       - optional -
               <p>-0.1 0. -0.7</p>                       - optional -
               <p>-0.1 0. -1.4</p>                       - optional -
               <p> 0.1 0. -1.4</p>                       - optional -
               <p> 0.1 0. -0.7</p>                       - optional -
               <p> 0.1 0.  0. </p>                       - optional -
               <p> 0.4 0.  0.7</p>                       - optional -
               <p> 0.7 0.  1.4</p>                       - optional -
                                - here may follow additional p tags -
               <thickness>5</thickness>                  - optional -
            </points>
            <colors>                                     - optional -
               <c>255   0   0</c>                        - optional -
               <c>255 127   0</c>                        - optional -
               <c>255 255   0</c>                        - optional -
               <c>127 255   0</c>                        - optional -
               <c>  0 255   0</c>                        - optional -
               <c>  0 255   0</c>                        - optional -
               <c>  0 255 127</c>                        - optional -
               <c>  0 255 255</c>                        - optional -
               <c>127 255 255</c>                        - optional -
               <c>255 255 255</c>                        - optional -
            </colors>
                                    - here may follow a normals tag -
                                   - here may follow a textures tag -
         </pointSet>
         <vectorField name="forward flux" arrow="show" base="vertex">
            <vectors>
               <v>0.08 0. -0.18</v>                      - optional -
               <v>0.08 0. -0.18</v>                      - optional -
               <v>0.   0. -0.2 </v>                      - optional -
               <v>0.   0. -0.2 </v>                      - optional -
               <v>0.2  0.  0.  </v>                      - optional -
               <v>0.   0.  0.2 </v>                      - optional -
               <v>0.   0.  0.2 </v>                      - optional -
               <v>0.08 0.  0.18</v>                      - optional -
               <v>0.08 0.  0.18</v>                      - optional -
               <v>0.08 0.  0.18</v>                      - optional -
               <color>255 255 0</color>                  - optional -
            </vectors>
         </vectorField>
         <vectorField>                                   - optional -
            <vectors>
               <v>-0.08 0.  0.18</v>                     - optional -
               <v>-0.08 0.  0.18</v>                     - optional -
               <v>-0.08 0.  0.18</v>                     - optional -
               <v> 0.   0.  0.2 </v>                     - optional -
               <v> 0.   0.  0.2 </v>                     - optional -
               <v>-0.2  0.  0.  </v>                     - optional -
               <v> 0.   0. -0.2 </v>                     - optional -
               <v> 0.   0. -0.2 </v>                     - optional -
               <v>-0.08 0. -0.18</v>                     - optional -
               <v>-0.08 0. -0.18</v>                     - optional -
               <color>255 0 255</color>                  - optional -
            </vectors>
         </vectorField>
                      - here may follow additional vectorField tags -
      </geometry>
                             - following geometry tags are optional -
      <geometry name="case">- pointSet+lineSet+vectorField+material -
         <pointSet dim="3" point="hide">
            <points>                                     - optional -
               <p>-0.8 -.2 -2.</p>                       - optional -
               <p> 0.8 -.2 -2.</p>                       - optional -
               <p> 0.8  .2 -2.</p>                       - optional -
               <p>-0.8  .2 -2.</p>                       - optional -
               <p>-1.  -.2  2.</p>                       - optional -
               <p> 1.  -.2  2.</p>                       - optional -
               <p> 1.   .2  2.</p>                       - optional -
               <p>-1.   .2  2.</p>                       - optional -
                                - here may follow additional p tags -
            </points>
         </pointSet>
         <lineSet line="show">
            <lines>
               <l>0 1</l>                                - optional -
               <l>1 2</l>                                - optional -
               <l>2 3</l>                                - optional -
               <l>3 0</l>                                - optional -
               <l>0 4</l>                                - optional -
               <l>1 5</l>                                - optional -
               <l>2 6</l>                                - optional -
               <l>3 7</l>                                - optional -
               <l>4 5</l>                                - optional -
               <l>5 6</l>                                - optional -
               <l>6 7</l>                                - optional -
               <l>7 4</l>                                - optional -
                                - here may follow additional l tags -
               <color>255 255 0</color>                  - optional -
            </lines>
         </lineSet>
                            - here may follow some vectorField tags -
      </geometry>
                            - pointSet+faceSet+vectorField+material -
      <geometry name="backplate">
         <pointSet dim="3" point="hide">
            <points>                                     - optional -
               <p>-1.5 1.0 -2.5</p>                      - optional -
               <p> 1.5 1.0 -2.5</p>                      - optional -
               <p> 1.5 1.2 -2.5</p>                      - optional -
               <p>-1.5 1.2 -2.5</p>                      - optional -
               <p>-1.5 1.0  2.5</p>                      - optional -
               <p> 1.5 1.0  2.5</p>                      - optional -
               <p> 1.5 1.2  2.5</p>                      - optional -
               <p>-1.5 1.2  2.5</p>                      - optional -
                                - here may follow additional p tags -
            </points>
         </pointSet>
         <faceSet face="show" edge="hide">
            <faces>
               <f>3 2 1 0</f>                            - optional -
               <f>4 5 6 7</f>                            - optional -
               <f>0 1 5 4</f>                            - optional -
               <f>2 3 7 6</f>                            - optional -
               <f>0 4 7 3</f>                            - optional -
               <f>1 2 6 5</f>                            - optional -
                                - here may follow additional f tags -
               <color>63 63 255</color>
            </faces>
         </faceSet>
      </geometry>
                         - here may follow additional geometry tags -
   </geometries>
</jvx-model>