Collada has only one issue - the time it takes to parse after expanding the ZIP'd DAE file. The file format spec itself has no issues aside from the fact that it takes time to parse the XML format - but an Alchemy parser or an optimized library would alleviate that issue.
It is the most fully functional format out there aside from FBX so I'm not sure why everyone jumps on it so much. If it's an issue of it being a PITA to implement, that's a personal problem but not one with the format itself. :) I'm just speaking from experience, having used Collada for years in conjunction with FBX for feature film work and even runtime work in PV3D (though I modified the original ASCollada library significantly). - j On Mar 17, 2011, at 5:39 AM, richardolsson wrote: > We will provide COLLADA as a service to those who want to use it, but > we strongly recommend that you stay away from it, because it has so > many issues (that I have explained numerous times on this list, and > will soon write a blog post about.)
