material, outlining extensible structures for appearance

.js

// ALL material info (including opacity & color) is defined under a generialized "material"
// ALL properties are optional
// color & opacity will be removed from the protocol

material: {
  type: BASIC | PHONG | LAMBERT | PHYSICAL | DASHED (lines only)
  opacity: 0-1,
  color: [0-255, 0-255, 0-255],
  fog: true | false, // affected by fog
  lights: true | false, // affected by lights
  shadows: true | false, // cast/receive shadows
  
  emissive: [0-255, 0-255, 0-255], //(meshes only)
  specular: [0-255, 0-255, 0-255], //(meshes only)
  opacity: 0-1,
  metalness: 0-1, //(meshes only)
  roughness: 0-1, //(meshes only)
  clearCoat: 0-1, //(meshes only)
  clearCoatRoughness: 0-1, //(meshes only)
  texture: DEFLATE+BASE64 (png, jpg), //(meshes only)
  textureIntensity: 0-1, //(meshes only)
  environment: DEFLATE+BASE64 (png, jpg), //(meshes only)
  environmentIntensity: 0-1, //(meshes only)
  bump: DEFLATE+BASE64 (png, jpg), //(meshes only)
  bumpIntensity: 0-1, //(meshes only)
  displacement: DEFLATE+BASE64 (png, jpg), //(meshes only)
  displacementIntensity: 0-1, //(meshes only)
  glow: DEFLATE+BASE64 (png, jpg), //(meshes only)
  glowIntensity: 0-1, //(meshes only)
  
  dash: 0-1, //(dashed lines only)
  width: 0-1, //(dashed lines only)
  scale: 0-1, //(dashed lines only)
  gap: 0-1, //(dashed lines only)
}

// Material defined in the parent container will merge with properties defined in a child (f.i. a face).
// If a mesh defines itself as "sparkly glassy transparent", a single face defining itself as "red" 
// will appear as "sparkly glassy transparent red".
// Child material properties will always supercede parent properties if they collide.

// Materials can be keyed and stored in a map and linked to by index, thereby reducing material overhead
// Material maps may be placed in the general properties which would then allow styling multiple containers 

materials: {
  wood: { color: [...], ... },
  glass: { color: [...], ... },
  ...
}
         
// Later on in a child:
material: "glass"