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Metadata that contains information about how a piece of Katana data will be presented in the user interface.
Katana Scene Graph
A data tree containing all the information needed to render a scene.
Katana Node Graph
A network of nodes for processing a Scene Graph in a deferred manner.
Look File
A collection of changes to apply to a Scene Graph. A look file is static data stored on disk.
Node Parameter
String and Number data used to calibrate how a node processes a Scene Graph. A node will contain parameters.
Scene Graph Attribute
The leaf elements of a Scene Graph. Attributes contain the actual data in a Scene Graph.
Scene Graph Location
A branch in a Scene Graph. A Scene Graph Location will contain one or more Scene Graph Attributes and will
contain an arbitrary number of Scene Graph Locations.
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