POB SDK by Thomas Baier			Version 0.8 (06/97) BETA


Introduction:

	The POB (POV-Ray Binary) format is a file format which handles all scene
        elements of POV-Ray 3.0. The file format is binary and chunk oriented
	(like the 3D Studio format) and allows easy handling of all or specific
	scene elements. It is designed to be platform independent and should
	easily be usable on just about all platforms. The POB format is supported
	by the POB-SDK, which provides:

	- a modified version of POVRAY.EXE, which easily converts POV-Ray files
	  (version 1, 2, and 3) to the POB format.
        - Freely usable sample code for reading, examining/debugging POB-files
          and writing back POV-Ray files.
	- A specification of the POB-file format.


Limitaions:

	There are no technical limitations on POB. For copyright info
	please read legal.txt. POB can be used by freeware, shareware
	and commercial programs.


More information:

	for copyright info, please read 		legal.txt
	for actual status of POB SDK, please read 	status.txt
	for FAQ, please read 				faq.txt
	for POB specification, please read 		pob_sdk.doc


Contact:

	Thomas Baier
	thbaier@compuserve.com
        http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/thbaier


Thomas Baier