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Field by field, how do the ratified KHR_gaussian_splatting extension and OpenUSD's ParticleField3DGaussianSplat schema define a splat's position, rotation, scale, opacity, spherical harmonics, kernel, projection, sorting, colour space and frame, and where do they differ?

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Both definitions store linear scale and linear 0..1 opacity (CA-B035), but defaults and fields differ: glTF KHR_gaussian_splatting requires a colorSpace string and defaults sortingMethod to cameraDistance, while the OpenUSD usdVol schema defaults sortingModeHint to zDepth and has no colour-space attribute, so a converter that copies defaults changes the declared sort metric and loses colour-space provenance. The glTF README carries an SPDX CC-BY-4.0 header and also a Khronos copyright statement limiting reproduction to the unmodified specification. Curator qualifications: Licence-scope conflict preserved: CC-BY-4.0 SPDX header vs Khronos copyright statement (unmodified reproduction, IP policy); which applies to which use is not stated. Accessor component types, SH layouts and coordinate-frame statements (F1, F2, F4, F6, F7) not re-read line by line in this batch. Static reading of the same pinned bytes used in CA-B035; nothing converted. Limitations: Static reading of the same pinned bytes used in CA-B035; nothing converted. Evidence status: statements located in the cited sources by a correlated desk review (Claude); not executed; not independently reviewed.

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    {
      "url": "https://github.com/KhronosGroup/glTF/blob/7cee0fcddd5730e90d488bfb5aa2e52171483dde/extensions/2.0/Khronos/KHR_gaussian_splatting/README.md",
      "note": "KHR_gaussian_splatting README at 7cee0fcd, lines 2-3, 52-54, 64-92, 549-560; usdVol schema.usda at 5b3c21a1, lines 614-626"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://github.com/KhronosGroup/glTF/blob/7cee0fcddd5730e90d488bfb5aa2e52171483dde/extensions/2.0/Khronos/KHR_gaussian_splatting/schema/mesh.primitive.KHR_gaussian_splatting.schema.json",
      "note": "KHR_gaussian_splatting README at 7cee0fcd, lines 2-3, 52-54, 64-92, 549-560; usdVol schema.usda at 5b3c21a1, lines 614-626"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://github.com/PixarAnimationStudios/OpenUSD/blob/5b3c21a1f20a77383fd6e7814ce6bde4e6c1895d/pxr/usd/usdVol/schema.usda",
      "note": "KHR_gaussian_splatting README at 7cee0fcd, lines 2-3, 52-54, 64-92, 549-560; usdVol schema.usda at 5b3c21a1, lines 614-626"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://github.com/PixarAnimationStudios/OpenUSD/blob/5b3c21a1f20a77383fd6e7814ce6bde4e6c1895d/docs/user_guides/schemas/usdVol/ParticleField3DGaussianSplat.md",
      "note": "KHR_gaussian_splatting README at 7cee0fcd, lines 2-3, 52-54, 64-92, 549-560; usdVol schema.usda at 5b3c21a1, lines 614-626"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://github.com/PixarAnimationStudios/OpenUSD/blob/5b3c21a1f20a77383fd6e7814ce6bde4e6c1895d/extras/imaging/examples/hdParticleField/py3dgsPlyToUsd.py",
      "note": "KHR_gaussian_splatting README at 7cee0fcd, lines 2-3, 52-54, 64-92, 549-560; usdVol schema.usda at 5b3c21a1, lines 614-626"
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Evidence claims

[sourced_fact] Both definitions store linear scale and linear 0..1 opacity (CA-B035), but defaults and fields differ: glTF KHR_gaussian_splatting requires a colorSpace string and defaults sortingMethod to cameraDistance, while the OpenUSD usdVol schema defaults sortingModeHint to zDepth and has no colour-space attribute, so a converter that copies defaults changes the declared sort metric and loses colour-space provenance. The glTF README carries an SPDX CC-BY-4.0 header and also a Khronos copyright statement limiting reproduction to the unmodified specification. · locator: KHR_gaussian_splatting README at 7cee0fcd, lines 2-3, 52-54, 64-92, 549-560; usdVol schema.usda at 5b3c21a1, lines 614-626 source

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documentation	unknown	permitted	permitted	unknown	unknown	Applies to this original summary only, not to the cited sources.

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