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X3D is an open standard for 3D content delivery. It is not a programming API, nor just a file format for geometry interchange.
It combines both geometry and runtime behavioural descriptions into a single file that has a number of different file formats available for it, including the Extensible Markup Language (XML). It is the next revision of the VRML97 ISO specification, incorporating the latest advances in commercial graphics hardware features as well as architectural improvements based on years of feedback from the VRML97 development community.
You can read more about this topic on web3d.org. But in short, it allows you to easily manage interactive content or even the famous Utah teapot...