Does Coin support VRML97?

Coin 1.* does not support VRML97. Coin 2.0 and upwards supports it. We are not supporting 100% of the VRML97 standard yet, but most models will load and display correctly. The main missing features are URL loading (there are callbacks that makes it possible for the application programmer to fix this though), proper support for bindable nodes, and scripting (can also be supported through callbacks).

VRML97 was amended in 2002 with amongst others GeoSpatial and NURBS nodes. You will not find these nodes in Coin 2 yet.