> HamNoSys from my understanding, is like Stokoe, it is a linear exposition
> of Sign Languages, not based on their actual appearance in space, which
> Sign Writing does. The only way to change minds and hearts is to show
> TISLR, as we are doing in October, with poster sessions and other
> methodologies, actual linguistic research using both databases and
> exposition.
>
> We are dealing with inertia here, and a real culture of denial that a
> writing system can actually work. It will take your groundbreaking work
> and the work of users like Fernando Capovilla in Brazil to turn that
> around, and that with so many piles of literature that it cannot be
> ignored.
>
> Publish, publish, publish, the overwhelming evidence will change the
> culture.
>
> Charles Butler Neto
> ASL and Libras user.
>
>
>
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: MARIA AZZOPARDI <
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> To:
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> Subject: Re: Data exchange with SignPuddle Markup Language
>
> Dear Steve, Val and all the list,
> I attended the LREC 2010 and I must say I was slightly disappointed at the
> very low use of SignWriting in Computer Sign Language linguists. There
> were some researchers that told me they considered SignWriting, but opted
> for HanNoSys. It would be ideal if SignWriting were used, I thought, but I
> probably can't understand the technicalities, as
computers are not my
> area.
> Could you explain why the situation is so.
> Thank you very much,
> Maria
>
>> Hi Bill,
>>
>> In SignPuddle Markup Language, there are 3 main parts of information:
>> terms, text, and source. SignWriting can be used in each. The voice
>> language items are defined the same as sign language items.
>>
>> However, by convention, I will be using voice language items differently
>> than sign language items.
>>
>> The voice language items will use UTF-8. This will be straight
>> character data, so I'm wrapping the entires as a CDATA block to avoid
>> parsing.
>>
>> The sign language items will use BSW as hexadecimal. I still need to
>> decide if terms can be one than one sign. This will determine if terms
>> are edited with
SignMaker or SignText. I need to decide the same for
>> the source: one sign only, or more than one sign.
>>
>> For the ultimate in flexibility, I could have the sign language items
>> use UTF-8; the same as the voice language sections. I would need to
>> encode the Binary SignWriting using the UTF-8 I propose with the plane 4
>> solution. This way, we could mix sign language with HTML markup and
>> other spoken languages. However, this encoding is not approved by the
>> Unicode consortium so it may be considered bad manners to start using
>> plane 4 without their approval.
>>
>> Either way I go, I will not need to update the SPML DTD definition. You
>> can see that I am not limiting the terms, text, or source.
>> http://www.signpuddle.net/spml.dtd
>>
>> Here's an abbreviated
definition
>> <!ELEMENT spml (entry+)>
>> <!ELEMENT entry (item+)>
>> <!ELEMENT item (term*,text?,src?)>
>> <!ELEMENT term (#PCDATA)>
>> <!ELEMENT text (#PCDATA)>
>> <!ELEMENT src (#PCDATA)>
>>
>> + one or more
>> * zero or more
>> ? zero or one
>>
>> Regards,
>> -Steve
>>
>>