signpuddle standard for signwriting text presentation
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The SignPuddle Standard for SignWriting Text
presented by Stephen E Slevinski Jr
in association with the Center for Sutton Movement Writing
http://www.signwriting.org/symposium/presentation0011.htmlSignWriting Symposium 2014 Day 2, time marker 23:30
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How do we encode the SignWriting Script?
Mathematical Model
Practical ApplicationComplication
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Outline
1. Background of SignWriting Text
2. Benefits of SignWriting Text
3. Elements of SignWriting Text
4. Extending the standard
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1. Background
• My background
• Historical foundation
• SignPuddle Beginnings
• Naming the signs
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My Background• Math major
• Love of literacy
• Raised children with sign language
• Deaf friends in Pittsburgh, PA
• 10 year collaboration with Valerie Sutton
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Historical Foundation
• SignWriting invented in 1974
• Computerization began in 1984
• SignWriter Dos created by Richard Gleaves
• Standardized symbol sets in 1999, 2002, and 2004
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SignPuddle Beginnings
• Screen captures of sign images
• Gloss file names
• Drag & drop construction
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Naming the signsBuild string SWML Binary SignWriting
Character SignWriting
Unicode PUA
Kartesian SignWriting
Formal SignWriting
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2. Benefits of the standard• Universal for all sign languages
• Beautiful images
• Real sign language text
• Efficient sorting
• Powerful searching
• Growing body of work
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SignWriting is UniversalAmerican Sign Language, Arabian Sign Languages, Australian Sign
Language, Bolivian Sign Language, Brazilian Sign Language, British Sign Language, Catalan Sign Language, Colombian Sign Language, Czech
Sign Language, Danish Sign Language, Dutch Sign Language, Ethiopian Sign Language, Finnish Sign Language, Flemish Sign Language, French-Belgian Sign Language, French Sign Language, German Sign Language,
Greek Sign Language, Irish Sign Language, Italian Sign Language, Japanese Sign Language, Malawi Sign Language, Malaysian Sign
Language, Maltese Sign Language, Mexican Sign Language, Nepalese Sign Language, New Zealand Sign Language, Nicaraguan Sign Language, Norwegian Sign Language, Peruvian Sign Language,
Philippines Sign Language, Polish Sign Language, Portuguese Sign Language, Quebec Sign Language, South African Sign Language,
Spanish Sign Language, Swedish Sign Language, Swiss Sign Language, Taiwanese Sign Language, Tunisian Sign Language, and more…
http://www.signwriting.org/about/who/
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Beautiful Images
Scalar Vector Graphics
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Real sign language text
grammatically correct
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Efficient Sorting
Supports multiple theories
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Powerful Searching
• Find exact symbols
• Find general symbols
• Find symbol ranges
• Ignore location
• Use approximate location
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3. Elements of the Standard• International SignWriting Alphabet 2010
• Writer control and flexibility
• Visual Image
• Mathematical Name
• Regular Expressions
• 2 Years of Stability
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International SignWriting Alphabet
ISWA 2010
• Grapheme
• Symbol
• Hierarchy
• Encoding
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Writer Control and Flexibility
Symbol selection, placement, and order
• No limitations
• No gatekeepers
• No waiting
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Visual Image2-Dimensional Order
• PNG
• SVG
• TrueType
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Mathematical Name
• Plain text string of characters
• Structured with tokens
• 2-dimensional space
• Optional 1-dimensional order
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Regular Expressions
• Pattern matching
• Efficient processing
• Automatic conversion
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2 Years of Stability
• January 12th, 2012
• ASCII based
• Unicode - Private Use Area
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4. Extending the Standard
• Embrace the standard
• Maintain compatibility
• Experiment and try something new
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Embrace the Standard
• SignTyp
• SignWriter Studio
• DELEGS Online
• Wikimedia Incubator
• TrueType Font development
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Maintain Compatibility
• SWIFT
• Alternate ISWA 2010 fonts
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Experiment and Try Something New
• Other symbol sets
• Other coordinate system
• Other internal structure
• Other character sets
• Other input methods