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<DIV><FONT size=2>Thank you all for your explanations! Now I understand
it!</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>Lucyna</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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<A title=sutton@signwriting.org href="mailto:sutton@signwriting.org">Valerie
Sutton</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
title=sw-l@majordomo.valenciacc.edu
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, March 30, 2005 4:46
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [sw-l] SSS and IMWA</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>SignWriting List<BR>March 30, 2005<BR><BR>Dear SW Listers
-<BR>Excellent descriptions below. It is because of SignPuddle, that I have
been able to improve the IMWA. The symbols were always written by hand, but
getting them all in a computer program has been the problem. That is why we
had limited or smaller symbolsets in the past. Most computer programs could
not handle so many symbols. But SignBank and SignPuddle have made it possible
to include all symbols of the IMWA...and this has also made it possible to add
new symbols when needed to the same symbolset...so yes, it used to be called
the SSS-2004...But I wonder if in the future we could call it the SSS-IMWA,
which may expand as time goes on? Will that name work, Stephen? Val
;-)<BR><BR>-----------------------<BR><BR>On Mar 30, 2005, at 6:32 AM, Stephen
Slevinski wrote:<BR><BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE><?color><?param 0000,0000,FFFF><?smaller><?x-tad-smaller>SSS-1995
and SSS-1999 are used in SignWriter Dos and Java. Both of these
sets do not contain all of the symbols needed to write any type of
movement..<?/x-tad-smaller><?/smaller><?/color></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE><BR> <BR><?color><?param 0000,0000,FFFF><?smaller><?x-tad-smaller>Next
came the SSS-2002, with a different numbering scheme and more symbols.<?/x-tad-smaller><?/smaller><?/color></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE><BR> <BR><?color><?param 0000,0000,FFFF><?smaller><?x-tad-smaller>Finally
came the SSS-2004. This was the first set with enough symbols to claim
the title of the International Movement Writing Alphabet. It does not
have every symbol needed, but it has room to grow. The numbering
scheme will not change. The specific number for any particular symbol
will not change. It is an exhaustive and stable set.<?/x-tad-smaller><?/smaller><?/color></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE><BR> <BR><?color><?param 0000,0000,FFFF><?smaller><?x-tad-smaller>So
the term IMWA is a rebranding of the SSS. <?/x-tad-smaller><?/smaller><?/color></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE><BR><?color><?param 0000,0000,FFFF><?smaller><?x-tad-smaller><?/x-tad-smaller><?/smaller><?/color></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE><BR><?color><?param 0000,0000,FFFF><?smaller><?x-tad-smaller>While
conversion routines are needed between the various SSS (1995, 1999, 2002,
2004), the IMWA will not need conversion routines. Once something is
written in the IMWA, it will still be valid and correct for future
versions of the IMWA. <?/x-tad-smaller><?/smaller><?/color></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE><BR> <BR><?color><?param 0000,0000,FFFF><?smaller><?x-tad-smaller>-Stephen<?/x-tad-smaller><?/smaller><?/color></BLOCKQUOTE>
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owner-sw-l@majordomo.valenciacc.edu
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Behalf Of <?/x-tad-smaller></B><?x-tad-smaller>Charles Butler<?/x-tad-smaller><?/smaller><?/fontfamily></BLOCKQUOTE>
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Wednesday, March 30, 2005 8:45
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Re: [sw-l] SSS and IMWA<?/x-tad-smaller><?/smaller><?/fontfamily></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE><BR><BR>My understanding of the difference is in their
names.<BR> <BR>SSS is Sign Symbol Sequence, an ordering system to the
various characters of SignWriting(R). It is only those characters used
for writing signed languages, not other systems of movement such
DanceWriting(R) and SportsWriting(R).<BR> <BR>IMWA is the International
Movement Writing Alphabet, a set of symbols taking into account the entire
system of Movement Writing, which is larger than the set used for everyday
Sign Writing. <BR> <BR>While the IMWA is connected to
the SSS, that is not the only possible ordering, only a technique that
helps to ensure that all handshapes used in a given sign language are
structured.<BR> <BR>The IMWA is parallel to the International Phonetic
Alphabet (IPA) used to write down all human utterance in speech. The
IMWA has the capability of writing down ALL movement of things that move
(humans, animals, insects, presumably machines). As the larger of the
two systems of SSS and IMWA, any sign language can draw upon the larger
system if it needs to show critical differences in signs (examples such
as touching the lower leg, patting oneself on the back, and movements
from dance and ballet that often do not occur in a given sign
language). <BR> <BR>Does that help?<BR> <BR>Charles
Butler<BR> <BR><BR><BR><B><I>Lucyna Dlugolecka
<deafie@gmx.net></I></B> wrote:<BR><?smaller><?x-tad-smaller>Well, I
am preparing my lecture on SW and I would like to know what is the
difference between SSS and IMWA... I have read the definitions but I can't
find the difference..<?/x-tad-smaller><?/smaller></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE><BR> <BR><?smaller><?x-tad-smaller>Lucyna<?/x-tad-smaller><?/smaller></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE><BR> <BR> <BR><?smaller><?x-tad-smaller>GG 3618151 SMS
+48505273292<?/x-tad-smaller><?/smaller></BLOCKQUOTE>
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