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<DIV><SPAN class=391261914-30032005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>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..</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=391261914-30032005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Next
came the SSS-2002, with a different numbering scheme and more
symbols.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=391261914-30032005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>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.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=391261914-30032005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>So the
term IMWA is a rebranding of the SSS. </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=391261914-30032005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=391261914-30032005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>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. </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=391261914-30032005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>-Stephen</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B>
owner-sw-l@majordomo.valenciacc.edu
[mailto:owner-sw-l@majordomo.valenciacc.edu]<B>On Behalf Of </B>Charles
Butler<BR><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, March 30, 2005 8:45 AM<BR><B>To:</B>
sw-l@majordomo.valenciacc.edu<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [sw-l] SSS and
IMWA<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV>My understanding of the difference is in their names.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>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).</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>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. </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>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.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>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). </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Does that help?</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Charles Butler</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><BR><BR><B><I>Lucyna Dlugolecka <deafie@gmx.net></I></B>
wrote:</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>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..</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>Lucyna</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>GG 3618151 SMS
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