<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">SignWriting List<div>May 2, 2008</div><div><br></div><div>CONGRATULATIONS, Steve, on this remarkable software development. We are SO fortunate to have this opportunity for new and improved software in 2008! Thank you for your unending hard work and creative solutions.</div><div><br></div><div>I feel very fortunate, because without your specially-designed testing software which you have provided for me behind the scenes, I would not be able to develop the symbols of the International SignWriting Alphabet (ISWA) so easily. It is just amazing for me to be able to test the new symbols, so that we are sure that old documents will automatically convert to the new symbols when they are installed into the new SignPuddle...really a great experience for me all around...and exciting to see the conversion before my eyes as I test the symbols.</div><div><br></div><div>So everyone, as you can see by Steve's schedule mentioned below, Steve and I are working together to ensure that you will be able to start using the new ISWA 2008 seamlessly...without having to re-write anything...when the ISWA is installed into SignPuddle.</div><div><br></div><div>And the MediaWiki Plugin, which Steve mentions below, will make it possible for us to write Wikipedia-style encyclopedia articles in the Sign Languages of the world, writing and posting articles directly in SignWriting symbols....This will start a series of new projects, that will continue for years to come. Writing an encyclopedia in ASL for example, both online and in book form, will be an important project that will provide educational materials for schools and employment for signwriters...</div><div><br></div><div>So there is much to be thankful for...</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks again, Steve!</div><div><br></div><div>Val ;-)</div><div><br></div><div>-----------------</div><div><br></div><div><br><div><div>On May 2, 2008, at 6:59 AM, Steve Slevinski wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite">Hi List,<br><br>I'm happy to announce the beta version of the SignWriting Image Server:<br><a href="http://www.signbank.org/signpuddle/swis">http://www.signbank.org/signpuddle/swis</a><br><br>This is an open source project for web servers that creates SignWriting images. The code in licensed under the GPL v3. The SignWriting font for the ISWA 2008 is licensed under the Open Font License. The main SWIS document is licensed under Creative Commons (by-sa).<br><br>The SignWriting Image Server does not create the content for web pages; it displays the content that has already been created. Once I update SignPuddle for the ISWA 2008, it will use SWIS and be able to generate SWIS ready content. After that, I'll be working on the open source SignText plug-in that will also use SWIS.<br><br>You can download the project. It requires a web server with PHP and the GD graphics library. The download is 11 MB and contains over 33 thousand files.<br>http://www.signbank.org/signpuddle/swis.zip<br><br>I'm expecting to have the Release Candidate 1 ready by the end of the month. I should have the ISWA version of SignPuddle ready to test by that time. Val and I have been working on a conversion routine from the IMWA to the ISWA that is currently 99.9% accurate.<br><br>I'm excited for the open standards. We will have a MediaWiki plugin sometime this summer. What fun!<br><br>Regard,<br>-Steve<br><br><br><br>____________________________________________<br><br>SW-L SignWriting List<br><br>Post Message<br>SW-L@majordomo.valenciacc.edu<br><br>List Archives and Help<br>http://www.signwriting.org/forums/swlist/<br><br>Change Email Settings<br>http://majordomo.valenciacc.edu/mailman/listinfo/sw-l<br><br></blockquote></div><br><div apple-content-edited="true"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><br class="Apple-interchange-newline">Val ;-)</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; 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-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Arial; "><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Arial; min-height: 14px; "><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Arial; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Arial; ">Valerie Sutton</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 240); "><span style="text-decoration: underline; "><a href="mailto:Sutton@SignWriting.org">Sutton@SignWriting.org</a></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; 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