<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed;">Hi Steve, Val & all</div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed;">I tried it . its wonderful<span dir="rtl" lang="AR-SA"><o:p></o:p></span></div> <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";">Mohamed</span><br><br><b><i>sw-l-request@majordomo.valenciacc.edu</i></b> wrote:<blockquote class="replbq" style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"> Send SW-L mailing list submissions to<br> sw-l@majordomo.valenciacc.edu<br><br>To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit<br> http://majordomo.valenciacc.edu/mailman/listinfo/sw-l<br>or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to<br> sw-l-request@majordomo.valenciacc.edu<br><br>You can reach the person managing the list at<br> sw-l-owner@majordomo.valenciacc.edu<br><br>When replying, please edit your
Subject line so it is more specific<br>than "Re: Contents of SW-L digest..."<br>Today's Topics:<br><br> 1. Re: ISWA 2008 Final & the PersonalPuddle (Jonathan)<br> 2. Re: IMWA Conversion to the ISWA (Jonathan)<br> 3. RE: ISWA 2008 Final & the PersonalPuddle (Ingvild Roald)<br> 4. SignWriting in MediaWiki (Steve Slevinski)<br> 5. Re: SignWriting in MediaWiki (Valerie Sutton)<br>From: Jonathan <duncanjonathan@yahoo.ca><br>To: "SignWriting List" <sw-l@majordomo.valenciacc.edu><br>Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2008 22:59:40 +0100<br>Subject: Re: [sw-l] ISWA 2008 Final & the PersonalPuddle<br><br> Hi Steve and Val,<br> A belated congratulations on the ISWA 2008 and all the hard work. <br>Many have already shared their feelings about this great piece of work. <br>I too share their feelings and may it be used by generations to come <br>world wide. <br><br>Jonathan<br><br>Steve Slevinski wrote:<br>> Hi list,<br>><br>> The review period for the
ISWA 2008 ended successfully yesterday. <br>> Valerie will be announcing that the ISWA is final, as in finally done <br>> and finished. There has been a lot of work on this latest symbol <br>> set. I'm proud of the work that we've done together.<br>><br>> This could be the final symbol set for SignWriting. If not forever, <br>> then at least the next few years. With the new character encoding <br>> model, this may be the symbol set that will be used with Unicode, but <br>> that's a different story.<br>><br>> SignPuddle Online already uses the ISWA 2008. Just last week I <br>> finished a new desktop version of the PocketPuddle called the <br>> PersonalPuddle for Windows and Mac. The installation has been greatly <br>> simplified: just unzip and start the application. It works the same <br>> as SignPuddle Online, except it doesn't require an Internet <br>> connection. With the new SignPuddle export function, it is
possible <br>> to get a local copy of any of the online puddles to use offline at any <br>> time.<br>><br>> The PersonalPuddle is available for $100, the same price as the <br>> PocketPuddle. Except for the rest of this month, the price has been <br>> cut in half to $50 to celebrate the release of the ISWA 2008 Final.<br>><br>> For the PocketPuddle users, they will be offered the PersonalPuddle at <br>> not cost. They can contact me directly if they would like help <br>> converting their existing IMWA data over to the ISWA.<br>><br>> I am finishing the IMWA Conversion document and code. It will be <br>> ready in the next couple of days.<br>><br>> Let's all congratulate Valerie on her amazing work. This is a <br>> historic day and I'm glad I was a part.<br>><br>> Regards,<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>><br>> __________ Información de NOD32, revisión 3550 (20081023) __________<br>><br>> Este mensaje ha sido analizado con NOD32 antivirus system<br>> http://www.nod32.com<br>><br>><br>><br><br><br>From: Jonathan <duncanjonathan@yahoo.ca><br>To: "SignWriting List" <sw-l@majordomo.valenciacc.edu><br>Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2008 23:14:10 +0100<br>Subject: Re: [sw-l] IMWA Conversion to the ISWA<br><br> Hi Steve,<br> Thank you for making the conversion package available. I had been <br>busy but today I am going to download it and give it a try.<br><br>Thanks once again<br>Jonathan<br><br>Steve Slevinski wrote:<br>> Hi list,<br>><br>> This message is aimed at programmers.<br>><br>>
The IMWA Convert package is ready for download and viewing. It <br>> provides data files and functions required to convert the IMWA symbol <br>> IDs to the ISWA symbol IDs.<br>> http://www.signpuddle.net/imwa_convert<br>> http://www.signpuddle.net/imwa_convert.zip<br>><br>> This is the same package that was used to successfully convert the <br>> SignPuddle Online dictionaries to the ISWA.<br>><br>> The IMWA Convert package is released under the GPL 3 and main document <br>> is released under Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 3.0.<br>><br>> Enjoy,<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>><br>> __________ Información de NOD32, revisión 3550 (20081023) __________<br>><br>> Este mensaje ha sido analizado con NOD32 antivirus system<br>> http://www.nod32.com<br>><br>><br>><br><br><br>From: "Ingvild Roald" <iroald@hotmail.com><br>To: "SignWriting List" <sw-l@majordomo.valenciacc.edu><br>Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2008 13:16:27 +0000<br>Subject: RE: [sw-l] ISWA 2008 Final & the PersonalPuddle<br><br> <style> .hmmessage P { margin:0px; padding:0px } body.hmmessage { FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY:Tahoma } </style> Thank you, Steve and Valerie, <br><br>for your huge work on this. Now we will have a great tool for future use, and hopefully this will help spred the good message even further.<br><br>As for the personal and pocket puddles: I understand that it will be possible to import from netbased puddles to these local puddles. Will the opposite also be true: that
after working offline, it will be possible to export the work to an online puddle? This would be greatly appreciated,<br><br>Ingvild <br><br><br>> Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2008 22:59:40 +0100<br>> From: duncanjonathan@yahoo.ca<br>> To: sw-l@majordomo.valenciacc.edu<br>> Subject: Re: [sw-l] ISWA 2008 Final & the PersonalPuddle<br>> <br>> Hi Steve and Val,<br>> A belated congratulations on the ISWA 2008 and all the hard work. <br>> Many have already shared their feelings about this great piece of work. <br>> I too share their feelings and may it be used by generations to come <br>> world wide. <br>> <br>> Jonathan<br>> <br>> Steve Slevinski wrote:<br>> > Hi list,<br>> ><br>> > The review period for the ISWA 2008 ended successfully yesterday. <br>> > Valerie will be announcing that the ISWA is final, as in finally done <br>> > and finished. There has been a lot of work on this latest symbol <br>>
> set. I'm proud of the work that we've done together.<br>> ><br>> > This could be the final symbol set for SignWriting. If not forever, <br>> > then at least the next few years. With the new character encoding <br>> > model, this may be the symbol set that will be used with Unicode, but <br>> > that's a different story.<br>> ><br>> > SignPuddle Online already uses the ISWA 2008. Just last week I <br>> > finished a new desktop version of the PocketPuddle called the <br>> > PersonalPuddle for Windows and Mac. The installation has been greatly <br>> > simplified: just unzip and start the application. It works the same <br>> > as SignPuddle Online, except it doesn't require an Internet <br>> > connection. With the new SignPuddle export function, it is possible <br>> > to get a local copy of any of the online puddles to use offline at any <br>> > time.<br>> ><br>> > The
PersonalPuddle is available for $100, the same price as the <br>> > PocketPuddle. Except for the rest of this month, the price has been <br>> > cut in half to $50 to celebrate the release of the ISWA 2008 Final.<br>> ><br>> > For the PocketPuddle users, they will be offered the PersonalPuddle at <br>> > not cost. They can contact me directly if they would like help <br>> > converting their existing IMWA data over to the ISWA.<br>> ><br>> > I am finishing the IMWA Conversion document and code. It will be <br>> > ready in the next couple of days.<br>> ><br>> > Let's all congratulate Valerie on her amazing work. This is a <br>> > historic day and I'm glad I was a part.<br>> ><br>> > Regards,<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>> ><br>> > __________ Información de NOD32, revisión 3550 (20081023) __________<br>> ><br>> > Este mensaje ha sido analizado con NOD32 antivirus system<br>> > http://www.nod32.com<br>> ><br>> ><br>> ><br>> <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>From: "Steve Slevinski"
<slevin@signpuddle.net><br>To: "SignWriting List" <sw-l@majordomo.valenciacc.edu><br>Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2008 10:52:21 -0400<br>Subject: [sw-l] SignWriting in MediaWiki<br><br> Hi list,<br><br>MediaWiki is the software behind Wikipedia and many other websites.<br><br>I just completed a proof of concept for a SignWriting extension that can <br>display and edit signs within MediaWiki.<br>http://www.signpuddle.net/mediawiki<br><br>This extension called the "SignWriting MediaWiki Plugin" uses a slightly <br>modified version of the "SignWriting Image Server". The signs are <br>displayed right inside the articles and the signs are edited using the <br>new SignMaker.<br><br>The extension will be released under the GPL3. The documentation and <br>download for the alpha release will be available shortly.<br><br>Regards,<br>-Steve<br><br><br>From: "Valerie Sutton" <sutton@signwriting.org><br>CC: <br>To: "SignWriting List"
<sw-l@majordomo.valenciacc.edu><br>Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2008 08:04:05 -0700<br>Subject: Re: [sw-l] SignWriting in MediaWiki<br><br> SignWriting List<br>October 30, 3008<br><br>WOW! Steve, this is a major development! THANK YOU!<br><br>I just danced a little dance for joy, around my office ;-))<br><br>I went to:<br>http://www.signpuddle.net/mediawiki/index.php/Main_Page<br><br>Which I assume is the Alpha version of the SignWriting MediaWiki Plugin?<br><br>and I was able to edit and save a sign in the Wiki-style web <br>page....using the new SignMaker and the ISWA...ha!!<br><br>This may lead to possible Wikipedias in written Sign Languages, or <br>other wiki-based web sites, will be able to have SignWriting directly <br>on their sites...which will clearly lead to the spreading of <br>SignWriting throughout the internet...<br><br>Congratulations on this accomplishment...<br><br>Val ;-)<br><br>---------------<br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br>On Oct 30, 2008, at 7:52 AM,
Steve Slevinski wrote:<br><br>> Hi list,<br>><br>> MediaWiki is the software behind Wikipedia and many other websites.<br>><br>> I just completed a proof of concept for a SignWriting extension that <br>> can display and edit signs within MediaWiki.<br>> http://www.signpuddle.net/mediawiki<br>><br>> This extension called the "SignWriting MediaWiki Plugin" uses a <br>> slightly modified version of the "SignWriting Image Server". The <br>> signs are displayed right inside the articles and the signs are <br>> edited using the new SignMaker.<br>><br>> The extension will be released under the GPL3. The documentation <br>> and download for the alpha release will be available shortly.<br>><br>> Regards,<br>> -Steve<br>><br>><br>><br>><br>> ____________________________________________<br>><br>> SW-L SignWriting List<br>><br>> Post Message<br>> SW-L@majordomo.valenciacc.edu<br>><br>>
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