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On 18/01/2010 9:17 AM, Steve Slevinski wrote:
<blockquote cite="mid:4B547B86.1050302@signpuddle.net" type="cite">Hi
List,
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In February, I'm going to start the update to SignPuddle 2. The
primary change will be the switch to the SignWriting Image Server. For
the user interface, the new SignMaker and SignText will be most
apparent. <br>
On the back end, I'll be changing how I encode the data. Instead of
XML and comma delimited data, I'll be using the open standard of Binary
SignWriting. From a user's perspective, it doesn't matter how the data
is encoded. From a programmer's perspective, the data matters a lot.
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Last year, we had a nearly flawless transition from the previous symbol
set of the International MovementWriting Alphabet (IMWA) to the latest
symbol set of the International SignWriting Alphabet 2008 (ISWA 2008).
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This year, we'll have the data change to Binary SignWriting. I've
already written the conversion library and it appears to be working
great. There is a single problem where people were using punctuation
in the spelling of a sign. Punctuation should always be used by itself
and always in the middle lane. The new data format and the new
SignText enforce the proper use of punctuation.
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I'm pleased with how the conversion is working. I've added new links
to SignPuddle 1.5 you can see at the bottom of a sign's detail: view
and analyze. Links are provided for sign and sign texts. The data can
be encoded in BSW or UTF-8. The UTF-8 can be used with Unicode, but
may require 3 times as much data to send online compared to BSW.
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The analysis page is very interesting. It provides a readout of the
data. It links every symbol to the ISWA 2008 HTML Reference Guide.
The analysis is not meant for reading, but for analyzing the data. <br>
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It's exciting to see how your projects are coming along. The analysis
and pages will be great tools for other programmers like myself to
check to make sure they programs are implementing the BSW and UTF-8
correctly. It's great to have something to check against and so easily
accessible.<br>
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Thanks so much<br>
<br>
Jonathan<br>
<blockquote cite="mid:4B547B86.1050302@signpuddle.net" type="cite">Regards,
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-Steve
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SignPuddle.net
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<p> Jonathan Duncan<br>
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