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    Hi SignWriting List,<br>
    <br>
    I have released a new revision of
    draft-slevinski-formal-signwriting. This updated revision focuses on
    the technical details of the character encoding model.<br>
    *
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.ietf.org/archive/id/draft-slevinski-formal-signwriting-10.html">https://www.ietf.org/archive/id/draft-slevinski-formal-signwriting-10.html</a>
    <blockquote><span
style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: "Noto Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration: none; display: inline !important; float: none;">Formal
        SignWriting is a character encoding model for Sutton
        SignWriting, a script for writing sign languages recognized
        under ISO 15924 script code "Sgnw". It defines a sign as a
        two-part word, represented as a string of characters processable
        by regular expressions, optimized for display, searching,
        sorting, and text processing. This document specifies the
        character sets, grammar, token patterns, and technical
        integration for Formal SignWriting in ASCII (FSW) and
        SignWriting in Unicode (SWU), including styling, query language,
        and transformations. The specification is intended for
        implementation and evaluation, with unrestricted distribution.</span><br>
    </blockquote>
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style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0.5em 1em 0px; list-style: none; line-height: normal; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: "Noto Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;">
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style="margin: 0.75em 0px; list-style-type: none; line-height: 1.3em; padding-left: 1.2em; text-indent: -1.2em;">
        <p id="section-toc.1-1.1.1"
          style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><a
href="https://www.ietf.org/archive/id/draft-slevinski-formal-signwriting-10.html#section-1"
            class="auto internal xref"
style="text-decoration: none; z-index: 2; overflow-wrap: normal; color: rgb(34, 34, 238);">1</a>.  <a
href="https://www.ietf.org/archive/id/draft-slevinski-formal-signwriting-10.html#name-formal-signwriting"
            class="internal xref"
style="text-decoration: none; z-index: 2; overflow-wrap: normal; color: rgb(34, 34, 238);">Formal
            SignWriting</a></p>
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style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0.5em 1em 0px; list-style: none; line-height: normal;">
          <li class="compact toc ulBare ulEmpty"
            id="section-toc.1-1.1.2.1"
style="margin: 0.75em 0px; list-style-type: none; line-height: 1.3em; padding-left: 1.2em; text-indent: -1.2em;">
            <p id="section-toc.1-1.1.2.1.1" class="keepWithNext"
style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; text-align: left; break-after: avoid-page;"><a
href="https://www.ietf.org/archive/id/draft-slevinski-formal-signwriting-10.html#section-1.1"
                class="auto internal xref"
style="text-decoration: none; z-index: 2; overflow-wrap: normal; color: rgb(34, 34, 238);">1.1</a>.  <a
href="https://www.ietf.org/archive/id/draft-slevinski-formal-signwriting-10.html#name-character-sets"
                class="internal xref"
style="text-decoration: none; z-index: 2; overflow-wrap: normal; color: rgb(34, 34, 238);">Character
                Sets</a></p>
          </li>
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            id="section-toc.1-1.1.2.2"
style="margin: 0.75em 0px; list-style-type: none; line-height: 1.3em; padding-left: 1.2em; text-indent: -1.2em;">
            <p id="section-toc.1-1.1.2.2.1"
              style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><a
href="https://www.ietf.org/archive/id/draft-slevinski-formal-signwriting-10.html#section-1.2"
                class="auto internal xref"
style="text-decoration: none; z-index: 2; overflow-wrap: normal; color: rgb(34, 34, 238);">1.2</a>.  <a
href="https://www.ietf.org/archive/id/draft-slevinski-formal-signwriting-10.html#name-building-blocks"
                class="internal xref"
style="text-decoration: none; z-index: 2; overflow-wrap: normal; color: rgb(34, 34, 238);">Building
                Blocks</a></p>
          </li>
          <li class="compact toc ulBare ulEmpty"
            id="section-toc.1-1.1.2.3"
style="margin: 0.75em 0px; list-style-type: none; line-height: 1.3em; padding-left: 1.2em; text-indent: -1.2em;">
            <p id="section-toc.1-1.1.2.3.1"
              style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><a
href="https://www.ietf.org/archive/id/draft-slevinski-formal-signwriting-10.html#section-1.3"
                class="auto internal xref"
style="text-decoration: none; z-index: 2; overflow-wrap: normal; color: rgb(34, 34, 238);">1.3</a>.  <a
href="https://www.ietf.org/archive/id/draft-slevinski-formal-signwriting-10.html#name-two-part-word"
                class="internal xref"
style="text-decoration: none; z-index: 2; overflow-wrap: normal; color: rgb(34, 34, 238);">Two-Part
                Word</a></p>
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            id="section-toc.1-1.1.2.4"
style="margin: 0.75em 0px; list-style-type: none; line-height: 1.3em; padding-left: 1.2em; text-indent: -1.2em;">
            <p id="section-toc.1-1.1.2.4.1"
              style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><a
href="https://www.ietf.org/archive/id/draft-slevinski-formal-signwriting-10.html#section-1.4"
                class="auto internal xref"
style="text-decoration: none; z-index: 2; overflow-wrap: normal; color: rgb(34, 34, 238);">1.4</a>.  <a
href="https://www.ietf.org/archive/id/draft-slevinski-formal-signwriting-10.html#name-styling-string"
                class="internal xref"
style="text-decoration: none; z-index: 2; overflow-wrap: normal; color: rgb(34, 34, 238);">Styling
                String</a></p>
          </li>
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            id="section-toc.1-1.1.2.5"
style="margin: 0.75em 0px; list-style-type: none; line-height: 1.3em; padding-left: 1.2em; text-indent: -1.2em;">
            <p id="section-toc.1-1.1.2.5.1"
              style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><a
href="https://www.ietf.org/archive/id/draft-slevinski-formal-signwriting-10.html#section-1.5"
                class="auto internal xref"
style="text-decoration: none; z-index: 2; overflow-wrap: normal; color: rgb(34, 34, 238);">1.5</a>.  <a
href="https://www.ietf.org/archive/id/draft-slevinski-formal-signwriting-10.html#name-query-language"
                class="internal xref"
style="text-decoration: none; z-index: 2; overflow-wrap: normal; color: rgb(34, 34, 238);">Query
                Language</a></p>
          </li>
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            id="section-toc.1-1.1.2.6"
style="margin: 0.75em 0px; list-style-type: none; line-height: 1.3em; padding-left: 1.2em; text-indent: -1.2em;">
            <p id="section-toc.1-1.1.2.6.1"
              style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><a
href="https://www.ietf.org/archive/id/draft-slevinski-formal-signwriting-10.html#section-1.6"
                class="auto internal xref"
style="text-decoration: none; z-index: 2; overflow-wrap: normal; color: rgb(34, 34, 238);">1.6</a>.  <a
href="https://www.ietf.org/archive/id/draft-slevinski-formal-signwriting-10.html#name-transformations"
                class="internal xref"
style="text-decoration: none; z-index: 2; overflow-wrap: normal; color: rgb(34, 34, 238);">Transformations</a></p>
          </li>
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      </li>
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style="margin: 0.75em 0px; list-style-type: none; line-height: 1.3em; padding-left: 1.2em; text-indent: -1.2em;">
        <p id="section-toc.1-1.2.1"
          style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><a
href="https://www.ietf.org/archive/id/draft-slevinski-formal-signwriting-10.html#section-2"
            class="auto internal xref"
style="text-decoration: none; z-index: 2; overflow-wrap: normal; color: rgb(34, 34, 238);">2</a>.  <a
href="https://www.ietf.org/archive/id/draft-slevinski-formal-signwriting-10.html#name-technology-integration"
            class="internal xref"
style="text-decoration: none; z-index: 2; overflow-wrap: normal; color: rgb(34, 34, 238);">Technology
            Integration</a></p>
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style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0.5em 1em 0px; list-style: none; line-height: normal;">
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            id="section-toc.1-1.2.2.1"
style="margin: 0.75em 0px; list-style-type: none; line-height: 1.3em; padding-left: 1.2em; text-indent: -1.2em;">
            <p id="section-toc.1-1.2.2.1.1"
              style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><a
href="https://www.ietf.org/archive/id/draft-slevinski-formal-signwriting-10.html#section-2.1"
                class="auto internal xref"
style="text-decoration: none; z-index: 2; overflow-wrap: normal; color: rgb(34, 34, 238);">2.1</a>.  <a
href="https://www.ietf.org/archive/id/draft-slevinski-formal-signwriting-10.html#name-fonts"
                class="internal xref"
style="text-decoration: none; z-index: 2; overflow-wrap: normal; color: rgb(34, 34, 238);">Fonts</a></p>
          </li>
          <li class="compact toc ulBare ulEmpty"
            id="section-toc.1-1.2.2.2"
style="margin: 0.75em 0px; list-style-type: none; line-height: 1.3em; padding-left: 1.2em; text-indent: -1.2em;">
            <p id="section-toc.1-1.2.2.2.1"
              style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><a
href="https://www.ietf.org/archive/id/draft-slevinski-formal-signwriting-10.html#section-2.2"
                class="auto internal xref"
style="text-decoration: none; z-index: 2; overflow-wrap: normal; color: rgb(34, 34, 238);">2.2</a>.  <a
href="https://www.ietf.org/archive/id/draft-slevinski-formal-signwriting-10.html#name-fonts-and-css"
                class="internal xref"
style="text-decoration: none; z-index: 2; overflow-wrap: normal; color: rgb(34, 34, 238);">Fonts
                and CSS</a></p>
          </li>
          <li class="compact toc ulBare ulEmpty"
            id="section-toc.1-1.2.2.3"
style="margin: 0.75em 0px; list-style-type: none; line-height: 1.3em; padding-left: 1.2em; text-indent: -1.2em;">
            <p id="section-toc.1-1.2.2.3.1"
              style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><a
href="https://www.ietf.org/archive/id/draft-slevinski-formal-signwriting-10.html#section-2.3"
                class="auto internal xref"
style="text-decoration: none; z-index: 2; overflow-wrap: normal; color: rgb(34, 34, 238);">2.3</a>.  <a
href="https://www.ietf.org/archive/id/draft-slevinski-formal-signwriting-10.html#name-scalable-vector-graphics"
                class="internal xref"
style="text-decoration: none; z-index: 2; overflow-wrap: normal; color: rgb(34, 34, 238);">Scalable
                Vector Graphics</a></p>
          </li>
          <li class="compact toc ulBare ulEmpty"
            id="section-toc.1-1.2.2.4"
style="margin: 0.75em 0px; list-style-type: none; line-height: 1.3em; padding-left: 1.2em; text-indent: -1.2em;">
            <p id="section-toc.1-1.2.2.4.1"
              style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><a
href="https://www.ietf.org/archive/id/draft-slevinski-formal-signwriting-10.html#section-2.4"
                class="auto internal xref"
style="text-decoration: none; z-index: 2; overflow-wrap: normal; color: rgb(34, 34, 238);">2.4</a>.  <a
href="https://www.ietf.org/archive/id/draft-slevinski-formal-signwriting-10.html#name-html-and-css"
                class="internal xref"
style="text-decoration: none; z-index: 2; overflow-wrap: normal; color: rgb(34, 34, 238);">HTML
                and CSS</a></p>
          </li>
          <li class="compact toc ulBare ulEmpty"
            id="section-toc.1-1.2.2.5"
style="margin: 0.75em 0px; list-style-type: none; line-height: 1.3em; padding-left: 1.2em; text-indent: -1.2em;">
            <p id="section-toc.1-1.2.2.5.1"
              style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><a
href="https://www.ietf.org/archive/id/draft-slevinski-formal-signwriting-10.html#section-2.5"
                class="auto internal xref"
style="text-decoration: none; z-index: 2; overflow-wrap: normal; color: rgb(34, 34, 238);">2.5</a>.  <a
href="https://www.ietf.org/archive/id/draft-slevinski-formal-signwriting-10.html#name-javascript-packages"
                class="internal xref"
style="text-decoration: none; z-index: 2; overflow-wrap: normal; color: rgb(34, 34, 238);">JavaScript
                Packages</a></p>
          </li>
        </ul>
      </li>
    </ul>
    <p><br>
    </p>
    <p>The draft is technically dense and intended for programmers and
      those interested in implementing SignWriting for their
      projects.  I have covered these topic on the SignWriting Stream
      YouTube channel and in the SignWriting Symposium presentations.  I
      am considering a new set of videos going over each of the sections
      in detail.</p>
    <p>I am interested in any feedback or ideas about the draft.  It
      would be helpful to know if anything is confusing and what could
      be explained in more detail.</p>
    <p>Regards,<br>
      -Steve</p>
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