Category numbers of SignBank

[Valerie Sutton]

SignWriting List
October 8, 2003

Dear Daniel and other programmers on the SW List:

There are four SignWriting symbol-sets:

SSS-1995......SignWriter DOS
SSS-1999......SignWriter Java (converts SSS-1995 to SSS-1999)
SSS-2002......SignBank For Everyday Use and SW-Edit
SSS-2004......SignBank For Research Use (still under development)

The current version of SignWriter Java must use SSS-1999, because it is
programmed to convert files from SSS-1995 to SSS-1999. Although
technically SignWriter Java could be expanded to include the symbols in
SSS-2002, at this time that would mean that SW Java could no longer
convert the DOS files...so the SSS-2002 was specifically designed for
other programs, such as SignBank, and is not a part of the SignWriter
Java world right now.

I will write again, in about a half hour, with the official categories
for SSS-2002 and SSS-2004...

Val ;-)

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On Wednesday, October 8, 2003, at 01:00 PM, Daniel Noelpp wrote:

> Hello Valerie
>
> In the course of developing the new SignWriter Java I am
> studying the SSS 2002 in SignBank again.
>
> I have a question. The category number of SSS 2002
> (the leftmost number between 1 and 10) has the following
> meanings:
>
> 1 = Hand forms
> 2 = Movement and Contact symbols
> 3 = Face (mimics)
> 4 = Head (position and movement)
> 5 = Torso (position, contact symbols and movement)
> 6 = Arm and Leg
> 7 = Movements from the hip
> 8 = Position symbols
> 9 = Timing and dynamics (alternating, fast, slow, tensed)
> 10 = Breaks, pauses
>
> Am I right?
>
> Daniel
>