Comment and feedback for SignPuddle 1.5

[Jonathan]

Steve Slevinski wrote:
> Hi Jonathan,
>
> I'm currently updating SignPuddle 1.5 to use ID numbers rather than
> glosses.  (It's a historical issue.)  I'm going to be adding a
> multi-term field (or glosses or keywords...) so that multiple words
> can be associated with a single sign.  This will also support Unicode.
>
> We're still refining the terminology, but for me a sign has a spelling
> and a sequence.  The spelling is the visual appearance of the sign, or
> symbols in space.  The build string contains all of the information
> required to create a sign's visual appearance.
>
> The sequence is an ordered list of symbols.  The sequence usually
> contains the symbols in the spelling, but it can also contain
> additional symbols.  A sign's sequence must be manually created. 
> Currently, only SignBank uses the SignSpelling Sequence, but it takes
> a long time to create.
> http://www.signwriting.org/archive/docs2/sw0145-SignSpelling-2004.pdf
>
> SBML
> --------
> SBML is going to allow the spelling and sequence information to be
> created in SignPuddle and imported into SignBank.
>
> The ID is a unique identifier for the imported sign.  This will allow
> future imports to updating existing signs and add new signs at the
> same time.
> The build string is a series of coma separated symbol ID numbers and
> xy coordinates.  A color version of the build string uses an
> additional color code after the xy coordinates for each symbol.
How will the programs distinguish which of the two versions is being used?
>
> The sequence string is a series of coma separated symbol ID numbers.
>
> The detail is a field used for text information about the sign.  I'm
> currently using the gloss for this field.
>
> I've attached my test file.  SBML is a standard format for importing
> information into SignBank.
>
> SignText Email
> --------------------
> The SignText email should display the images before the text and the
> load link should be clickable.
>
> If you're using ThunderBird, this should work flawlessly.  SignText
> sends HTML emails and the "Content-Type: multipart/related;" is
> correctly used.  The images are imbedded in the email and used in the
> HTML.
>
> Try changing ThunderBird's configuration, specifically View >> Message
> Body As >> Original HTML.
I made the change and it works like a charm. One column beside the other
....  Reading the SignWriting emails now is soooooooooo much nicer now. 
Thanks for the tip.

Regards,
Jonathan
>
> Regards,
> -Steve
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> <?xml version="1.0"?>
> <!DOCTYPE sbml SYSTEM "http://www.signbank.org/signpuddle2/sbml.dtd">
> <sbml>
>   <sign>
>     <id>11.11.11.11</id>
>     <build>01-05-011-01-04-10,82,115,01-05-048-01-03-01,91,130,02-06-001-01-01-02,120,121,02-01-001-01-01-01,111,112,</build>
>     <sequence>01-05-048-01-03-01,01-05-011-01-04-10,02-06-001-01-01-02,02-01-001-01-01-01,</sequence>
>     <detail>Refresh</detail>
>   </sign>
>   <sign>
>     <id>11.11.11.12</id>
>     <build>01-05-014-01-04-10,115,122,01-01-001-01-06-02,135,137,02-01-001-01-01-07,141,110,02-05-001-02-01-05,168,114,02-05-001-02-01-07,165,116,</build>
>     <sequence>01-01-001-01-06-02,01-05-014-01-04-10,02-01-001-01-01-07,02-05-001-02-01-07,02-05-001-02-01-05,</sequence>
>     <detail>Edit</detail>
>   </sign>
>   <sign>
>     <id>11.11.11.13</id>
>     <build>01-05-011-01-04-11,132,131,01-05-044-01-04-15,134,122,02-01-001-01-01-07,140,104,02-06-001-01-01-16,117,91,</build>
>     <sequence>01-05-044-01-04-15,01-05-011-01-04-11,02-01-001-01-01-07,02-06-001-01-01-16,</sequence>
>     <detail>Add</detail>
>   </sign>
>   <sign>
>     <id>11.11.11.14</id>
>     <build>01-05-011-01-03-01,132,115,01-05-011-01-03-09,109,116,01-05-011-01-01-01,161,138,01-05-011-01-01-09,82,138,02-09-005-01-02-04,98,152,02-09-005-01-01-03,134,151,08-02-001-01-01-05,117,178,</build>
>     <sequence>01-05-011-01-01-01,01-05-011-01-01-09,02-09-005-01-01-03,02-09-005-01-02-04,01-05-011-01-03-01,01-05-011-01-03-09,</sequence>
>     <detail>Close</detail>
>   </sign>
>   <sign>
>     <id>11.11.11.15</id>
>     <build>01-10-001-01-05-01,96,106,02-05-002-01-01-01,92,90,08-01-001-01-01-05,98,82,</build>
>     <sequence></sequence>
>     <detail>OK</detail>
>   </sign>
>   <sign>
>     <id>11.11.11.16</id>
>     <build></build>
>     <sequence></sequence>
>     <detail>Cancel</detail>
>   </sign>
> </sbml> 

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