sw-l-digest V1 #2437

[GerardM]

Hoi,
What I described were the things that could be done with OmegaWiki as a
resource. The point is that OmegaWiki because of its structure can show you
information from many languages and about many languages in your language.
As it is, it does nor support SignWriting in any way. However, the holy
grail for OmegaWiki is to include all words of all languages.

The reason why I posted was that with the "Commons" functionality that we
are actively looking for funding for, will build functionality that will
show content for a user in the language selected by him in his user
preferences. The notion that I have is that if this can be used in
SignPuddle as well, a French person would see in stead of dog, chien if
French is the language selected when he or she looks at the ASL sign for
dog. Also when in the database chien and dog are connected to the same
DefinedMeaning you could get the right "picture" in any sign language.

The issue is that this would at present only work from a written spoken
language to a written signed language. Consequently it would at best be half
a solution. The reason why I bring it up is because Sabine is experimenting
with supported reading. What this would do is provide a link from a website
of a newspaper to OmegaWiki .. this is something that can be done as well.

Here it would be better if it was possible to have a better user interface
for exactly this functionality it is also why I did not propose it
yesterday.

Thanks,
    Gerard



Date: Sun, 3 Jun 2007 13:48:22 -0700
> From: Valerie Sutton <signwriting at MAC.COM>
> Subject: Re: [sw-l] Functionality needed to open up the SignWriting
> dictionaries
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> June 3, 2007
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> Hello Gerard! and everyone ;-)
>
> Thank you for this message. I remember you joined the SignWriting
> List under the Digest Mode. Unfortunately the Digest Mode has not
> been programmed to show the graphics that we attach to our email
> messages all the time. I would love to show you some of the ASL
> definitions that we are writing, not only on the web, but also in
> email, but I suddenly realized you would not be able to see the
> attached graphic if I answered this email with a graphic attached...
>
> So if you want to see the SignWriting we are posting all the time,
> then you can switch to Normal Mail mode, by going to:
>
> http://majordomo.valenciacc.edu/cgi-bin/majordomo
>
> and checking the box for sw-l
>
> smile...
>
> Anyway...your OmegaWiki project is a very exciting project. Why do
> you need pictures? Why not link to the sign with it's definition
> already written in SignPuddle 1.5?
>
> In SignPuddle 1.5 we do have a place for spoken language definitions
> and also definitions written in signed languages about signed
> languages...
>
> For example, if you search for the sign for "1" in the ASL SignPuddle:
>
> http://www.signbank.org/SignPuddle1.5/searchword.php?
> ui=1&sgn=4&sid=4048,130&search=1&type=any
>
> You will see the sign for "1" and written below it, is the definition
> in ASL, describing what the ASL sign means in ASL...see attached.
> These ASL definitions are written by Adam Frost, using SignText. The
> definition is the SignWriting below the sign, that is in the vertical
> column...like a paragraph in ASL about the sign-entry.
>
>
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