Announcing: the SignWriting Image Server beta

Tue May 6 14:09:56 UTC 2008

Hi Val and Steve,
    I had a quick look at the ISWA and the pages showing the Base Group 
Symbols and the Base Symbols.  I am very impressed at how well the ISWA 
symbols are organized.  They are even all pre-colorized!!! WOW!!!   I 
want to thank you both for all of your hard and making SignWriting possible.
    I don't have a PHP server installed on my computer at this time so I 
haven´t given SWIS a whirl but I was wondering if you have any test 
documents online yet.  If so could you send  a link?

Thanks very much

Jonathan Duncan

Valerie Sutton wrote:
> SignWriting List
> May 2, 2008
>
> CONGRATULATIONS, Steve, on this remarkable software development. We 
> are SO fortunate to have this opportunity for new and improved 
> software in 2008! Thank you for your unending hard work and creative 
> solutions.
>
> I feel very fortunate, because without your specially-designed testing 
> software which you have provided for me behind the scenes, I would not 
> be able to develop the symbols of the International SignWriting 
> Alphabet (ISWA) so easily. It is just amazing for me to be able to 
> test the new symbols, so that we are sure that old documents will 
> automatically convert to the new symbols when they are installed into 
> the new SignPuddle...really a great experience for me all around...and 
> exciting to see the conversion before my eyes as I test the symbols.
>
> So everyone, as you can see by Steve's schedule mentioned below, Steve 
> and I are working together to ensure that you will be able to start 
> using the new ISWA 2008 seamlessly...without having to re-write 
> anything...when the ISWA is installed into SignPuddle.
>
> And the MediaWiki Plugin, which Steve mentions below, will make it 
> possible for us to write Wikipedia-style encyclopedia articles in the 
> Sign Languages of the world, writing and posting articles directly in 
> SignWriting symbols....This will start a series of new projects, that 
> will continue for years to come. Writing an encyclopedia in ASL for 
> example, both online and in book form, will be an important project 
> that will provide educational materials for schools and employment for 
> signwriters...
>
> So there is much to be thankful for...
>
> Thanks again, Steve!
>
> Val ;-)
>
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> On May 2, 2008, at 6:59 AM, Steve Slevinski wrote:
>
>> Hi List,
>>
>> I'm happy to announce the beta version of the SignWriting Image Server:
>> http://www.signbank.org/signpuddle/swis
>>
>> This is an open source project for web servers that creates 
>> SignWriting images.  The code in licensed under the GPL v3.  The 
>> SignWriting font for the ISWA 2008 is licensed under the Open Font 
>> License.  The main SWIS document is licensed under Creative Commons 
>> (by-sa).
>>
>> The SignWriting Image Server does not create the content for web 
>> pages; it displays the content that has already been created.  Once I 
>> update SignPuddle for the ISWA 2008, it will use SWIS and be able to 
>> generate SWIS ready content.  After that, I'll be working on the open 
>> source SignText plug-in that will also use SWIS.
>>
>> You can download the project.  It requires a web server with PHP and 
>> the GD graphics library.  The download is 11 MB and contains over 33 
>> thousand files.
>> http://www.signbank.org/signpuddle/swis.zip
>>
>> I'm expecting to have the Release Candidate 1 ready by the end of the 
>> month.  I should have the ISWA version of SignPuddle ready to test by 
>> that time.  Val and I have been working on a conversion routine from 
>> the IMWA to the ISWA that is currently 99.9% accurate.
>>
>> I'm excited for the open standards.  We will have a MediaWiki plugin 
>> sometime this summer.  What fun!
>>
>> Regard,
>> -Steve
>>
>>
>>
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> Val ;-)
>
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> Valerie Sutton
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