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[Steve Slevinski]

Hi Kate,

Yes, the <seq> tag represents a symbol in the SignSpelling Sequence.  If 
a sign doesn't have any <seq> tags in the XML, then the sign entry does 
not include a SignSpelling Sequence.  The sequence is manually entered.

You can use the new SignText online.  I'll have the new SWIS downloads 
ready in early March.


Considering the sign in your email, an ASL puddle sign for deaf, we can 
look at it together:
http://signbank.org/signpuddle1.5/canvas.php?ui=1&sgn=4&sid=5206



This sign contains 2 parts, the spelling and the sequence.  This 
illustrates a good point, that the spelling and the sequence do not have 
to use the same symbols.


The symbol "dea0" only appears in the spelling.



The symbol "de06" is used in the sequence.




Whoever wrote this sign thought the symbol "de06" would sort more 
accurately if used in the sequence, but they thought the simpler symbol 
"dea0" was better for the spelling.


That's the thing about the spelling and the sequence.  They are each 
entered manually and they don't have to use the same symbols, even 
though they most often do use the same symbols.


At the end of the sequence, we see the symbol "5ec0" repeated twice.



The contact is assumed in the spelling without using a symbol.  But now 
that I look at the sequence in more detail, I see that it's written 
incorrectly.  A single contact should have been used, or the sign should 
have been written differently.  As it stands, I'd have written the 
sequence as:













You should be able to see syllable 1, the starting handshape.  Syllable 
2, movement between syllable 1 and 3.  Syllable 3, ending handshapes.  
Syllable 4, location and facial expression.

Regards,
-Steve

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