[Sw-l] SignWriting development update

[Steve Slevinski]

Hi SignWriting List,

I had a great insite today and I'm excited about the upcoming 
SignWriting developments.

For over two years, I've worked with the University of Iowa as a data 
manager for multiple labs with neuroimaging and  psychometric projects.  
Two months ago, I had a breakthrough with web development and the Globus 
API.  I've create two of five major applications. Full speed ahead.  
Today, I realized the same type of system would be great for SignWriting.

I've always believed in synergy.  The design systems I've used for 
SIgnWriting have helped me with the University work.  Now, the 
University work can help me with the SignWriting work.  And with the 
Sutton SignWriting Web Components, I only had to add two lines of code 
to the index.html page to support SignWriting.

Instead of labs at the university, we'll have workgroups for 
SignWriting.  Instead of projects at the university, we'll have 
collections for SignWriting.

I've requested a free standard license from Globus for SignWriting. They 
support non-profit research and education, we'll see what they say.  If 
I need to pay for the license, we'll see what they quote.

There will be four major sections to the new infrastructure.

== Portal ==
The portal allows access to workgroups and collections for the general 
public and anonymous user.  The public can view our writing.  They can 
make request for access and changes.


== Dashboard ==
The dashboard requires a login.  It is for members of workgroups to work 
and review activity.  They can either approve or reject requests.


== Datasets ==
The various collections can be packaged with additional information to 
create versioned datasets.


== Queue ==
The queue will be running on the SignWriting Flagship server.  It will 
handle requests and make changes to the data.


I'm currently working on the portal.  The new version of the website 
will be available soon.
* http://www.sutton-signwriting.io

After I hear back from Globus, I will be able to start on the dashboard 
and the queue.  I already have a framework from my University work.

After I get enough of the dashboard and queue finished, I'll start 
converting and refactoring the SignPuddle 2 data.

If everything goes according to plan, we should be editing dictionaries 
and writing documents before the end of the year.  It may be a lot 
sooner than that!

Regards,
-Steve

https://steve.signwriting.org

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