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Valerie Sutton Date: Tue Sep 14, 1999 11:36 pm Subject: Re: Announcing: SignBank Database Online | |
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> I don't understand why you needed a new domain name. Wouldn't >signbank.signwriting.org would have been fine? > > And it's not clear: will the database be searchable? Will the ASL >(and eventual DGS etc.) signs be ordered by your sign symbol sequence? > >-- > Angus B. Grieve-Smith ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Hello Angus and everyone - Of course you are right that I didn't have to have a new domain name. I simply chose to get another one.... Our trademarks "SignWriting" and "DanceWriting" both have their own domain names and web sites: "SignWriting.org" and "DanceWriting.org". Our registered trademark "SignBank", which we have owned since the mid-1980's is specifically connected with our computer software on the Macintosh, called SignBank I and II, which was used in the late 1980's. Now that I will be placing the SignBank I database online, and I hope to also offer the computer software to download from the site, so that people on Macs can open the dictionary and cut, copy and paste signs into any program, I thought it would be nice to have a web site for SignBank. There is also a computer program for the Mac created in Denmark, called TegnBank, which translated into English means SignBank. Although the programs themselves are different, the writing system is the same. In time I hope to ask the Danes if they would like to have their database online too. So the SignBank web site is "databases only" and the "software that goes with those databases". Everything else, such as instruction, opinions, history, who, what, where and why are still on the SignWritingSite. Valerie ;-) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Valerie Sutton..............................................SignWritingSite ................. https://www.SignWriting.org Deaf Action Committee for SignWriting...Center For Sutton Movement Writing an educational nonprofit organization...Box 517, La Jolla, CA, 92038-0517, USA |
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