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--></style></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>An old coworker of mine turned me onto “semantic primes.”</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semantic_primes">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semantic_primes</a></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>For a first step, can we develop the semantic primes in .bvh for the sign languages represented by the people on this mailing list (BSL for .uk (.ie?), ASL for .us, Auslan for .au, etc.)</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>What’s the best way to organize this? Should we have a JSON object something like this:</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>[</p><p class=MsoNormal>{ “language”: “ASL”, “international prime IF”: “<a href="https://ASL.IF.bvh">https://ASL.IF.bvh</a>”, …more primes in ASL… }</p><p class=MsoNormal>… more sign languages…</p><p class=MsoNormal>]</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Your input is welcome.</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>John</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Sent from <a href="https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986">Mail</a> for Windows 10</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div style='mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='border:none;padding:0in'><b>From: </b><a href="mailto:joedwil@earthlink.net">Joseph D Williams</a><br><b>Sent: </b>Wednesday, September 11, 2019 2:54 PM<br><b>To: </b><a href="mailto:yottzumm@gmail.com">John Carlson</a>; <a href="mailto:semantics@web3d.org">semantics@web3d.org</a>; <a href="mailto:x3d-public@web3d.org">X3D Graphics public mailing list</a>; <a href="mailto:brutzman@nps.edu">Don Brutzman</a><br><b>Subject: </b>RE: Movement Writing</p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Hi John,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Like chemML, an xml style sheet can do conversion from the xml sign code to x3d. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Joe<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From: </b><a href="mailto:yottzumm@gmail.com">John Carlson</a><br><b>Sent: </b>Wednesday, September 11, 2019 10:49 AM<br><b>To: </b><a href="mailto:semantics@web3d.org">semantics@web3d.org</a>; <a href="mailto:x3d-public@web3d.org">X3D Graphics public mailing list</a>; <a href="mailto:joedwil@earthlink.net">Joseph D Williams</a>; <a href="mailto:brutzman@nps.edu">Don Brutzman</a><br><b>Subject: </b>RE: Movement Writing<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>SignWriting Markup Language (SWML)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://www.signwriting.org/forums/software/swml/swml01.html">http://www.signwriting.org/forums/software/swml/swml01.html</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Task seems to be:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Translating sign to SWML, then convert to signing animations.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Enjoy!<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>John<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Sent from <a href="https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986">Mail</a> for Windows 10<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From: </b><a href="mailto:yottzumm@gmail.com">John Carlson</a><br><b>Sent: </b>Wednesday, September 11, 2019 12:04 PM<br><b>To: </b><a href="mailto:semantics@web3d.org">semantics@web3d.org</a>; <a href="mailto:x3d-public@web3d.org">X3D Graphics public mailing list</a>; <a href="mailto:joedwil@earthlink.net">Joseph D Williams</a>; <a href="mailto:brutzman@nps.edu">Don Brutzman</a><br><b>Subject: </b>Movement Writing<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Movement_Writing_Alphabet">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Movement_Writing_Alphabet</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://www.movementwriting.org/">http://www.movementwriting.org/</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>It appears that there is quite a bit of research behind translating sign languages and other movement languages to a graphical form.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Interesting!<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>John<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>