Re: [Slim] Issue 41: Allow sign languages in the text stream for text notations of sign language

[Randall Gellens <[e-mail]>]

At 1:22 PM -0700 10/13/17, Bernard Aboba wrote:

>  Issue 41 
> (see: <https://trac.ietf.org/trac/slim/ticket/41>https://trac.ietf.org/trac/slim/ticket/41 
> ) relates to the potential future use of sign language within a 
> text stream, such as Formal Signwriting, described here:
> 
> <https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-slevinski-formal-signwriting>https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-slevinski-formal-signwriting
>
>  In the Issue, the following change is suggested:
>
>  Therefore, I suggest this minimal change:
>  ---------------------------old text 1 in 
> 5.4-------------------------------------
>  the behavior when specifying a spoken/written language tag for a 
> video media stream, or a signed language tag for an audio or text 
> media stream, is not defined.
>  --------------------------new text---------------------------------
>
>  the behavior when specifying a spoken/written language tag for a 
> video media stream, or a signed language tag for an audio media 
> stream, is not defined.
>  --------------------------end of change 1---------------------------
>
>  Since draft-slevinski has not been widely implemented, it probably 
> cannot be assumed that negotiation of a signed language tag for a 
> text media stream implies use of this (or any other) sign language 
> textual encoding mechanism.  So it would not be correct to imply 
> that use of a signed language tag for an text media stream has a 
> well defined meaning.
>
>  One way to resolve this would be to keep the existing text but add 
> a sentence, such as:
>
>  "Note that mechanisms for encoding signed language in a text media 
> stream have been proposed
>  [draft-slevinski] but are not yet well developed enough for 
> incorporation within the negotiation mechanism described in this 
> document."
>
>  Would such a resolution make sense?

How about simply changing "is not defined" to "is not defined in this 
document"?

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