Title: Common visual representation protocol, a language independent protocol for websites

Authors: H. Chris Tseng; Mohamed Ali; Rohan Vibhandik

Addresses: Department of Computer Science, San Jose State University, San Jose, California 95192, USA ' IHS, Inc., Houston, TX 77056, USA ' Cisco Systems, San Jose, California 95134, USA

Abstract: As websites are getting international in content and readership, a need for a language neutral and intuitive representation of common messages are needed for websites. We survey existing common communication standards and propose a common visual representation protocol based on sign language. Common phrase types and formation syntax for visual representation are presented. The proposed representation protocol is equally useful for mobile devices. Mobile devices are known to be characterised with users of international background, small screen, and mobile constraints. Our proposed common visual representation can be a good solution for these known challenges facing mobile devices.

Keywords: sign language; common visual representation; websites; mobile devices; smartphones; localisation; communication standards; American Sign Language; ASL; language independent protocols.

DOI: 10.1504/IJGCRSIS.2014.060842

International Journal of Granular Computing, Rough Sets and Intelligent Systems, 2014 Vol.3 No.3, pp.206 - 233

Accepted: 21 Sep 2013
Published online: 29 Jul 2014 *

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