Ten Questions You Should Ask About Annotation
July 13, 2017
Agenda
Questions to ask about providers & platforms
Non-profit
The Web works because no one owns it, but everyone can build on it-- the conversation over the web should be the same.
The organization behind it should be aligned with that outcome.
A fresh, new approach
A Mission-Driven Non-Profit
Early Momentum
Open Standards
Supported by Partners
Open Source
Better Team
Layers
Better Go-to-Market
More Users
Independent
W3C-Supported
Better Approach
More Credibility
No Conflicts
Free
Timing
Layered
12 Principles
Great Press
More Focused
Simpler
Our Team
100% dedicated to open annotation
Layers of Annotation
Built into the Fabric of the Web
General Public
Mr. Johnson’s�Science Class
Expert�Community
Publisher�Notes
Article Hosted on Publisher’s Server
Hosted by Hypothesis
Hosted by Publisher
Hosted by Hypothesis
Private Hosting
User
Web Standard
38
Active Working Group Members
CSS
Web Annotations Working Group*
HTML
Web CSV
*Formal votes of support in October 2014
Bringing Collaboration Home
Increasingly, researchers are uploading scholarly content to Scholarly Collaborative Networks (SCNs) like ResearchGate, Academia.edu and Mendeley so that they can collaborate with others.
We think that collaboration can happen at the home of the content instead, on publisher's own platforms as well as the wider web-- thereby increasing overall value, time on site, return visits, referrals, and repeat publication.
Annotating All Knowledge
Over 80 of the leading academic publishers, platforms and libraries are bringing web annotation to the world’s scholarship over the next several years.
Community
Nurturing the annotation community is one of the most important things we do. We’ve now hosted our fifth annual I Annotate event -- bringing life to the W3 standards effort, the Annotating All Knowledge coalition, and countless partnerships and collaborations.
A member based model
We create software, push for standards, and foster community.
We are partnering broadly with developers, publishers, academic institutions and individuals to develop a platform for the next generation of read-write web applications.
Our objective is to provide services for member organizations that in turn, sustain us.
Over 1.5 Million Annotations
Only 24% of annotations are public. 50% take place in groups.
Value Proposition for Publishers
Enabling post publication discussions
Graduate students at UT-Austin using hypothes.is embedded on scholarly monograph at University of Michigan Press (note professor replying to student annotation)
Publisher Groups
Make Annotations Visible on a Publisher Page
Let readers know that annotations have been made
Publisher Branded Layer Visible by Default
Other Layers of Annotations are still Discoverable
Publisher &
Institutional Layers
Publishers, corporations and others can run their own dedicated groups, or even their own entire server infrastructure-- delivering annotations into a common universal client.
Annotations as new content
Publishers can bring together staff, authors, and commissioned experts into new layers over their works to create new content.
Including:
Annotations created by this designated group of writers will be visible for all to read in a default publisher layer.
Expert Annotations Connect Relevant Resources Across the Web
Peer Review
Using a combination of group features, permissions models and copy-editing workflows, a high-fidelity peer-review capability can be enabled.
This page shows an example integration with eJournalPress.
Demo
Working with
Hypothesis
Basic implementation (Free)
Hypothesis assisted implementation