{"id":33,"date":"2013-03-08T16:11:21","date_gmt":"2013-03-08T16:11:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.blogs.hss.ed.ac.uk\/webteam\/?p=33"},"modified":"2013-03-12T12:56:16","modified_gmt":"2013-03-12T12:56:16","slug":"annotations-on-the-web-a-brief-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.blogs.hss.ed.ac.uk\/digital-innovation\/2013\/03\/08\/annotations-on-the-web-a-brief-list\/","title":{"rendered":"Annotations on the web &#8211; a brief list"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Annotation software or add-ons are valuable tools for academic websites and teaching applications, allowing collaborative discussion and editing of course texts. Here&#8217;s a quick round-up of some of the more notable options:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>WordPress plugins\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a0Digress.it (<a href=\"http:\/\/digress.it\/\">http:\/\/digress.it\/<\/a>) Examples: <a href=\"http:\/\/camdenannotation.lookingforwhitman.org\/\">http:\/\/camdenannotation.lookingforwhitman.org\/<\/a>\u00a0 and\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/candide.nypl.org\/text\/chapter-1\">http:\/\/candide.nypl.org\/text\/chapter-1<\/a><\/li>\n<li>\u00a0CommentPress &#8211;\u00a0 compatible with WordPress 3.5.1\u00a0 (<a href=\"http:\/\/wordpress.org\/extend\/plugins\/commentpress-core\/\">http:\/\/wordpress.org\/extend\/plugins\/commentpress-core\/<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0Highlighter (<a href=\"http:\/\/highlighter.com\/\">http:\/\/highlighter.com\/<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Google docs or similiar cloud interactive services (I think we can rule this out simply on ownership\/copyright issues)<\/li>\n<li>Code plugins\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a0JQuery Annotator\u00a0 (<a href=\"http:\/\/okfnlabs.org\/annotator\/\">http:\/\/okfnlabs.org\/annotator\/<\/a>) &#8211; Simple to install. [On github] (<a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/okfn\/annotator\">https:\/\/github.com\/okfn\/annotator<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>PDF page-flipper type add-ons that have annotation capability (these are generally expensive and not necessarily up to the job.)<\/li>\n<li>Browser add-ons (e.g. Zotero for Firefox, or Wired Marker) &#8211; not practical for &#8216;public&#8217; use.<\/li>\n<li>Other services\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a0A.nnotate\u00a0\u00a0 (<a href=\"http:\/\/a.nnotate.com\/\">http:\/\/a.nnotate.com\/<\/a>)\u00a0 &#8211;\u00a0 An Edinburgh-based annotation service, with free and paid options.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Annotation software or add-ons are valuable tools for academic websites and teaching applications, allowing collaborative discussion and editing of course texts. 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