- published: 22 Mar 2009
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A web annotation is an online annotation associated with a web resource, typically a web page. With a Web annotation system, a user can add, modify or remove information from a Web resource without modifying the resource itself. The annotations can be thought of as a layer on top of the existing resource, and this annotation layer is usually visible to other users who share the same annotation system. In such cases, the web annotation tool is a type of social software tool. For Web-based text annotation systems, see Text annotation.
Web annotation can be used for the following purposes:
Many of these systems require software to be installed to enable some or all of the features below. This fact is only noted in footnotes if the software that is required is additional software provided by a third party.
Yawas - Yet Another Web Annotation System - Highlight Web Pages in Firefox and Google Chrome
Cohere - Web Annotation for Collective Inquiry and Online Deliberation
YouTube External Links In Annotations - How To Link Your Video To An External Website
The Literary Anthology in the Age of Web Annotation
Spring web app tutorial 40: Custom Validation Annotation : javavids
Web Services Part 8 - @PathParam annotation in RESTful Web Services
Web Services Part 9 - @QueryParam annotation in RESTful Web Services
Hypothesis web annotation tutorial
Web Services Part 10 - @MatrixParam annotation in RESTful Web Services
Dean: Web Annotation & hypothes.is
Mobile Web Annotation Demo
Web Services Part 11 - @FormParam annotation in RESTful Web Services
Supporting Web-based Scholarly Annotation ~ Anna Gerber @ W3C Web Annotations Workshop
Web Annotation Architecture and Scope ~ Jake Hartnell @ W3C Web Annotations Workshop