To kick off the discussion, we will now quickly discuss Open Annotation and the role it can play in enabling literature searches, peer-review, and collaboration. Two of the most well-known open annotation tools are Hypothes.is and Fermat's Library. A few posts from the Hypothes.is blog serve to establish the benefits and potential of open annotation and how it is currently being implemented on the web.
According to [1], open annotation can serve as a framework for new practices such as collective document review. This is a common function of collaborative document systems such as Overleaf and Authorea. However, the Hypothes.is vision for seems to be building a so-called "ecosystem" for commenting that can be used for peer review, reader notes, or links to relevant additional readings [1, 2]. In such a system, comments can be transferred across versions of a document, from draft to preprint to published manuscript [1].
Under the hood, open annotation relies upon standards such as the W3C Open Annotation data model. Once implemented, this allows for a separation of the discussion (annotations) from the main page [2]. This provides opportunities for meta-browsing [3] and distributed discussion threads that can be centralized in a common repository. There are also many opportunities for novel uses of open annotation, ranging from collaborative note-taking to adding references and data to an existing paper.
NOTES:
[1] Staines, H. (2017). Making Peer Review Transparent with Open Annotation. Hypothes.is blog, http://web.hypothes.is/blog/transparent-peer-review.
[2] Gerben (2014). Supporting Open Annotation. Hypothe.is blog, https://web.hypothes.is/blog/ supporting-open-annotation/.
[3] Wiesman, F., van den Herik, H.J., and Hasman, A. (2004). Information retrieval by metabrowsing. Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, 55(7), 565-578.
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