@@ -36,20 +36,24 @@ <h1 class="title">Making it Easier to Share Annotations on the Web</h1>
3636 < p >
3737 < span class ="date "> < time class ="entry-date " datetime ="2017-02-22T12:00:00+00:00 "
3838 > 22 February 2017</ time > </ span > by < span class ="author vcard "> < a
39+ class ="url fn n " href ="https://www.w3.org/blog/author/azaroth/ "
40+ title ="View all posts by Robert Sanderson " rel ="author "> Robert Sanderson</ a > , < a
3941 class ="url fn n " href ="https://www.w3.org/blog/author/tcole/ "
40- title ="View all posts by Timothy Cole " rel ="author "> Rob Sanderson and Timothy
42+ title ="View all posts by Timothy Cole " rel ="author "> Timothy
4143 Cole</ a > </ span > | Posted in: < span class ="categories-links ">
4244 < a href ="https://www.w3.org/blog/category/technology/annotation/ "
4345 rel ="category tag "> Annotation</ a > , < a
4446 href ="https://www.w3.org/blog/category/digital-publishing/ "
4547 rel ="category tag "> Digital Publishing</ a > </ span >
46- <!-- span class="tags-links">, <a href="https://www.w3.org/blog/tags/webannotation /" rel="tag">Web Annotation </a></span -- >
48+ < span class ="tags-links "> , < a href ="https://www.w3.org/blog/tags/dpub / " rel ="tag "> DPUB </ a > </ span >
4749 </ p >
4850 </ div >
4951 <!-- .entry-meta -->
5052 </ header >
5153 < div class ="entry-content ">
52- < p > The W3C has announced the < a href =""> publication</ a > of three new standards aimed to
54+ < p > The W3C has announced the
55+ <!-- Add URL to W3C publication announcement --> < a href =""> publication</ a >
56+ of three new standards aimed to
5357 enable an ecosystem of interoperable products that let the world comment on,
5458 describe, tag, and link any resource on the Web. Many websites already allow
5559 comments, but current annotation systems rely on unique, usually proprietary
@@ -60,8 +64,8 @@ <h1 class="title">Making it Easier to Share Annotations on the Web</h1>
6064 spell the end of the phrase "Don't read the comments!", returning power to the
6165 readers decide where and how they provide and consume such feedback. </ p >
6266 < h2 > What the Web Annotation Standards Do</ h2 >
63- < p > The three new standards describe how to precisely identify the target of an
64- annotation within a Web resource. They provide a basic data structure and protocol
67+ < p > The three new standards describe how to precisely identify the target, body and metadata of
68+ an annotation of a Web resource. They provide a basic data structure and protocol
6569 to ensure interoperability among annotation systems, but they do not dictate how
6670 annotation tools and services are realized in terms of user interface features and
6771 functionality. Each of the standards serves a specific purpose: </ p >
@@ -86,9 +90,9 @@ <h2>What the Web Annotation Standards Do</h2>
8690 use cases with tailored interfaces and services. This will encourage new innovations
8791 and the emergence of community-based best practices. For example, The W3C Working
8892 Group Note on < a href ="https://www.w3.org/TR/annotation-html/ "> Embedding Web
89- Annotations in HTML</ a > , published concurrently with the 3 Web Annotation
93+ Annotations in HTML</ a > , published concurrently with the three Web Annotation
9094 Recommendations, describes and illustrates just a few of the potential approaches
91- for including annotations within HTML documents and is intended to serve as a
95+ for including annotations within HTML documents, serving as a
9296 starting point for further discussion, experimentation and development. </ p >
9397 < h2 > Getting This Far and What's Ahead</ h2 >
9498 < p > The work on the annotation specifications started in 2009 with two independent
@@ -102,7 +106,9 @@ <h2>Getting This Far and What's Ahead</h2>
102106 href ="https://www.w3.org/community/openannotation/#group-reports "> initial draft
103107 specifications</ a > . 2014 saw the creation of the Web Annotation Working Group to
104108 take the work through the standardization process and further the engagement with
105- the web community, resulting in the specifications published on February 21st, 2017. </ p >
109+ the web community, resulting in the specifications published on February 21st, 2017.
110+ <!-- Correct this date as necessary. -->
111+ </ p >
106112 < p > As a diverse group of Web developers, publishers, and content creators note below,
107113 this work is and will be increasingly important as the volume and speed of
108114 information publishing continue to grow. The world has seen a dramatic increase in
@@ -115,7 +121,7 @@ <h2>Getting This Far and What's Ahead</h2>
115121 them in full. Though much hard work remains to be done, a formal standard for a
116122 universal web annotation layer is a critical step in the development of this
117123 promising new paradigm.</ blockquote >
118- < p > The potential breadth of Web annotation tools and services magnifies the impact of
124+ < p > The broad, growing interest in Web annotation tools and services magnifies the likely impact of
119125 these specifications. As Dan Whaley, of Hypothes.is and the < a
120126 href ="https://hypothes.is/annotating-all-knowledge/ "> Annotating All
121127 Knowledge</ a > coalition, notes, the publication of these Recommendations means
@@ -159,11 +165,14 @@ <h2>Acknowledgments and Further Information</h2>
159165 members of the Open Annotation Community Group. It has always been a community
160166 effort. We are grateful for the past, present, and future work underway around these
161167 specifications. </ p >
162- < p > For further information please contact the Chairs of the Web Annotation Working
168+ < p > For further information please
< a href ='
mailto:[email protected] '
> contact the Chairs
</ a > 169+ of the Web Annotation Working
163170 Group, Dr. Robert Sanderson (J. Paul Getty Trust) and Prof. Timothy Cole (University
164171 of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign). To discuss uses of the Web Annotation
165172 Recommendations or to participate in the creation of implementations based on these
166- Specifications, please join the Open Annotation W3C Community Group</ p >
173+ Specifications, please join the < a
174+ href ="https://www.w3.org/community/openannotation/ "> W3C Open Annotation
175+ Community Group</ a > .</ p >
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