[annotator-dev] Annotator and FinalsClub.org

Thu Dec 15 18:08:19 UTC 2011

On 13 December 2011 18:53, Andrew Magliozzi <andrew.magliozzi at gmail.com> wrote:
> Dear all,
>
> Rufus and I had a great meeting together last Tuesday in the "other"
> Cambridge.  All told, it seems like the efforts of FinalsClub and the Open
> Knowledge Foundation are pretty aligned when it comes to annotation tools
> and open data.  As a result, we at FinalsClub will be taking an increased
> leadership role in development and usage for Annotator in 2012.

Great to meet you Andrew (and Joshua, and SJ and ...) :-)

> Currently, we plan to pivot toward annotation in early February '12 and ramp
> up through the spring.  Overall, we're committed to helping to improve the
> open source annotator code and feature set, contributing our content, and
> coordinating a community around the cause of open and structured knowledge
> around texts.

Great to hear and we're really looking forward to collaborating here!

> Come late February, I'll be holding weekly calls with all interested
> developers or stake-holders to raise the usability and popularity of open
> annotation, particularly among academic communities.  Because we have
> another important and urgent project development project currently in the
> works, we will be waiting until February before getting started.  If anyone
> would like to help coordinate or support matters going forward, please do
> let me know and we can figure out the best way to keep everyone optimally
> involved.

This will be fantastic Andrew. Really look forward to working on this
with you come January.

Rufus

> Looking forward,
> Andrew Magliozzi
> Founder, FinalsClub.org
>
> PS  - Rufus and I did some quick brainstorming about the various verticals
> for Annotator.  Here are our thoughts below.  I look forward to many more
> ideas and action in the future as well.
>
> [note: Bullets are in our current order of priority.]
>
> Products/Projects:
>
> Annotator - The open source tool  [code]
>
> OpenLiterature.net - gutenberg annotatable  [open community]
>
> “textualize” See: https://github.com/okfn/textualize
> Example... this is something to iterate in a SaaS model perhaps?
>
> AnnotateIt Docs (document annotation and storage)
>
> upload, store, and share - crocodoc.com or a.nnotate.com or
> documentcould.com
>
> See this:
> http://lists.okfn.org/pipermail/annotator-dev/2011-August/000089.html
>
> AnnotateIt - widget for a site to add html - level annotation to any site
>
> like disq.us
>
> AnnotateIt+ - Aggregating annotations from across the web and gathering
> contribs in the same place.  Browser plugin.  Caching the content from the
> web.  A web within a web but annotated.

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