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Text annotations can serve a variety of functions for both private and public reading and communication practices. In their article "From the Margins to the Center: The Future of Annotation," scholars Joanna Wolfe and Christine Neuwirth identify four primary functions that text annotations commonly serve in the modern era, including: (1)"facilitat[ing] reading and later writing tasks," which ...
An annotation is extra information associated with a particular point in a document or other piece of information. It can be a note that includes a comment or explanation. [1] Annotations are sometimes presented in the margin of book pages. For annotations of different digital media, see web annotation and text annotation.
Hand annotations occur in most surviving books through the end of the 1500s. [1] Marginalia did not become unusual until sometime in the 1800s. Fermat's claim, written around 1637, of a proof of Fermat's last theorem too big to fit in the margin is the most famous mathematical marginal note. [ 2 ]
Self-disclosure is a process of communication by which one person reveals information about themselves to another. The information can be descriptive or evaluative, and can include thoughts, feelings, aspirations, goals, failures, successes, fears, and dreams, as well as one's likes, dislikes, and favorites.
Informative annotations provide a straight summary of the source material. They summarise all relevant information about the author and the main points of the work. To write an informative annotation, begin by writing the thesis; then develop it with the argument or hypothesis, list the proofs, and state the conclusion
This list of awards for contributions to society is an index to articles on notable awards for contributions to society. It excludes humanitarian and service awards , religion-related awards , peace prizes , law enforcement awards and honors and legal awards , which are covered by separate lists.
The individual was supposed to use the memex as an automatic personal filing system, making the memex "an enlarged intimate supplement to his memory". [ 1 ] The concept of the memex influenced the development of early hypertext systems, eventually leading to the creation of the World Wide Web , and personal knowledge base software. [ 2 ]
The basic data structures of Web Annotation (Fig. 1) are target (the element being annotated, e.g., a web document or a part of it), body (the content of the annotation, e.g., a string value), and; annotation (the element that serves to relate body and target of an annotation) Fig. 1. Basic view on the Web Annotation data model