Annotation

Annotation
An annotation is a critical, descriptive or explanatory note added to a text. The concept of annotation is mostly known in Library and Information Science (LIS) from annotated bibliographies, which contain summaries of the key points addressed in the sources, a description of the kind of sources or an evaluation of the source. (The opposite of an annotated bibliography is a naked bibliography).

Barney (1991) is a book about annotations. Quote from the cover: "Where does a text stop, and a footnote begin? When is footnoting a critical activity? When is it a political activity? Is any text unannotatable..."

Literature:

Barney, S. A. (ed.). (1991). Annotation and Its Texts. New York & Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Bokross, A. H. (1979). Annotations Manual. Ottawa: National Library of Canada.

Fraser, L. & Locatis, C. (2001). Effects of link annotations on search performance in layered and unlayered hierarchically organized information spaces. Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, 52(14), 1255-1261.

Liu, Y. & Li, F. (2002). Semantic extraction and semantics-based annotation and retrieval for video databases. Multimedia Tools and Applications, 17(1),P5-20.

Ovsiannikov, I. A.; Arbib, M. A. & Mcneill, T. H. (1999). Annotation technology. International Journal of Human-Computer Studies, 50(4), 329-362.

Sakar, A. & Ercetin, G. (2005). Effectiveness of hypermedia annotations for foreign language reading Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 21(1), 28-38.

Sicilia, M. Á.; García, E.; Aedo, I. & Díaz, P. (2003). A literature-based approach to annotation and browsing of Web resources. Information Research, 8(2), paper no. 149. Available at: http://informationr.net/ir/8-2/paper149.html

Sohn, W. S.; Kim, J. K.; Ko, S. K.; Lim, S. B. & Choy, Y.C. (2003). Context-based free-form annotation in XML documents. International Journal of Human-Computer Studies, 59(3), 257-285.

Wolfe, J. L. & Neuwirth, C. M. (2001). From the margins to the center - The future of annotation. Journal of Business and Technical Communication, 15(3), 333-371.

Yang, S. J. H.; Chen, I. Y. L & Shao, N. W. Y. (2004). Ontology enabled annotation and knowledge management for collaborative learning in virtual learning community. Educational Technology & Society, 7(4), 70-81.