Dan Whaley on Hypothes.is
Channel: Digital Matters
Date: 2018-08-07

Dan Whaley will discuss the Mellon-funded Hypothes.is.
Tuesday, September 12, 2017
Gould Auditorium, Marriott Library

Hear how open annotation promises to bring an open, collaborative layer over the web and all scholarly literature, and learn about Hypothesis the non-profit which has jump started this revolution. It promises not just personal, group and public discussion, but a powerful way for humans and automated systems to connect related information with high resolution and precision. With the passage of the W3C Web Annotations standard earlier this year, and the emergence of open source software that implements it, we are rapidly on our way to a much more powerful future.