Annotations can expose user identity or quoted text; define moderation, privacy and quotation limits.

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Hypothesis Project

Hypothesis nonprofit/open-standards project

Original source linkedOpen source, standards-based annotation; service/account or self hosting may be needed.

What this source shows

Home of Hypothesis, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit building open annotation tools on W3C Web Annotation standards for notes and discussion on web content.

Rights and reuse: Annotations can expose user identity or quoted text; define moderation, privacy and quotation limits.
Access: Open source, standards-based annotation; service/account or self hosting may be needed.

Why it matters

Annotating a page ties your claim to the exact passage it rests on, which helps when you cite or dispute what a source says.

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