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Annotea

Learn about Annotea [UserSWeb 2005 paper], an open source project developed under W3C Semantic Web Advanced Development.

Annotea server code does exist. Preliminary Annotea protocol including bookmarks and topics also exists and has been waiting for feedback. Algae is a query language used in Annotea preceding SPARQL but Annotea servers could as well offer SPARQL. In addition, WebDAV (HTTP PUT) can be used update bookmark files on the Web.

Annotea Ubimarks

Explore Annotea Ubimarks, a Mozilla/Firefox extension to Annotea shared/social bookmarks:

• explanation(from ISWC 2004 SW Challenge)
• ISWC 2006 authoring poster, tagging poster
• ISWC 2004 demo, usage poster 1, usage poster 2, usage poster 3
• lifescience use case

Annotea bookmark files

• Neuroscience links in a user customized Annotea bookmark file (image) and XSLT conversion to HTML.
• FMI testbed links in an Annotea bookmark file and XSLT conversion to HTML.
• Advertising related topics (tags) in Annotea bookmark file and XSLT conversion to HTML.
• Content label links in Annotea bookmark file with XSLT conversion to HTML.
• Tumor suppression links in Annotea bookmark file and XSLT conversion to HTML.
• more ...

Bookmark files with Annotea presentation objects:

• Status related topics (tags) in an Annotea bookmark file and XSLT conversion to HTML
• Annotea related projects page in an Annotea bookmark file and XSLT conversion to HTML.

Extracting bookmarks from del.icio.us

• Darren's XSLT for extracting del.icio.us bookmarks to Annotea format

Some papers and talks

Annotea documents page has links to many Annotea related papers and talks as well as some technical documents.

• Semantic Authoring by Tagging with Annotea Social Bookmarks and Topics (slides), SAAW 2006
• Web Tagging with Annotea Shared/Social Bookmarks and Topics, submitted to tagging WS at WWW2006
• Annotea and Semantic Web Supported Collaboration (slides) , ESWC UserSWeb 2005
• Annotea second phase: shared bookmarks, W3C Tech plenary 2005
• Annotea shared bookmarks: Semantic Web at your fingertips, ISWC 2004 SW Challenge
• Annotea shared bookmarks: Semantic Web at your fingertips, demo, ISWC 2004
• Accessibility of Web Collaboration Technologies (slides), CSUN 2004
• Finnish articles about starting usability in Helsinki University of Technology (TKK), Polysteekki 2004
• Annotea project review, W3C 2003
• Accessibility and Ubiquitous Computing, CSUN 2003
• DfA curricula needs: some experiences, 2003
• Annotea Shared Bookmarks (slides), KCAP 2003 (ISWC 2003) SemAnnot WS
• AnnoSpam: Filtering Spam According to Annotations, 2003
• Collaboration through Annotations in the Semantic Web, Annotation for the Semantic Web 2003
• Semantic Web Kick-Off in Finland, 2002:
  • W3C Semantic Web Activity (slides)
  • Annotea: Applying Semantic Web Technologies to Annotations (slides)
• Exploring Usability Enhancements in W3C Process (slides), W3C Usability WS 2002
• Semantic Web and Web Accessibility, 2002
• Topics in Annotea: Extending the Basic Architecture , WWW 2002 Dev. Day
• Accessible Multimedia and Graphics on the Web, 2001
• Ajankohtaista W3C:stä , USIX seminar, 2001
• Metadata Based Annotation Infrastructure Offers Flexibility and Extensibility for Collaborative Applications and Beyond
  (slides) KCAP 2001 SemAnnot WS
• Annotea: A Generic Annotation Environment Using RDF/XML, WWW 2001 Dev. Day
• SMIL and SVG - towards accessible multimedia, CSUN 2000
• Accessibility Features of SVG, 2000
• Accessibility Features of SMIL, 1999
• Saavutettava julkaiseminen Webissä, Arlainstituutin julkaisu 1999
• Helsinki Arena 2000: Augmenting a Real City to a Virtual One, 1999
• Smart products project, 1995
• Launching the Usability Approach at Helsinki University of Technology (SIGCHI Bulletin article), 1995
• Putting Usability into Television, 1995
• HutWindows: An Improved Architecture for a User Interface Management System

SemAnnot workshops

1. Siegfried Handschuh, Rose Dieng, Steffen Staab (eds.),
   Proc. K-CAP 2001 Workshop on Knowledge Markup and Semantic Annotation (Semannot 2001),
   Victoria, B.C., Canada, October 21, 2001. Published on CEUR-WS: 12-May-2004, http://CEUR-WS.org/Vol-99/
2. Siegfried Handschuh, Marja-Riitta Koivunen, Rose Dieng, Steffen Staab (eds.),
   Proc. K-CAP 2003 Workshop on Knowledge Markup and Semantic Annotation (Semannot 2003),
   Sanibel, Fl., USA, October 26, 2003. Published on CEUR-WS: 12-May-2004, http://CEUR-WS.org/Vol-101/
3. Siegfried Handschuh, Thierry Declerck, Marja-Riitta Koivunen, Rose Dieng, Richard Benjamins, Steffen Staab (eds.),
   Proc. 4th International Workshop on Knowledge Markup and Semantic Annotation (SemAnnot 2004)
   at the 3rd International Semantic Web Conference (ISWC 2004) , November 2004, Hiroshima, Japan. http://CEUR-WS.org/Vol-184/
4. Siegfried Handschuh, Thierry Declerck, Marja-Riitta Koivunen (eds.),
   Proc. 5th International Workshop on Knowledge Markup and Semantic Annotation (SemAnnot 2005)
   at the 4th International Semantic Web Conference (ISWC 2005), November 2005, Galway, Ireland. http://CEUR-WS.org/Vol-185/

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