Workpackage description: 12.2: Annotations demonstrator

Workpackage number: 12.2

Start date or starting event: Month 1

Lead Partner: W3C-ERCIM (2)

Total number of deliverables: 2

Objectives

• Develop a demonstration of querying and creation of annotations in RDF for a specific annotations schema
• Enable access to the annotations using multiple clients and servers using a common protocol and schema

Description of work

Annotating can be a means for different communities to create Semantic Web data. RDF is very well suited to describing the general structure of annotating, because at a fundamental level it enables the representation of properties and values assigned to properties, and because it also enables the description of data about the act of annotation. One particular schema that might be used is EARL, the W3C accessibility testing schema which allows annotating evaluation and processing of web pages for, amongst other things, their accessibility. This workpackage will use the Open Source/Free Software Annotea annotations server to store and serve annotations with semantic content in addition to the html content currently used. The workpackage will create or adapt one or more annotation creation tools to generate annotations to be stored on the server, and use or adapt tools such as Amaya and Anozilla to display the annotations.

Deliverables

• Month 5: (12.2.1: annotation_demo_single_schema) Public demonstrator showing the creation, storage, query and display of RDF annotations for a specific schema, and enabling access to the data using multiple clients but a common protocol and schema (9 months, demonstrator, Pub.)
• Month 6: (12.2.2: annotation_demo_server_report) Report detailing the method of creating the annotation server and client demonstration, including the protocol and schema. This will form a detailed 'how to' document. (2 months, report, Pub.)