I discovered a rather interesting little program at http://www.geof.net/code/annotation/

It allows for a column of comments where an annotator can highlight certain parts of a text and make annotations that are related to the highlighted text. This is nice, and I was wondering if it would be possible to use this as inspiration, if nothing else, for the upcoming features for this module.

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bryanpflug commented

Wow - looked at the temo, and this enhancement would be fantastic!

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clemens.tolboom
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What must happen when annotations are processed. When the node text changes, the annotations seems to get worthless.

So there must be a link form the annotation and the node editor.

Please review http://drupal.org/node/167926 (want to resolve this first) and http://drupal.org/node/172390 (this probably happens in the process) to propose what to do when a node is edited.

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chlobe commented

I would second (third?) the call for a feature of this nature. Marginalia seems to have the simplicity such a markup tool needs and functionality of this type would enhance the annotate module greatly.

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clemens.tolboom
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The project is now at http://code.google.com/p/marginalia/

There is an implementation for OJS (http://pkp.sfu.ca/?q=ojs) and for http://moodle.org/ plus a standalone version as a demo for integration with other CMSs ... so I have to follow the latter.

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clemens.tolboom
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Assigned: Unassigned » clemens.tolboom
Status: Active » Closed (won't fix)

This feature should now be discussed at the group http://groups.drupal.org/annotate-module