Hypothes.is
{{Short description|US software project for web content annotation}}
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| name = Hypothes.is Project
| image = Hypothesis Icon.png
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| image_alt = The Hypothesis Icon: A white lowercase "h" and dot/period on a red speech bubble
| type = 501(c)(3)
| founded_date = {{Start date|2011|07|01}}
| tax_id = 45-2677817
| registration_id = C3389843
| founder = Dan Whaley
| location = 2261 Market St #632, San Francisco, California 94114
| coordinates = {{Coord|37.7647|-122.4319|display=inline,title}}
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| revenue = $2,521,639 (2019{{cite web | url=https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/452677817 | title=Hypothes is Project - Nonprofit Explorer | date=9 May 2013 }})
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Hypothes.is is an open-source software project that aims to collect comments about statements made in any web-accessible content, and filter and rank those comments to assess each statement's credibility.{{cite web
| url = http://hypothes.is/
| title = The Internet, peer-reviewed.
| editor = Dan Whaley
| publisher = Hypothes.is
| access-date = 2011-11-14 }}
| publisher = Techcrunch
| url = https://techcrunch.com/2011/10/31/hypothes-is/
| title = Hypothes.is: A Kickstarter Project To Peer Review The Web
| first = Erick | last = Schonfeld
| date = Oct 31, 2011 | access-date = 2011-11-14 }}
| publisher = Techdirt
| first = Mike | last = Masnick
| date = Oct 24, 2011
| url = http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20111021/18214516461/interesting-ideas-can-you-peer-review-entire-internet-sentence-sentence.shtml
| title = Interesting Ideas: Can You Peer Review The Entire Internet, Sentence By Sentence
| access-date = 2011-11-14 }}
| work = Forbes
| first = Haydn | last = Shaughnessy
| date = Oct 21, 2011
| url = https://www.forbes.com/sites/haydnshaughnessy/2011/10/21/would-your-blog-stand-up-to-criticism-and-should-you-care/
| title = Would Your Blog Stand up To Criticism? Here Comes Peer Review
| access-date = 2011-11-14 }}
| publisher = ReadWriteWeb
| first = Marshall
| last = Kirkpatrick
| date = Oct 20, 2011
| url = http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/hypothesis_a_peer-review_layer_for_the_internet.php
| title = Hypothes.is: A Peer-Review Layer for the Whole Internet
| access-date = 2011-11-14
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20111107081342/http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/hypothesis_a_peer-review_layer_for_the_internet.php
| archive-date = November 7, 2011
| url-status = dead
}}
It has been summarized as "a peer review layer for the entire Internet."{{cite web | title = Hypothes.is Reaches Funding Goal | first = Tim | last = Farley | publisher = James Randi Educational Foundation | date = 17 November 2011 | access-date = 2011-11-26 | url = http://www.randi.org/site/index.php/swift-blog/1524-hypothesis-reaches-funding-goal.html }}
Concept
The project is a system which allows annotation of web pages, using comments contributed by individuals and a reputation system for rating the comments. The plan is that the comments will be stored in the Internet Archive. Normal use is with a browser plug-in (Chrome) or a bookmarklet (others), and the plan is that links to specific comments will also be viewable without needing a plug-in.
People
The project is led by Dan Whaley, co-founder of GetThere, one of the first online travel booking systems in 1995.{{cite news
| title = Net catches more travelers planning trips
| newspaper = USA Today
| location = McLean, Va.
| first = Gene
| last = Sloan
| date = Oct 22, 1996
| page = 6D
| url = https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/USAToday/access/16317744.html?dids=16317744:16317744&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Oct+22%2C+1996&author=Gene+Sloan&pub=USA+TODAY+(pre-1997+Fulltext)&desc=Net+catches+more+travelers+planning+trips&pqatl=google
| archive-url = https://archive.today/20130201052825/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/USAToday/access/16317744.html?dids=16317744:16317744&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Oct+22,+1996&author=Gene+Sloan&pub=USA+TODAY+(pre-1997+Fulltext)&desc=Net+catches+more+travelers+planning+trips&pqatl=google
| url-status = dead
| archive-date = February 1, 2013
| url = http://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/stories/1997/10/27/smallb4.html?page=all
| title = It's no small world for ITN
| newspaper = San Jose Business Journal
| date = Oct 26, 1997
| first = Lorna | last = Fernandes
| publisher = American City Business Journals
| access-date = 2011-11-14 }}
Its advisors have included John Perry Barlow, Charles Bazerman, Philip Bourne and Brewster Kahle.
Project
A Kickstarter drive to raise $100,000 to fund a working prototype narrowly reached its goal on November 13, 2011.[http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/dwhly/1239089754 Hypothes.is - Taking peer review to the Internet.] on Kickstarter The effort is organized as a non-profit.{{cite news | date = April 11, 2013 | title = Speak Up, the Internet Can't Hear You | author = David Streitfeld | work = New York Times | url = http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/04/11/speak-up-the-internet-cant-hear-you/ | access-date = 2013-05-02 }}{{cite web|url=http://hypothes.is/docs/Hypothes.is-Determination-Letter.pdf |publisher=IRS |date=June 29, 2013 |title=Letter 947 (DO/CG) |url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130807163418/http://hypothes.is/docs/Hypothes.is-Determination-Letter.pdf |archive-date=August 7, 2013 }} It has received financial support from the Shuttleworth Foundation,{{cite web | url = http://www.shuttleworthfoundation.org/fellows/dan-whaley/ | title = Active Fellows: Dan Whaley | publisher = The Shuttleworth Foundation Trust | access-date = 2013-05-02}} the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation,{{cite web | title = 2011 Annual Report | publisher = Alfred P. Sloan Foundation | url = http://www.sloan.org/fileadmin/media/files/annual_reports/2011_Annual_Report_vF.pdf | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130115115252/http://www.sloan.org/fileadmin/media/files/annual_reports/2011_Annual_Report_vF.pdf | url-status = dead| archive-date = 2013-01-15 | page = 72 | access-date = 2013-07-23 }} the Helmsley Trust,{{Cite web|title = Helmsley Trust Supports Open Annotation in Biomedical Research {{!}} Hypothesis|url = https://hypothes.is/blog/helmsley-trust-supports-open-annotation-in-biomedical-research/|website = hypothes.is| date=11 January 2015 |access-date = 2015-10-28}} the Knight Foundation{{Cite web|title = A Grant from the Knight Foundation {{!}} Hypothesis|url = https://hypothes.is/blog/a-grant-from-the-knight-foundation/|website = hypothes.is| date=4 October 2013 |access-date = 2015-10-28}} and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.{{cite web | url = https://hypothes.is/blog/award-andrew-w-mellon-foundation/ | publisher = | date = June 9, 2014 | title = Award from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation | access-date = 2014-04-12}}
In December 2015, Hypothes.is was a founding member of a coalition of scholarly publishers, platforms, libraries, and technology organizations to create an open, interoperable annotation layer over their content.{{cite journal |last=Perkel |first=Jeffrey M. |title=Annotating the scholarly web |journal=Nature |date=December 1, 2015 |volume=528 |issue=7580 |pages= 153–154 |doi=10.1038/528153a|pmid=26632591 |bibcode=2015Natur.528..153P |doi-access=free }} {{doi|10.1038/528153a}}
In August 2022, after noting that being a nonprofit limited the company to grants and donations and with several of the key funding sources Hypothes.is relied on no longer available, they formed "Annotation Unlimited, PBC" (Anno).{{cite web | url=https://web.hypothes.is/blog/say-hello-to-anno/ | title=Say Hello to Anno | date=18 August 2022 }} Anno is a public benefit corporation to house the Hypothes.is mission set up to allow investment. It attracted $14M seed round, including $2.5M from the provider of JSTOR.
See also
References
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External links
- {{Official website|http://hypothes.is/}}
Category:Free software projects