Hypothes.is
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| Founded | July 1, 2011 |
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| Founder | Dan Whaley |
| Type | 501(c)(3) |
| 45-2677817 | |
| Registration no. | C3389843 |
| Location |
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| Coordinates | 37°45′53″N 122°25′55″W / 37.7647°N 122.4319°W |
| Revenue | $2,521,639 (2019[1]) |
| Website | hypothes |
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.[2][3][4][5][6]
It has been summarized as "a peer review layer for the entire Internet."[7]
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.[3]
People
The project is led by Dan Whaley, co-founder of GetThere, one of the first online travel booking systems in 1995.[3][8][9] Its advisors have included John Perry Barlow, Charles Bazerman, Philip Bourne and Brewster Kahle.[2]
Project
A Kickstarter drive to raise $100,000 to fund a working prototype narrowly reached its goal on November 13, 2011.[7][10] The effort is organized as a non-profit.[11][12] It has received financial support from the Shuttleworth Foundation,[13] the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation,[14] the Helmsley Trust,[15] the Knight Foundation[16] and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.[17]
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.[18]
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).[19] 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
- ^ "Hypothes is Project - Nonprofit Explorer". 9 May 2013.
- ^ a b Dan Whaley (ed.). "The Internet, peer-reviewed". Hypothes.is. Retrieved 2011-11-14.
- ^ a b c Schonfeld, Erick (Oct 31, 2011), Hypothes.is: A Kickstarter Project To Peer Review The Web, Techcrunch, retrieved 2011-11-14
- ^ Masnick, Mike (Oct 24, 2011). "Interesting Ideas: Can You Peer Review The Entire Internet, Sentence By Sentence". Techdirt. Retrieved 2011-11-14.
- ^ Shaughnessy, Haydn (Oct 21, 2011). "Would Your Blog Stand up To Criticism? Here Comes Peer Review". Forbes. Retrieved 2011-11-14.
- ^ Kirkpatrick, Marshall (Oct 20, 2011). "Hypothes.is: A Peer-Review Layer for the Whole Internet". ReadWriteWeb. Archived from the original on November 7, 2011. Retrieved 2011-11-14.
- ^ a b Farley, Tim (17 November 2011). "Hypothes.is Reaches Funding Goal". James Randi Educational Foundation. Retrieved 2011-11-26.
- ^ Sloan, Gene (Oct 22, 1996). "Net catches more travelers planning trips". USA Today. McLean, Va. p. 6D. Archived from the original on February 1, 2013.
- ^ Fernandes, Lorna (Oct 26, 1997). "It's no small world for ITN". San Jose Business Journal. American City Business Journals. Retrieved 2011-11-14.
- ^ Hypothes.is - Taking peer review to the Internet. on Kickstarter
- ^ David Streitfeld (April 11, 2013). "Speak Up, the Internet Can't Hear You". New York Times. Retrieved 2013-05-02.
- ^ "Letter 947 (DO/CG)" (PDF). IRS. June 29, 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 7, 2013.
- ^ "Active Fellows: Dan Whaley". The Shuttleworth Foundation Trust. Retrieved 2013-05-02.
- ^ "2011 Annual Report" (PDF). Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. p. 72. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-01-15. Retrieved 2013-07-23.
- ^ "Helmsley Trust Supports Open Annotation in Biomedical Research | Hypothesis". hypothes.is. 11 January 2015. Retrieved 2015-10-28.
- ^ "A Grant from the Knight Foundation | Hypothesis". hypothes.is. 4 October 2013. Retrieved 2015-10-28.
- ^ "Award from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation". June 9, 2014. Retrieved 2014-04-12.
- ^ Perkel, Jeffrey M. (December 1, 2015). "Annotating the scholarly web". Nature. 528 (7580): 153–154. Bibcode:2015Natur.528..153P. doi:10.1038/528153a. PMID 26632591. doi:10.1038/528153a
- ^ "Say Hello to Anno". 18 August 2022.
External links
- Official website
- Rina Shaikh-Lesko (6 May 2019). "Web annotation tool Hypothesis hits a milestone". Toolbox. 569 (7755). Nature: 295. Bibcode:2019Natur.569..295S. doi:10.1038/d41586-019-01427-9. PMID 31061462. Retrieved 2021-06-10.
- Todd A. Carpenter (30 April 2013). "iAnnotate — Whatever Happened to the Web as an Annotation System?". The Scholarly Kitchen. Society for Scholarly Publishing. Retrieved 2013-07-23.
- David Streifield (11 April 2013). "Speak Up, the Internet Can't Hear You". New York Times. Retrieved 2013-07-23.
- Meredith Schwartz (23 January 2013). "8 Questions with Peter Brantley on Hypothes.is". Library Journal. Archived from the original on 2013-08-06. Retrieved 2013-07-23.
- Paul Hyman (27 November 2012). "Two Apps Aim To Tell The Truth And Nothing But The Truth". ACM News. ACM. Retrieved 2013-07-13.
- Jim Giles (19 September 2012). "Reality checker: How to cut nonsense from the net" (PDF). New Scientist. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 August 2013. Retrieved 2012-12-24.