[xmlschemata] Re: Annotations

On Mon, 2002-06-24 at 14:15, Eric van der Vlist wrote:
>
> I have installed a new goodie on XmlSchemata: Crit [1], is an annotation
> system which can be used to annotate the content of XmlSchemata.org.
>
> To use it, you just need to point your favorite browser to
> http://annotations.xmlschemata.org and enter the URL which you want to
> annotate.
>
> For instance, to annotate the xvif proposal itself:
>
> http://annotations.xmlschemata.org/nph-med.cgi/http://downloads.xmlschemata.org/python/xvif/xvif.html

Cool. I've just been looking at crit, and it's pretty nifty.

> There is no restriction on the sites which can be annotated but I would
> advise restricting ourselves to sites and pages related to the target of
> the XmlSchemata.

You might want to consider limiting this. When we were considering
putting up an XLink-based annotation system at Fourthought, we spoke to
our lawyer, and he recommended limiting the domains available for
annotation to a selected and controlled set. Apparently there is some
history of potential legal issues with third-party site annotation.

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