Towards the digital preservation of DOM-node-keyed scholarly web annotations
The current generation of web annotation technologies use a set of keying techniques, often based on the Document Object Model (DOM) for representing HTML content, that link an annotation to its target content. However, when the DOM structure changes, for any reason, or browser rendering engines par...
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Iowa State University Digital Press
2017-06-01
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| description | The current generation of web annotation technologies use a set of keying techniques, often based on the Document Object Model (DOM) for representing HTML content, that link an annotation to its target content. However, when the DOM structure changes, for any reason, or browser rendering engines parse the underlying source differently, annotations can be orphaned and incorrectly re-attached. This article explores the preservation strategies that are required to ensure the longevity of scholarly annotations that use such technologies. These recommendations range from the social changes needed for the perception of annotations as first-class scholarly objects through to the technological changes and infrastructures that are needed for the preservation of such objects. It concludes with a series of recommendations for changes in practice and infrastructure that work towards the digital preservation of DOM-node-keyed scholarly web annotations. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-ebb4ade36bb74b3abfe176140464f7542024-04-04T17:32:55ZengIowa State University Digital PressJournal of Librarianship and Scholarly Communication2162-33092017-06-015110.7710/2162-3309.2178Towards the digital preservation of DOM-node-keyed scholarly web annotationsMartin Paul Eve0Crossref and Birkbeck, University of LondonThe current generation of web annotation technologies use a set of keying techniques, often based on the Document Object Model (DOM) for representing HTML content, that link an annotation to its target content. However, when the DOM structure changes, for any reason, or browser rendering engines parse the underlying source differently, annotations can be orphaned and incorrectly re-attached. This article explores the preservation strategies that are required to ensure the longevity of scholarly annotations that use such technologies. These recommendations range from the social changes needed for the perception of annotations as first-class scholarly objects through to the technological changes and infrastructures that are needed for the preservation of such objects. It concludes with a series of recommendations for changes in practice and infrastructure that work towards the digital preservation of DOM-node-keyed scholarly web annotations.https://www.iastatedigitalpress.com/jlsc/article/id/12787/digital preservationannotationdocument object modelbrowser internalsdocument parsing |
| spellingShingle | Martin Paul Eve Towards the digital preservation of DOM-node-keyed scholarly web annotations Journal of Librarianship and Scholarly Communication digital preservation annotation document object model browser internals document parsing |
| title | Towards the digital preservation of DOM-node-keyed scholarly web annotations |
| title_full | Towards the digital preservation of DOM-node-keyed scholarly web annotations |
| title_fullStr | Towards the digital preservation of DOM-node-keyed scholarly web annotations |
| title_full_unstemmed | Towards the digital preservation of DOM-node-keyed scholarly web annotations |
| title_short | Towards the digital preservation of DOM-node-keyed scholarly web annotations |
| title_sort | towards the digital preservation of dom node keyed scholarly web annotations |
| topic | digital preservation annotation document object model browser internals document parsing |
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