garden/hypothes.is.md

hypothes.is

• go https://web.hypothes.is/about/
  • They seem like a nice organization with worthy goals.
  • see also https://web.hypothes.is/team/
  • see also hypothesis intro
• wiki https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypothes.is
• open source project by Dan Whaley.
  • arti walker-peddakotla is chief of engineering.
• A non profit, 501c.
• An annotation platform.
• They develop a really nice browser extension and associated tools.
  • I should use the extension more often :)
  • This extension could be seen as an agora client: agora hypothesis integration.
  • diegodlh has experience with it: https://diegodlh.github.io/hfeed/
  • https://web.hypothes.is/for-publishers/#embedding

Open questions

• ask dan whaley
• What is their longer term vision?
  • "We’re a on a mission to bring an open conversation over the whole web. Use Hypothesis right now to hold discussions, read socially, organize your research, and take personal notes."
  • see also the revolution will be annotated
• What is their method of governance?
• What is their stack like?
• How stable is their funding?
• Why will Hypothes.is succeed where others failed?
  • see also annotation standard
• What happened to HypothesisProject? https://www.youtube.com/channel/UComNY07yEHTJYfRGx6KRILQ
• Browser support?
  • https://web.hypothes.is/blog/annotation-is-now-a-web-standard/#post/0 mentions browser support as a goal.