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Multilayer Superimposed Information for Collaborative Annotation in Wikis

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On the Move to Meaningful Internet Systems: OTM 2010 (OTM 2010)

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Abstract

Collaborative writing and editing typically use annotations to coordinate edition tasks, comment the content, add relevant references, or clarify confusing content. Despite that wikis are among the most widely used hypertext systems for performing such collaborative activities, they have little support to annotations. In this paper, we propose to use spatial hypertext layers as the solution for the management of annotations in wikis. We have extended ShyWiki, a spatial hypertext wiki environment, with Multilayer Superimposed Information features. In addition, we present the results of a study that shows the value of spatial hypertext layers for locate, organize and group annotations in interest groups under a wiki interface.

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  1. Lero, The Irish Software Engineering Research Centre, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland

    Carlos Solís

  2. ISSI-DSIC, Universitat Politécnica de Valéncia, Camí de Vera s/n, 46022, Valencia, Spain

    José H. Canós

  3. Graduate Program in Informatics, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, 20010-974, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

    Marcos R. S. Borges

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  2. Curtin University of Technology, DEBII - CBS, De Laeter Way, Bentley, 6102, WA, Australia

    Tharam Dillon

  3. Facultad de Informática, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Campus de Montegancedo S/N, 28660, Boadilla del Monte, Madrid, Spain

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Solís, C., Canós, J.H., Borges, M.R.S. (2010). Multilayer Superimposed Information for Collaborative Annotation in Wikis. In: Meersman, R., Dillon, T., Herrero, P. (eds) On the Move to Meaningful Internet Systems: OTM 2010. OTM 2010. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 6426. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-16934-2_24

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