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An annotation is extra information associated with a particular point in a document or other piece of information. It can be a note that includes a comment or explanation. Annotations are sometimes presented in the margin of book pages. For annotations of different digital media, see web annotation and text annotation. Wikipedia →

🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path

  1. Read the overview: AnnotationA 5-minute orientation
  2. Skim a recent paper: DAVID: a web server for functional enrichment analysis and functional annotation of gene lists (2021 update)Influential work since 2022
  3. Pick up a classic book: Código de processo civil (1973)The most-reprinted book on the subject
  4. Read the landmark paper: Prokka: rapid prokaryotic genome annotationCited 19,238 times
  5. Go sideways: Knowledge extractionA closely related topic
  6. Go sideways: DBpediaA closely related topic

📖 Definitions

Noun A critical or explanatory commentary or analysis.

Noun A comment added to a text.

Noun The process of writing such comment or commentary.

Noun Metadata added to a document or program.

🗂️ The subject at a glance

  1. Literature, grammar and educational purposes
  2. Software and engineering
  3. Other uses

🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)

🆕 Influential since 2022

📚 Books worth reading

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