Building Web Annotation Stickies based on Bidirectional Links

Abstract. We propose a web annotation system which adds the functionality of stickies to web pages and creates bidirectional links between the stickies. The stickies allow for important parts of a web page which contains large amounts of data to be highlighted. We have implemented a positioning method based on the Document Object Model (DOM), as well as a new method for placing stickies which depends on web contents related to the information referenced by the stickies. By using web agents, the system automatically generates bidirectional links between stickies referencing similar information and subsequently categorizes them. Such stickies and links can be used as user preferences, and have the potential to become a much better alternative to bookmarks and tags.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2008
• Where: SWAP
• Authors: Hiroyuki Sano, Taiki Ito, Tadachika Ozono, Toramatsu Shintani
• Keywords: Bidirectional Links, Internet Technology, Such Stickies, SWAP 2008, Web Page