Organization:Hypothes.is

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Short description: US software project for web content annotation
Hypothes.is Project
The Hypothesis Icon: A white lowercase "h" and dot/period on a red speech bubble
FoundedJuly 1, 2011 (2011-07-01)
FounderDan Whaley
Type501(c)(3)
45-2677817
Registration no.C3389843
Location
  • 2261 Market St #632, San Francisco, California 94114
Coordinates [ ⚑ ] : 37°45′53″N 122°25′55″W / 37.7647°N 122.4319°W / 37.7647; -122.4319
Revenue
$2,521,639 (2019[1])
Websitehypothes.is

Hypothes.is is an open-source software project that aims to collect comments about statements made in any web-accessible content, and filter and rank those comments to assess each statement's credibility.[2][3][4][5][6]

It has been summarized as "a peer review layer for the entire Internet."[7]

Concept

The project is a system which allows annotation of web pages, using comments contributed by individuals and a reputation system for rating the comments. The plan is that the comments will be stored in the Internet Archive. Normal use is with a browser plug-in (Chrome) or a bookmarklet (others), and the plan is that links to specific comments will also be viewable without needing a plug-in.[3]

People

The project is led by Dan Whaley, co-founder of GetThere, one of the first online travel booking systems in 1995.[3][8][9] Its advisors have included John Perry Barlow, Charles Bazerman, Philip Bourne and Brewster Kahle.[2]

Project

A Kickstarter drive to raise $100,000 to fund a working prototype narrowly reached its goal on November 13, 2011.[7][10] The effort is organized as a non-profit.[11][12] It has received financial support from the Shuttleworth Foundation,[13] the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation,[14] the Helmsley Trust,[15] the Knight Foundation[16] and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.[17]

In December 2015, Hypothes.is was a founding member of a coalition of scholarly publishers, platforms, libraries, and technology organizations to create an open, interoperable annotation layer over their content.[18]

In August 2022, after noting that being a nonprofit limited the company to grants and donations and with several of the key funding sources Hypothes.is relied on no longer available, they formed "Annotation Unlimited, PBC" (Anno).[19] Anno is a public benefit corporation to house the Hypothes.is mission set up to allow investment. It attracted $14M seed round, including $2.5M from the provider of JSTOR.

See also

References

  1. "Hypothes is Project - Nonprofit Explorer". 9 May 2013. https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/452677817. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 Dan Whaley, ed. "The Internet, peer-reviewed.". Hypothes.is. http://hypothes.is/. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 Schonfeld, Erick (Oct 31, 2011), Hypothes.is: A Kickstarter Project To Peer Review The Web, Techcrunch, https://techcrunch.com/2011/10/31/hypothes-is/, retrieved 2011-11-14 
  4. Masnick, Mike (Oct 24, 2011). "Interesting Ideas: Can You Peer Review The Entire Internet, Sentence By Sentence". Techdirt. http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20111021/18214516461/interesting-ideas-can-you-peer-review-entire-internet-sentence-sentence.shtml. 
  5. Shaughnessy, Haydn (Oct 21, 2011). "Would Your Blog Stand up To Criticism? Here Comes Peer Review". Forbes. https://www.forbes.com/sites/haydnshaughnessy/2011/10/21/would-your-blog-stand-up-to-criticism-and-should-you-care/. 
  6. Kirkpatrick, Marshall (Oct 20, 2011). "Hypothes.is: A Peer-Review Layer for the Whole Internet". ReadWriteWeb. http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/hypothesis_a_peer-review_layer_for_the_internet.php. 
  7. 7.0 7.1 Farley, Tim (17 November 2011). "Hypothes.is Reaches Funding Goal". James Randi Educational Foundation. http://www.randi.org/site/index.php/swift-blog/1524-hypothesis-reaches-funding-goal.html. 
  8. Sloan, Gene (Oct 22, 1996). "Net catches more travelers planning trips". USA Today (McLean, Va.): p. 6D. https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/USAToday/access/16317744.html?dids=16317744:16317744&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Oct+22%2C+1996&author=Gene+Sloan&pub=USA+TODAY+(pre-1997+Fulltext)&desc=Net+catches+more+travelers+planning+trips&pqatl=google. 
  9. Fernandes, Lorna (Oct 26, 1997). "It's no small world for ITN". San Jose Business Journal (American City Business Journals). http://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/stories/1997/10/27/smallb4.html?page=all. 
  10. Hypothes.is - Taking peer review to the Internet. on Kickstarter
  11. David Streitfeld (April 11, 2013). "Speak Up, the Internet Can't Hear You". New York Times. http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/04/11/speak-up-the-internet-cant-hear-you/. 
  12. "Letter 947 (DO/CG)". IRS. June 29, 2013. http://hypothes.is/docs/Hypothes.is-Determination-Letter.pdf. 
  13. "Active Fellows: Dan Whaley". The Shuttleworth Foundation Trust. http://www.shuttleworthfoundation.org/fellows/dan-whaley/. 
  14. "2011 Annual Report". Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. p. 72. http://www.sloan.org/fileadmin/media/files/annual_reports/2011_Annual_Report_vF.pdf. 
  15. "Helmsley Trust Supports Open Annotation in Biomedical Research | Hypothesis". https://hypothes.is/blog/helmsley-trust-supports-open-annotation-in-biomedical-research/. 
  16. "A Grant from the Knight Foundation | Hypothesis". https://hypothes.is/blog/a-grant-from-the-knight-foundation/. 
  17. "Award from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation". June 9, 2014. https://hypothes.is/blog/award-andrew-w-mellon-foundation/. 
  18. Perkel, Jeffrey M. (December 1, 2015). "Annotating the scholarly web". Nature 528 (7580): 153–154. doi:10.1038/528153a. PMID 26632591. Bibcode2015Natur.528..153P.  doi:10.1038/528153a
  19. https://web.hypothes.is/blog/say-hello-to-anno/

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