[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #40031: Consider Adding Web Annotations to WordPress

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#40031: Consider Adding Web Annotations to WordPress
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 Reporter:  MikeSchinkel     |       Owner:
     Type:  feature request  |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal           |   Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Comments         |     Version:  trunk
 Severity:  normal           |  Resolution:
 Keywords:                   |     Focuses:  ui
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Comment (by MikeSchinkel):

 Replying to [comment:11 jdgrimes]:
 > ''"By "class of content", I was thinking more in terms of what that
 content means to the user, how it would be presented, etc."''

 Understood. Web Annotations encompass a lot more than just comments.  But
 in order to keep it within the scope of what already exists in WordPress I
 kept my proposal limited to just comments, which core could easily do, and
 then let the other types of Web annotations be handled by plugin authors.

 > ''"It just seems like a shift in WordPress's core purpose at present, if
 one that is in the general sentiment of its mission. On the other hand,
 perhaps it is not much different that the trackback support that is
 currently languishing in core."''

 Maybe it would be helpful to explicitly define "WordPress's core purpose
 at present?"  You and I ''(as well as many others)'' may each have a
 different view of what that is and without a shared idea of purpose we'll
 just talk past each other.

 To me WordPress' core purpose is to ''"Empower end users to publish the
 content they author."'' And as comments I write on other sites very much
 fit into the definition of ''"content I author"'' then capturing them and
 allowing me to control one location where they are published seems
 perfectly in line with that core purpose.

 So rather than extending WordPress' core purpose, I feel like this
 proposal fills in the gaps that has stopped WordPress from achieving its
 core purpose as well as it can.

 > ''"By this I meant letting the user edit their annotations, delete them,
 etc."''

 Okay, then yes.  But it seems to me that WordPress already excels at
 comment editing so I don't see much of any new functionality that would be
 needed for this.

 > ''"As long as use of this selector method is minimized/restricted, my
 fears about copyright issues are allayed, and I am happy with the concept
 of annotations."''

 Cool.

 My primary motivation for this ticket was to see WordPress lead the
 industry in how Web Annotations are  used rather than wait until others
 impose their world view upon us in ways that may not favor WordPress.
 Whatever works to allow us to ''"dip our toes into the water"'' here and
 get started with Web Annotations in core would cause me to feel this
 ticket was a success.  I don't feel the need for this ticket to be adopted
 exactly as I described, hence my describing it as a ''"strawman
 proposal."''

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Ticket URL: <https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/40031#comment:12>
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