Hypothes.is

Hypothes.is Project
Founded July 1, 2011 (2011-07-01)
Founder Dan Whaley
Type 501(c)(3)
45-2677817
Registration no. C3389843
Location
  • 2261 Market St #632, San Francisco, CA 94114
Coordinates 37°45′53″N 122°25′55″W / 37.7647143°N 122.4318831°W / 37.7647143; -122.4318831Coordinates: 37°45′53″N 122°25′55″W / 37.7647143°N 122.4318831°W / 37.7647143; -122.4318831
Website hypothes.is

Hypothes.is is a 501(c) 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.[1][2][3][4][5] It has been summarized as "a peer review layer for the entire Internet."[6]

As of March 2016, Hypothes.is is the 447,510th most popular site on the Internet according to Alexa.com. [7]

Concept

The project is to write software and establish a system which will allow 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 planned to be with a browser plug-in, and the plan is that links to specific comments will also be viewable without needing a plug-in.[2]

People

The project is led by Dan Whaley, co-founder of GetThere, which was one of the first online travel booking systems in 1995.[2][8][9] Its advisors include John Perry Barlow, Charles Bazerman, Philip Bourne and Brewster Kahle.[1]

Project

A Kickstarter drive to raise $100,000 to fund a working prototype narrowly reached its goal on November 13, 2011.[6][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]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Dan Whaley (ed.). "The Internet, peer-reviewed.". Hypothes.is. Retrieved 2011-11-14.
  2. 1 2 3 Schonfeld, Erick (Oct 31, 2011), Hypothes.is: A Kickstarter Project To Peer Review The Web, Techcrunch, retrieved 2011-11-14
  3. ↑ Masnick, Mike (Oct 24, 2011). "Interesting Ideas: Can You Peer Review The Entire Internet, Sentence By Sentence". Techdirt. Retrieved 2011-11-14.
  4. ↑ Shaughnessy, Haydn (Oct 21, 2011). "Would Your Blog Stand up To Criticism? Here Comes Peer Review". Forbes. Retrieved 2011-11-14.
  5. ↑ Kirkpatrick, Marshall (Oct 20, 2011). "Hypothes.is: A Peer-Review Layer for the Whole Internet". ReadWriteWeb. Retrieved 2011-11-14.
  6. 1 2 Farley, Tim (17 November 2011). "Hypothes.is Reaches Funding Goal". James Randi Educational Foundation. Retrieved 2011-11-26.
  7. ↑ http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/hypothes.is
  8. ↑ Sloan, Gene (Oct 22, 1996). "Net catches more travelers planning trips". USA Today. McLean, Va. p. 6D.
  9. ↑ Fernandes, Lorna (Oct 26, 1997). "It's no small world for ITN". San Jose Business Journal. American City Business Journals. Retrieved 2011-11-14.
  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. Retrieved 2013-05-02.
  12. ↑ "Letter 947 (DO/CG)" (PDF). IRS. June 29, 2013.
  13. ↑ "Active Fellows: Dan Whaley". The Shuttleworth Foundation Trust. Retrieved 2013-05-02.
  14. ↑ "2011 Annual Report" (PDF). Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. p. 72. Retrieved 2013-07-23.
  15. ↑ "Helmsley Trust Supports Open Annotation in Biomedical Research | Hypothesis". hypothes.is. Retrieved 2015-10-28.
  16. ↑ "A Grant from the Knight Foundation | Hypothesis". hypothes.is. Retrieved 2015-10-28.
  17. ↑ "Award from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation". June 9, 2014. Retrieved 2014-04-12.
  18. ↑ Perkel, Jeffrey M. (December 1, 2015). "Annotating the scholarly web". Nature. Archived from the original on December 6, 2016. Retrieved December 6, 2015.

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