Hypothes.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]

Hypothes.is Project
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
Coordinates37.7647°N 122.4319°W / 37.7647; -122.4319
Revenue
$2,521,639 (2019[1])
Websitehypothes.is

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.
  2. Dan Whaley (ed.). "The Internet, peer-reviewed". Hypothes.is. Retrieved 2011-11-14.
  3. Schonfeld, Erick (Oct 31, 2011), Hypothes.is: A Kickstarter Project To Peer Review The Web, Techcrunch, retrieved 2011-11-14
  4. Masnick, Mike (Oct 24, 2011). "Interesting Ideas: Can You Peer Review The Entire Internet, Sentence By Sentence". Techdirt. Retrieved 2011-11-14.
  5. Shaughnessy, Haydn (Oct 21, 2011). "Would Your Blog Stand up To Criticism? Here Comes Peer Review". Forbes. Retrieved 2011-11-14.
  6. Kirkpatrick, Marshall (Oct 20, 2011). "Hypothes.is: A Peer-Review Layer for the Whole Internet". ReadWriteWeb. Archived from the original on November 7, 2011. Retrieved 2011-11-14.
  7. Farley, Tim (17 November 2011). "Hypothes.is Reaches Funding Goal". James Randi Educational Foundation. Retrieved 2011-11-26.
  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. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 7, 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. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-01-15. 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. 528 (7580): 153–154. Bibcode:2015Natur.528..153P. doi:10.1038/528153a. PMID 26632591. doi:10.1038/528153a
  19. https://web.hypothes.is/blog/say-hello-to-anno/
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