annotaatioon
Annotaatioon is the process and product of adding notes, explanations, metadata, or other information to a primary object such as a text, image, dataset, or media file. In Estonian usage, annotaatioon covers both the act of annotating and the annotated result. The aims of annotation include improving understanding, aiding retrieval, enabling linkage to related content, or supporting analysis and processing.
Annotations take many forms. In texts, they appear as marginal notes, inline comments, footnotes, or endnotes.
Methods and standards vary. Annotations may be created manually by experts or crowdsourced, or generated automatically
Applications span education, research, digital humanities, accessibility, journalism, and knowledge management. Well-documented annotations support search, comprehension,