annotating
Writing margin comments
Annotating is the act of adding explanatory notes or comments to a text, image, or other document.
A student annotating a book might underline passages and write observations in the margins.
Software developers annotate code to explain what it does.
She spent the afternoon annotating the manuscript with corrections and queries.
Notes in page edges
- footnotesMarginal citations below text
- commentaryExplanatory remarks on events
- glossesSurface shines or annotations
- citationsAcknowledged source mentions
exegesis · notation · remarks · scholarly · textual · critical · apparatus · interlinear
Assigning identifying markers
- captionsText describing visual content
- calloutsHighlighted text elements
- arrowsShafted projectiles for bows
- diagramsSimplified visual representations
sketching · marking · circling · underlining · redlining · proofreading · corrections · symbols
Attaching identifying markers
- metadataDescriptive information about content
- labelsIdentifying markers attached to items
- markupAdded percentage for profit
- highlightingEmphasizing key parts
bookmarking · comments · PDF · hyperlinks · timestamps · tooltips · collaborative · web
Assigning identifying markers
- trainingDeveloping abilities through practice
- machine learningAlgorithms that improve from data
- datasetsOrganized digital records
- classificationSystematic grouping by traits
tagging · ground truth · crowdsourcing · segmentation · NLP · corpus · sentiment · entities
Spoken or written reactions
- documentationWritten proof or instructions
- decoratorsThose who style interiors
- inlineArranged in sequence
- code reviewExamination of written software
README · syntax · parameters · functions · methods · classes · API · variables
marginalia
Notes in page edges
- footnotesMarginal citations below text
- commentaryExplanatory remarks on events
- glossesSurface shines or annotations
citations · exegesis · notation · remarks · scholarly · textual · critical · apparatus · interlinear · hermeneutics
labeling
Assigning identifying markers
- captionsText describing visual content
- calloutsHighlighted text elements
- arrowsShafted projectiles for bows
diagrams · sketching · marking · circling · underlining · redlining · proofreading · corrections · symbols · legends
tagging
Attaching identifying markers
- metadataDescriptive information about content
- labelsIdentifying markers attached to items
- markupAdded percentage for profit
highlighting · bookmarking · comments · PDF · hyperlinks · timestamps · tooltips · collaborative · web · browser
labeling
Assigning identifying markers
- trainingDeveloping abilities through practice
- machine learningAlgorithms that improve from data
- datasetsOrganized digital records
classification · tagging · ground truth · crowdsourcing · segmentation · NLP · corpus · sentiment · entities · categories
comments
Spoken or written reactions
- documentationWritten proof or instructions
- decoratorsThose who style interiors
- inlineArranged in sequence
code review · README · syntax · parameters · functions · methods · classes · API · variables · debugging
- book culturereading, reader, book lover, bookworm, bibliophile
- studyingstudying, study notes, learning, study plan, study session
- teaching methodspresentation, lecturing, discussion, modeling, hands-on learning
- Writing Activitiesjotting, scribbling, typing, keying, drafting
- literary hobbiescreative writing, novel writing, fiction writing, reading groups, book clubs
- readingfluency, read, comprehension, readers, books
annotatingerasing
Removing recorded marks
deleting · expunging · redacting · removing · striking out
annotatingsimplifying
Making less complex
condensing · summarizing · abridging · reducing · distilling
annotatingignoring
Deliberately not noticing
neglecting · overlooking · disregarding · skimming · glossing over