The Hypothesis project delivers a set of components and capabilities that work together to enable a wide range of annotation-powered applications. Here we summarize the state of play in November 2018. The major components are:
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An annotation viewer and editor that runs as an overlay in the browser ("the client").
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An annotation service that stores, searches, and displays annotations, manages users and groups, and delivers the client into pages that actively embed it ("the service").
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A Chrome extension that injects the client into web pages that don't embed it ("the extension").