- A usually‐purposeful association of bodies and·or Motivations with another thing. + An Item consisting of a usually‐purposeful association of bodies and·or Motivations with another thing.
Annotations, in their most common uses, link resources to other resources, with the resources being linked from provided as their bodies and the resources being linked to provided as their targets. @@ -16,12 +16,20 @@ SPDX-License-Identifier: CC0-1.0 When an Annotation is motivated by a Motivation, bodies might not be present (if the Motivation provides all the necessary information itself).
- Despite the name, it¦s important to understand that an Annotation is essentially just a motivated collection of links, and this class may be used anywhere a motivated collection of links is desired. + It is important to understand that Annotations are, themselves, resources, independent of their bodies: + Annotations and their bodies might have different creators and might be created on different days. + An Annotation motivated by Replying does not imply that its body is in reply to its target (but rather that the creator of the Annotation is using its body to reply). +
++ Despite the name, and the above caveats aside, an Annotation is essentially just a motivated collection of links, and this class may be used anywhere a motivated collection of links is desired.