About HypothesisHypothesis is a new effort to implement an old idea: A conversation layer over the entire web that works everywhere, without needing implementation by any underlying site.Our team creates open source software, pushes for standards, and fosters community.Using annotation, we enable sentence-level note taking or critique on top of classroom reading, news, blogs, scientific articles, books, terms of service, ballot initiatives, legislation and more.HypothesisHPTHSS_84b9954e-19c7-11ec-bdff-38951283ea00W3C Web Annotation Working GroupOur efforts are based on the annotation standards for digital documents developed by the W3C Web Annotation Working Group.Hypothesis TeamNate AngellDirector of MarketingEryn BarkerLead Customer Success SpecialistJon BettsSenior DeveloperLoree BuchanPartnerships Lead, EducationIan BurdenSenior Site Reliability EngineerRyan ComeauPartnerships Lead, EducationJeremy DeanVP, EducationMichael DiRobertsCustomer Support EngineerMatt DrickerCustomer Support EngineerPeg FowlerDirector, Business OperationsFranny FrenchDigital Marketing SpecialistEduardo Sanz GarcíaSenior Frontend DeveloperLyza Danger GardnerLead Developer and Technical Project LeadBecky GeorgeCustomer Success SpecialistSean HammondLead DeveloperRemi KalirScholar in ResidenceRobert KnightLead DeveloperGeoff OkinsContracts AdministratorAutumn OttenadCustomer Success SpecialistMarcos PrietoSenior Backend DeveloperJon UdellDirector, IntegrationsSonja VisserPartnerships Lead, EducationArti Walker-PeddakotlaDirector of EngineeringDan WhaleyFounder/CEOHypothesis Advisors & CollaboratorsJeff AtwoodStackexchangePhil BourneUC San Diego / PLoSJohn W. DuBoisUC Santa BarbaraKathleen FitzpatrickMLA / MediaCommonsSteve HazelSauce Labs / BittorrentSalim IsmaelSingularity UBrewster KahleInternet ArchiveAndrea LunsfordStanfordErik MartinRedditNicholas MerrillCalyx InstituteJohnathan NelsonHackers and FoundersNate OostendorpSlashdotRufus PollockOpen Knowledge Fdn.Paul ResnickUniv. of MichiganDarian Rodriguez HeymanNonprofits 101Mikeal RogersPouchGigi SohnPublic KnowledgeHypothesis Board of DirectorsJohn Perry BarlowEmeritus (1947–2018)Gerry PercyTreasurerDan WhaleyChairmanHypothesis SponsorsHypothesis is funded through the generous support of many people and organizations. We thank and appreciate our funders, sponsors, and partners.Schmidt Futures2020 = $25,000 | Schmidt Futures awarded Hypothesis a $25,000 grant to support our work in community annotation of COVID claims in the news to counter misinformation. | 2018 = $20,000 | Schmidt Futures awarded Hypothesis a $20,000 sponsorship in support of a workshop to develop a joint roadmap for open science software tools.The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation2018 = $2,000,000 ~ The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation awarded Hypothesis a multi-year grant to support initiatives to scale the use of open, standards-based web annotation and the Hypothesis annotation tool suite in scholarship and research, with a focus on the arts and humanities. | 2016 = $1,000,000 ~ The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation awarded Hypothesis a multi-year grant to support initiatives to develop infrastructure for digital publishing. | 2015 = $35,000 ~ The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation awarded Hypothesis $35,000 to support the I Annotate 2015 annual conference, with a focus on launching annotation at scale.2014 = $752,000 ~ The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation awarded Hypothesis a multi-year grant to support the development of annotation services for digital scholarly materials, including support for the Annotate annual conference, Annotate 2014: Annotato Ergo Sum. | 2013 = $46,500 ~ The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation awarded Hypothesis a $46,500 grant (via Planetwork as a fiscal sponsor) to support the inaugural year of the annual I Annotate conference, I Annotate 2013: Annoto Ergo Sum. | 2013 = $48,500 ~ The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation awarded Hypothesis a $48,500 grant, Creating Minds and Books in Browsers IV.The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation2018 = $12,000 ~ The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation awarded Hypothesis a grant to support a workshop to develop a joint roadmap for open science software tools. | 2016 = $394,465 ~ The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation awarded Hypothesis $394,465 to investigate and establish sustainable business models for the Hypothes.is web annotation platform. | 2015 = $20,000 ~ The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation awarded Hypothesis $20,000 to support the Annotate 2015 annual conference, with a focus on launching annotation at scale. | 2014 = $683,000 ~ The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation awarded a grant to Hypothesis focused on Peer Review, including partial support for the 2014 I Annotate annual conference, Annotato Ergo Sum. | 2012 = $525,800 ~ The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation awarded a grant to Hypothesis, Open, Digital Annotation for Scholarly Communication. | 2011 = $20,000 ~ The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation funded a Hypothesis sponsored workshop of 50 world leaders in reputation modeling, distributed systems, identity, language, and economics to think through the challenges of designing a global annotation platform.MDPI2018 = $10,000 ~ MDPI made a $10,000 donation to Hypothesis in support of its open source project.Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust2016 = $711,091 ~ Year 3 of a multi-year grant, Bringing Open Annotation to the Biomedical Sciences: Enhancing Collaboration, Discovery and Reproducibility. | 2015 = $685,446 ~ Year 2 of a multi-year grant, Bringing Open Annotation to the Biomedical Sciences: Enhancing Collaboration, Discovery and Reproducibility. | 2014 = $685,446 ~ Year 1 of a multi-year grant, Bringing Open Annotation to the Biomedical Sciences: Enhancing Collaboration, Discovery and Reproducibility.The Omidyar Network Fund2016 = $500,000 ~ The Omidyar Network Fund awarded Hypothesis $500,000 to support general charitable, educational, and scientific purposes.The Shuttleworth Foundation2016 = $275,000 ~ The Shuttleworth Foundation awarded Hypothesis, and founder Dan Whaley, a one year fellowship / co-investment project funding to support high visibility / large scale demonstrations of open annotation across diverse Annotating All Knowledge Coalition communities, and to research self-sustainable business models within the non-profit sector. | 2014 = $245,000 ~The Shuttleworth Foundation awarded Hypothesis, and founder Dan Whaley, a one year fellowship/co-investment project funding to continue work on the development of an open-source annotation tool, Hypothesis. | 2013 = $245,000 ~ The Shuttleworth Foundation awarded Hypothesis, and founder Dan Whaley, a one year fellowship/co-investment project funding to focus on creating infrastructure to enable the crowdsourced peer-review of information everywhere.AAAS Science in the Classroom2015 = $25,000 ~ Subcontract from AAAS Science in the Classroom to collaborate on a grant-funded initiative to generate annotated articles from Science Magazine for use in classrooms.National Writing Project2015 = $10,000 ~ Subcontract from the National Writing Project to collaborate on developing learning opportunities for educators that enable them to use web annotation and social reading/commenting strategies with their students as part of the Letters to the Next President project.Craig Newmark Philanthropic Fund2015 = $5,000 ~ The Craig Newmark Philanthropic Fund, made a $5000 contribution towards a one-day Journalism + Annotation Workshop at the New York Times Building, co-sponsored by Hypothesis and the Poynter Institute.The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation2015 = $5,000 ~ The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation made a $5,000 contribution towards a one-day Journalism + Annotation Workshop at the New York Times Building, co-sponsored by Hypothesis and the Poynter Institute. | 2013 = $200,000 ~ The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation awarded Hypothesis with a grant focusing on Journalism and Media Innovation.Jeff Brody2014 = $25,000 ~ Jeff Brody of Redpoint Ventures donated $25,000 to Hypothesis to launch The Open Annotation Fund, with the intent of creating a grantmaking process to solicit and receive proposals to expand the existing universe of open source software that implements or works with open annotation.KickstarterWe raised $230,000 in November of 2011 via Kickstarter and individual donations. Thanks everyone!Sunil PaulMatching Donation of $105,000Jeff Brody$10,000 and upGerry Percy$10,000 and upJoe Shapiro$10,000 and upMarc & Sheryl Stuart$10,000 and upJohn Dunham$5,000 and upBill Townsend$5,000 and upHarald Ekman$2,000 and upMargaret Leinen$2,000 and upJim Lippard$2,000 and upBill Melton$2,000 and upNicole Vogel$2,000 and upBruce Yoxsimer$2,000 and upFredrik Branstrom$575 and upSean Carley$575 and upAdam Cecchetti$575 and upHenry, Harteveldt$575 and upJeff Schlarb$575 and upAllen TaylorStuart West$575 and upR D Whilden$575 and upTony Wight$575 and upAndrea$575 and upDean$575 and upJared$575 and upGabriel Anderson$350 and upJames Bellingham$350 and upTim Farley$350 and upNicholas Frota$350 and upSiddhartha Herdegen$350 and upBob Ippolito$350 and upJan Lehnardt$350 and upSusan Marcus$350 and upShane Runquist$350 and upTravis Stephenson$350 and upPennytiglias$350 and upAl Whaley$350 and upJustin Wick$350 and upKim E Whittemore$350 and upThomas J Womack$350 and upMicah Altman$250 and upMatt Bamberger$250 and upJacob Bayless$250 and upSusan Britton$250 and upPaul Chandler$250 and upKeith Copenhagen$250 and upLori Darley$250 and upReed Esau$250 and upThomas R. Hall$250 and upSean Handel$250 and upMichael Hunger$250 and upJosh Knauer$250 and upRod Mann$250 and upFlorian Menevis$250 and upEdward Porter$250 and upJp Rangaswami$250 and upEd Roman$250 and upKunihiko Shimada$250 and upCarol Thomas$250 and upSam Zaid$250 and upGijsbert$250 and upLisa$250 and upHypothesis PartnersHypothesis collaborates with a wide variety of organizations to advance our open-source mission, especially in education, publishing, journalism and factchecking, research and scholarship, and technology.Al Akhawayn UniversityAlbright CollegeAlbuquerque AcademyAmerican Association for the Advancement of ScienceAmerican Diabetes AssociationAmerican Geophysical UnionChennaiAmerican Psychological AssociationAmerican Society of Plant Biologists (ASPB)American University of ArmeniaAnderson UniversityAppalachian State UniversityArlington Independent School DistrictARPHAAtyponAugusta UniversityAurora UniversityBarclay CollegeBard CollegeBarstow Community CollegeBaylorBelmont Abbey CollegeBemidji StateBerry CollegeBethel UniversityBMCBoise State UniversityBorough of Manhattan Community CollegeBowdoinBridgewater CollegeBrigham Young UniversityBrock UniversityBrookdale Community CollegeBrown UBrusov StateBucknell UButler UniversityCity College of San FranGavilan CollegeCalifornia State University Channel Islands (CSUCI)CSUNCambridge University PressCanisius CollegeCarleton CollegeCarlow UCarrollCase Western Reserve UCatlin GabelCentennial CollegeCenter for Open ScienceCentral CarolinaCerritos CollegeChapman UCharleston Southern UChoate Rosemary HallChristchurch SchoolCitrus CollegeCity College of Chicago Harold WashingtonClaremont LincolnClaremont McKennaClark State CollegeClimate FeedbackCoe CollegeColgateCollege of Western IdahoColorado CollegeColorado School of MinesColorado State University-PuebloColumbia Basin CollegeConcordia CollegeConnecticut CollegeContra Costa CollegeCornell UniversityCorvallis SDCredibility CoalitionCreighton UniversityCalifornia State UniversityCUNY TechKingsborough CCCuyahoga Community CollegeDartmouth CollegeDavidson CollegeDearborn Public SchoolsDenver SeminaryDePaul UniversityDesalesGreen Diablo Valley CollegeDixie StateDouglas CollegeDrexel UniversityDukeEarth and Space Science Open ArchiveEast Carolina UniversityeCampus OntarioeJournalPressEl Camino CollegeeLifeElmbhurst UElsevierEmmanue CollegeEmporia State UniversityEpiscopal High SchoolEverett CCThe Evergreen State CollegeEvident PointWordmark for Finger Lakes Community CollegeFlorida Southern CollegeFort Lewis CollegeFranklin & Marshall CollegeFresno StateGalvestonGateway TechGeorge Mason UniversityGeorgetownGeorgia CollegeGeorgia TechGeorgia State University Perimeter CollegeGigaScienceGilmanGlendale Community CollegeGonzaga College High SchoolGonzagaGrayson CollegeGreen River CollegeGrossmont-Cuyamaca CCHabib UniversityHampden-Sydney CCHardin-SimmonsHarrisburg Community CollegeHebrew Union CollegeHigh Integration of Research Monographs in the European Open Science (HIRMEOS)HighWireHobart and William SmithHofstra University Hollins UniversityHolyokeHoward Community CollegeCUNY Hunter CollegeIliff School of TheologyIllinois Mathematics and Science AcademyIndiana UniversityIngentaJohn Cabot UJohns Hopkins UniversityJohns Hopkins University PressJohnson UKalamazoo CollegeKenyon CollegeKristin SchoolLake Land CollegeLane CCLas Positas CollegeLebanon Valley CollegeLiberal USD 480Long Beach City CollegeLos Medanos CollegeLoyola SchoolLuther CollegeManhattan CollegeMarymount ManhattanMarymount UniversityMass College of Liberal ArtsMcDaniel CollegeMDPIMetropolitan State University of DenverMichigan PublishingMichigan TechMiddleburyMiddlesex County CollegeMillikin UniversityMisericordia UMission BayMissouri BaptistMontgomery CollegeMoravianMount Desert Island High SchoolMuhlenberg CollegeNational Cathedral SchoolNeuroscience Information FrameworkNew College of FloridaNew LeadersNew Mexico UniversityNorth Arkansas CollegeN Illinois UNorthwesternNUI GalwayNew York UniversityOccidentalOhio StateOhlone CollegeOklahoma StateOpen Journal SystemsOpen Science FrameworkOpen Science MOOCOpenEditionOPERASOrange Coast CollegeOttawa UPacific LutheranPark TudorPeralta Community College DistrictPhillips Academy AndoverPhillips Exeter AcademyPhoenix SeminaryPierce CollegePlymouth State UniversityPomona CollegePrairie StatePrestansPrincetonProvidence CollegePublic Knowledge ProjectQualitative Data RepositoryRandolph CollegeRandolph-MaconRaritan Valley Community CollegeReed CollegeResearch SquareRocky Mountain University of Health ProfessionsRoger Williams URutgers UniversitySacramento StateSaddleback CollegeSaint John Vianney High SchoolSalem CCSalem StateSan Antonio CollegeSan Diego StateSan Joaquin Delta CollegeSan Jose StateSan Mateo Union High School DistrictSanta Clara USanta Rose Junior CollegeSeton HallSewanee The University of the SouthSeward County CCSheridan PubFactorySilkeborg GymnasiumSilverchairSkyline CollegeSolano Community CollegeSonoma State UniversitySACAPSouth Puget Sound Community CollegeSouthern OregonSouthern Utah UniversitySW Minn State USpringfield CollegeSpringfield TechSt. Anne's BelfieldSt. Edward's UniversitySt. FrancisSt. George's SchoolSt. LawrenceSt. Mary's U TXSt. Norbert CollegeSt. Olaf CollegeSt. Stephen'sStanfordStanislaus StateState Fair CCSUNY New PaltzStevenson USUNY BuffaloCantonNassau CCSUNY OswegoSUNY PolytechSUNY PotsdamRCCSwathmoreTemple UTexas A&MTexas StateCUNY City CollegeThe Downtown SchoolThe New SchoolSteward SchoolU of Hong KongU of Montana WesternThiel CollegeThurgood MarshallTransylvania UniversityTrentTrinity CollegeTrinity LabanTrinity Western UTuftsTulane UniversityUC San DiegoManchesterUbiquity PressUCSCUnion PresbyterianUnion Theological SeminaryBerkeleyU College LondonU Mass BostonUNC Chapel HillHSCU of AlabamaUniversity of Alaska FairbanksUniversity of ArizonaUniversity of California PressU of Cape TownU Colorado AnschutzU Colorado DenverUniversity of KentuckyU of LethbridgeUniversity of Louisiana LafayetteU Maryland BaltimoreUniversity of MiamiMichiganUniversity of Michigan-DearbornUniversity of Michigan-FlintUniversity of Minnesota DuluthUniversity of Minnesota RochesterU of Missouri (Columbia)University of Missouri - Kansas CityUniversity Missouri - St. LouisUniversity of Missouri SystemU of MontanaUniversity of New HavenUniversity of Northern AlabamaThe University of OklahomaU of OregonOxford SaidUniversity of PortlandUniversity of San FranciscoUniversity of South CarolinaUniversity of South FloridaU of Southern MississippiUniversity of St. ThomasU Texas ArlingtonU District of ColumbiaUniversity of VirginiaU of WashingtonU of Wa BothellU of Washington TacomaU of Wisconsin MilwaukieeU Texas AustinU Wisconsin La CrosseU Wisconsin River FallsUT Health TexasUtah Valley UValencia CollegeVentura CollegeVermont State Colleges SystemWabashWake ForestWashburn UWashington U St. LouisWaylandWayne StateWest LibertyWestern Kentucky UWestern Oregon UWestern Washington UWhitmanWhittierWidener UWinonaAffiliatesHypothesis is an active member of organizations that offer services and/or technologies that help advance our open-source mission.BlackboardCanvas by InstructureW3C Credible Web Community GroupCrossrefEDUCAUSEIMS Global Learning ConsortiumNational Information Standards OrganizationOnline Learning Consortium (OLC)ORCIDConversation everywhere on the Web_84b996a2-19c7-11ec-bdff-38951283ea00To enable a conversation layer over the entire Web_84b997d8-19c7-11ec-bdff-38951283ea00PrinciplesEverything we build is guided by our principles. In particular that it be free, open, neutral, and lasting to name a few.Open SourceFree, open ~ Free, open source software using open standards.UbiquityWork everywhere ~ To the extent practical.Public BeneficenceFor the public benefit ~ Sustained by social enterprise.NeutralityNeutral ~ Favor no ideological or political positions.Community100% community moderated ~ Bottom up, not top down.MeritMerit based ~ Influence based on track record.PseudonymityPseudonymous ~ Credibility without public identity.InternationalityInternational ~ By design.TransparencyTransparent, auditable ~ In systems. In governance.AuditabilitySustainabilityThink long term ~ Infrastructure for 100 years. Or longer?Multi-ContextualityMany formats, many contexts ~ HTML, PDF, video, books. News, blogs, scientific articles, legislation, regulations, Terms of Service, etc.ExcellenceWork with the best ...HumilityRemain humble.Web ApplicationsDevelop a platform for the next generation of read-write web applications_84b99922-19c7-11ec-bdff-38951283ea00DevelopersPublishersAcademic InstitutionsResearchersLearning Management SystemsIf you’d like to participate, add our extension to your browser and create an account, or integrate annotation into your learning management system (LMS).We are partnering broadly with developers, publishers, academic institutions, researchers, and individuals to develop a platform for the next generation of read-write web applications. You can follow our development progress on our roadmap: https://github.com/hypothesis/product-backlog/projects/6Many have contributed tools, plug-ins and integrations.SoftwareCreate open source software_84b99a8a-19c7-11ec-bdff-38951283ea001Notes & CritiquesEnable sentence-level note taking or critique_a86230a4-1a68-11ec-9f74-7ce5f282ea001.1StandardsPush for standards_a8623824-1a68-11ec-9f74-7ce5f282ea002CommunityFoster community_a8623ad6-1a68-11ec-9f74-7ce5f282ea0032021-09-20https://web.hypothes.is/about/OwenAmburOwen.Ambur@verizon.net