Annotext Attribution Format

A document-based attribution engine for NodeJS.

#Philosophy

• The Content itself drives the Version history
• Human & Machine readable YAML storage of document attributions
• Fully serializable (Momento)

Node

Usage

###Create a Document

var annotextDoc = new annotext();
annotextDoc.update(
		{
			content: 'Here is some sample content',
			user_key: 'toddpi314', 
			revision_key: 'v0.1'
		});			

AnnoText

---
annotations:
  - { range_start: 0, range_end: 26, created: '2013-11-09T18:30:56.080Z', user: toddpi314, revision: v0.1 }
created: '2013-11-09T18:30:56.080Z'
---
Here is some sample content

###Update an existing document

var annotextDoc = new annotext();
annotextDoc.update(
			{
				content: 'Here is some sample content',
				user_key: 'toddpi314', 
				revision_key: 'v0.1'
			});
annotextDoc.update(
			{
				content: 'Here is some sample "that I added" content',
				user_key: 'VictorHugo',
				revision_key: 'v0.2'
			});

AnnoText

---
annotations:
  - { created: '2013-11-09T18:45:43.511Z', user: toddpi314, revision: v0.1, range_start: 0, range_end: 20 }
  - { created: '2013-11-09T18:45:43.513Z', user: VictorHugo, revision: v0.2, range_start: 21, range_end: 35 }
  - { created: '2013-11-09T18:45:43.511Z', user: toddpi314, revision: v0.1, range_start: 36, range_end: 42 }
created: '2013-11-09T18:45:43.514Z'
---
Here is some sample "that I added" content

##API ###Update Add content to the document (creation and update)

Arguments

• content - document content
• user_key - user key of creator
• revision_key - revision key of first impression
• (Optional) inline_custom - custom attributes to attach to the annotation record
• (Optional) inline_header - custom attributes to attach to the document header
• (Optional) edit_date - datestamp for the revision updates

Usage

var annotextDoc = new annotext();
annotextDoc.update(
		{
			content: 'Here is some sample content', // Content
			user_key: 'toddpi314', // User key
			revision_key: 'v0.1',  // Current Revision
			inline_custom: {
				'go': 'ninja'
			},
			header_custom: {
				'custom': 'header-value'					});

###Parse Parse an existing document and get a pretty "ok" api for accessing header/content.

Usage

var annotextDoc = new annotext();
var annotextDoc = annotext.update(
	{
		content: 'Here is some sample content',
		user_key: 'toddpi314',
		revision_key: 'v0.1'		
	});
var parsedDoc = annotextDoc.parse();

###GetRevisionsByUser Get a list of revisions based on the user key used in prior attribution entries.

Usage

var annotextDoc = new annotext();
var annotextDoc = annotext.update(
	{
		content: 'Here is some sample content',
		user_key: 'toddpi314',
		revision_key: 'v0.1'		
	});
var revisions = annotextDoc.getRevisionsByUser();

###GetDistinctRevisionDates Get a list of all revision dates relevant to the AnnoText document.

Usage

var annotextDoc = new annotext();
var annotextDoc = annotext.update(
	{
		content: 'Here is some sample content',
		user_key: 'toddpi314',
		revision_key: 'v0.1'		
	});
var dates = annotextDoc.getDistinctRevisionDates();

###GetDistinctRevisionKeys Get a list of distinct revision keys relevant to the AnnoText document.

Usage

var annotextDoc = new annotext();
var annotextDoc = annotext.update(
	{
		content: 'Here is some sample content',
		user_key: 'toddpi314',
		revision_key: 'v0.1'		
	});
var revisionKey = annotextDoc.getDistinctRevisionKeys();

###GetDistinctUserKeys Get a list of distinct user keys relevant to the AnnoText document.

Usage

var annotextDoc = new annotext();
var annoTextDoc = annotext.update(
	{
		content: 'Here is some sample content',
		user_key: 'toddpi314',
		revision_key: 'v0.1'		
	});
var users = annotextDoc.getDistinctUserKeys();

#Contact & Issues

https://github.com/DeepElement/AnnoText/issues

todd@deepelement.com

License

(The MIT License)

Copyright (c) 2008-2014 Todd Morrison <todd@deepelement.com>

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