Comment System

1. DocumentMarkUp Tool, a B-Toolkit Component for X-Windows Motif Application Developers, has a comment/annotation facility that generates LaTeX output (a publishing system ). For more info, see: B Tool-Kit.
2. Web Course Tool,, a research prototype, web-based client/server course authoring and presentation tool for educators - has a page annotation capability for use by students. (Developed at University of British Columbia) For more info, see: Web-CT.
3. LEAD Technologies Annotations (Part of Express Toolkit List: $1995 ) is part of a developer's toolkit for programmers. LEADTOOLS Express editions support annotation of images by letting you overlay images with text, lines, shapes, freehand drawings, arrows, buttons, highlights, hot spots, sticky notes, stamps, buttons, and sounds. Requires a royalty for deploying applications that use the toolkit. For more info, see: LEAD Technologies Annotations.
4. ViewDirector Prizm Plus Image Server and Annotation Package (web-based image server and annotation package ($6500 + $1450) from TMSSequoia. For more info, see: PrizmPlus Annotation Tool.

Some of the end-user features include:

• Download of documents available for comment
• Addition of general or specific comments
• Addition of comments by severity level (essential, suggested, editorial)
• Addition of comments - free text form
• Comments using attached files - for extensive revision
• View comments posted to date
• Sort comments by key field using up to three fields (comment date, commentor attributes [e.g. name, organization], comment type, comment severity level, resolution date)
• Hardcopy Printing

Some of the administrative features include:

• Add new documents for review
• Remove documents from active status (stop accepting comments on a document)
• Add/remove persons to receive automatic e-mail notification of new comment submissions
• Add/remove reviewers
• Accept names and e-mail addresses of potential reviewers