{"id":2830,"date":"2011-11-22T15:57:44","date_gmt":"2011-11-22T22:57:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress.reams.me\/?p=2830"},"modified":"2012-07-03T08:28:19","modified_gmt":"2012-07-03T14:28:19","slug":"introducing-annotum-a-scholarly-publishing-platform-built-on-wordpress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.reams.me\/?p=2830","title":{"rendered":"Introducing Annotum: a scholarly publishing platform built on WordPress"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today Google announced some &#8220;out of season&#8221; spring cleaning: they will be closing <a href=\"http:\/\/knol.google.com\/\">Google Knol<\/a> next May. Knol was originally created &#8220;to help improve web content by enabling experts to collaborate on in-depth articles&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Because of this, we at <a href=\"http:\/\/crowdfavorite.com\/\">Crowd Favorite<\/a> worked closely with <a href=\"http:\/\/solvitor.com\">Solvitor<\/a> to create an open-source scholarly authoring and publishing platform based on WordPress that could serve as a new home for Knol users. Personally, I&#8217;ve been involved with this by leading, in conjunction with Solvitor, the design and development efforts around the new WordPress theme available today: <a href=\"http:\/\/annotum.org\/\">Annotum<\/a>.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/github.com\/Annotum\/Annotum\/\">Annotum on Github<\/a> (forks welcome)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/wordpress.org\/extend\/themes\/annotum-base\">Annotum theme on WordPress.org<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This theme is unlike any other I&#8217;ve seen, it&#8217;s a sophisticated authoring and publishing platform with numerous features baked in. Originally designed with scientific and scholarly journals in mind, this is a great all-around theme for any publishers.<\/p>\n<p>Knol users can now download their existing content via Google Takeout and take it wherever they&#8217;d like <em>and\/or<\/em> set up a Annotum-based WordPress.com blog with a one-click(ish) process.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m excited to see the theme in the wild and proud to have worked with the excellent teams at Crowd Favorite, Solvitor, Google, and Automattic. Here&#8217;s a bit more about the project where you can learn more about it:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/annotum.org\/\">Annotum<\/a> project website<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/crowdfavorite.com\/portfolio\/annotum\/\">Annotum<\/a> overview on Crowd Favorite<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/googleblog.blogspot.com\/2011\/11\/more-spring-cleaning-out-of-season.html\">More spring cleaning out of season<\/a> on the Official Google Blog<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/en.blog.wordpress.com\/2011\/11\/22\/google-knol-wordpress-annotum\/\">Google Knols Move to WordPress<\/a> on the WordPress.com blog<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today Google announced some &#8220;out of season&#8221; spring cleaning: they will be closing Google Knol next May. Knol was originally created &#8220;to help improve web content by enabling experts to collaborate on in-depth articles&#8221;. 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