The Hypothesis client is a browser-based tool for making annotations on web pages. It’s used by the Hypothesis browser extension, and can also be embedded directly into web pages.

The Hypothesis Custom Tags extension adds the feature of importing custom annotation tags from an input CSV file, either from a remote URL on the Web or from a local file.

The input CSV file required should follow the following specification:

Screenshot of the Custom Tags annotation panel:

Screenshot of the Custom Tags autocomplete dropdown with different text colors for tag types and descriptive tooltips for tags:

Windows: instructions Mac: instructions

See the client Development Guide for instructions on building, testing and contributing to the default (original) Hypothes.is client. The same instructions apply to building this Custom Tags extension.

• Alex Olteanu, RiskSearch B.V.
• Kody Moodley, Maastricht University
• Cristiana Filip, RiskSearch B.V.

All of the license information for the Hypothesis Custom Tags extension can be found in the included LICENSE file.