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Benefits:
In terms of workflow, annotating a piece in progress seems more organic to the writing process.
Annotations showcase engagement with the literature and critical analytical processes.
Challenges:
Writing a piece is an iterative process that can be messy. Annotations can become an additional layer of labour.
Editing and deleting annotations. In collaborative work this requires appointing a person to review annotations and identify which ones do not add value.
Starting point:
Strategy: Pinpoint places to add additional information or resources. For example, extended sources, links to sources, links to data repositories and additional files such as multimedia resources, translations etc.
An initial approach can entail including as many annotations as possible throughout the text in progress.
Process:
Being critical when developing the text, identifying what information belongs in the paper, footnotes or annotations. This will differ depending how footnotes and appendices are used in specific fields or disciplines.
Being reflexive throughout the development of the piece. Including asking questions such as:
Am I being clear enough?
Do annotations enhance research transparency and rigour?
Do annotations add value to the reader (for example, provide contextual information that clarify arguments, etc?)?
Is the excerpt/analytical comment/evidence appropriate in the main body of the text or in an annotation?
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