Interpreting annotations

Meaning of annotation

• The default templates that ships with pdf-annotations.py makes assumptions about the meaning of annotations.
• Obviously, it is completely up to you to modify the template to your liking.
• The script itself separates annotation into highlights, comments and editing by looking the the annotation's subtype:
• If subtype is "highlight" and content is empty: this annotation is a highlight annotation
• If subtype is "highlight" and content is not empty: this annotation is a comment annotation
• If subtype is "squiggly", "strikeout" or "underline": this annotation is an editing annotation

Behavior of the default template

Highlighting for hierarchy

• Blue: heading level 1
• Lilac: heading level 2

Highlighting for content

• Yellow: Mentions a source
• Green: Default highlight type

Highlighting for copy-editing

• Strikeouts and underlines are displayed as is
• Squiggly annotations are displayed as emphasized