PUNDIT
A web annotation tool for researchers to empower note-taking
Background
Net7 Srl is an Italian IT company founded in 2002 in Pisa, focusing on Open Source technology-based solutions and applied research, particularly in Text Analytics, Data Processing, and Semantic Web technologies within the domains of Social Sciences and Humanities. Pundit, a Net7 product, is a cloud service that allows users to “take notes” on web documents, like a web page or a PDF file. It consists of a set of components, amongst them the Annotator, a free extension for the Google Chrome browser used by users to create the annotations. Annotations can be highlights of text parts or comments, applied either on a selection of the text or on the whole document. It is also possible to create annotations to tag a selected text or an entire web page. This creates a free-form personal category that can be reused in other annotations.
Challenge
The aim of the pilot was to validate and test the moving the Pundit solution from AWS towards other infrastructures. Net7 also wanted to analyse the possible use cases and business exploitation options for Pundit including onboarding to EOSC.
EOSC services used
Pundit utilised the EOSC Computing infrastructure to test and validate moving away from AWS infrastructure to other infrastructures.
Net7 were also provided with business consultancy through the EOSC DIH along with technical support to onboard Pundit to the EOSC Marketplace.
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Results
During the pilot, Pundit was successfully integrated with the EOSC Computing infrastructure.
At the same time, Pundit was successfully onboarded as a service in the EOSC Marketplace giving it a significant boost in visibility, especially amongst European researchers. In addition, business
exploitation options for Pundit were considered from which solid, viable, and long-term sustainability model for this service was developed.
Impact
From the technical perspective, the successful integration with EOSC infrastructure has paved the way for migrating away from AWS to other infrastructures. Onboarding to the EOSC Marketplace has provided a significant boost to the visibility of the service. Long term sustainability plan provides Net7 with possible business exploitation pathway for Pundit.
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