Role of Annotation in Electronic Process Guide (EPG)

Annotations play a major part in our daily life. Similarly electronic process guide or EPG plays an important role in software development in an organization. An EPG can guide the developers about the process used or followed in an environment. The paper describes the annotation in electronic process guide for developers. We first introduced the background of the topic and some of the related researched done in the area of annotation systems. Some of the annotation systems for the Web are available either free or commercially. We then focus on the literature survey on the use of annotation tools and technique in different areas along with the usage of EPG in different scenarios. We also focus on Web based annotation for Jasmine EPG and conclusion is given with the future work.

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