| Subject | Object |
|---|
| oa:bookmarking | "The motivation that represents the creation of a bookmark to the target resources or recorded point or points within one or more resources. For example, an Annotation that bookmarks the point in a text where the reader finished reading. Bookmark Annotations may or may not have a Body resource."@en |
| oa:classifying | "The motivation that represents the assignment of a classification type, typically from a controlled vocabulary, to the target resource(s). For example to classify an Image resource as a Portrait."@en |
| oa:commenting | "The motivation that represents a commentary about or review of the target resource(s). For example to provide a commentary about a particular PDF."@en |
| oa:describing | "The motivation that represents a description of the target resource(s), as opposed to a comment about them. For example describing the above PDF's contents, rather than commenting on their accuracy."@en |
| oa:editing | "The motivation that represents a request for a modification or edit to the target resource. For example, an Annotation that requests a typo to be corrected."@en |
| oa:highlighting | "The motivation that represents a highlighted section of the target resource or segment. For example to draw attention to the selected text that the annotator disagrees with. A Highlight may or may not have a Body resource"@en |
| oa:identifying | "The motivation that represents the assignment of an identity to the target resource(s). For example, annotating the name of a city in a string of text with the URI that identifies it."@en |
| oa:linking | "The motivation that represents an untyped link to a resource related to the target."@en |
| oa:moderating | "The motivation that represents an assignment of value or quality to the target resource(s). For example annotating an Annotation to moderate it up in a trust network or threaded discussion."@en |
| oa:questioning | "The motivation that represents asking a question about the target resource(s). For example to ask for assistance with a particular section of text, or question its veracity."@en |
| oa:replying | "The motivation that represents a reply to a previous statement, either an Annotation or another resource. For example providing the assistance requested in the above."@en |
| oa:tagging | "The motivation that represents adding a Tag on the target resource(s). One or more of the bodies of the annotation should be typed as a oa:Tag or oa:SemanticTag."@en |
