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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 12, 2016
Filed:
Jun. 09, 2005
John S. Graham, Raleigh, NC (US);
Prasant K. Kontamsetty, Cary, NC (US);
Shankar Ramaswamy, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
John S. Graham, Raleigh, NC (US);
Prasant K. Kontamsetty, Cary, NC (US);
Shankar Ramaswamy, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method of providing annotations within a portal environment can include executing a portlet object having a tag, wherein the tag specifies an annotation service associated with an artifact presented by a graphical user interface of the portal environment. A visual identifier can be presented proximate to the artifact. The visual identifier can reference the annotation service. The method further can include creating an annotation using the annotation service responsive to the selection of the visual identifier.