what it does.
annotate, organise and share personal photos, and documents.
collborative annotation in research & education using secure, standards-based management.
standards-compliant institutional annotation.
identify taxonomies in the field
annotation for museums and collections
annotate personal data and citizen science projects
annotation and data enrichment in the field of anthropology.
annotation and data enrichment in the field of biodiversity.
collaborative annotation and multilingual data enrichment in the field of Zorastrian studies.
annotate personal data and citizen science projects.
standards-compliant institutional annotation./p>
The MUYA project (2016–2023) at SOAS documented and edited the Yasna ritual and created an interactive, subtitled online edition with English translation. It partnered with Mumbai’s M. F. Cama Athornan Institute to organize and photograph over 12,000 Zoroastrian manuscripts.
The Multimedia Yasna (MUYA) project (2016–2023), funded by the European Research Council under Principal Investigator Prof. Almut Hintze, advanced Zoroastrian heritage preservation by studying the Yasna ritual, dating to the second millennium BCE in Avestan from oral transmission (still recited from memory by priests) to written manuscripts around the sixth century CE.
The team filmed a full Yasna performance, created annotated editions of key passages using adapted electronic tools, and produced an interactive online edition with subtitles and English translation. In November 2017, researchers from SOAS partnered with Mumbai's M. F. Cama Athornan Institute (MFCAI)—a 1923-founded priest-training center—supported by Ervad Dr. Parvez Bajan, Dr. Sam Doctor, trustee Mr. Camaji Cama, and staff, to organize, document, and photograph over 12,000 manuscript images.
annostor transforms cultural heritage and humanities materials for sharing, annotation and long-term preservation. It creates IIIF services and enables WADM annotation for newly digitised resources, including manuscripts, artworks; enabling researchers, archivists, and educators to collaborate quickly and efficiently.
Data sovereignty and geographic replication secure heritage data from institutional security and geopolitical risks. annostor makes shared knowledge persistent, discoverable, and reusable—bridging traditional scholarship with the digital future to safeguard cultural memory and foster deeper engagement with human history.