annotation

1. Descriptive text used to label coverage features. It is used for display, not for analysis.
2. One of the feature classes in a coverage used to label other features. Information stored for annotation includes a text string, the location at which it is displayed, and a text symbol (color, font, size, etc.) for display. See also TAT.

Descriptive text used to label coverage features.

Adding pertinent information such as gene coded for, amino acid sequence, or other commentary to the database entry of raw sequence of DNA bases. See also: bioinformatics

A note added or attached to an original record Note: For electronic records, annotations may be separable and do not make permanent changes. See also redaction.

Information about a span of text. For example, an annotation could indicate that a span of text represents a company name. In UIMA, an annotation is a special kind of feature structure.