A personal extraction from a source — a passage you highlighted, annotated,
or saved. Different from a quote: a highlight is YOUR selection from a work.
A quote is a canonical attribution to a speaker.
| Metadata | Value |
|---|
| Plural | highlights |
| Field | Type |
|---|
position | string |
color | string |
External standards this shape draws from or aligns with. See Shape design principles for how prior art informs shape design.
- W3C Web Annotation Data Model — Our extractedFrom = target; createdBy = creator; position ≈ TextPositionSelector/TextQuoteSelector; color ≈ rendering preference.
- Hypothes.is annotation schema — Practical W3C-compatible implementation. Our highlight is shaped like a Hypothes.is annotation minus the body text.
- Readwise Reader API — Practical source. Our color/position come directly from Readwise’s highlight export.