diff -r 5bb249eefdd1 -r 22ab430e9b64 web/ldt/text/models.py
--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/web/ldt/text/models.py	Tue Nov 16 14:15:07 2010 +0100
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+from django.conf import settings
+from django.db import models
+from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _
+from ldt.core.models import Document, Owner
+from django.contrib.auth.models import User
+import tagging.fields
+from utils import generate_uuid
+import os.path
+import uuid
+#from django.core.management.validation import max_length
+
+
+class Annotation(models.Model):
+    external_id = models.CharField(max_length=1024, null=False, unique=True, default=generate_uuid, verbose_name=_('annotation.external_id'))
+    uri = models.CharField(max_length=1024, verbose_name=_('annotation.uri'))
+    tags = models.CharField(max_length=1024, null=True, blank=True, verbose_name=_('annotation.tags'))
+    title = models.CharField(max_length=1024, null=True, blank=True, verbose_name=_('annotation.title'))
+    description = models.TextField(null=True, blank=True, verbose_name=_('annotation.description'))
+    text = models.TextField(null=True, blank=True, verbose_name=_('annotation.text'))
+    color = models.CharField(max_length=1024, verbose_name=_('annotation.color'))
+    creator = models.CharField(max_length=1024, null=True, blank=True, verbose_name=_('creator.title'))
+    contributor = models.CharField(max_length=1024, null=True, blank=True, verbose_name=_('contributor.title'))
+    creation_date = models.DateTimeField(auto_now_add=True, verbose_name=_('annotation.creation_date'))
+    update_date = models.DateTimeField(auto_now=True, verbose_name=_('annotation.update_date'))
+
+
+    def __unicode__(self):
+        return unicode(self.external_id) + u": " + unicode(self.title)
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def create_annotation(external_id, uri=None, tags=None, title=None, description=None, text=None, color=None, creator=None, contributor=None, creation_date=None, update_date=None):
+        annotation = Annotation(external_id=external_id, uri=uri, tags=tags, title=title, description=description, text=text, color=color, creator=creator, contributor=contributor, creation_date=creation_date, update_date=update_date)
+        annotation.save()
+        
+        return annotation
+    
+