diff -r 20c41a7e2173 -r 83b28fc0d731 web/ldt/text/utils.py
--- a/web/ldt/text/utils.py	Fri Nov 19 18:14:02 2010 +0100
+++ b/web/ldt/text/utils.py	Mon Dec 13 23:55:19 2010 +0100
@@ -1,11 +1,9 @@
-import uuid
+from django.conf import settings
+import base64
 import django.core.urlresolvers
-from django.conf import settings
-from ldt.text.models import *
+import lxml.etree
 import urllib
-import datetime
-import lxml.etree
-import base64
+import uuid
 
 __BOOLEAN_DICT = {
     'false':False,
@@ -38,27 +36,3 @@
     
     return taglist
 
-
-def create_empty_annotation():
-    iri = lxml.etree.Element('iri')
-    doc = lxml.etree.ElementTree(iri)
-    
-    textannotation = lxml.etree.SubElement(iri, 'text-annotation')
-    id = lxml.etree.SubElement(textannotation,'id')
-    uri = lxml.etree.SubElement(textannotation,'uri')
-    tags = lxml.etree.SubElement(textannotation,'tags')
-    
-    content = lxml.etree.SubElement(textannotation,'content')
-    color = lxml.etree.SubElement(content,'color')
-    description = lxml.etree.SubElement(content,'description')
-    title = lxml.etree.SubElement(content,'title')
-    text = lxml.etree.SubElement(content,'text')
-    
-    meta = lxml.etree.SubElement(textannotation,'meta')
-    contributor = lxml.etree.SubElement(meta, "contributor")
-    creator = lxml.etree.SubElement(meta, "creator")
-    creationdate = lxml.etree.SubElement(meta, "created")
-    updatedate = lxml.etree.SubElement(meta, "modified")
-
-    return doc
-