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+## Problem space
+
+Two major modes for authoring texts:
+WYSIWYG and plaintext.
+A fundamental benefit of plaintext approach
+is freedom of choice regarding authoring tools
+[@White2022, p. 3].
+
+Where @White2022 examines benefits for authors with accessibility needs,
+the interest here is benefits
+for authors with unconventional needs for expression;
+specifically the need to "collect ones own thoughts",
+separately from or prior to targeting another audience.
+
+## Problem
+
+How to extend Unix-style tools to support personal authoring
+for collecting multi-facetted thoughts -
+e.g. educatational exploration for making sense of a new academic field?
+
+## Idea
+
 Extend the Quarto document publishing system to handle semantic annotations.
 
 Quarto takes as input plaintext files written in Markdown,
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   urldate  = {2025-02-18},
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+@Article{White2022,
+  author       = {Jason White},
+  date         = {2022-12},
+  journaltitle = {Journal of Science Education for Students with Disabilities},
+  title        = {Using Markup Languages for Accessible Scientific, Technical, and Scholarly Document Creation},
+  doi          = {10.14448/jsesd.14.0005},
+  issn         = {1940-9923},
+  number       = {1},
+  pages        = {1--22},
+  volume       = {25},
+  file         = {:White2022 - Using Markup Languages for Accessible Scientific, Technical, and Scholarly Document Creation.pdf:PDF},
+  publisher    = {RIT Libraries},
+}
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