According to an aspect of the present invention, a method for storing a digital annotation is provided. The method includes obtaining a notification of a creation of a digital annotation and identifying an anchor associated with the digital annotation. Once the digital annotation has been received and the anchor identified, a resource: locators representative of a location of the anchor is stored. The resource: locators includes a locator that contains at least one locator part. Additionally, a determination is made as to whether there is a content associated with the digital annotation, and if so, a resource: contents representative of the content associated with the digital annotation is stored.