19. The method of claim 14 , further comprising associating the object identifier and the at least one object.
14. A method for associating annotations with at least one object comprising: searching for the at least one object to annotate; obtaining an object identifier for the at least one object; generating at least one annotation using an annotation device and an input device that is distinct from the annotation device, while displaying the at least one object with a viewing device that is distinct from the annotation device; establishing a link associating the at least one annotation with the object; transferring the at least one annotation to the at least one object by associating the at least one annotation with the object identifier at a time different and prior to associating the at least one annotation with the at least one portion of the object based on the link and the object identifier; storing the at least one annotation in a database by the annotation device; and viewing the at least one annotation from the database by the viewing device.