36. The method of claim 34 wherein identifying one or more hits includes comparing the query to the user-specific metadata of annotations in a search pool of annotations for which the creating user is one of the trust network members.
36. The method of claim 34 wherein identifying one or more hits includes comparing the query to the user-specific metadata of annotations in a search pool of annotations for which the creating user is one of the trust network members. 37. The method of claim 36 wherein identifying one or more hits further includes: extracting a search term from the query; and detecting, for each of the annotations in the search pool, whether the search term is present in the user-specific metadata, wherein the associated document is identified as a hit in the event that the search term is present in the user-specific metadata.