# Body Annotations

After proofreading a body, users can edit the proofreading status or other biological information about the body/neuron.

## How to annotate a body

Select a body and choose ‘Annotate’ from the right click menu.  The body annotation window opens.

![Body Annotation](https://2926737796-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-legacy-files/o/assets%2F-Ld57Fj27nUB-NnjPb7c%2F-Lz993Hl8cryIbVYuLBJ%2F-Lz9HmhxPWXUeXGgcxxw%2Fimage.png?alt=media\&token=ae74da1d-0b48-4b20-a232-a313b3c82bf3)

{% hint style="info" %}
The selected body will be locked when the body annotation dialog is open and unlocked automatically after the dialog close.
{% endhint %}

## Where are the annotations stored?

All the annotations will be stored as key-value pairs under the keyvalue data `<segmentation>_annotations`.  Each key of annotation is the corresponding body ID and its value is a JSON object representing the annotation.

Example:

```javascript
{
    "user": "zhaot", 
    "body ID": 1414845661, 
    "primary neurite": "PDM04", 
    "class": "Delta0L", 
    "status": "Roughly traced", 
    "comment": "hemi brain whole 20K to 30K", 
    "naming user": "zhaot", 
    "instance": "Delta12g_R"
}
```

{% hint style="info" %}
Due to a legacy  issue, the data name is annotations instead of `<segmentation>_annotations` when the segmentation name is `bodies`.
{% endhint %}