This paper outlines the efforts for developing a framework for annotation of recorded surgical procedures toward the goal of simulator-based skill-transfer in surgery. The framework is based on SiRE - Simulation Record Editor - an application that allows medical teachers to produce variations and make perfect example surgical procedures even without surgical manipulation skills, By using SiRE, physical properties of the recorded manipulation can be modified interactively and accurately. Edited examples can be annotated as they are intended as self-learning media in surgical training of the future. © Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2006.