IIIF, APIs andRobust Use of Digital Archives
R EALIZING IIIF’ S POTENTIAL THROUGHT R A I N I N G , A D V O C A C Y, R E S O U R C E S , A C C E S S
Regan Murphy Kao
Stanford University Libraries
March 24, 2018

A world of silos & duplication
Image App 1

Image App 2

Image App 3

Image App 4App X

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Server 1

Image
Server 2

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EVERY SITE A SILO (à NO INTEROPERABILITY)EVERY APP A ONE-OFF (àOVERHEAD TO CODE AND KEEP)
EVERY USER FORCED TO COPE (à MANY UIS, LITTLEINTEGRATION)

Image-based
resources:

GlobalInternational
Image
Interoperability
Framework
Mutually
usable;simpaticobooks, images,
newspapers,
manuscripts,
scrolls, maps,
music, art,
et al.

APIs
SoftwareContentCommunity

IIIF-C Founding Members to Dateoooooooooooooooooooooo

ArtstorBavarian State Library (BSB)
British Library
Brown University
Cambridge
Chinese U. of Hong Kong
Cornell
Data Futures
Ecole Polytechnique Federale deLausanne (EPFL)
EuropeanaFolger LibraryJ. Paul Getty Trust
Johns Hopkins
Harvard University
Hong Kong University
Indiana UniversityKyoto University Library NetworkMIT
National Gallery of Art (US)National Library of France
National Library of Israel
National Library of Norwayooooooooooooooooooooooo

National Library of Poland
National Library of Scotland
New York University
North Carolina State University
Ohio State University
OxfordPenn State University
Princeton
Saint Louis University
Smithsonian Institution
Stanford
University of Basel
University of Edinburgh
University of Göttingen
University of Leiden
University of Michigan
University of Notre Dame
University of Pennsylvania
University of Tokyo
University of Toronto
Vatican Library
Wellcome Library
Yale University(incl. Yale Center for British Art)

IIIF Vision
CREATE A GLOBAL FRAMEWORK BY WHICH IMAGEBASED RESOURCES (IMAGES, BOOKS, MAPS,SCROLLS, MANUSCRIPTS, MUSICAL SCORES, ETC.)…FROMPARTICIPATING INSTITUTION CAN BEDELIVERED IN A STANDARD WAY…VIA

COMPATIBLE IMAGE SERVER…FOR DISPLAY, MANIPULATION AND
ANNOTATION IN…TO

APPLICATION,

USER ON THE WEB.

IIIF Vision, continued• withof image-based
resources• backed by a consortium of• supported by a rich and growing suite of• incorporating the, andDeep Zoom with Large Images

Stanford University | https://purl.stanford.edu/hs631zg4177

Compare within a Collection§ Comparetwo ormore
images inoneworkspace8

Or across Institutional Repositories

9Annotate

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Cite and share

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Right-to-left readingCollect items that belong together

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Reunify

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Ege MS No. 1 - ReconstructedAnalyze and Manipulate Images

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So What Is IIIF?

A Community•that develops Shared APIs,•implements them in Software,•and exposes interoperable Content•

IIIF Community

APIs* enable reuse
Export & Embed in3rd Party Apps

AnnotationEnvironments

APIs

Customized App

Data Store*"Application Programming Interface" -- the part of the server that receives and responds to messages.

IIIF: Two Core APIs

Image API

Presentation API“get pixels” via a
simple, RESTful,
web service

Just enough metadata todrive a remote viewing
experienceImage pixels + Presentation data = Object

IIIF: Three More APIs

Search API

Authentication API

Search within anobject, such as the fulltext of a book ornewspaperTo support login, anddifferential access toresources.

A/V API

Deliver timebased media(audio, video)

IIIF Content Search API - search within

IIIF Authentication API

IIIF Compatible SoftwareMore Information on IIIF
IIIF WEBSITE: HTTP://IIIF.IO

IIIF-Compatible Content

400,000,000+Images
from100+ Institutions•••

IIIF enables users to do morethan view resources• Zoom, pan, interact, manipulate• Compare, reunite, remix & mash up• Cite and share• Annotate• Apply machine learning and AI

IIIF Japan Symposium, October 201730

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Realizing IIIF’s Potential through…

TRAININGADVOCACYRESOURCESACCESSThank you very much!
REGAN MURPHY KAO
EAST ASIA LIBRARYS TA N F O R D U N I V E R S I T Y
R E G A N M K @ S TA N F O R D . E D U