Implementation of the IIIF Presentation API 3.0 based on Software Support: Use Case of an Incremental IIIF Deployment within a Citizen Science Project

TL;DR

This paper discusses the incremental implementation of IIIF Presentation API 3.0 within a citizen science project, focusing on deploying compatible software and workflows to enhance digital object dissemination.

Contribution

It presents a practical approach to deploying IIIF standards incrementally, including workflow development and community alignment for digital archive interoperability.

Findings

Successful deployment of IIIF Image API 3.0 server

Development of workflows based on community-vetted recipes

Alignment of software support with IIIF Presentation API requirements

Abstract

As part of the Participatory Knowledge Practices in Analogue and Digital Image Archives (PIA) research project, we have been implementing Linked Open Usable Data (LOUD) standards including the International Image Interoperability Framework (IIIF) specifications to disseminate digital objects, their related metadata and streamline our processes. We have taken an incremental approach to IIIF deployment, first by installing the Simple Image Presentation Interface (SIPI), a IIIF Image API 3.0 server, followed by conceiving a workflow based on cookbook recipes created and vetted by the IIIF community for the generation of resources compatible with the IIIF Presentation API 3.0, one of the key components of our architecture. This workflow resulted in a monitoring exercise of this community-driven effort, principally to align the requirements of PIA and the IIIF Presentation API support of software clients.