Presentation given by Glen Robson, IIIF Technical Coordinator, introducing the International Image Interoperability Framework (IIIF) and showing highlights from recent community initiatives, at the IIIF Showcase and Workshop, 12 March 2018 in the Royal Irish Academy, Dublin
15. Communication Channels
IIIF Website: http://iiif.io/
IIIF Slack Channel: http://bit.ly/iiif-slack
IIIF Community Groups: http://iiif.io/community/groups/
IIIF Consortium: http://iiif.io/community/consortium/
IIIF Google Group: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/iiif-
discuss
16.
17. IIIF Community
• Fortnightly calls
• 17:00 Wednesdays
• Community Calls
• Demos
• Community discussion
• Next call 28th March on Annotations
• Technical Calls
• Discussing changes to specifications
• Anyone can bring use cases
• Next call tomorrow - change to sequences and rights & attribution
discussion
19. IIIF Community Groups
• Community Groups
• Manuscripts Community Group
• Museums Community Group
• Newspapers Community Group
• Software Developers Community Group
• New groups:
• Outreach
• 3d - first meeting on Friday!
• Technical Groups:
• A/V Technical Specification Group
• Discovery Technical Specification Group
• Text Granularity Technical Group
Open to suggestions for others e.g. 3D and STEM
http://iiif.io/community/groups/
20. IIIF Museum Community Group
• Letter to DAMS vendors
• Regular Demos
• Organise meetups
http://iiif.io/community/groups/museums/
21. IIIF Manuscript Community Group
• Assisting each other
• Discussing annotations
• Demos
http://iiif.io/community/groups/manuscripts/
22. IIIF Newspapers Community Group
• Hearing from two Newspaper projects
• Europeana Newspapers
• Samvera Newspapers (Boston Public Library and University of Utah)
• Starting a OCR correction project
• Institutions give IIIF Newspaper images
• Researchers from University of Rouen working with the data
http://iiif.io/community/groups/newspapers/
23. IIIF Software Developer Group
• Sharing development between Mirador and UV (shared libraries)
• General software assistance
• Demos
http://iiif.io/community/groups/software/
24. IIIF A/V Working Group
• Sharing development between Mirador and UV (shared libraries)
• General software assistance
• Demos
http://iiif.io/community/groups/av/
25. IIIF Discovery Working Group
• Investigating Drag and Drop
• Looking at harvesting options for aggregators
http://iiif.io/community/groups/discovery/
28. IIIF Discovery Working Group
• Investigating Drag and Drop
• Looking at harvesting options for aggregators
• Later:
• Search Engine Optimisation
• Notifications
http://iiif.io/community/groups/discovery/
29. IIIF Groups
● Are based on mutual respect
● Commitment to share expertise, effort and
engagement
● Engage with wider IIIF Community and be inclusive
● Regular online meetings and face-2-face meetings at
events
● Open notes on IIIF Google Drive and Slack channels
● Share work and Demos
33. 2018 IIIF Conference
Washington, DC - May 21-25, 2018
Co-hosted by the Library of Congress, the
Smithsonian Institution, and the Folger
Shakespeare Library
35. IIIF Consortium (IIIF-C)
● IIIF is an open, community-powered framework
● IIIF-C’s mission is to provide sustainability and steering
for IIIF
- Gather funding, grant partner
- Organise Conference and working meeting
- Hire staff, sign agreements
- Hold IP, etc.
http://iiif.io/community/consortium
36. IIIF Consortium
● 50 institutional members
● New Members Since December:
- National Library of Wales
- University of California, Los Angeles
- Kansai University in Japan
● Opening up new tiers of membership in
2018
Hi,
I am Claire Knowles from the University of Edinburgh Library and University Collections
However, I am here today to tell you more about the IIIF Community, how it works and what you can expect from joining the IIIF Community either through adoption or investigation into the IIIF Technologies as well as taking the more formal IIIF Consortium
Variety of countries,
Institutions – museums, Libraries, archives, consortiums, institutes and vendors
Type of digital content: books, archives, art, science, museum objects, botanical
Moving to Audio/Video
Groups are formalised through chairs and creation
Membership of a group is on a drop-in basis
Attend when you can
Listen in
Ask questions
Watch demos
Latest news
Groups are formalised through chairs and creation
Membership of a group is on a drop-in basis
Attend when you can
Listen in
Ask questions
Watch demos
Latest news
Groups are formalised through chairs and creation
Membership of a group is on a drop-in basis
Attend when you can
Listen in
Ask questions
Watch demos
Latest news
Groups are formalised through chairs and creation
Membership of a group is on a drop-in basis
Attend when you can
Listen in
Ask questions
Watch demos
Latest news
Groups are formalised through chairs and creation
Membership of a group is on a drop-in basis
Attend when you can
Listen in
Ask questions
Watch demos
Latest news
Groups are formalised through chairs and creation
Membership of a group is on a drop-in basis
Attend when you can
Listen in
Ask questions
Watch demos
Latest news
Groups are formalised through chairs and creation
Membership of a group is on a drop-in basis
Attend when you can
Listen in
Ask questions
Watch demos
Latest news
Groups are formalised through chairs and creation
Membership of a group is on a drop-in basis
Attend when you can
Listen in
Ask questions
Watch demos
Latest news
Groups are formalised through chairs and creation
Membership of a group is on a drop-in basis
Attend when you can
Listen in
Ask questions
Watch demos
Latest news
e.g. letter to vendors
Demos of online sites
How to get up and running
Shared areas of interest
Overlap between groups
Videos are made available
e.g. letter to vendors
Demos of online sites
How to get up and running
Shared areas of interest
Overlap between groups
Videos are made available
IIIF represented at 40+ conferences & meetings last year
IIIF in Japan
IIIF working meeting in Toronto in October
IIIF Conference in Washington, DC - May 21-25, 2018
IIIF represented at 40+ conferences & meetings last year
IIIF in Japan
Victoria & Albert Museum event
IIIF Conference in Washington, DC - May 21-25, 2018