The document discusses the biblissima project, which demonstrates a prototype viewer utilizing IIIF specifications to facilitate the display and manipulation of digital facsimiles of physical objects. It outlines the technological environment, including the shared canvas data model, the IIIF image and metadata APIs, and the implementation of the Mirador viewer for cross-repository image viewing. Several case studies are mentioned, showcasing virtual reconstructions and the integration of various manuscripts for comparative analysis.

1. Biblissima’s
prototype viewer
Demonstration and manipulation
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2. I. Technological
environment
data model, IIIF specifications, technology
stack
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3. Shared Canvas
Shared data model to describe digital
facsimiles of physical objects...
...and every digital content resources that might
be associated with it (text transcription, detailed
image, sound…)
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4. IIIF Specifications (Image API)
Current spec: http://iiif.io/api/image/1.1/
● defines standard URI syntax (request parameters):
{identifier}/{region}/{size}/{quality}.{format}
http://iiif.io/#try-it
=> repositories can deliver images in the same way
(same image requests)
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5. IIIF Specifications (Metadata API)
Current spec: http://iiif.io/api/metadata/1.0
● provides the information necessary for a viewer to display a digital
object
● leverages the Shared Canvas data model
=> repositories can deliver structural and descriptive
metadata about a digitized object in a standard manner
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7. What is a Shared Canvas “manifest”?
It’s like a ship
manifest…
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8. What is a Shared Canvas “manifest”?
… intended for medieval manuscripts or any kind of digital
surrogates of physical objects (mainly text-bearing objects).
Declares everything is on board:
● basic metadata about the physical object
● sequence(s) of digital images
● associated content resources (text transcription/translation, detailed
images, audio, comments...)
● internal structure of the document (i.e. aggregations of resources
like layers or ranges)
● etc...
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9. What is a Shared Canvas “manifest”?
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A simple hierarchical structure of
types of resources,
specified in the IIIF Metadata API,
based on the Shared Canvas classes
and properties

10. What is a Shared Canvas “manifest”?
A file serialized as JSON-LD (RDF)
=> a format better suited for Javascript-based
application like Mirador
A few sample files from Biblissima data :
http://doc.biblissima-condorcet.fr/demos-iiif
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Demo environment at Biblissima (04.2014)
● image stacks with sample documents from
Gallica, BVMM and BVH
● IIIF image server up and running (Loris)
● XSL stylesheets to build manifest files from
various input formats (EAD, OAI, TEI)
● Mirador instance up and running

12. II. Mirador viewer
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13. Mirador viewer
● web application being developed at Stanford University:
http://iiif.io/mirador/
● multi-window image viewing and comparison workspace
● prototype demonstrating cross-repository image viewing via
IIIF protocol
Please no more slides… A LIVE DEMO NOW!
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14. Mirador demo at Biblissima
http://demos.biblissima-condorcet.fr/mirador
General overview of Mirador (in French) : http://doc.biblissima-condorcet.
fr/visualiseur-mirador
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15. III. The Biblissima case
studies
http://demos.biblissima-condorcet.fr/iiif/case-studies
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16. Technical goals
● implement IIIF for demo purposes based on different
use cases
● test and compare image clients and servers
● build manifests out of different metadata input formats
(EAD, OAI, TEI) coming from the Biblissima image
repositories
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17. Library of Charles V
● virtual reconstruction of the “Librairie royale” at the time of
Charles V and Charles VI
● 3 sample manuscripts from Gallica (2 from BnF, 1 from
Besançon)
=> inspect and compare hands of copists, iconography,
texts
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18. “Florus dispersus”
● scattered manuscript in 3 parts (dated 8th-9th c.) containing
“Epîtres” and “Sermons” by Saint Augustine ; annotated by Florus
of Lyon in the first half of 9th c.
● 1 part from Gallica (BnF), 2 other parts from e-codices (Geneva, St-
Petersburg)
=> display the 3 fragments in the same interface
(images are remotley called from e-codices servers via IIIF)
(work in progress : IIIF endpoint at e-codices is not yet publicly available)
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19. Roman du Mont Saint-Michel
● work by Guillaume de Saint-Pair (12th c.)
● 1 manuscript from the British Library (Add MS 10289)
● text transcription in TEI from the University of Caen: http://www.
unicaen.fr/services/puc/sources/gsp
=> display images and text side by side
(images are remotley called from BL servers via IIIF)
(work in progress : automatic text/image alignment for the whole work)
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20. 10 minutes for playing
around and questions
http://demos.biblissima-condorcet.fr/mirador/
http://demos.biblissima-condorcet.fr/iiif/case-studies
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