Post on 11-Apr-2017
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Plan
• Introduction to IIIF• The Welsh Newspaper Collection• IIIF & Newspapers• Future possibilities
IIIF Vision
Create a global framework by which image-based resources, both born digital and digitised, can be delivered to the user
• from any participating institution in a standard way • via any compatible image server • for display, manipulation and annotation in any
application, • to any user on the Web...
http://www.slideshare.net/azaroth42/introduction-to-iiif
IIIF Vision
• with tens of millions of images• provided by a community of world-leading
research and cultural heritage institutions• supported by rich and reliable software• that incorporates the best technologies for
image management and delivery• while leveraging global web standards
http://www.slideshare.net/azaroth42/introduction-to-iiif
CommunityNational Libraries• Austria• British Library• France• Denmark• Egypt• Israel• New Zealand• Norway• Poland• Serbia• Vatican• Wales
http://www.slideshare.net/azaroth42/introduction-to-iiif
Research Institutions• C2RMF (France)• Cornell University• Johns Hopkins Univ. • Harvard University • Oxford University• Princeton University• Stanford University• Wellcome Library• Yale University• plus several more
Museums • YCBA• British Museum Aggregators• Artstor• DPLA• Europeana Projects• Biblissima • e-codices• TPEN• TextGrid
Image APIhttp://dams.llgc.org.uk/iiif/2.0/image/demo/125,15,120,140/90,/!115/gray.jpg
http://www.slideshare.net/jpstroop/introduction-to-the-iiif-image-api
Presentation API
• Connect images together into a Manifest
Presentation API (Newspaper Issue / Manifest)
Presentation API (Newspaper Title / Collection)
Presentation API
• JSON-LD (Linked Data)• Just enough information to drive a viewer• Sequences – Collection of pages• Structures – Ranges/Chapters/Articles
What can I do with it?
National Library of Wales
Repository
British LibraryDigital Library
National Library of NorwayRepository
BnFRepository
Image API
Presentation API
MiradorIIIF Viewer
Wellcome/Universal Viewer
IIIF Viewer
Viewers 1
• Developed for the Wellcome Trust by Digirati• Enhanced by the BL• Multilingual – NLW• NLW Default Viewer
Mirador
• Developed by Stanford, Harvard, Princeton, Oxford and BnF
• Side by side comparison, transcription
Newspapers in IIIF
• Title http://dams.llgc.org.uk/iiif/newspapers/3100020.json• Issuehttp://dams.llgc.org.uk/iiif/newspaper/issue/3100021/manifest.json
• Annotation Listhttp://dams.llgc.org.uk/iiif/3100023/annotation/list/ART9.json
• Pagehttp://dams.llgc.org.uk/iiif/2.0/image/3100023/info.json
Simple Annotation Server• https://github.com/glenrobson/SimpleAnnotationServer• Stores IIIF Annotations• Includes instructions on editing Newspaper OCRhttps://github.com/glenrobson/SimpleAnnotationServer/blob/
master/doc/PopulatingAnnotations.md
IIIF & Newspapers
• What do we hope to get out of it?– New Newspaper Viewer– Reuse of our collections– Integration with other resources– Aid research into our collections
Integration with other Resources
CynefinMaps
1838 to 1947
Newspapers1804 to 1919
Cymru 19141914 to 1918
General Digitisation
Shipping Records1856 to 1914
Crime and Punishment
Database1730 to 1830
Welsh Bibliography0 to 1970
Integration with other Resources
CynefinMaps
1838 to 1947
Newspapers1804 to 1919
Cymru 19141914 to 1918
General Digitisation
Shipping Records1856 to 1914
Crime and Punishment
Database1730 to 1830
Welsh Bibliography0 to 1970
Integration with other Resources
CynefinMaps
1838 to 1947
Newspapers1804 to 1919
Cymru 19141914 to 1918
General Digitisation
Shipping Records1856 to 1914
Crime and Punishment
Database1730 to 1830
Welsh Bibliography0 to 1970
Aid Interlinking
• Build search API• Release as RDF linked data as well as JSON• Look at entity extraction of OCR• User linking?