Fwd: Request for Comment: IIIF Image API Proposal

[Douglas Tody]

Hi Norman -

I took a quick look at this.  It is nice to see that it is HTTP-based
and supports virtual data generation (subsetting, rotation, etc.).  The
key difference from what VO provides is the usual - VO is mainly for
astronomical images (actual N-D data) vs displayable pictures.  Another
difference is that there is no metadata or discovery.  It is good to
make them aware of VO-SIA but they are serving different needs.  Another
relevant comparison might be to image access for astronomical EPO
images.  In particular having some more metadata might be useful.

 	- Doug


On Mon, 14 May 2012, Norman Gray wrote:

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> Greetings, all.
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> I came across, on a list, this request for comments on a proposed simple image access standard.  It's been developed by cultural heritage folk, and so is primarily intended for distributing images from museums and archives, and places like that.  One can imagine it being used for (for example) APOD-like services outside the target sector.
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> It's broadly sensible, and though I'm going to send a note about the range of formats proposed, and suggesting they at least glance at SIAP, I don't think there's much our community need draw attention to.  If anyone thinks of anything else, however, the feedback address is in the email.
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> Best wishes,
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> Norman
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> Begin forwarded message:
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>> Request for Comment: IIIF Image API Proposal
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>> The International Image Interoperability Framework (http://lib.stanford.edu/iiif) is an initiative driven by several major research and national libraries to enable the rich and robust delivery of digital images through common interfaces, and to spur the development of open source and commercial software solutions in this space.
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>> The IIIF Working Group invites comment and feedback on a proposed API for the the delivery of images via a standard http request. The full specification can be found at:
>> http://library.stanford.edu/iiif/image-api
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>> The IIIF Image API specifies a web service that returns an image in response to a standard http or https request. The URL can specify the region, size, rotation, quality characteristics and format of the requested image. A URL can also be constructed to request basic technical information about the image to support client applications.
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>> The IIIF Image API was conceived of to facilitate systematic reuse of image resources, and enable their delivery through a diversity of software applications and environments, regardless of underlying technology platforms. The API is designed to be adoptable by any image repository or service provider, and can be used to retrieve static images in response to a properly constructed URL. We invite you to read this specification and provide us critical feedback.
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>> Please send feedback to iiif-feedback at googlegroups.com<mailto:iiif-feedback at googlegroups.com> by June 22, 2012.
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>> Once all feedback is reviewed and incorporated, we will release the specification for adoption.
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>> If you would like to follow future IIIF-related developments, you may be interested in joining the initiative's announcements email list https://groups.google.com/d/forum/iiif-announce.
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>> If you would like to participate in IIIF's development, and/or implement or consume the API for your image repository or image delivery software, we encourage you to join the IIIF discussion email list https://groups.google.com/d/forum/iiif-discuss.
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>> With many thanks for your feedback,
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>>            The IIIF Working Group
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> Norman Gray  :  http://nxg.me.uk
> SUPA School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Glasgow, UK
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