Request for Comment: IIIF Image API Proposal

[Norman Gray]

Doug, hello.

On 2012 May 16, at 01:33, Douglas Tody wrote:

> 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.

Good point.  I've sent them another note to this effect.

Best wishes,

Norman


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