Presentation by Themistoklis Karavellas on the IIIF Outreach event held at Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, 18 October 2016
Event page: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/iiif-outreach-event-amsterdam-tickets-27781094000
2. ARCHIVES- LIBRARIES
• Archives hold content that is notstatic (video,sound recordings)
• This content has a temporal dimension
• In orderto provide access to the content a platform solution is needed
• No standardised universal solution over video/audio content distribution
3. IIIF
• Opensource solution
• Direct reach toarchives
• Succeeds in bringing universality overcontent serving
• Meets great acceptance and success over adopters
4. IIIFA/V?
• Solution for audiovisual time-based content such as audio and video
• Adding a time dimension to the existing canvas structure of IIIF
5. WHY?
• Opensource
• Direct communication with archives/libraries and their requirements
• Becomeas a universal solution
• Standardisation can help in archives’ opening up IP content
6. IIIFA/V
• HTML5 video and audio play-out solution
• Adopted by archivesand libraries worldwide
• Interoperable
• Web-based
• Directly affect design decisions
7. GETINVOLVED
• Visit IIIF-Discuss Google group
• Join IIIF A/V working groupcalls
• Submit a user story based on your ownexperienceorcommentonan existing one
ARCHIVES WANT TO SHARE CONTENT, OR SHOULD WANT TO SHARE CONTENT
THAT CONTENT IS LARGELY EXTENSIVE AND GOES BEYOND IMAGES, NEWSPAPERS ETC. TO VIDEO AND AUDIO
THE TEMPORAL DIMENSION ADDS A WHOLE NEW ASPECT TO THE IDEA OF VISUAL INFORMATION. EXTENDS THE POSSIBILITIES FOR TRANSFORMATION IN THE CONTENT AND CONCEQUENTLY THE NEEDS AND REQUIREMENTS IN DIFFERENT SETTINGS.
TOGETHER WITH ALL THESE POSSIBILITIES, OF COURSE, COMES A GREAT MENU OF AVAILABLE PLATFORMS FOR SERVING THE CONTENT. THIS LARGE NUMBER OF AVAILABLE SOLUTIONS, THOUGH, WORKS IN A BACKWARD WAY AS ONE SOLUTION TRIES TO SURPASS THE OTHER WITHOUT OFFERING INTEROPERABILITY.
Zoom, transform images, bring metadata in the same view in a standardised APIbased interoperable way
IT IS GOING TO BE EXACTLY WHAT YOU IMAGINE IT TO BE.
IT IS GOING TO OFFER A SOLUTION FOR TIME BASED CONTENT TO BE SERVED
IN A ROUGH WAY, ALL THIS IS GOING TO HAPPEN JUST BY ADDING A TIME DIMENSION OVER THE IMAGE CANVAS.
Image API would be Video API, and Audio API, WHILE MAINTAINING THE SEARCH API, AUTHENTICATION API !!! ,
Able to transform video in the sense of CHANGING PAYBACK SPEED, CHANGE VIDEO RESOLUTION, CROP THE VIDEO ON A SPACIAL DIMENSION,JUST THINK OF WHAT IT WOULD TAKE TECHNOLOGICALLY IN ORDER TO MAKE A SMALL CLIP COMPOSED OF 4 SMALL PARTS RESIDING ON DIFFERENT INSTITUTIONS’ SERVERS.