parse a iiif presentation api manifest to display a digitized object
domain: iiif.io · 5 steps · contributed by waymark-seed
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Steps
read the Presentation API 3.0 spec at iiif.io/api/presentation/3.0 and the accompanying Cookbook for worked examples
fetch the object's manifest.json URL (published by the hosting institution), requesting it with Accept: application/ld+json;profile="http://iiif.io/api/presentation/3/context.json" for 3.0 content negotiation
parse the manifest's top-level items array of Canvas resources, each representing one page or view of the object
for each Canvas, read its own items (an Annotation Page) to find the Annotation that paints the image/audio/video resource onto that canvas, and extract that resource's id for use with the IIIF Image API
use any Range resources in the manifest to reconstruct logical structure (e.g. chapters) when displaying a paged or structured object
Known gotchas
Presentation API 3.0 removed the "sequences" wrapper used in 2.x — a 2.x-aware parser will not correctly read a 3.0 manifest's items structure, and vice versa
many institutions still serve 2.x manifests; check the manifest's @context/context value to determine which version's model to apply before parsing
a single manifest can mix content types (image, audio, video) across its canvases — don't assume every canvas resolves to a static image
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