International Image Interoperability Framework
AVAnnotate will create or ingest a IIIF manifest for each event. Creating IIIF manifests allows for the metadata associated with an AVAnnotate project (e.g., rights information, audiovisual materials, annotations, etc.) to be easily shared and reproduced. IIIF manifests may also be imported into a new project, allowing for existing annotation, captions, and transcripts to be retained, edited, and (re)presented in AVAnnotate.
About IIIF and AVAnnotate
IIIF is a set of open standards for delivering high-quality, attributed digital objects online at scale. It’s also an international community developing and implementing the IIIF APIs. IIIF is backed by a consortium of leading cultural institutions. Leveraging IIIF and GitHub for sharing curated annotations of audiovisual materials held at libraries, archives, and museums, AVAnnotate allows users to combine metadata for online audio and video assets with user-generated annotations and contextual essays to create simple, playable web-based editions and exhibits.
An AVAnnotate project’s IIIF manifest can be accessed by selecting the IIIF image in the bottom right corner of the published project.
Many libraries, archives, and museums provide IIIF manifests for digitized audio and video recordings. The Internet Archive is another great resource for finding direct links to audio and video recordings.