Overview

This article introduces how to register IIIF images as media in Omeka S. Images published on external IIIF image servers can be registered in Omeka S.

The official manual describes this at the following page.

https://omeka.org/s/docs/user-manual/content/items/#media

Specific Method

In the media registration screen of the item edit page, enter values as shown below.

You need to enter a URL ending with /info.json. The following uses the National Diet Library’s Koui Genji Monogatari as an example.

https://dl.ndl.go.jp/api/iiif/3437686/R0000001/info.json

As a result, IIIF images can be used from Omeka as shown below.

Supplement

Starting from Omeka S v4, the ability to import external IIIF manifest files is also provided.

https://dl.ndl.go.jp/api/iiif/3437686/manifest.json

Summary

The key point when registering IIIF images is to append /info.json to the end of the URL. I hope this serves as a useful reference when using IIIF with Omeka.