IIIF Curation Search & Comparison
A tool that loads a IIIF Curation List, Collection, or Manifest and lets you faceted-search the cropped image regions or compare them side by side. All parsing and aggregation happen in your browser; images and data are never sent to a server.
Tool location: /tools/icc
How to use
- On the input page (
/tools/icc), enter the URL of the IIIF resource you want to load. You can also try the example button (the "Edo cherry-blossom viewing" face collection). - Press "Open & search" to move to the search page, where the resource is loaded.
- On the search page you can:
- Narrow results with the facets (metadata such as work, year, gender, detector…)
- Run a free-text search with the search box
- Tick "Compare" on image cards, then press the "Compare" button to deep-zoom several regions side by side
- Click an image to open its detail (high-resolution region view + metadata)
Accepted URLs
| Type | Example |
|---|---|
| IIIF Curation List | https://.../curation.json |
| IIIF Collection | https://.../collection.json |
| IIIF Manifest | https://.../manifest.json |
Viewer URL containing ?curation= | https://.../viewer/?curation=https://.../curation.json |
Each Curation List region (canvas#xywh=…) is resolved to an image service by following its parent Manifest, then shown as a cropped thumbnail.
Privacy and limitations
- Runs in your browser: fetching, parsing, and facet aggregation of the IIIF resource all happen in your browser. Images and metadata are never sent to a server.
- CORS: because your browser talks directly to external IIIF servers, resources from servers that do not support CORS (cross-origin) may fail to display.
- Shareable URLs: the search-page URL (
?u=…) can be shared as-is, so recipients open the same curation.