Technology, Community, and Consortium: The International Image Interoperability Framework (IIIF)

This presentation will examine the formation of International Image Operability Framework Consortium (IIIF-C) in 2015 to support the development and implementation of the standards (the Image API, proposed in 2011 and published as Version 1.0 in 2012) that comprise the International Image Operability Framework (IIIF). An overview of IIIF implementations and use cases will be explored. The session will look forward to new developments in both the IIIF-C community and the IIIF standards themselves. Moving forward, the IIIF-C will build on the recently developed strategic framework to support the development, adoption, and implementation of the IIIF APIs to increasingly support a range of digital objects (images, audio/visual, 3D) and services around those objects. As the IIIF-C looks beyond 2026, new models of collaboration to strengthen the global IIIF community will be developed. The presentation was given virtually, 3 March 2026.