EDM to IIIF Mapping

Manifest

label

Array (Language Map)

Title of the object obtained from ore:Proxy/dc:title, or, if title is missing, its description obtained from ore:Proxy/dc:description.

summary

Array (Language Map)

Description of the object obtained from ore:Proxy/dc:description, but only added if title is present.

metadata

Array (Metadata Property)

Portion of the metadata that might be used to convey ownership information, information about the creation of the object or physical characteristics of the object for display purposes.

In the case of Europeana, a specific set of EDM fields is used to obtain the information about the object. See Metadata Property.

thumbnail

Array (Thumbnail)

Smaller image that pictorially represents the object obtained from ore:Aggregation/edm:preview. See Thumbnail.

navDate

String (xsd:dateTime)

Date that can be used for navigation purposes when presenting the resource to the user in a time-based user interface, such as a calendar or timeline.

In the case of Europeana, this is date of formal issuance or publication of the object obtained from ore:Proxy/dcterms:issued.

homepage

Array (Homepage)

Webpage where the object represented by the manifest is displayed and is usually published by the organisation responsible for the object. The value of the ore:Aggregation/edm:isShownAt can be used.

In the case of Europeana, the value obtained from ore:Aggregation/edm:landingPage is used which holds the URL of the page of this object in Europeana. See Homepage.

requiredStatement

Object (Attribution Statement)

Text that must be shown when web resources for this object are displayed or used. It should include the title, date of issue or publication, acknowledgement of the owning and/or publishing organisation and rights statement.

Europeana manifests use the text obtained from the text attribution snippet associated with the edm:isShownBy web resource. See Attribution Statement.

rights

Object (Rights)

Rights statement that governs the reuse possibilities of the web resource (obtained from ore:Aggregation/edm:rights). See Rights.

provider

Array (Provider)

Acknowledges the creator of the manifest.

Europeana manifests indicate Europeana as the creator of the manifest. See Provider.

seeAlso

Array (Dataset)

Machine-readable resource related to the manifest that could be used, for example, for search and discovery purposes. A link to a manifest that describes a related object could also be a valid target for this property.

In the case of Europeana, it is used to indicate references for accessing the source metadata for the object (i.e. provided EDM) in the available formats. See Dataset.

service

Array (Service)

Link to a service that can be utilised to retrieve additional functionalities available for the object, such as searching full-text content (Search Service), or if a IIIF image service is available for the resources related to the canvas (Image Service).

start

Object (Reference)

Canvas that a viewer initialises its display with. This is the canvas related to the edm:isShownBy web resource, or, if absent, the first canvas.

items

Array (Canvas)

List of all edm:isShownBy and edm:hasView web resources. The order of the canvases is obtained from the edm:WebResource/edm:isNextInSequence in the reverse order. See Canvas.

Canvas

label

Object (Language Map)

Indicates the label to be used for displaying a title for the canvas. This can be the sequence number of the Canvas, such as: “p. {CANVAS_SEQ_NR}”.

height

Number

Obtained from edm:WebResource/ebucore:height.

width

Number

Obtained from edm:WebResource/ebucore:width.

duration

Number

Obtained from edm:WebResource/ebucore:duration.

requiredStatement

Object (Attribution Statement)

Europeana manifests use the text obtained from the text attribution snippet associated with the edm:WebResource. See Attribution Statement.

rights

Object (Rights)

Rights statement that governs the reuse possibilities of the web resource (obtained from edm:WebResource/edm:rights, or, if not present, from ore:Aggregation/edm:rights). See Rights.

thumbnail

Array (Thumbnail)

Smaller image that pictorially represents the canvas.

Europeana manifests use the Thumbnail API with the URL obtained from the respective edm:WebResource. See Thumbnail.

items

Array (Content Page)

If the content associated with the canvas are image, video or sound resources that are meant to be painted on the canvas (i.e. their motivation value is “painting), they are included in this property of the canvas. See Content Page.

annotations

Array (Full-text Page)

For some objects, there may be other resources available to display (e.g. transcriptions, commentary annotations, tags, etc). If there is at least one full-text resource associated with the canvas, it is included in this property of the canvas in the form of an annotation with the motivation value set to “transcribing”. See Full-text Page.

Content Page

items

Array (Painting Annotation)

List of painting annotations that are modelling construct for “painting” content into the canvas. See Painting Annotation.

Painting Annotation

body

Object (Content Resource)

The content resource is linked in the body of the annotation. See Content Resource.

target

String (URI)

Each Painting Annotation has canvas as its target and there can only be one painting annotation present per canvas.

Content Resource

format

String

Mime type of the web resource obtained from edm:WebResource/ebucore:hasMimeType.

height

Number

Obtained from edm:WebResource/ebucore:height.

width

Number

Obtained from edm:WebResource/ebucore:width.

duration

Number

Obtained from edm:WebResource/ebucore:duration (only relevant for video and audio).

service

Object (Image Service)

Only present if a IIIF Image service is available for the image. See Image Service.

Full-text Page

language

String

Predominant language of the full-text annotations represented as a two-letter ISO-639 code.

textGranularity

Array (String)

List of available granularity levels of full-text annotations.

Image Service

id

String (URL)

URL that identifies the service, obtained from rdf:about of the edm:WebResource/svcs:has_service.

Search Service

id

String (URL)

URL of the Content Search service for this item.

Metadata Property

label

Object (Language Map)

Information about the object is conveyed through pairs of labels and values. The label represents the name of the relevant EDM property without the prefix, while the value corresponds to the property's value.

Supported properties include:

• dc:date, obtained from ore:Proxy/dc:date

• dc:format, obtained from ore:Proxy/dc:format

• dc:relation, obtained from ore:Proxy/dc:relation

• dc:type, obtained from ore:Proxy/dc:type

• dc:language, obtained from ore:Proxy/dc:language

• dc:source, obtained from ore:Proxy/dc:source.

value

Object (Language Map)

Provider

id

String (URL)

Reference to the Europeana website landing page “https://www.europeana.eu/en/about-us”.

Attribution Statement

value

Object (Language Map)

Html attribution snippet obtained from the relevant web resource available on the JSON output of the Record API.

Rights

id

String (URL)

Value must be URL of one of the available rights statements defined for use in Europeana.

Thumbnail

width

Number

Width of the thumbnail.

height

Number

Height of the thumbnail.

Dataset

format

String

Mime type of the format. Europeana supports the following mime types (note there could be other formats supported outside of Europeana):

• application/ld+json

• application/json

• application/rdf+xml.

profile

String (URL)

In the case of Europeana, only EDM is supported.

Homepage

id

String (URL)

In the case of Europeana, reference to the Europeana item page URL starting with “https://www.europeana.eu”.

Language Map

@none

Array (String)

Array of all values with no associated language.

{LANG}

Array (String)

Array of values in Europeana-supported languages represented as a two-letter ISO-639 code.

Manifest

label

Array (Language Value)

Title of the object obtained from ore:Proxy/dc:title, or, if title is missing, its description obtained from ore:Proxy/dc:description.

description

Array (Language Value)

Description of the object obtained from ore:Proxy/dc:description, but only added if title is present.

metadata

Array (Metadata Property)

Portion of the metadata that might be used to convey ownership information, information about the creation of the object or physical characteristics of the object for display purposes.

In the case of Europeana, a specific set of EDM fields is used to obtain the information about the object. See Metadata Property.

thumbnail

Object (Thumbnail)

Smaller image that pictorially represents the object obtained from ore:Aggregation/edm:preview. See Thumbnail.

navDate

String (xsd:dateTime)

Date that can be used for navigation purposes when presenting the resource to the user in a time-based user interface, such as a calendar or timeline.

In the case of Europeana, this is date of formal issuance or publication of the object obtained from ore:Proxy/dcterms:issued.

attribution

String

Text that must be shown when web resources for this object are displayed or used. It should include the title, date of issue or publication, acknowledgement of the owning and/or publishing organisation and rights statement.

Europeana manifests use the text obtained from the text attribution snippet associated with the edm:isShownBy web resource.

license

String (URL)

Rights statement that governs the reuse possibilities of the web resource (obtained from ore:Aggregation/edm:rights).

Value must be URL of one of the available rights statements defined for use in Europeana.

logo

String (URL)

Small image that represents an individual or organisation associated with the manifest. This could be the logo of the owning or hosting institution.

In the case of Europeana, we use the URL of the Europeana logo for display.

seeAlso

Array (Dataset)

Machine-readable resource related to the manifest that could be used, for example, for search and discovery purposes. A link to a manifest that describes a related object could also be a valid target for this property.

In the case of Europeana, it is used to indicate references for accessing the source metadata for the object (i.e. provided EDM) in the available formats. See Dataset.

service

Object (Service)

Link to a service that can be utilised to retrieve additional functionalities available for the object, such as searching full-text content (Search Service), or if a IIIF image service is available for the resources related to the canvas (Image Service).

sequences

Array (Sequence)

List of all edm:isShownBy and edm:hasView web resources. The order of the canvases is obtained from the edm:WebResource/edm:isNextInSequence in the reverse order. See Sequence.

Sequence

startCanvas

String (URI)

URI of the canvas that a viewer initialises its display with. This is the canvas related to the edm:isShownBy web resource, or, if absent, the first canvas in the sequence.

canvases

Array (Canvas)

Contains an array of canvases, each representing an individual page or view in the sequence. See Canvas.

Canvas

label

String

Indicates the label to be used for displaying a title for the canvas. This can be the sequence number of the Canvas, such as: “p. {CANVAS_SEQ_NR}”.

height

Number

Obtained from edm:WebResource/ebucore:height.

width

Number

Obtained from edm:WebResource/ebucore:width.

attribution

String

Europeana manifests use the text obtained from the text attribution snippet associated with the respective edm:WebResource.

license

String (URI)

Rights statement that governs the reuse possibilities of the web resource (obtained from edm:WebResource/edm:rights, or, if not present, from ore:Aggregation/edm:rights). Value must be URL of one of the available rights statements defined for use in Europeana.

images

Array (Painting Annotation)

If the content associated with the canvas are image resources that are meant to be painted on the canvas (i.e. their motivation value is “painting), they are included in this property of the canvas. Only one painting annotation is present per canvas. See Painting Annotation.

otherContent

Array (String)

For some objects, there may be other resources available to display (e.g. transcriptions, commentary annotations, tags, etc). If there is at least one full-text resource associated with the canvas, it is included in this property of the canvas in the form of an annotation with the motivation value set to “transcribing”.

Painting Annotation

resource

Object (Image Resource)

The image resource to be displayed in the canvas. See Image Resource.

on

String (URI)

Each image resource has canvas as its target and there can only be one image present per canvas.

Image Resource

format

String (URL)

Mime type of the web resource obtained from edm:WebResource/ebucore:hasMimeType.

height

Number

Obtained from edm:WebResource/ebucore:height.

width

Number

Obtained from edm:WebResource/ebucore:width.

service

Object (Image Service)

Only present if a IIIF Image service is available for the image. See Image Service.

Image Service

@id

String (URL)

URL that identifies the service, obtained from rdf:about of the edm:WebResource/svcs:has_service.

Search Service

@id

String (URL)

URL of the Content Search service for this item.

Metadata Property

label

String

Information about the object is conveyed through pairs of labels and values. The label represents the name of the relevant EDM property without the prefix, while the value corresponds to the property's value.

Supported properties include:

• dc:date, obtained from ore:Proxy/dc:date

• dc:format, obtained from ore:Proxy/dc:format

• dc:relation, obtained from ore:Proxy/dc:relation

• dc:type, obtained from ore:Proxy/dc:type

• dc:language, obtained from ore:Proxy/dc:language

• dc:source, obtained from ore:Proxy/dc:source.

value

Array (Language Value)

Thumbnail

width

Number

Width of the thumbnail.

height

Number

Height of the thumbnail.

Dataset

format

String

Mime type of the format. Europeana supports the following mime types (note there could be other formats supported outside of Europeana):

• application/ld+json

• application/json

• application/rdf+xml.

profile

String (URL)

In the case of Europeana, only EDM is supported.

Language Value

@language

String

Two-letter ISO-639 language code. If provided EDM property is not language tagged, it is omitted.

@value

String

Value which can either be a textual or a reference.