IIIF 3.0 Viewer Matrix

In the 2021 Working meeting there was a presentation on viewer support for IIIF Presentation 3.0. The community asked if this presentation could be turned into a matrix so people can see which viewers support which area(s) of the IIIF specifications. This matrix, shown below, is generated automatically from the latest version of cookbook recipes approved by the IIIF TRC. If you notice an error or inaccuracy, please report it as an Issue at the cookbook GitHub site.

Which viewers are included?

Currently Mirador 3, the Universal Viewer (UV) V3, Annona, Clover, Navplace Viewer, Ramp, Aviary, and Glycerine are listed on the cookbook and we welcome the addition of other IIIF viewers but they must support the following features:

Support for the IIIF version 3.0 Presentation API
A public, linkable instance, ideally using the iiif-content parameter from the IIIF Content State API
Support at least 1 cookbook recipe

Viewer Matrix

The possible values for viewer support are YES, NO or Partial. Click on the recipe name to see links to supporting viewers’ behaviour with the recipe manifest. This will allow you to see whether it achieves the required function in the way you expect.

Basic Recipes

Recipe	Mirador	UV	Annona	Clover	Navplace Viewer	Ramp	Aviary	Glycerine Viewer
Simplest Manifest - Single Image File	YES	YES	YES	YES	NO	NO	NO	YES
Simplest Manifest - Audio	YES	YES	NO	YES	NO	YES	YES	NO
Simplest Manifest - Video	YES	YES	NO	YES	NO	YES	YES	NO
Support Deep Viewing with Basic Use of a IIIF Image Service	YES	NO	YES	YES	NO	NO	NO	YES
Internationalization and Multi-language Values (label, summary, metadata, requiredStatement)	YES	YES	YES	NO	NO	NO	NO	YES
Simple Manifest - Book	YES	YES	YES	YES	NO	NO	NO	YES
HTML in Annotations	YES	NO	YES	NO	NO	NO	NO	YES
Simple Collection	YES	YES	YES	YES	NO	NO	NO	YES
Missing Images in a Sequence	YES	YES	NO	NO	NO	NO	NO	YES
Addressing a Spatial Region	NO	NO	YES	NO	NO	NO	NO	YES
Image in Annotations	NO	NO	YES	NO	NO	NO	NO	YES
Multiple Choice of Audio Formats in a Single View (Canvas)	YES	YES	NO	YES	NO	YES	NO	NO

IIIF Properties

Recipe	Mirador	UV	Annona	Clover	Navplace Viewer	Ramp	Aviary	Glycerine Viewer
Embedding HTML in descriptive properties (label, summary, metadata, requiredStatement)	YES	YES	YES	YES	NO	NO	NO	YES
Rights statement (rights, requiredStatement)	YES	YES	YES	YES	NO	NO	NO	YES
Viewing direction and Its Effect on Navigation (viewingDirection)	YES	YES	YES	NO	NO	NO	NO	NO
Book 'behavior' Variations (continuous, individuals) (behaviorimage)	YES	Partial	NO	NO	NO	NO	NO	NO
Load a Preview Image Before the Main Content (placeholderCanvas)	NO	NO	NO	YES	NO	YES	NO	NO
Audio Presentation with Accompanying Image (accompanyingCanvas)	NO	NO	NO	YES	NO	NO	YES	NO
Begin playback at a specific point - Time-based media (start)	NO	NO	NO	NO	NO	YES	YES	NO
Metadata on any Resource (metadata)	YES	YES	YES	Partial	NO	NO	NO	YES
Providing Alternative Representations (rendering)	YES	NO	YES	YES	NO	NO	NO	YES
Linking to Web Page of an Object (homepage)	YES	NO	YES	YES	NO	NO	NO	YES
Linking to Structured Metadata (seeAlso)	YES	NO	YES	YES	NO	NO	NO	YES
Image Thumbnail for Manifest (thumbnail)	YES	NO	NO	YES	NO	NO	NO	YES
Displaying Multiple Values with Language Maps (label, summary, metadata, requiredStatement)	YES	YES	YES	NO	NO	NO	NO	YES
Load Manifest Beginning with a Specific Canvas (start)	YES	NO	YES	NO	NO	NO	NO	YES
Navigation by Chronology (navDate)	YES	YES	NO	NO	NO	NO	NO	NO
Acknowledge Content Contributors (provider)	Partial	NO	NO	NO	NO	NO	NO	YES

Structuring Resources

Recipe	Mirador	UV	Annona	Clover	Navplace Viewer	Ramp	Aviary	Glycerine Viewer
Table of Contents for Book Chapters (structures)	YES	YES	NO	NO	NO	NO	NO	YES
Table of Contents for A/V Content	NO	YES	NO	NO	NO	YES	YES	NO
Multi-volume Work with Individually-bound Volumes	YES	YES	YES	NO	NO	NO	NO	YES
Multiple Volumes in a Single Bound Volume	YES	YES	NO	NO	NO	NO	NO	YES
Multiple Choice of Images in a Single View (Canvas)	Partial	NO	YES	NO	NO	NO	NO	NO
Foldouts, Flaps, and Maps (behavior)	NO	NO	NO	NO	NO	NO	NO	NO
Composition from Multiple Images	Partial	NO	YES	NO	NO	NO	NO	NO

Image Recipes

Recipe	Mirador	UV	Annona	Clover	Navplace Viewer	Ramp	Aviary	Glycerine Viewer
Simplest Manifest - Single Image File	YES	YES	YES	YES	NO	NO	NO	YES
Image and Canvas with Differing Dimensions	YES	YES	YES	NO	NO	NO	NO	NO
Support Deep Viewing with Basic Use of a IIIF Image Service	YES	NO	YES	YES	NO	NO	NO	YES
Simple Manifest - Book	YES	YES	YES	YES	NO	NO	NO	YES
Viewing direction and Its Effect on Navigation (viewingDirection)	YES	YES	YES	NO	NO	NO	NO	NO
Image Rotation Two Ways	NO	NO	NO	NO	NO	NO	NO	NO
Load Manifest Beginning with a Specific Canvas (start)	YES	NO	YES	NO	NO	NO	NO	YES
Missing Images in a Sequence	YES	YES	NO	NO	NO	NO	NO	YES

Audio/Visual Recipes

Please note there are other IIIF AV viewers that are not listed like the Europeana Player. These are not included in the matrix due to a lack of public linkable instance rather than them not supporting some of the recipes.

Recipe	Mirador	UV	Annona	Clover	Navplace Viewer	Ramp	Aviary	Glycerine Viewer
Simplest Manifest - Audio	YES	YES	NO	YES	NO	YES	YES	NO
Simplest Manifest - Video	YES	YES	NO	YES	NO	YES	YES	NO
Load a Preview Image Before the Main Content (placeholderCanvas)	NO	NO	NO	YES	NO	YES	NO	NO
Audio Presentation with Accompanying Image (accompanyingCanvas)	NO	NO	NO	YES	NO	NO	YES	NO
Begin playback at a specific point - Time-based media (start)	NO	NO	NO	NO	NO	YES	YES	NO
Providing Access to Transcript Files of A/V Content (rendering)	NO	NO	NO	NO	NO	YES	YES	NO
Table of Contents for A/V Content	NO	YES	NO	NO	NO	YES	YES	NO
Table of Contents for Multiple A/V Files on a Single Canvas (start)	NO	YES	NO	NO	NO	YES	NO	NO
Table of Contents for Multiple A/V Files on Multiple Canvases	NO	YES	NO	NO	NO	YES	NO	NO
Using Caption and Subtitle Files in Multiple Languages with Video Content	NO	NO	NO	NO	NO	YES	NO	NO
Using Caption and Subtitle Files with Video Content	NO	NO	NO	YES	NO	YES	YES	NO
Multiple Choice of Audio Formats in a Single View (Canvas)	YES	YES	NO	YES	NO	YES	NO	NO

Annotation Recipes

Recipe	Mirador	UV	Annona	Clover	Navplace Viewer	Ramp	Aviary	Glycerine Viewer
Annotating a specific point of an image	NO	NO	NO	NO	NO	NO	NO	YES
Simple Annotation — Tagging	YES	NO	YES	NO	NO	NO	NO	YES
Redirecting from one Canvas to another resource (Hotspot linking)	NO	NO	NO	NO	NO	NO	NO	NO
Tagging with an External Resource	NO	NO	NO	NO	NO	NO	NO	YES
Annotation with a Non-Rectangular Polygon	YES	NO	YES	NO	NO	NO	NO	YES
Simplest Annotation	YES	NO	YES	NO	NO	NO	NO	YES
Embedded or referenced Annotations	YES	NO	YES	NO	NO	NO	NO	YES
Linking external Annotations targeting a Canvas to a Manifest	NO	NO	NO	NO	NO	NO	NO	NO
Annotate specific images or layers	NO	NO	NO	NO	NO	NO	NO	NO

Recipes involving Content State

These recipes demonstrate use cases for the content-state API.

Recipe	Mirador	UV	Annona	Clover	Navplace Viewer	Ramp	Aviary	Glycerine Viewer
Sharing a link to open a Manifest in a specific viewer	YES	NO	NO	YES	NO	NO	NO	NO

Geo Recipes

Please note there are many viewers built to view GeoJSON like Leaflet and geojson.io, but they are not able to parse objects for a navPlace property or look into the body property of Annotations for GeoJSON. However, they are easily customizable and can be made to find GeoJSON in these properties. The Navplace Viewer is an Open Source customization of Leaflet that intelligently gathers and formats GeoJSON from provided IIIF resources and hands that GeoJSON to a Leaflet viewer for rendering.

Recipe	Mirador	UV	Annona	Clover	Navplace Viewer	Ramp	Aviary	Glycerine Viewer
Represent Canvas Fragment as a Geographic Area in a Web Mapping Client	NO	NO	YES	NO	NO	NO	NO	NO
Locate a Manifest on a Web Map	NO	NO	NO	NO	YES	NO	NO	NO
Locate Multiple Canvases on a Web Map	NO	NO	NO	NO	YES	NO	NO	NO