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7 February 2014 Alan Manifold Digital and Library Applications Manager DigiTool API Project
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This presentation was given by Alan Manifold at the 2014 ANZREG Seminar in Melbourne, VIC, held at the State Library of Victoria. It gives a quick overview of the creation by staff of the State Library of Victoria of a set of APIs (Application Programming Interface) to access directly the data within the DigiTool system. This allows users to create their own mashups and for the library to fashion a more flexible interface for using digital objects without being tied too closely to a DigiTool syntax and DigiTool viewers.
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7 February 2014
Alan ManifoldDigital and Library Applications
Manager
DigiTool API Project
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Project Overview
Create alternate interfaces to imagesFor programmers (in SLV or outside)PrefilteredCopyright statusCultural sensitivity
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DigiTool already has APIs, right?Too complexDifficult to understandEven harder to useNot consistentNot focused the way we need them to beNo filtering
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What new APIs can do
Deliver image file in raw formatNo DigiTool viewerDirect access to parts of complex objectsE.g. individual postcards in a catalogued setAugment DigiTool dataVoyager fieldsPrimo tags and reviews
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Design Goals
Limited set of callsConsistent and simple syntaxProgram will handle all complexityFilter out images as requiredAccess information not in any current API callCombination of calls to DigiTool and Primo
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Let’s See!
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