Glycerine Viewer is an International Image Interoperability Framework (IIIF) viewer optimised for annotations. It is built using Vue 3 and provides the Vue components for visualising IIIF images and annotations from IIIF manifests.
The Glycerine Viewer is a component from the Glycerine project, offering a platform for annotating and publishing IIIF images.
Glycerine Viewer is a Vue 3 component, so it must be used in a Vue 3 project.
To install the Glycerine Viewer, run the following command with npm:
npm install glycerine-viewerThe easiest way to use Glycerine Viewer is to use the provided plugin. The plugin handles the import of its dependencies and registers the Glycerine Viewer component globally.
For example, in the main.js file of the Vue project:
import { createApp } from 'vue'
// Import the PrimeVue base styles.
import 'primevue/resources/primevue.min.css';
// Import the PrimeVue theme. Any PrimeVue compatible theme can be used.
import 'primevue/resources/themes/lara-light-teal/theme.css';
// Import the Glycerine Viewer styles.
import 'glycerine-viewer/style.css';
// Import the Glycerine Viewer plugin.
import { GlycerineViewerPlugin } from 'glycerine-viewer';
import App from './App.vue'
const app = createApp(App);
// Use the Glycerine Viewer plugin.
app.use(GlycerineViewerPlugin);
app.mount('#app');To use the component:
<template>
<div style="width:100%;height:600px">
<GlycerineViewer manifest="IIIF_MANIFEST"></GlycerineViewer>
</div>
</template>Note
The container div of the GlycerineViewer component is required and should have a defined width and height.
The Glycerine Viewer component can also be imported manually if you prefer to handle the dependencies yourself. The Glycerine Viewer is built on top of the PrimeVue suite. Therefore, these dependencies must be imported into the project before using the Glycerine Viewer.
For example, in the main.js file of the Vue project:
import { createApp } from 'vue'
// Import the PrimeFlex CSS.
import 'primeflex/primeflex.css';
// Import the PrimeFlex theme. Any PrimeFlex compatible theme can be used.
import 'primeflex/themes/primeone-light.css';
// Import the PrimeIcons.
import 'primeicons/primeicons.css';
// Import the PrimeVue library.
import PrimeVue from 'primevue/config';
// Import the PrimeVue theme. Any PrimeVue compatible theme can be used.
import 'primevue/resources/themes/lara-light-teal/theme.css';
// Import the Glycerine Viewer styles.
import 'glycerine-viewer/style.css';
// Import the Glycerine Viewer component.
import { GlycerineViewer } from 'glycerine-viewer';
import App from './App.vue'
const app = createApp(App);
// Use the PrimeVue library.
app.use(PrimeVue);
// Register the Glycerine Viewer component globally.
app.component('GlycerineViewer', GlycerineViewer);
app.mount('#app');The GlycerineViewer component is the main component for visualising IIIF images and annotations from IIIF manifests.
It accepts the following props:
manifest: (Required) The URL of the IIIF manifest or the object of the manifest content.
Example:
<template>
<div style="width:100%;height:600px">
<GlycerineViewer manifest="https://w3id.org/iaw/data/publications/image-sets/01hm598yb6hc3s7btmqth813mg/manifest"></GlycerineViewer>
</div>
</template>Glycerine Viewer currently supports IIIF Presentation API 2.0 and 3.0 manifests.
Warning
While Glycerine Viewer supports IIIF Presentation API 3.0 natively, it uses iiif/parser to convert IIIF Presentation API 2.0 manifests to IIIF Presentation API 3.0 manifests before rendering. Some components from older versions of the IIIF Presentation API may not be fully supported. If you are the owner of the IIIF manifest, it is recommended to update the manifest to 3.0 before using it in Glycerine Viewer.
Tip
Glycerine provides a suite of annotation tools and end-to-end workflows for researchers,
curators and students to collaborate on projects across repositories. It is recommended to use
Glycerine Workbench to create well formatted annotations and apply semantic tags from
domain-specific vocabularies to annotations.
Glycerine Viewer supports Fragment Selector for rectangles and SVG selectors for other shapes to specify the annotation target. The following shapes are supported:
- Polygon
- Rectangle
- Circle
- Ellipse
Rectangle target example:
{
"source": "https://w3id.org/iaw/data/publications/image-sets/01hgwckv6tybx0wczw981yyz9e/manifest/canvases/1",
"selector": {
"type": "FragmentSelector",
"conformsTo": "http://www.w3.org/TR/media-frags/",
"value": "xywh=415.2714538574219,412.3292541503906,525.8143615722656,497.4430847167969"
}
}Polygon target example:
{
"source": "https://w3id.org/iaw/data/publications/image-sets/01hgwckv6tybx0wczw981yyz9e/manifest/canvases/1",
"selector": {
"type": "SvgSelector",
"value": "<svg><polygon points=\"137.23291015625,433.1348571777344 396.35723876953125,431.2434387207031 413.3800354003906,461.5061340332031 403.92291259765625,480.4203186035156 390.6829833984375,478.5289001464844 366.09454345703125,701.71630859375 373.66021728515625,703.6077270507812 377.44305419921875,714.9562377929688 347.18035888671875,722.5219116210938 394.4658203125,913.55517578125 313.13482666015625,974.08056640625 52.11906433105469,985.4290771484375 97.51311492919922,741.4360961914062 61.57615661621094,739.544677734375 57.79331970214844,722.5219116210938 106.97020721435547,722.5219116210938 141.0157470703125,669.5621948242188 141.0157470703125,559.8599243164062 156.1470947265625,542.837158203125 158.03851318359375,476.6374816894531 135.34149169921875,478.5289001464844 131.5586395263672,459.6147155761719 129.9687042236328,459.6147155761719\"></polygon></svg>"
}
}Glycerine Viewer supports displaying Embedded Textual Body from annotations. The body of an annotation can have one
or multiple TextualBody objects. Each TextualBody should have the langauge specified following the
bcp47 specification, which can be used for language filtering in
the viewer.
{
"type": "TextualBody",
"purpose": "describing",
"language": "en",
"format": "text/plain",
"value": "A comment about the annotation."
}Glycerine Viewer has a number of built-in annotation fields that can be used to apply specific styles to annotation content. In order for the Glycerine Viewer to recognise these fields, they must be defined with the specified format in the annotation body in the IIIF manifest.
Note
Annotation Fields are optional in Glycerine Viewer. Generic annotations without the specified field format will be all displayed as comments of the annotation.
In a IIIF manifest, an annotation field is a TextualBody object in the body of an annotation. It should have its own
specific purpose and format of value.
The title field is used to display the title of the annotation. It will be displayed as the annotation popup heading
when it's opened in Glycerine Viewer. The title field should have the purpose of describing. The value of the
title field should be a plain text string starts with the label Title:. A single annotation should have only one
title. For example:
{
"type": "TextualBody",
"purpose": "describing",
"language": "en",
"format": "text/plain",
"value": "Title: Painting"
}The description field should have the purpose of describing. The value of the description field should be a plain
text string starts with the label Description:. A single annotation should have only one description. For example:
{
"type": "TextualBody",
"purpose": "describing",
"language": "en",
"format": "text/plain",
"value": "Description: This is a description about the annotation."
}The link field is used to display links in the annotation popup. The link field should have the purpose of linking.
The value of the link field should be a plain text string starts with the label Link:. The body part of the value
should be in the format of:
[Link Text](URL)
A single annotation can have multiple links. For example:
{
"type": "TextualBody",
"purpose": "linking",
"language": "en",
"format": "text/plain",
"value": "Link: [More Information](https://example.com)"
}Glycerine Viewer has the custom widget to display tags in the annotation popup. The tag field should have the purpose
of tagging. The value of the tag field should be a multi-line plain text string delimited by the new line character
\n.
The first line of the value should be the label Tag: followed by the tag term information. The term information
should be in the format of:
[Term label](Term URI)
The second line of the value should be the label Vocabulary: followed by the vocabulary information. The vocabulary
information should be in the format of:
[Vocabulary name](Vocabulary URI)
Optionally, the third line of the value can be a string starts with the label Data: followed by the JSON encoded
object about the extra information of the tag. The JSON object can have the following properties:
description: The description of the tag.trace: The hierarchical trace of the tag in the vocabulary. The value of thetraceproperty is an array of ancestor terms of the tag term in order starting with the top-level term. Each ancestor term is an object with the following properties:key: The URI of the term.label: The label of the term.
The following is an example of the term data object in JSON:
{
"description": "A celestial being is a supernatural being who is considered to be holy or divine.",
"trace": [
{
"key": "https://w3id.org/diga/terms/481543985",
"label": "figure"
},
{
"key": "https://w3id.org/diga/terms/1597736316",
"label": "divinità, spiriti, figure mitologiche generiche"
}
]
}The term data object should be encoded as a JSON string before inserting into the tag value. For example:
Data: {\"trace\":[{\"key\":\"https:\\/\\/w3id.org\\/diga\\/terms\\/481543985\",\"label\":\"figure\"},{\"key\":\"https:\\/\\/w3id.org\\/diga\\/terms\\/1597736316\",\"label\":\"divinit\\u00e0, spiriti, figure mitologiche generiche\"}]}
A single annotation can have multiple tags. The following is an example of the tag field:
{
"type": "TextualBody",
"purpose": "tagging",
"language": "en",
"format": "text/plain",
"value": "Tag: [celestial being](https://w3id.org/diga/terms/2334059207)\nVocabulary: [DIGA Thesaurus](https://demo.vocabs.ardc.edu.au/viewById/1059)\nData: {\"trace\":[{\"key\":\"https:\\/\\/w3id.org\\/diga\\/terms\\/481543985\",\"label\":\"figure\"},{\"key\":\"https:\\/\\/w3id.org\\/diga\\/terms\\/1597736316\",\"label\":\"divinit\\u00e0, spiriti, figure mitologiche generiche\"}]}"
}The note field should have the purpose of commenting. The value of the note field should be a plain text string
starts with the label Note:. A single annotation can have multiple notes. For example:
{
"type": "TextualBody",
"purpose": "commenting",
"language": "en",
"format": "text/plain",
"value": "Note: This is a note about the annotation."
}The attribution field should have the purpose of commenting. The value of the attribution field should be a plain
text string starts with the label Attribution:. A single annotation can have only one attribution. For example:
{
"type": "TextualBody",
"purpose": "attributing",
"language": "en",
"format": "text/plain",
"value": "Attribution: John Doe 2024"
}The date field should have the purpose of commenting. The value of the date field should be a plain text string
starts with the label Date:. A single annotation can have only one date. For example:
{
"type": "TextualBody",
"purpose": "commenting",
"language": "en",
"format": "text/plain",
"value": "Date: 2024-01-01"
}The line color field is used to specify the brightness of the annotation outline. Currently, Glycerine Viewer supports
three levels of brightness: Light, Medium, and Dark. The line color field should have the purpose of
classifying. The value of the line color field should be a plain text string starts with the label Line Color:.
A single annotation can have only one line color. For example:
{
"type": "TextualBody",
"purpose": "classifying",
"language": "en",
"format": "text/plain",
"value": "Line Color: Light"
}The following is a list of example IIIF manifests from the Glycerine platform:
- Gilded Bronze Reliquary Casket
- Schist Bodhisattva Head
- Schist Lintel, Buddha and Attendants
- Schist Buddha Triad (year 5)
Glycerine Viewer is licensed under the MIT License.
Glycerine Viewer is developed and maintained by Systemik Solutions.