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IIIF Tool Ideas & Use Cases Submission Form

Do you have an idea for how digital media and data could work more seamlessly together?

The IIIF Tool Ideas & Use Cases Submission Form invites anyone to share ideas that could make working with online images, texts, audio, video, and related data more connected, flexible, and useful.

Anyone who works with digital content is welcome; whether you teach, research, design, preserve, or share it with others. You can propose a new tool, describe a problem that needs solving, suggest improvements to existing tools, or enhancements to how existing tools work together.

Each idea becomes part of a shared community project space where others can comment, refine, and build upon it. Some ideas may inspire prototypes during collaborative events or evolve into full tools that benefit a wide range of users.

You do not need to be a developer to participate. All you need is an interest in making digital information easier to use, understand, and connect through IIIF.

Your ideas help make the digital world more open, connected, and meaningful!

Example Use Cases

Here are some IIIF tool ideas that could inspire hackathon projects or community prototypes.

Category	Example Idea	Possible Project
Education	Instructors want to gather images from different institutions into one “playlist” for students to view, crop, and discuss.	Course Media Bridge a tool that lets teachers easily collect, share, and reuse IIIF images across classroom platforms.
Research	Scholars need to quote or reference specific regions of IIIF images inside their papers or digital editions.	Media Citation Toolkit plugins or scripts for adding IIIF snippets directly into scholarly writing tools or web publications.
Museum	Small museums want to build online exhibits from IIIF content but lack technical staff or editors.	IIIF Starter Kit a simple web app that lets users select manifests and publish interactive exhibits without coding.
Education	Students want to make and keep their own notes or highlights on IIIF images without depending on an institution’s server.	Personal Annotation Server a lightweight service that stores user-created annotations and syncs them across IIIF viewers.
Infrastructure	Institutions often change manifest URLs, breaking links in research or teaching materials.	IIIF Versioning Best Practices community guidelines and tools for maintaining stable, versioned IIIF manifests over time.
Library	Libraries supporting research projects want to connect high-resolution images, datasets, and publications through a single interface.	IIIF Data Explorer a tool that links IIIF images with related scientific datasets, metadata, and articles to improve discoverability and citation.
Research	A research hospital wants a secure tool that brings together high-resolution patient scan images, metadata, and linked data to the latest medical literature about related conditions.	Linked Data Medical Viewer a platform that combines IIIF deep-zoom image support with live links to external research databases and publications, helping clinicians and researchers explore visual and textual information in context.