University of Göttingen

University of Göttingen IIIF Presentation API

IIIF Presentation API manifests for digitised GDZ objects.

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GET /iiif/presentation/{recordId}/manifest IIIF Presentation manifest for a digitised object #

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: SUB Göttingen IIIF Image and Presentation Interfaces IIIF…
  description: IIIF Image API 2.0 (level 2) and IIIF Presentation API deployment operated by the Göttingen State and University Library (SUB Göttingen) for the Göttinger Digitalisierungszentrum (GDZ) and the university's digitised collections.
  version: image-2.0
  contact:
    name: Göttinger Digitalisierungszentrum (GDZ), SUB Göttingen
    email: gdz@sub.uni-goettingen.de
    url: https://gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/
  x-operator: institution
  x-provenance:
    generated: '2026-08-30'
    method: generated
    x-evidence-method: probed
    source: Live probes on 2026-08-30 of https://gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/iiif/presentation/PPN519929969/manifest (200, IIIF Presentation manifest), https://images.sub.uni-goettingen.de/iiif/image/gdz:PPN519929969:00000001/info.json (200, IIIF Image API 2.0 level2 profile) and a full/96,/0/default.jpg derivative (200, image/jpeg). Written by API Evangelist from observed responses.
servers:
- url: https://images.sub.uni-goettingen.de
  description: SUB Göttingen IIIF Image API 2.0 image server
- url: https://gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de
  description: GDZ IIIF Presentation manifest routing
tags:
- name: IIIF Presentation
  description: IIIF Presentation API manifests for digitised GDZ objects.
paths:
  /iiif/presentation/{recordId}/manifest:
    servers:
    - url: https://gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de
      description: GDZ IIIF Presentation manifest routing
    get:
      operationId: iiifPresentationManifest
      summary: IIIF Presentation manifest for a digitised object
      tags:
      - IIIF Presentation
      description: Returns the IIIF Presentation manifest for a GDZ record. The manifest's own @id resolves to https://manifests.sub.uni-goettingen.de/id/{recordId}, and its canvases reference image services on images.sub.uni-goettingen.de.
      parameters:
      - name: recordId
        in: path
        required: true
        description: GDZ record identifier (PPN).
        schema:
          type: string
          examples:
          - PPN519929969
      responses:
        '200':
          description: IIIF Presentation manifest.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  '@id':
                    type: string
                  '@type':
                    type: string
                  '@context':
                    type: string
                  label:
                    type: string