# About the IIIF Viewer

**Source**: https://dlmm.library.jhu.edu/project-history-and-information/the-iiif-viewer/
**Parent**: https://dlmm.library.jhu.edu/

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## [Project history and information](https://dlmm.library.jhu.edu/?post_type=page&p=217)

- [How to Use the IIIF Viewer](https://dlmm.library.jhu.edu/project-history-and-information/how-to-use-the-iiif-viewer/)
- [About the IIIF Viewer](https://dlmm.library.jhu.edu/project-history-and-information/the-iiif-viewer/)
- [Partners](https://dlmm.library.jhu.edu/project-history-and-information/partners/)
- [Donation](https://dlmm.library.jhu.edu/project-history-and-information/donation/)
- [Terms, Conditions and Privacy Policy](https://dlmm.library.jhu.edu/project-history-and-information/terms-conditions-and-privacy-policy/)

The 2017 version of the [*Roman de la Rose* Digital Library](/en/romandelarose/) and the [Christine de Pizan Digital Scriptorium](/en/christine-de-pizan-digital-scriptorium/) employs an [International Image Interoperability Framework (IIIF) viewer](/viewer/). You can find details on how to work with it on the page “[How to Use the IIIF Viewer](/en/digital-library-of-medieval-manuscripts/how-to-use-the-iiif-viewer/).” The aim of the IIIF community is to make access to high-quality images from museum, archives, and libraries more accessible by providing a uniform framework with which all of those institutions can work and by which they can easily share and compare image data. As the [IIIF website](http://iiif.io/) explains, their goals are:

- To give scholars an unprecedented level of uniform and rich access to image-based resources hosted around the world.
- To define a set of common application programming interfaces that support interoperability between image repositories.
- To develop, cultivate and document shared technologies, such as image servers and web clients, that provide a world-class user experience in viewing, comparing, manipulating and annotating images.

Hence, the IIIF viewer was an ideal choice for the latest versions of the *Rose* Digital Library and the Christine de Pizan Digital Scriptorium, since it not only provides the user with a versatile platform on which to view high-resolution manuscript images, but it will enable us to be part of a community of institutions sharing the wealth of our data.

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