Introducing djatoka: A Reuse Friendly, Open Source JPEG 2000 Image Server

摘要

TheISO-standardizedJPEG2000imageformathasstartedtoattractsignificantattention.Supportfortheformatisemerginginmajorconsumerapplications,andtheculturalheritagecommunityseriouslyconsidersitaviableformatfordigitalpreservation.Sofar,onlycommercialimageserverswithJPEG2000supporthavebeenavailable.Theycomewithsignificantlicensefeesandtypicallyprovidethecustomerswithlimitedextensibilitycapabilities.Here,weintroducedjatoka,anopensourceJPEG2000imageserverwithanattractivebasicfeatureset,andextensibilityundercontrolofthecommunityofimplementers.Wedescribedjatoka,andpointatdemonstrationsthatfeaturedigitizedimagesofmarveloushistoricalmanuscriptsfromthecollectionsoftheBritishLibraryandtheUniversityofGhent.Wealsocalluponthecommunitytoengageinfurtherdevelopmentofdjatoka.