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1 # digilib features
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3 * **client-server architecture**: all the "heavy lifting" is done on the
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4 server, the client only displays the image.
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6 * **low bandwidth**: you can work with very high resolution images even on
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7 low bandwidth connections because only the visible part of the image is
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8 transferred.
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10 * **image manipulation**: images can be zoomed, rotated, mirrored, their
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11 contrast and brightness or color balance can be changed on the fly without
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12 changing the original image.
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14 * **referenceable views**: every view, including all image manipulations can
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15 be saved as a URL and put in an email or electronic document and recreated
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16 at any time in any browser.
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18 * **client-side annotations**: you can put points or rectangular marks on
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19 any image as annotations that can be saved and recreated as a URL.
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21 * **server-side annotations**: you can also put points or rectangular marks
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22 on an image with some annotation text that is shared through an annotation
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23 server.
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25 * **multiple image formats**: you can use many image formats on the server
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26 so you don't have to create a different image format for online display (TIFF,
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27 JPG, PNG, GIF, JPEG2000, and more depending on Java ImageIO support).
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29 * **IIIF image API**: the digilib server provides [IIIF](http://iiif.io)
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30 image API (V2.0) compliant access to your images besides the digilib native server API.
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32 * **OpenId Connect authentication**: the digilib server can use authentication
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33 information from an [OpenId Connect](http://openid.net/) identity server.
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34 See the [authorization](auth.html) documentation.
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36 * **plugins**: there are several Digilib plugins written in Javascript to add functionality to the client side, making use of jQuery features. See the [plugins](plugins.html) documentation.
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38 * **digilib client API**: modify the settings, write Javascript functions or provide your own Digilib plugins and event handlers.