Support the specific OpenRefine/SDC upload workflow from a IIIF endpoint about commonsextension

[trnstlntk]

I have deliberately made this issue rather vague; feel free to edit.

Re: timeline:
Support for IIIF endpoints was not included in the deliverables for the Wikimedia Foundation grant for SDC features for OpenRefine (since we are really only working on the very basics there), and we will absolutely not have time to develop specific features (second approach above). I'm not even sure if we will manage to document the approach well. However, I have been aware of this use case since the start, am keen to at least understand this use case better (asap, if we can squeeze it in), and support this as we hopefully continue working on SDC support after our current grant ends 😀.

Re: funding:
Perhaps, after October 2022, we can do a bit of crowdfunding if there is significant interest from the IIIF community in this? Or this can be part of a WMF followup grant? And/or who knows, maybe there can be some IIIF/OpenRefine developer community overlap here?

Re: what we can maybe already do now:
@lozanaross I am aware that you are also interacting with end users who have IIIF endpoints. Is it feasible for you to squeeze in a bit of time to look at this specific use case (and let me join that investigation)? Totally OK if not, considering our current time constraints 😇

[lozanaross]

Thanks @trnstlntk , this is a good description of the options so far - one of the participants in the Ghent workshop expressed real interest in this (even emailed me afterwards), so I can connect with her and get some sample manifests. Indeed, I think investigating this sooner than later will be good, so we can see if we can at least include it in our documentation deliverables (to be done in August / Sept.).

Regarding funding, I also see this as a good candidate for follow-up NFDI funding - we are allowed to go for same amount as this year again next year (or event double the amount).