From 8007da9cbd152e2ee1db7fba00fb8ab597a68831 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Marsa Haoua <marsa.haoua@tu-berlin.de>
Date: Fri, 24 Apr 2026 16:41:48 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Fix #12303: Evaluating IIIF metadata values
 dspace.iiif.enabled and iiif.search.enabled correctly

---
 src/app/core/utilities/item-iiif-utils.ts | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/app/core/utilities/item-iiif-utils.ts b/src/app/core/utilities/item-iiif-utils.ts
index ec96fec3de2..6b684f0e07d 100644
--- a/src/app/core/utilities/item-iiif-utils.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/utilities/item-iiif-utils.ts
@@ -13,12 +13,12 @@ import { RouteService } from '../services/route.service';
 import { Item } from '../shared/item.model';
 
 export const isIiifEnabled = (item: Item) => {
-  return !!item.firstMetadataValue('dspace.iiif.enabled');
+  return String(item.firstMetadataValue('dspace.iiif.enabled')?.valueOf?.() || '').trim().toLowerCase() === 'true';
 
 };
 
 export const isIiifSearchEnabled = (item: Item) => {
-  return !!item.firstMetadataValue('iiif.search.enabled');
+  return String(item.firstMetadataValue('iiif.search.enabled')?.valueOf?.() || '').trim().toLowerCase() === 'true';
 
 };