# DataCite Membership — Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/karlsruhe-institute-of-technology/datacite-member/  
**Provider:** Karlsruhe Institute of Technology — https://apis.io/providers/karlsruhe-institute-of-technology/  
**Base URL:** https://api.datacite.org/providers/kit  
**Documentation:** https://api.datacite.org/providers/kit

DataCite Membership — Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) is one of 9 APIs that [Karlsruhe Institute of Technology](https://apis.io/providers/karlsruhe-institute-of-technology/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network. Tagged areas include DataCite, DOI, Persistent Identifiers, Registry, and Research Data.

KIT is a DataCite direct member, registering DOIs for its own research output rather than through a consortium proxy. Verified 2026-09-01 at https://api.datacite.org/providers/kit (200): id "kit", symbol KIT, name "Karlsruhe Institute of Technology", memberType direct_member, country DE, rorId https://ror.org/04t3en479, member since 2020-12-15. The RADAR4KIT repository is registered as DataCite client TIB.KIT4RADAR pointing at https://radar.kit.edu/. KITopen's OAI-PMH provider serves the oai_datacite metadata prefix, so the DataCite schema is declared inside a contract KIT operates rather than only claimed in prose. This is a MEMBERSHIP — a fact about KIT — not a KIT-operated API; DataCite's contract is DataCite's and is not saved here.

## Machine-readable artifacts (2)

- **BaseURL** — https://api.datacite.org/providers/kit
- **x-datacite-client** — https://api.datacite.org/clients/tib.kit4radar

## Other Karlsruhe Institute of Technology APIs (8)

- [KITopen OAI-PMH Interface](https://apis.io/apis/karlsruhe-institute-of-technology/kitopen-oai/)
- [KIT Library Catalogue REST API (self-hosted Koha)](https://apis.io/apis/karlsruhe-institute-of-technology/library-catalog-api/)
- [RADAR4KIT Research Data Repository (RADAR tenancy)](https://apis.io/apis/karlsruhe-institute-of-technology/radar4kit/)
- [DFN-AAI Identity Federation — KIT Shibboleth Identity Provider](https://apis.io/apis/karlsruhe-institute-of-technology/shibboleth-idp/)
- [KIT OpenID Connect Provider (SCC Keycloak realm)](https://apis.io/apis/karlsruhe-institute-of-technology/scc-oidc/)
- [KI-Toolbox — KIT Generative AI Service (Open WebUI)](https://apis.io/apis/karlsruhe-institute-of-technology/ki-toolbox/)
- [Crossref Membership — KIT Library](https://apis.io/apis/karlsruhe-institute-of-technology/crossref-member/)
- [ROR Registry Record — Karlsruhe Institute of Technology](https://apis.io/apis/karlsruhe-institute-of-technology/ror-record/)

## Tags

DataCite, DOI, Persistent Identifiers, Registry, Research Data

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