Keio University

KOARA OAI-PMH Metadata API

KOARA (KeiO Associated Repository of Academic resources) is Keio University's institutional repository, released in 2006 and running on the XooNips platform. It exposes a publicly accessible OAI-PMH 2.0 endpoint for harvesting metadata of its scholarly records (theses, articles, and other academic resources). The Identify response confirms protocol version 2.0 with second-level datestamp granularity.

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apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: keio:koara-oai-pmh
name: KOARA OAI-PMH Metadata API
description: KOARA (KeiO Associated Repository of Academic resources) is Keio University's institutional
  repository, released in 2006 and running on the XooNips platform. It exposes a publicly accessible OAI-PMH
  2.0 endpoint for harvesting metadata of its scholarly records (theses, articles, and other academic
  resources). The Identify response confirms protocol version 2.0 with second-level datestamp granularity.
humanURL: https://koara.lib.keio.ac.jp/doc/KOARA_About_en.htm
baseURL: https://koara.lib.keio.ac.jp/xoonips/modules/xoonips/oai.php
tags:
- OAI-PMH
- Institutional Repository
- Metadata
- Open Access
- Research
properties:
- type: Documentation
  url: https://koara.lib.keio.ac.jp/doc/KOARA_About_en.htm