National University of Colombia

National University of Colombia OAI-PMH API

OAI-PMH 2.0 metadata harvesting interface of the Repositorio Institucional UNAL, served from the university's own host. Twelve metadata prefixes (oai_dc, qdc, mods, mets, didl, dim, etdms, marc, ore, rdf, uketd_dc, xoai). The software underneath is DSpace 7.6.5, but OAI-PMH is an open protocol and the deployment, host, sets and content are UNAL's; verified live 2026-09-01 with verb=Identify (200).

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GET /oai/request OAI-PMH 2.0 request endpoint #

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: National University of Colombia - Institutional Repository OAI PMH API
  description: 'Machine-readable description of the publicly accessible, read-only surface of the Repositorio Institucional Universidad Nacional de Colombia, powered by DSpace 7.6.5. Two interfaces are documented: the DSpace REST API (HAL+JSON) and the OAI-PMH 2.0 metadata harvesting interface. Only endpoints confirmed to resolve anonymously during discovery are included. Endpoints that require authentication (e.g. /server/api/core/items) are intentionally omitted.'
  version: 7.6.5
  contact:
    name: Repositorio Institucional UNAL
    email: repositorio_nal@unal.edu.co
    url: https://repositorio.unal.edu.co/
  license:
    name: DSpace (BSD) software; content under individual item licenses
    url: https://github.com/DSpace/DSpace/blob/main/LICENSE
servers:
- url: https://bffrepositorio.unal.edu.co/server
  description: DSpace 7.6.5 backend (REST API and OAI-PMH), discovered via repositorio.unal.edu.co assets/config.json
tags:
- name: OAI-PMH
  description: OAI-PMH 2.0 metadata harvesting interface.
paths:
  /oai/request:
    get:
      tags:
      - OAI-PMH
      summary: OAI-PMH 2.0 request endpoint
      description: OAI-PMH 2.0 protocol endpoint. The verb parameter selects the operation. Returns XML conforming to the OAI-PMH schema. Confirmed live metadata prefixes include oai_dc, qdc, mods, mets, didl, dim, etdms, marc, ore, rdf, uketd_dc, and xoai.
      operationId: oaiRequest
      parameters:
      - name: verb
        in: query
        required: true
        description: The OAI-PMH protocol verb.
        schema:
          type: string
          enum:
          - Identify
          - ListMetadataFormats
          - ListSets
          - ListIdentifiers
          - ListRecords
          - GetRecord
      - name: metadataPrefix
        in: query
        description: Metadata format prefix (required for ListIdentifiers, ListRecords, GetRecord).
        schema:
          type: string
          enum:
          - oai_dc
          - qdc
          - mods
          - mets
          - didl
          - dim
          - etdms
          - marc
          - ore
          - rdf
          - uketd_dc
          - xoai
      - name: identifier
        in: query
        description: OAI identifier of a record (required for GetRecord), e.g. oai:repositorio.unal.edu.co:unal/76203.
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: set
        in: query
        description: setSpec to restrict harvesting, e.g. com_unal_1 or col_unal_82470.
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: from
        in: query
        description: Lower bound UTC datestamp (YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ssZ).
        schema:
          type: string
          format: date-time
      - name: until
        in: query
        description: Upper bound UTC datestamp (YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ssZ).
        schema:
          type: string
          format: date-time
      - name: resumptionToken
        in: query
        description: Token returned by a previous incomplete list response.
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: OAI-PMH XML response.
          content:
            text/xml:
              schema:
                type: string
                description: XML document conforming to http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/

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