Ohio State University

Knowledge Bank OAI-PMH Interface

OAI-PMH 2.0 metadata harvesting endpoint for the Knowledge Bank institutional repository, supporting the standard verbs over Dublin Core and other formats. Verified live 2026-09-01: repositoryName "The Knowledge Bank", protocolVersion 2.0, adminEmail libkbhelp@lists.osu.edu, earliestDatestamp 2003-07-11. The harvestable metadata is Ohio State's; the protocol implementation is DSpace's.

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Documentation
https://library.osu.edu/kb/faqs

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Conformance
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/ohio-state-university/refs/heads/main/conformance/ohio-state-university-conformance.yml

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API entry from apis.yml

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: ohio-state-university:kb-oai
name: Knowledge Bank OAI-PMH Interface
x-operator: tenant
x-operator-basis: CNAME — kb.osu.edu resolves to osu-prod.cname.atmire.com. Same tenancy as the DSpace
  REST API above; the OAI-PMH implementation ships with DSpace.
description: 'OAI-PMH 2.0 metadata harvesting endpoint for the Knowledge Bank institutional repository,
  supporting the standard verbs over Dublin Core and other formats. Verified live 2026-09-01: repositoryName
  "The Knowledge Bank", protocolVersion 2.0, adminEmail libkbhelp@lists.osu.edu, earliestDatestamp 2003-07-11.
  The harvestable metadata is Ohio State''s; the protocol implementation is DSpace''s.'
humanURL: https://library.osu.edu/kb/faqs
baseURL: https://kb.osu.edu/server/oai/request
tags:
- Library
- Institutional Repository
- OAI-PMH
- Metadata
- Open Access
properties:
- type: Documentation
  url: https://library.osu.edu/kb/faqs
- type: Conformance
  url: conformance/ohio-state-university-conformance.yml