Qatar University

QSpace OAI-PMH Metadata Endpoint

Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting (OAI-PMH 2.0) endpoint for QSpace, the Qatar University institutional repository (DSpace 7.6). Supports the standard Identify, ListRecords, ListSets, ListMetadataFormats, GetRecord, and ListIdentifiers verbs for harvesting repository metadata (Dublin Core and other formats). Verified live with repositoryName "Qspace" and protocolVersion 2.0.

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apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: qatar:qspace-oai
name: QSpace OAI-PMH Metadata Endpoint
description: Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting (OAI-PMH 2.0) endpoint for QSpace,
  the Qatar University institutional repository (DSpace 7.6). Supports the standard Identify, ListRecords,
  ListSets, ListMetadataFormats, GetRecord, and ListIdentifiers verbs for harvesting repository metadata
  (Dublin Core and other formats). Verified live with repositoryName "Qspace" and protocolVersion 2.0.
humanURL: https://libguides.qu.edu.qa/quir
baseURL: https://qspace.qu.edu.qa/server/oai/request
tags:
- OAI-PMH
- Metadata
- Institutional Repository
- DSpace
- Open Access
- Research
properties:
- type: Documentation
  url: https://libguides.qu.edu.qa/quir