# DIAL.pr (BOREAL) -- DSpace-CRIS REST API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/uclouvain/dial-pr-rest/  
**Provider:** UCLouvain — https://apis.io/providers/uclouvain/  
**Base URL:** https://research.dial.uclouvain.be/server/api  
**Documentation:** https://research.dial.uclouvain.be/home

DIAL.pr (BOREAL) -- DSpace-CRIS REST API is one of 9 APIs that [UCLouvain](https://apis.io/providers/uclouvain/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network. Tagged areas include Institutional Repository, Research Publications, DSpace, Open Access, and Library. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes API documentation.

DIAL.pr, branded BOREAL, is UCLouvain's institutional repository for the research publications of its professors and staff. It runs DSpace-CRIS 8.1 (cris-2025.01.00) on the UCLouvain host research.dial.uclouvain.be and exposes the DSpace HAL+JSON REST API at /server/api, including a live ORCID integration and a 591-field metadata registry. The repository and its content are UCLouvain's; the REST contract is DSpace-CRIS's, so this is recorded as a tenant deployment. The previously catalogued host dial.uclouvain.be no longer answers -- DIAL has migrated here.

## Machine-readable artifacts (2)

- **Documentation** — https://github.com/DSpace/RestContract
- **Website** — https://www.uclouvain.be/en/university-libraries/dial.pr

## Other UCLouvain APIs (8)

- [Orthanc API](https://apis.io/apis/uclouvain/orthanc-api/)
- [Open Data @ UCLouvain -- Dataverse deployment (Native + Search API)](https://apis.io/apis/uclouvain/dataverse-native-api/)
- [Open Data @ UCLouvain Dataverse OAI-PMH](https://apis.io/apis/uclouvain/dataverse-oai/)
- [DIAL.pr OAI-PMH](https://apis.io/apis/uclouvain/dial-pr-oai/)
- [DIAL.mem -- DSpace-CRIS REST API](https://apis.io/apis/uclouvain/dial-mem-rest/)
- [DIAL.mem OAI-PMH](https://apis.io/apis/uclouvain/dial-mem-oai/)
- [OER-UCLouvain OAI-PMH](https://apis.io/apis/uclouvain/oer-oai/)
- [UCLouvain Shibboleth Identity Provider -- SAML 2.0 metadata](https://apis.io/apis/uclouvain/identity-federation/)

## Tags

Institutional Repository, Research Publications, DSpace, Open Access, Library, Belgium

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