# IRUA OAI-PMH Metadata API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/university-of-antwerp/irua-oai-pmh/  
**Provider:** University of Antwerp — https://apis.io/providers/university-of-antwerp/  
**Base URL:** https://repository.uantwerpen.be/oai/abua/  
**Documentation:** https://www.openarchives.org/OAI/openarchivesprotocol.html

IRUA OAI-PMH Metadata API is one of 2 APIs that [University of Antwerp](https://apis.io/providers/university-of-antwerp/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network. Tagged areas include Library, Institutional Repository, OAI-PMH, Metadata, and Open Data. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes API documentation.

Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting (OAI-PMH 2.0) interface for the Institutional Repository University of Antwerp (IRUA), exposing scholarly publication metadata for harvesting. Supports the standard OAI-PMH verbs (Identify, ListMetadataFormats, ListRecords, etc.). Verified live returning valid OAI-PMH XML with repository name "Institutional Repository University of Antwerp (IRUA)".

## Machine-readable artifacts (2)

- **Documentation** — https://www.openarchives.org/OAI/openarchivesprotocol.html
- **APIsJSON** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/university-of-antwerp/refs/heads/main/apis.yml

## Other University of Antwerp APIs (1)

- [Brocade Library Services (Anet)](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-antwerp/brocade/)

## Tags

Library, Institutional Repository, OAI-PMH, Metadata, Open Data, Research

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