University of Bath

Research Data Archive OAI-PMH

OAI-PMH 2.0 metadata harvesting interface for the University of Bath Research Data Archive, an EPrints 3.4.7 repository the University runs on its own infrastructure (researchdata.bath.ac.uk resolves through researchdata-1.bath.ac.uk to 138.38.44.144, inside Bath's own address space). Confirmed live 2026-08-30: Identify returns repositoryName "University of Bath Research Data Archive", adminEmail research-data@bath.ac.uk, earliest datestamp 2022-03-21. Seven metadata prefixes are advertised — didl, mets, oai_bibl, oai_datacite, oai_dc, rdf, uketd_dc. This is the one surface in this repo whose contract and operation are both the institution's.

GitHub

Documentation

📖
Documentation
https://researchdata.bath.ac.uk/

Other Resources

🔗
Conformance
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/university-of-bath/refs/heads/main/conformance/university-of-bath-conformance.yml
🔗
APIsJSON
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/university-of-bath/refs/heads/main/apis.yml

Work with this as data

Every API here is available over the APIs.io API and to AI agents over MCP.

MCP server

One button, every client — Claude, Cursor, VS Code and the rest.

https://apis.io/mcp

Tools for apis

7 MCP tools reach this
  • find_apisBrowse and filter every API in the catalog.
  • get_api_artifactsOne API's artifacts, grouped by type.
  • get_openapiThe primary OpenAPI for this API.
  • find_similar_apisAPIs that look like this one.
  • apis_io_searchSTART HERE — APIs, providers and tags for one query, each with its total.
  • resolveTurn a domain, URL or GitHub org into the provider it belongs to.
  • find_cohortsEvery scored population of providers in the catalog.
All 92 tools →

Call it yourself

curl for this page
This API 
curl "https://apis.io/api/v1/apis/researchdata-oai"
All apis 
curl "https://apis.io/api/v1/apis?limit=25"

Discovery needs no key. Ratings and market analysis are Pro.

Get an API key

Free tier, no form to fill in. Signing in shares your email address with us — we store it to create your key and to recognise you if you sign in with another provider. See our Privacy Policy and Terms.

GitHub Google LinkedIn

A second provider on the same verified email joins the account you already have.

API entry from apis.yml

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: university-of-bath:researchdata-oai
name: Research Data Archive OAI-PMH
x-operator: institution
description: 'OAI-PMH 2.0 metadata harvesting interface for the University of Bath Research Data Archive,
  an EPrints 3.4.7 repository the University runs on its own infrastructure (researchdata.bath.ac.uk resolves
  through researchdata-1.bath.ac.uk to 138.38.44.144, inside Bath''s own address space). Confirmed live
  2026-08-30: Identify returns repositoryName "University of Bath Research Data Archive", adminEmail research-data@bath.ac.uk,
  earliest datestamp 2022-03-21. Seven metadata prefixes are advertised — didl, mets, oai_bibl, oai_datacite,
  oai_dc, rdf, uketd_dc. This is the one surface in this repo whose contract and operation are both the
  institution''s.'
humanURL: https://researchdata.bath.ac.uk/
baseURL: https://researchdata.bath.ac.uk/cgi/oai2
tags:
- Research Data
- Open Data
- OAI-PMH
- Repository
- EPrints
- DataCite
- ORCID
properties:
- type: Documentation
  url: https://researchdata.bath.ac.uk/
- type: Conformance
  url: conformance/university-of-bath-conformance.yml