University of Cambridge

Apollo OAI-PMH metadata harvesting endpoint

OAI-PMH 2.0 harvesting interface for Apollo, the University's institutional repository, served from Cambridge's own host. Identify returns repositoryName "Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository", repositoryIdentifier www.repository.cam.ac.uk, adminEmail support@repository.cam.ac.uk and an earliestDatestamp of 1959-01-01. ListMetadataFormats advertises eleven prefixes — oai_dc, qdc, mods, mets, marc, didl, ore, rdf, etdms, uketd_dc and rioxx (RIOXX v3.0, the UK research-funder metadata profile) — and ListSets returns 100+ sets. Records carry DataCite DOIs under the 10.17863/CAM prefix. The repository software is DSpace, but the deployment, the host and the metadata are the institution's.

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https://www.openresearch.cam.ac.uk/

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https://api.repository.cam.ac.uk/server/oai/request?verb=Identify
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x-conformance
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/university-of-cambridge/refs/heads/main/conformance/university-of-cambridge-education-standards.yml

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apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: university-of-cambridge:apollo-oai-pmh
x-operator: institution
name: Apollo OAI-PMH metadata harvesting endpoint
description: OAI-PMH 2.0 harvesting interface for Apollo, the University's institutional repository, served
  from Cambridge's own host. Identify returns repositoryName "Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository",
  repositoryIdentifier www.repository.cam.ac.uk, adminEmail support@repository.cam.ac.uk and an earliestDatestamp
  of 1959-01-01. ListMetadataFormats advertises eleven prefixes — oai_dc, qdc, mods, mets, marc, didl,
  ore, rdf, etdms, uketd_dc and rioxx (RIOXX v3.0, the UK research-funder metadata profile) — and ListSets
  returns 100+ sets. Records carry DataCite DOIs under the 10.17863/CAM prefix. The repository software
  is DSpace, but the deployment, the host and the metadata are the institution's.
humanURL: https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/
baseURL: https://api.repository.cam.ac.uk/server/oai/request
tags:
- OAI-PMH
- Research Repository
- Open Access
- Metadata Harvesting
- DSpace
properties:
- type: x-oai-pmh
  url: https://api.repository.cam.ac.uk/server/oai/request?verb=Identify
- type: Documentation
  url: https://www.openresearch.cam.ac.uk/
- type: x-conformance
  url: conformance/university-of-cambridge-education-standards.yml