University of Cambridge

Apollo Institutional Repository API (DSpace)

Cambridge's open-access research repository (Apollo) on the DSpace platform, exposing OAI-PMH metadata harvesting and a DSpace REST API. Managed by Cambridge University Library Open Research Systems.

GitHub

Documentation

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Documentation
https://www.re3data.org/repository/r3d100010620
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APIReference
https://api.repository.cam.ac.uk/server/api

Other Resources

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Website
https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/
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x-oai-pmh
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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API entry from apis.yml

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: university-of-cambridge:apollo
x-operator: institution
name: Apollo Institutional Repository API (DSpace)
description: Cambridge's open-access research repository (Apollo) on the DSpace platform, exposing OAI-PMH
  metadata harvesting and a DSpace REST API. Managed by Cambridge University Library Open Research Systems.
humanURL: https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/
baseURL: https://api.repository.cam.ac.uk/server/
tags:
- Repository
- Open Access
- DSpace
- OAI-PMH
properties:
- type: Documentation
  url: https://www.re3data.org/repository/r3d100010620
- type: Website
  url: https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/
- type: x-oai-pmh
  url: https://api.repository.cam.ac.uk/server/oai/request?verb=Identify
- type: APIReference
  url: https://api.repository.cam.ac.uk/server/api
- type: x-conformance
  url: conformance/university-of-cambridge-education-standards.yml