University of Helsinki

Helda OAI-PMH Metadata Interface

OAI-PMH 2.0 harvesting endpoint for Helda. Identify returns repositoryName "Helda" with an earliest datestamp of 1976-05-13, and ListMetadataFormats returns fourteen prefixes — oai_dc, qdc, qdc_helda, qdc_finna, dim, xoai, mods, mets, didl, ore, rdf, marc, etdms and rioxx. Anonymous by protocol design and the single most agent-reachable surface the University runs.

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Documentation
https://helda.helsinki.fi/server/oai/request?verb=Identify

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Conformance
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/university-of-helsinki/refs/heads/main/conformance/university-of-helsinki-conformance.yml

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API entry from apis.yml

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: university-of-helsinki:helda-oai
name: Helda OAI-PMH Metadata Interface
description: OAI-PMH 2.0 harvesting endpoint for Helda. Identify returns repositoryName "Helda" with an
  earliest datestamp of 1976-05-13, and ListMetadataFormats returns fourteen prefixes — oai_dc, qdc, qdc_helda,
  qdc_finna, dim, xoai, mods, mets, didl, ore, rdf, marc, etdms and rioxx. Anonymous by protocol design
  and the single most agent-reachable surface the University runs.
humanURL: https://helda.helsinki.fi/
baseURL: https://helda.helsinki.fi/server/oai/request
x-operator: institution
tags:
- OAI-PMH
- Metadata
- Harvesting
- Repository
- Open Access
- Dublin Core
properties:
- type: Documentation
  url: https://helda.helsinki.fi/server/oai/request?verb=Identify
- type: Conformance
  url: conformance/university-of-helsinki-conformance.yml