University of Maryland College Park

UMD Libraries Audio/Video Collections OAI-PMH and OpenSearch

The Libraries' Avalon Media System deployment for audio and video collections, with an OAI-PMH 2.0 endpoint (repositoryName "UMD Libraries", adminEmail lib-dpi@umd.edu), an OpenSearch 1.1 descriptor, and a JSON:API-shaped catalog endpoint returning paginated MediaObject records. All keyless.

GitHub

Documentation

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Documentation
https://opendata.lib.umd.edu/services/digital-collections-av/
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APIReference
https://api.av.lib.umd.edu/oai/api?verb=Identify

Other Resources

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OpenSearch
https://av.lib.umd.edu/catalog/opensearch.xml
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Website
https://av.lib.umd.edu/catalog.json
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GitHub
https://github.com/umd-lib/avalon

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API entry from apis.yml

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: university-of-maryland-college-park:av-collections-oai
name: UMD Libraries Audio/Video Collections OAI-PMH and OpenSearch
description: The Libraries' Avalon Media System deployment for audio and video collections, with an OAI-PMH
  2.0 endpoint (repositoryName "UMD Libraries", adminEmail lib-dpi@umd.edu), an OpenSearch 1.1 descriptor,
  and a JSON:API-shaped catalog endpoint returning paginated MediaObject records. All keyless.
humanURL: https://opendata.lib.umd.edu/services/digital-collections-av/
baseURL: https://api.av.lib.umd.edu/oai/api
x-operator: institution
x-operator-evidence: Hosts under umd.edu; Identify names UMD Libraries and a umd.edu contact. Avalon is
  community open-source software but this deployment is the institution's.
tags:
- Digital Collections
- Audio Video
- OAI-PMH
- OpenSearch
- Library
properties:
- type: Documentation
  url: https://opendata.lib.umd.edu/services/digital-collections-av/
- type: APIReference
  url: https://api.av.lib.umd.edu/oai/api?verb=Identify
- type: OpenSearch
  url: https://av.lib.umd.edu/catalog/opensearch.xml
- type: Website
  url: https://av.lib.umd.edu/catalog.json
- type: GitHub
  url: https://github.com/umd-lib/avalon