# Minerva Access Repository REST API (DSpace 7.6)

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/university-of-melbourne/minerva-access-rest/  
**Provider:** University of Melbourne — https://apis.io/providers/university-of-melbourne/  
**Base URL:** https://minerva-access.unimelb.edu.au/server/api  
**Documentation:** https://minerva-access.unimelb.edu.au/

Minerva Access Repository REST API (DSpace 7.6) is one of 8 APIs that [University of Melbourne](https://apis.io/providers/university-of-melbourne/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification. This API exposes 1 JSON Schema definition. Tagged areas include Research Repository, Library, DSpace, Metadata, and Open Access. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification and 1 JSON Schema.

HAL+JSON REST API of Minerva Access, the University of Melbourne Library Digital Repository. Self-hosted DSpace 7.6 on the University's own infrastructure — the service advertises itself as rest.mars-prod.its.unimelb.edu.au and names repository-admin@unimelb.edu.au as its contact. Verified live 2026-08-19: the root document returned 200 application/hal+json with ~60 link relations, and /core/communities?size=2 returned 200 across 223 communities. Public content requires no authentication. Errors are a Spring Boot envelope, not RFC 9457. DSpace is open-source software, not a hosted platform, so the operator here is the institution — unlike melbourne.figshare.com below.

## Machine-readable artifacts (3)

- **OpenAPI** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/university-of-melbourne/refs/heads/main/openapi/university-of-melbourne-minerva-access-dspace-openapi.yml
- **JSONSchema** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/university-of-melbourne/refs/heads/main/json-schema/university-of-melbourne-minerva-access-community.json
- **Examples** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/university-of-melbourne/refs/heads/main/examples/university-of-melbourne-minerva-access-communities-example.json

## Other University of Melbourne APIs (7)

- [Spatial Urban Data Observatory (SUDO) API](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-melbourne/sudo-spatial-urban-data-observatory/)
- [Minerva Access OAI-PMH 2.0 Endpoint](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-melbourne/minerva-access-oai-pmh/)
- [Shibboleth Identity Provider — SAML 2.0 Metadata](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-melbourne/shibboleth-identity-provider/)
- [Melbourne Data — Research Data Repository (Figshare tenancy)](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-melbourne/melbourne-data-figshare/)
- [Open Spatial Data Portal (Esri ArcGIS Hub tenancy)](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-melbourne/spatial-open-data-arcgis-hub/)
- [University SSO — OpenID Connect Discovery (Okta tenancy)](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-melbourne/sso-okta/)
- [Internal API Management Programme (Boomi tenancy) — Gated](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-melbourne/boomi-internal-api-portal/)

## Tags

Research Repository, Library, DSpace, Metadata, Open Access

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