University of Melbourne Core API

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: University of Melbourne — Minerva Access Repository REST Core API
  version: DSpace 7.6
  description: 'Read surface of Minerva Access, the University of Melbourne Library''s institutional repository. The deployment is DSpace 7.6, self-hosted on the University''s own infrastructure — the service advertises itself as `https://rest.mars-prod.its.unimelb.edu.au/server` (its.unimelb.edu.au = University of Melbourne Information Technology Services) and the OAI-PMH Identify response names `jupiter.its.unimelb.edu.au` as the repository identifier with `repository-admin@unimelb.edu.au` as admin contact.

    OPERATOR NOTE. DSpace is open-source software (LYRASIS), not a hosted vendor platform, and this instance runs on University hardware under a University hostname, so the operator is the institution. That is a different finding from `melbourne.figshare.com`, which is a Figshare tenancy and is recorded in apis.yml as `x-operator: tenant` with no contract saved here.

    This document was DERIVED from live probes on 2026-08-19. The University does not publish an OpenAPI description of this API. Only endpoints that returned HTTP 200 on that date are described here; DSpace 7.6 exposes roughly 60 further HAL link relations from its root document, which are listed in `lifecycle/` rather than invented into paths.'
  contact:
    name: Minerva Access repository administration
    email: repository-admin@unimelb.edu.au
    url: https://minerva-access.unimelb.edu.au/
  x-operator: institution
  x-software: DSpace 7.6 (LYRASIS, BSD)
  x-provenance:
    generated: '2026-08-19'
    method: derived
    source: Live probes of https://minerva-access.unimelb.edu.au/server/api , /server/api/core/communities?size=2 and /server/api/core/communities/00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000 on 2026-08-19.
servers:
- url: https://minerva-access.unimelb.edu.au/server/api
  description: Public hostname
- url: https://rest.mars-prod.its.unimelb.edu.au/server/api
  description: Origin hostname the service advertises for itself in its own root document (dspaceServer). Also verified 200 on 2026-08-19.
tags:
- name: Core
  description: Repository content hierarchy
paths:
  /core/communities:
    get:
      tags:
      - Core
      summary: List communities
      description: 'Page through the repository''s top-level communities. Verified 200 with `page.totalElements: 223` on 2026-08-19. No authentication required for public content.'
      operationId: listCommunities
      parameters:
      - name: page
        in: query
        required: false
        schema:
          type: integer
          minimum: 0
          default: 0
      - name: size
        in: query
        required: false
        schema:
          type: integer
          minimum: 1
          default: 20
      responses:
        '200':
          description: A page of communities
          content:
            application/hal+json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/CommunityPage'
  /core/communities/{uuid}:
    get:
      tags:
      - Core
      summary: Retrieve one community
      description: Retrieve a community by UUID. The 404 shape below was verified against an all-zero UUID on 2026-08-19; it is a Spring Boot error envelope, not RFC 9457 Problem Details.
      operationId: getCommunity
      parameters:
      - name: uuid
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
          format: uuid
      responses:
        '200':
          description: One community
          content:
            application/hal+json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Community'
        '404':
          description: Not found
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
              example:
                timestamp: '2026-08-19T21:33:06.523+00:00'
                status: 404
                error: Not Found
                message: An exception has occurred
                path: /server/api/core/communities/00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000
components:
  schemas:
    Community:
      type: object
      properties:
        id:
          type: string
          format: uuid
        uuid:
          type: string
          format: uuid
        name:
          type: string
        handle:
          type: string
          description: Handle System identifier under the 11343 prefix
          example: 11343/274323
        archivedItemsCount:
          type: integer
        type:
          type: string
          example: community
        metadata:
          type: object
          description: Dublin Core metadata map, keyed by qualified DC field
          additionalProperties:
            type: array
            items:
              type: object
              properties:
                value:
                  type: string
                language:
                  type:
                  - string
                  - 'null'
                authority:
                  type:
                  - string
                  - 'null'
                confidence:
                  type: integer
                place:
                  type: integer
        _links:
          type: object
          additionalProperties:
            type: object
            properties:
              href:
                type: string
                format: uri
    Error:
      type: object
      description: Spring Boot error envelope (not RFC 9457 Problem Details)
      properties:
        timestamp:
          type: string
          format: date-time
        status:
          type: integer
        error:
          type: string
        message:
          type: string
        path:
          type: string
    Page:
      type: object
      properties:
        size:
          type: integer
          example: 2
        totalElements:
          type: integer
          example: 223
        totalPages:
          type: integer
          example: 112
        number:
          type: integer
          example: 0
    CommunityPage:
      type: object
      properties:
        _embedded:
          type: object
          properties:
            communities:
              type: array
              items:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Community'
        page:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/Page'
        _links:
          type: object
          additionalProperties:
            type: object
            properties:
              href:
                type: string
                format: uri