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University of Melbourne Discovery API

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: University Of Melbourne Discovery API
  x-operator: institution
  x-refined-note:
  - x-provenance differs across the merged source definitions and was not carried
  - x-software differs across the merged source definitions and was not carried
  version: '1.0'
  description: 'Operations tagged Discovery across 2 of this provider''s published API definitions: university-of-melbourne-minerva-access-dspace-openapi.yml, university-of-melbourne-sudo-geonode-openapi.yml. Each path carries the servers of the definition it was published in.'
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.
- url: https://sudo.eresearch.unimelb.edu.au/api/v2
  description: Production hostname (see TLS defect in info.description)
tags:
- name: Discovery
  description: HAL root document
paths:
  /:
    get:
      tags:
      - Discovery
      summary: HAL root document
      description: Returns the DSpace root resource — deployment identity plus a HAL `_links` map of every available endpoint. Verified 200 `application/hal+json`, 10,434 bytes, on 2026-08-19.
      operationId: getRoot
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Root resource
          content:
            application/hal+json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Root'
              example:
                dspaceUI: https://rest.mars-prod.its.unimelb.edu.au
                dspaceName: The University of Melbourne Library Digital Repository
                dspaceServer: https://rest.mars-prod.its.unimelb.edu.au/server
                dspaceVersion: DSpace 7.6
                type: root
    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.
components:
  schemas:
    Root:
      type: object
      required:
      - dspaceName
      - dspaceServer
      - dspaceVersion
      - type
      properties:
        dspaceUI:
          type: string
          format: uri
        dspaceName:
          type: string
        dspaceServer:
          type: string
          format: uri
        dspaceVersion:
          type: string
          example: DSpace 7.6
        type:
          type: string
          example: root
        _links:
          type: object
          description: HAL link map; ~60 relations observed on 2026-08-19
          additionalProperties:
            type: object
            properties:
              href:
                type: string
                format: uri
x-refined-from:
- university-of-melbourne-minerva-access-dspace-openapi.yml
- university-of-melbourne-sudo-geonode-openapi.yml

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