University of Reading

Research Data Archive OAI-PMH Metadata API

OAI-PMH metadata harvesting interface for the University of Reading Research Data Archive (EPrints), a multidisciplinary service for the registration, preservation, and publication of research datasets produced at the university. The Identify endpoint resolves live (HTTP 200).

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Documentation
https://researchdata.reading.ac.uk/

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API
https://researchdata.reading.ac.uk/cgi/oai2?verb=Identify

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API entry from apis.yml

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: university-of-reading:research-data-archive-oai-pmh
name: Research Data Archive OAI-PMH Metadata API
description: OAI-PMH metadata harvesting interface for the University of Reading Research Data Archive
  (EPrints), a multidisciplinary service for the registration, preservation, and publication of research
  datasets produced at the university. The Identify endpoint resolves live (HTTP 200).
humanURL: https://researchdata.reading.ac.uk/
baseURL: https://researchdata.reading.ac.uk/cgi/oai2
tags:
- Repository
- OAI-PMH
- Research Data
- Open Data
- Metadata
- EPrints
properties:
- type: Documentation
  url: https://researchdata.reading.ac.uk/
- type: API
  url: https://researchdata.reading.ac.uk/cgi/oai2?verb=Identify