# Research Data Archive OAI-PMH Metadata API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/university-of-reading/research-data-archive-oai-pmh/  
**Provider:** University of Reading — https://apis.io/providers/university-of-reading/  
**Base URL:** https://researchdata.reading.ac.uk/cgi/oai2  
**Documentation:** https://researchdata.reading.ac.uk/

Research Data Archive OAI-PMH Metadata API is one of 2 APIs that [University of Reading](https://apis.io/providers/university-of-reading/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network. Tagged areas include Repository, OAI-PMH, Research Data, Open Data, and Metadata. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes API documentation.

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).

## Machine-readable artifacts (2)

- **Documentation** — https://researchdata.reading.ac.uk/
- **API** — https://researchdata.reading.ac.uk/cgi/oai2?verb=Identify

## Other University of Reading APIs (1)

- [CentAUR OAI-PMH Metadata API](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-reading/centaur-oai-pmh/)

## Tags

Repository, OAI-PMH, Research Data, Open Data, Metadata, EPrints

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