University of St Andrews

St Andrews Research Repository OAI-PMH

OAI-PMH endpoint for the DSpace-based St Andrews Research Repository, the institution's open-access repository of theses, articles, and other research outputs. Supports metadata harvesting via standard verbs and formats (e.g. oai_dc, mods, xoai) and set-based selective harvesting.

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https://research-repository.st-andrews.ac.uk/

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apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: university-of-st-andrews:repository-oai
name: St Andrews Research Repository OAI-PMH
description: OAI-PMH endpoint for the DSpace-based St Andrews Research Repository, the institution's open-access
  repository of theses, articles, and other research outputs. Supports metadata harvesting via standard
  verbs and formats (e.g. oai_dc, mods, xoai) and set-based selective harvesting.
humanURL: https://research-repository.st-andrews.ac.uk/
baseURL: https://research-repository.st-andrews.ac.uk/dspace-oai/request
tags:
- Research
- Repository
- DSpace
- Metadata
- OAI-PMH
- Open Access
properties:
- type: Documentation
  url: https://research-repository.st-andrews.ac.uk/