University of Vienna

u:cris Research Information System (Elsevier Pure)

u:cris is the University of Vienna's research information system. It runs Elsevier Pure and says so in its own OAI-PMH Identify response: 'This service is based on Pure.' The Pure Web Service is live at /ws/api (an api-docs page titled 'Pure API' returns 200 at /ws/api/524/api-docs) and the OAI-PMH endpoint at /ws/oai returns a valid Identify - repositoryName 'u:cris - University of Vienna', adminEmail ucris@univie.ac.at, earliest datestamp 2013-09-07, OpenAIRE CERIF 1.2 compatible, metadata formats oai_cerif_openaire/mods/nl_didl/oai_dc/qdc/xmetadiss. Recorded as a TENANT relationship: the data and the DOIs are Vienna's, the contract is Elsevier's. Pure's generic specification is deliberately NOT saved under this institution.

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Documentation

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Documentation
https://ucris.univie.ac.at/ws/api/524/api-docs

Other Resources

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x-oai-pmh
https://ucris.univie.ac.at/ws/oai?verb=Identify
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Website
https://ucris.univie.ac.at/

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apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: university-of-vienna:ucris-pure
name: u:cris Research Information System (Elsevier Pure)
description: 'u:cris is the University of Vienna''s research information system. It runs Elsevier Pure
  and says so in its own OAI-PMH Identify response: ''This service is based on Pure.'' The Pure Web Service
  is live at /ws/api (an api-docs page titled ''Pure API'' returns 200 at /ws/api/524/api-docs) and the
  OAI-PMH endpoint at /ws/oai returns a valid Identify - repositoryName ''u:cris - University of Vienna'',
  adminEmail ucris@univie.ac.at, earliest datestamp 2013-09-07, OpenAIRE CERIF 1.2 compatible, metadata
  formats oai_cerif_openaire/mods/nl_didl/oai_dc/qdc/xmetadiss. Recorded as a TENANT relationship: the
  data and the DOIs are Vienna''s, the contract is Elsevier''s. Pure''s generic specification is deliberately
  NOT saved under this institution.'
humanURL: https://ucris.univie.ac.at/
baseURL: https://ucris.univie.ac.at/ws/oai
tags:
- Research Information
- CRIS
- OAI-PMH
- Elsevier Pure
- Tenant
- CERIF
x-operator: tenant
x-operator-basis: Institution-specific host on the institution's own domain running a vendor platform.
  Product identity confirmed from the endpoint's own self-description, not from the hostname.
properties:
- type: Documentation
  url: https://ucris.univie.ac.at/ws/api/524/api-docs
- type: x-oai-pmh
  url: https://ucris.univie.ac.at/ws/oai?verb=Identify
- type: Website
  url: https://ucris.univie.ac.at/