# UWSpace OAI-PMH Endpoint

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/university-of-waterloo/uwspace-oai-pmh/  
**Provider:** University of Waterloo — https://apis.io/providers/university-of-waterloo/  
**Base URL:** https://dspacemainprd01.lib.uwaterloo.ca/server/oai/request  
**Documentation:** https://uwspace.uwaterloo.ca/

UWSpace OAI-PMH Endpoint is one of 20 APIs that [University of Waterloo](https://apis.io/providers/university-of-waterloo/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network. Tagged areas include OAI-PMH, Metadata Harvesting, and Research Repository. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an API reference and API documentation.

The OAI-PMH 2.0 metadata harvesting endpoint for UWSpace, the University of Waterloo institutional repository. A verb=Identify request returns protocolVersion 2.0, repositoryName UWSpace, an adminEmail of uwspace-admin@uwaterloo.ca and an earliest datestamp of 2006-07-28, confirming Waterloo has been exposing harvestable repository metadata for close to twenty years. This is an institution-operated surface and a direct hit against the education regime standard oai-pmh.

## Machine-readable artifacts (3)

- **APIReference** — https://dspacemainprd01.lib.uwaterloo.ca/server/oai/request?verb=Identify
- **Conformance** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/university-of-waterloo/refs/heads/main/conformance/university-of-waterloo-conformance.yml
- **Documentation** — https://www.openarchives.org/OAI/openarchivesprotocol.html

## Other University of Waterloo APIs (12)

- [University of Waterloo AcademicOrganizations API](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-waterloo/university-of-waterloo-academicorganizations-api/)
- [University of Waterloo Account API](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-waterloo/university-of-waterloo-account-api/)
- [University of Waterloo ClassSchedules API](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-waterloo/university-of-waterloo-classschedules-api/)
- [University of Waterloo Courses API](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-waterloo/university-of-waterloo-courses-api/)
- [University of Waterloo ExamSchedules API](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-waterloo/university-of-waterloo-examschedules-api/)
- [University of Waterloo FoodServices API](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-waterloo/university-of-waterloo-foodservices-api/)
- [University of Waterloo HolidayDates API](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-waterloo/university-of-waterloo-holidaydates-api/)
- [University of Waterloo ImportantDates API](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-waterloo/university-of-waterloo-importantdates-api/)
- [University of Waterloo Locations API](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-waterloo/university-of-waterloo-locations-api/)
- [University of Waterloo Subjects API](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-waterloo/university-of-waterloo-subjects-api/)
- [University of Waterloo Terms API](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-waterloo/university-of-waterloo-terms-api/)
- [University of Waterloo Wcms API](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-waterloo/university-of-waterloo-wcms-api/)

## Tags

OAI-PMH, Metadata Harvesting, Research Repository

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