US Department of Commerce

NIST Data Discovery API

The National Institute of Standards and Technology provides a Data Discovery API giving access to NIST's public data collections and research datasets covering materials science, chemistry, physics, engineering, and measurement standards.

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Documentation

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Documentation
https://data.nist.gov/pdr/lps/

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BaseURL
https://data.nist.gov/rmm/records

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API entry from apis.yml

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: us-department-of-commerce:nist-api
name: NIST Data Discovery API
tags:
- Research Data
- Standards
- Materials Science
- Federal-Government
tags_raw:
- Research Data
- Standards
- Materials Science
- Federal Government
humanURL: https://data.nist.gov/pdr/lps/
properties:
- url: https://data.nist.gov/pdr/lps/
  type: Documentation
- url: https://data.nist.gov/rmm/records
  type: BaseURL
description: The National Institute of Standards and Technology provides a Data Discovery API giving access
  to NIST's public data collections and research datasets covering materials science, chemistry, physics,
  engineering, and measurement standards.