Utrecht University

Utrecht University Research Portal (Elsevier Pure tenancy)

Utrecht University's current research information system and public research portal, running on Elsevier Pure. Two machine doors were probed on 2026-08-30: the Pure Web Service REST API at /ws/api, which is key-gated (401), and an open OAI-PMH endpoint at /ws/oai whose Identify names 'Utrecht University Pure OAI Repository' with adminEmail pure@uu.nl and which advertises oai_cerif_openaire. Institution's data, vendor's contract.

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APIReference
https://research-portal.uu.nl/ws/api

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Website
https://research-portal.uu.nl/
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x-conformance
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/utrecht/refs/heads/main/conformance/utrecht-domain-standards.yml

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API entry from apis.yml

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: utrecht:pure-research-portal
name: Utrecht University Research Portal (Elsevier Pure tenancy)
x-operator: tenant
x-operator-evidence: 'uu.elsevierpure.com resolves and redirects to research-portal.uu.nl, and the portal
  HTML carries Pure and Elsevier Fingerprint Engine markers. The Pure Web Service at /ws/api returns 401
  ''Please provide a valid API key''. This is Utrecht''s data on Elsevier''s platform under Utrecht''s
  own vanity hostname: a tenant relationship. It is recorded because it is a real institutional fact;
  Pure''s contract is NOT saved under this slug and belongs to Elsevier''s own repo.'
description: 'Utrecht University''s current research information system and public research portal, running
  on Elsevier Pure. Two machine doors were probed on 2026-08-30: the Pure Web Service REST API at /ws/api,
  which is key-gated (401), and an open OAI-PMH endpoint at /ws/oai whose Identify names ''Utrecht University
  Pure OAI Repository'' with adminEmail pure@uu.nl and which advertises oai_cerif_openaire. Institution''s
  data, vendor''s contract.'
humanURL: https://research-portal.uu.nl/
baseURL: https://research-portal.uu.nl/ws/oai
tags:
- Research Information
- CRIS
- Elsevier Pure
- OAI-PMH
- Research
- Tenant
properties:
- type: Website
  url: https://research-portal.uu.nl/
- type: APIReference
  url: https://research-portal.uu.nl/ws/api
- type: x-conformance
  url: conformance/utrecht-domain-standards.yml