Western University

Western University Repository on Borealis — Dataverse API (tenant)

Western's research data repository, a Dataverse collection with alias "westernu" and affiliation "Western University" on Borealis, the Canadian Dataverse Repository operated by Scholars Portal. Reachable through the Dataverse 6.8.4 native API at https://borealisdata.ca/api/dataverses/westernu, which returns the collection metadata and, at /contents, the sub-collections beneath it — including the Western University Research Data Repository Dataverse, CFMM, OwenLab and Geomorphology @ Western. A subtree search returns 1,504 datasets, each carrying a DataCite DOI on prefix 10.5683. Deposit is arranged through rdm@uwo.ca. Recorded as a tenant relationship and previously absent from this profile entirely.

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Documentation
https://guides.lib.uwo.ca/rdm

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Conformance
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/western/refs/heads/main/conformance/western-conformance.yml

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API entry from apis.yml

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: western:borealis-dataverse
name: Western University Repository on Borealis — Dataverse API (tenant)
description: Western's research data repository, a Dataverse collection with alias "westernu" and affiliation
  "Western University" on Borealis, the Canadian Dataverse Repository operated by Scholars Portal. Reachable
  through the Dataverse 6.8.4 native API at https://borealisdata.ca/api/dataverses/westernu, which returns
  the collection metadata and, at /contents, the sub-collections beneath it — including the Western University
  Research Data Repository Dataverse, CFMM, OwenLab and Geomorphology @ Western. A subtree search returns
  1,504 datasets, each carrying a DataCite DOI on prefix 10.5683. Deposit is arranged through rdm@uwo.ca.
  Recorded as a tenant relationship and previously absent from this profile entirely.
humanURL: https://borealisdata.ca/dataverse/westernu
baseURL: https://borealisdata.ca/api/dataverses/westernu
tags:
- Research Data
- Dataverse
- DataCite
- Open Data
- Research Repository
x-operator: tenant
x-operator-evidence: Institution-specific account (dataverse alias "westernu", affiliation "Western University")
  on a shared vendor platform (borealisdata.ca, operated by Scholars Portal). The DataCite prefix 10.5683
  used by its DOIs belongs to Scholars Portal, not to Western.
x-vendor: Scholars Portal / Borealis — Dataverse 6.8.4
properties:
- type: Documentation
  url: https://guides.lib.uwo.ca/rdm
- type: Conformance
  url: conformance/western-conformance.yml