# Western University Repository on Borealis — Dataverse API (tenant)

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/western/borealis-dataverse/  
**Provider:** Western University — https://apis.io/providers/western/  
**Base URL:** https://borealisdata.ca/api/dataverses/westernu  
**Documentation:** https://borealisdata.ca/dataverse/westernu

Western University Repository on Borealis — Dataverse API (tenant) is one of 6 APIs that [Western University](https://apis.io/providers/western/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network. Tagged areas include Research Data, Dataverse, DataCite, Open Data, and Research Repository. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes API documentation.

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.

## Machine-readable artifacts (2)

- **Documentation** — https://guides.lib.uwo.ca/rdm
- **Conformance** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/western/refs/heads/main/conformance/western-conformance.yml

## Other Western University APIs (5)

- [Western University Shibboleth Identity Provider (SAML 2.0 metadata)](https://apis.io/apis/western/identity-federation/)
- [Western Single Sign-On (Apereo CAS — CAS 3.0, SAML2, OIDC)](https://apis.io/apis/western/sso-cas/)
- [Scholarship@Western on Scholaris — DSpace REST API (tenant)](https://apis.io/apis/western/scholaris-rest/)
- [Scholarship@Western OAI-PMH 2.0 provider (tenant)](https://apis.io/apis/western/scholaris-oai-pmh/)
- [Omni library discovery — Ex Libris Primo VE (tenant)](https://apis.io/apis/western/omni-primo/)

## Tags

Research Data, Dataverse, DataCite, Open Data, Research Repository

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/apis/western/borealis-dataverse/). The API's provider profile, Kin Score and agent-readiness rating are at https://apis.io/providers/western/.