Representative response from GET /api/dataverses/{alias} on the UBC Abacus repository, returning a single dataverse collection.
EducationHigher EducationUniversityPublic Research UniversityCanadaBritish ColumbiaU15LibraryDigital CollectionsResearch DataResearch RepositoryOpen DataIdentity FederationOAI-PMHIIIFDataverse
Ubc Get Dataverse Example is an example object payload from University of British Columbia, with 4 top-level fields. It illustrates the shape of data this provider's APIs accept or return.
{
"x-provenance": {
"generated": "2026-08-19",
"method": "generated",
"source": "REPRESENTATIVE, NOT CAPTURED. Hand-shaped to the Dataverse 5.9 response envelope; not a recorded response from https://abacus.library.ubc.ca. Treat the values as illustrative.",
"x-operator": "institution"
},
"description": "Representative response from GET /api/dataverses/{alias} on the UBC Abacus repository, returning a single dataverse collection.",
"status": "OK",
"data": {
"id": 1,
"alias": "abacus",
"name": "Abacus Dataverse Network",
"affiliation": "University of British Columbia Library",
"dataverseContacts": [
{
"displayOrder": 0,
"contactEmail": "abacus.data@ubc.ca"
}
],
"permissionRoot": true,
"description": "Abacus is UBC Library's research-data repository, including the UBC Open Data collection.",
"dataverseType": "ORGANIZATIONS_INSTITUTIONS",
"creationDate": "2015-01-01T00:00:00Z"
}
}
Discovery needs no key. Ratings and market analysis are Pro.
Get an API key
Free tier, no form to fill in. Signing in shares your email address with us — we
store it to create your key and to recognise you if you sign in with another
provider. See our Privacy Policy and
Terms.