University of Edinburgh · Example Payload
University Of Edinburgh Datashare Collections Example

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University Of Edinburgh Datashare Collections Example is an example object payload from University of Edinburgh, with 2 top-level fields. It illustrates the shape of data this provider's APIs accept or return.
Top-level fields

x-provenanceresponse
Example Payload

{
  "x-provenance": {
    "method": "probed",
    "generated": "2026-08-19",
    "source": "https://datashare.ed.ac.uk/server/api/core/collections?size=1",
    "note": "Verbatim response body observed on 2026-08-19, unmodified."
  },
  "response": {
    "_embedded": {
      "collections": [
        {
          "id": "cd30f157-ecda-4251-b152-1f345f4ffc67",
          "uuid": "cd30f157-ecda-4251-b152-1f345f4ffc67",
          "name": "3D Embryo Model High-Resolution Histology Sections collection",
          "handle": "10283/8968",
          "metadata": {
            "dc.description": [
              {
                "value": "Information for this collection provided at the community level.",
                "language": null,
                "authority": null,
                "confidence": -1,
                "place": 0
              }
            ],
            "dc.identifier.uri": [
              {
                "value": "https://hdl.handle.net/10283/8968",
                "language": null,
                "authority": null,
                "confidence": -1,
                "place": 0
              }
            ],
            "dc.title": [
              {
                "value": "3D Embryo Model High-Resolution Histology Sections collection",
                "language": null,
                "authority": null,
                "confidence": -1,
                "place": 0
              }
            ]
          },
          "archivedItemsCount": -1,
          "type": "collection",
          "_links": {
            "harvester": {
              "href": "https://datashare.ed.ac.uk/server/api/core/collections/cd30f157-ecda-4251-b152-1f345f4ffc67/harvester"
            },
            "itemtemplate": {
              "href": "https://datashare.ed.ac.uk/server/api/core/collections/cd30f157-ecda-4251-b152-1f345f4ffc67/itemtemplate"
            },
            "license": {
              "href": "https://datashare.ed.ac.uk/server/api/core/collections/cd30f157-ecda-4251-b152-1f345f4ffc67/license"
            },
            "logo": {
              "href": "https://datashare.ed.ac.uk/server/api/core/collections/cd30f157-ecda-4251-b152-1f345f4ffc67/logo"
            },
            "mappedItems": {
              "href": "https://datashare.ed.ac.uk/server/api/core/collections/cd30f157-ecda-4251-b152-1f345f4ffc67/mappedItems"
            },
            "parentCommunity": {
              "href": "https://datashare.ed.ac.uk/server/api/core/collections/cd30f157-ecda-4251-b152-1f345f4ffc67/parentCommunity"
            },
            "adminGroup": {
              "href": "https://datashare.ed.ac.uk/server/api/core/collections/cd30f157-ecda-4251-b152-1f345f4ffc67/adminGroup"
            },
            "submittersGroup": {
              "href": "https://datashare.ed.ac.uk/server/api/core/collections/cd30f157-ecda-4251-b152-1f345f4ffc67/submittersGroup"
            },
            "itemReadGroup": {
              "href": "https://datashare.ed.ac.uk/server/api/core/collections/cd30f157-ecda-4251-b152-1f345f4ffc67/itemReadGroup"
            },
            "bitstreamReadGroup": {
              "href": "https://datashare.ed.ac.uk/server/api/core/collections/cd30f157-ecda-4251-b152-1f345f4ffc67/bitstreamReadGroup"
            },
            "self": {
              "href": "https://datashare.ed.ac.uk/server/api/core/collections/cd30f157-ecda-4251-b152-1f345f4ffc67"
            },
            "workflowGroups": [
              {
                "href": "https://datashare.ed.ac.uk/server/api/core/collections/cd30f157-ecda-4251-b152-1f345f4ffc67/workflowGroups/reviewer",
                "name": "reviewer"
              },
              {
                "href": "https://datashare.ed.ac.uk/server/api/core/collections/cd30f157-ecda-4251-b152-1f345f4ffc67/workflowGroups/editor",
                "name": "editor"
              },
              {
                "href": "https://datashare.ed.ac.uk/server/api/core/collections/cd30f157-ecda-4251-b152-1f345f4ffc67/workflowGroups/finaleditor",
                "name": "finaleditor"
              }
            ]
          }
        }
      ]
    },
    "_links": {
      "first": {
        "href": "https://datashare.ed.ac.uk/server/api/core/collections?page=0&size=1"
      },
      "self": {
        "href": "https://datashare.ed.ac.uk/server/api/core/collections?size=1"
      },
      "next": {
        "href": "https://datashare.ed.ac.uk/server/api/core/collections?page=1&size=1"
      },
      "last": {
        "href": "https://datashare.ed.ac.uk/server/api/core/collections?page=508&size=1"
      },
      "search": {
        "href": "https://datashare.ed.ac.uk/server/api/core/collections/search"
      }
    },
    "page": {
      "size": 1,
      "totalElements": 509,
      "totalPages": 509,
      "number": 0
    }
  }
}