University of Edinburgh · Example Payload

University Of Edinburgh Datashare Root Example

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University Of Edinburgh Datashare Root 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

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{
  "x-provenance": {
    "method": "probed",
    "generated": "2026-08-19",
    "source": "https://datashare.ed.ac.uk/server/api",
    "note": "Verbatim service root observed on 2026-08-19."
  },
  "response": {
    "dspaceUI": "https://datashare.ed.ac.uk",
    "dspaceName": "Datashare",
    "dspaceServer": "https://datashare.ed.ac.uk/server",
    "dspaceVersion": "DSpace 8.3",
    "type": "root",
    "_links": {
      "actuator": {
        "href": "https://datashare.ed.ac.uk/server/actuator"
      },
      "authn": {
        "href": "https://datashare.ed.ac.uk/server/api/authn"
      },
      "authorizations": {
        "href": "https://datashare.ed.ac.uk/server/api/authz/authorizations"
      },
      "bitstreamformats": {
        "href": "https://datashare.ed.ac.uk/server/api/core/bitstreamformats"
      },
      "bitstreams": {
        "href": "https://datashare.ed.ac.uk/server/api/core/bitstreams"
      },
      "browses": {
        "href": "https://datashare.ed.ac.uk/server/api/discover/browses"
      },
      "bulkaccessconditionoptions": {
        "href": "https://datashare.ed.ac.uk/server/api/config/bulkaccessconditionoptions"
      },
      "bundles": {
        "href": "https://datashare.ed.ac.uk/server/api/core/bundles"
      },
      "claimedtasks": {
        "href": "https://datashare.ed.ac.uk/server/api/workflow/claimedtasks"
      },
      "claimedtasks-search": {
        "href": "https://datashare.ed.ac.uk/server/api/workflow/claimedtasks/search"
      },
      "collections": {
        "href": "https://datashare.ed.ac.uk/server/api/core/collections"
      },
      "communities": {
        "href": "https://datashare.ed.ac.uk/server/api/core/communities"
      },
      "contentreport": {
        "href": "https://datashare.ed.ac.uk/server/api/contentreport"
      },
      "correctiontypes": {
        "href": "https://datashare.ed.ac.uk/server/api/config/correctiontypes"
      },
      "discover": {
        "href": "https://datashare.ed.ac.uk/server/api/discover"
      },
      "dso": {
        "href": "https://datashare.ed.ac.uk/server/api/dso/find{?uuid}",
        "templated": true
      },
      "enqueueretry": {
        "href": "https://datashare.ed.ac.uk/server/api/ldn/messages/{id}/enqueueretry",
        "templated": true
      },
      "entitytypes": {
        "href": "https://datashare.ed.ac.uk/server/api/core/entitytypes"
      },
      "eperson-registration": {
        "href": "https://datashare.ed.ac.uk/server/api/eperson/registrations"
      },
      "epersons": {
        "href": "https://datashare.ed.ac.uk/server/api/eperson/epersons"
      },
      "externalsources": {
        "href": "https://datashare.ed.ac.uk/server/api/integration/externalsources"
      },
      "features": {
        "href": "https://datashare.ed.ac.uk/server/api/authz/features"
      },
      "feedbacks": {
        "href": "https://datashare.ed.ac.uk/server/api/tools/feedbacks"
      },
      "groups": {
        "href": "https://datashare.ed.ac.uk/server/api/eperson/groups"
      },
      "identifiers": {
        "href": "https://datashare.ed.ac.uk/server/api/pid/identifiers"
      },
      "itemfilters": {
        "href": "https://datashare.ed.ac.uk/server/api/config/itemfilters"
      },
      "itemrequests": {
        "href": "https://datashare.ed.ac.uk/server/api/tools/itemrequests"
      },
      "items": {
        "href": "https://datashare.ed.ac.uk/server/api/core/items"
      },
      "itemtemplates": {
        "href": "https://datashare.ed.ac.uk/server/api/core/itemtemplates"
      },
      "ldnservices": {
        "href": "https://datashare.ed.ac.uk/server/api/ldn/ldnservices"
      },
      "messages": {
        "href": "https://datashare.ed.ac.uk/server/api/ldn/messages"
      },
      "metadatafields": {
        "href": "https://datashare.ed.ac.uk/server/api/core/metadatafields"
      },
      "metadataschemas": {
        "href": "https://datashare.ed.ac.uk/server/api/core/metadataschemas"
      },
      "notifyrequests": {
        "href": "https://datashare.ed.ac.uk/server/api/ldn/notifyrequests"
      },
      "oidc": {
        "href": "https://datashare.ed.ac.uk/server/api/authn"
      },
      "pid": {
        "href": "https://datashare.ed.ac.uk/server/api/pid/find{?id}",
        "templated": true
      },
      "pooltasks": {
        "href": "https://datashare.ed.ac.uk/server/api/workflow/pooltasks"
      },
      "pooltasks-search": {
        "href": "https://datashare.ed.ac.uk/server/api/workflow/pooltasks/search"
      },
      "processes": {
        "href": "https://datashare.ed.ac.uk/server/api/system/processes"
      },
      "properties": {
        "href": "https://datashare.ed.ac.uk/server/api/config/properties"
      },
      "qualityassuranceevents": {
        "href": "https://datashare.ed.ac.uk/server/api/integration/qualityassuranceevents"
      },
      "qualityassurancesources": {
        "href": "https://datashare.ed.ac.uk/server/api/integration/qualityassurancesources"
      },
      "qualityassurancetopics": {
        "href": "https://datashare.ed.ac.uk/server/api/integration/qualityassurancetopics"
      },
      "registrations": {
        "href": "https://datashare.ed.ac.uk/server/api/eperson/registrations"
      },
      "relationships": {
        "href": "https://datashare.ed.ac.uk/server/api/core/relationships"
      },
      "relationshiptypes": {
        "href": "https://datashare.ed.ac.uk/server/api/core/relationshiptypes"
      },
      "resourcepolicies": {
        "href": "https://datashare.ed.ac.uk/server/api/authz/resourcepolicies"
      },
      "resourcepolicies-search": {
        "href": "https://datashare.ed.ac.uk/server/api/authz/resourcepolicies/search"
      },
      "scripts": {
        "href": "https://datashare.ed.ac.uk/server/api/system/scripts"
      },
      "self": {
        "href": "https://datashare.ed.ac.uk/server/api"
      },
      "sites": {
        "href": "https://datashare.ed.ac.uk/server/api/core/sites"
      },
      "statistics": {
        "href": "https://datashare.ed.ac.uk/server/api/statistics"
      },
      "submissionaccessoptions": {
        "href": "https://datashare.ed.ac.uk/server/api/config/submissionaccessoptions"
      },
      "submissioncclicenseUrls": {
        "href": "https://datashare.ed.ac.uk/server/api/config/submissioncclicenseUrls"
      },
      "submissioncclicenseUrls-search": {
        "href": "https://datashare.ed.ac.uk/server/api/config/submissioncclicenseUrls/search"
      },
      "submissioncclicenses": {
        "href": "https://datashare.ed.ac.uk/server/api/config/submissioncclicenses"
      },
      "submissioncoarnotifyconfigs": {
        "href": "https://datashare.ed.ac.uk/server/api/config/submissioncoarnotifyconfigs"
      },
      "submissiondefinitions": {
        "href": "https://datashare.ed.ac.uk/server/api/config/submissiondefinitions"
      },
      "submissionforms": {
        "href": "https://datashare.ed.ac.uk/server/api/config/submissionforms"
      },
      "submissionsections": {
        "href": "https://datashare.ed.ac.uk/server/api/config/submissionsections"
      },
      "submissionuploads": {
        "href": "https://datashare.ed.ac.uk/server/api/config/submissionuploads"
      },
      "subscriptions": {
        "href": "https://datashare.ed.ac.uk/server/api/core/subscriptions"
      },
      "subscriptions-search": {
        "href": "https://datashare.ed.ac.uk/server/api/core/subscriptions/search"
      },
      "suggestions": {
        "href": "https://datashare.ed.ac.uk/server/api/integration/suggestions"
      },
      "suggestionsources": {
        "href": "https://datashare.ed.ac.uk/server/api/integration/suggestionsources"
      },
      "suggestiontargets": {
        "href": "https://datashare.ed.ac.uk/server/api/integration/suggestiontargets"
      },
      "supervisionorders": {
        "href": "https://datashare.ed.ac.uk/server/api/core/supervisionorders"
      },
      "systemwidealerts": {
        "href": "https://datashare.ed.ac.uk/server/api/system/systemwidealerts"
      },
      "usagereports": {
        "href": "https://datashare.ed.ac.uk/server/api/statistics/usagereports"
      },
      "versionhistories": {
        "href": "https://datashare.ed.ac.uk/server/api/versioning/versionhistories"
      },
      "versions": {
        "href": "https://datashare.ed.ac.uk/server/api/versioning/versions"
      },
      "vocabularies": {
        "href": "https://datashare.ed.ac.uk/server/api/submission/vocabularies"
      },
      "vocabularyEntryDetails": {
        "href": "https://datashare.ed.ac.uk/server/api/submission/vocabularyEntryDetails"
      },
      "vocabularyEntryDetails-search": {
        "href": "https://datashare.ed.ac.uk/server/api/submission/vocabularyEntryDetails/search"
      },
      "workflowactions": {
        "href": "https://datashare.ed.ac.uk/server/api/config/workflowactions"
      },
      "workflowdefinitions": {
        "href": "https://datashare.ed.ac.uk/server/api/config/workflowdefinitions"
      },
      "workflowitems": {
        "href": "https://datashare.ed.ac.uk/server/api/workflow/workflowitems"
      },
      "workflowsteps": {
        "href": "https://datashare.ed.ac.uk/server/api/config/workflowsteps"
      },
      "workspaceitems": {
        "href": "https://datashare.ed.ac.uk/server/api/submission/workspaceitems"
      }
    }
  }
}