National University of Colombia

The National University of Colombia (Universidad Nacional de Colombia, UNAL) is the country's largest public research university, ranked #219 in the QS World University Rankings 2025. UNAL maintains an open-data portal and a DSpace-based institutional repository, but does not publish a formal, documented public developer portal or REST API program. The most accessible programmatic surface is the OAI-PMH interface exposed by its institutional repository, alongside an open-data portal and an official GitHub organization with limited public code.

National University of Colombia publishes 3 APIs on the APIs.io network: OAI-PMH API, REST - Core API, and REST - Discover API. Tagged areas include Education, Higher Education, University, Colombia, and Open Data.

The National University of Colombia catalog on APIs.io includes 1 JSON-LD context and 2 Spectral governance rulesets.

National University of Colombia’s developer surface includes GitHub presence and 9 more developer resources.

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36.8/100 thin ▬ flat Agent 22/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6
AccessFree
3 APIs
EducationHigher EducationUniversityColombiaOpen DataInstitutional RepositoryOAI-PMH

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scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6
Composite quality — 36.8/100 · thin
Contract Quality 16.1 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 0.0 / 20
Commercial Clarity 5.8 / 20
Operational Transparency 3.4 / 13
Governance 7.0 / 12
Discoverability 7.4 / 10
Agent readiness — 22/100 · agent aware
Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10
MCP Server 0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 10
Idempotency 0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8
Request/Response Examples 0 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7
Typed Event Surface 0 / 6
Agent Skills 0 / 5
Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3
A2A Agent Card 0 / 8
Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4
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APIs 3

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

National University of Colombia OAI-PMH API

OAI-PMH 2.0 metadata harvesting interface.

National University of Colombia REST - Core API

DSpace HAL+JSON read endpoints for repository structure.

National University of Colombia REST - Discover API

Faceted search across archived objects.

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

National University Of Colombia Plans Pricing

2 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

National University Of Colombia Rate Limits

1 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

National University Of Colombia Finops

FINOPS

Semantic Vocabularies 1

JSON-LD contexts and semantic vocabularies used across these APIs.

National University Of Colombia Context

18 classes · 3 properties

JSON-LD

Spectral Rules 2

Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs.

National University of Colombia API Rules

6 rules · 4 warnings 2 info

SPECTRAL

National University of Colombia API Rules

5 rules · 1 errors 3 warnings

SPECTRAL

JSON Schema 2

Standalone JSON Schema definitions for this provider's data models.

DSpace Collection

8 properties

JSON SCHEMA

DSpace Community

8 properties

JSON SCHEMA

JSON Structure 2

JSON Structure definitions describing this provider's data shapes.

National University Of Colombia Collection Structure

6 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

National University Of Colombia Community Structure

6 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Examples 3

Example request and response payloads for these APIs.

National University Of Colombia Listcollections Example

2 fields

EXAMPLE

National University Of Colombia Listcommunities Example

2 fields

EXAMPLE

National University Of Colombia Oairecord Example

3 fields

EXAMPLE

Security Posture 1

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

National University Of Colombia Domain Security

TLSv1.2 · DMARC

SECURITY

Agentic Access 1

Recommended x-agentic-access execution contracts for AI agents.

National University Of Colombia Agentic Access

7 operations

7 operations · 0 acting

AGENTIC

Resources

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess
AgenticAccess

Build 1

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHub
GitHub

Access & Security 1

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity
DomainSecurity

Operate 1

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

RateLimits
RateLimits

Commercial 2

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Plans
Plans
 FinOps
FinOps

Company 2

The organization behind the API

Website
Website
 LinkedIn
LinkedIn

Other 2

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

Review
Review
 ProductPage
ProductPage

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: national-university-of-colombia
name: National University of Colombia
description: 'The National University of Colombia (Universidad Nacional de Colombia, UNAL) is the country''s largest public
  research university, ranked #219 in the QS World University Rankings 2025. UNAL maintains an open-data portal and a DSpace-based
  institutional repository, but does not publish a formal, documented public developer portal or REST API program. The most
  accessible programmatic surface is the OAI-PMH interface exposed by its institutional repository, alongside an open-data
  portal and an official GitHub organization with limited public code.'
type: Index
accessModel:
  pricing: free
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Free
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - plans
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
position: Consumer
access: 3rd-Party
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/national-university-of-colombia.png
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/national-university-of-colombia/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
tags:
- Education
- Higher Education
- University
- Colombia
- Open Data
- Institutional Repository
- OAI-PMH
created: '2026-06-03'
modified: '2026-07-25'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
- aid: national-university-of-colombia:national-university-of-colombia-oai-pmh-api
  name: National University of Colombia OAI-PMH API
  description: OAI-PMH 2.0 metadata harvesting interface.
  humanURL: https://repositorio.unal.edu.co/
  baseURL: https://bffrepositorio.unal.edu.co/server
  tags:
  - OAI-PMH
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/national-university-of-colombia-oai-pmh-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.re3data.org/repository/r3d100013982
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/national-university-of-colombia-community-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/national-university-of-colombia-collection-schema.json
  - type: x-json-structure
    url: json-structure/national-university-of-colombia-community-structure.json
  - type: x-json-structure
    url: json-structure/national-university-of-colombia-collection-structure.json
  - type: x-example
    url: examples/national-university-of-colombia-listCommunities-example.json
  - type: x-example
    url: examples/national-university-of-colombia-listCollections-example.json
  - type: x-example
    url: examples/national-university-of-colombia-oaiRecord-example.json
  - type: x-spectral-rules
    url: rules/national-university-of-colombia-rules.yml
  - type: x-vocabulary
    url: vocabulary/national-university-of-colombia-vocabulary.yml
  - type: x-json-ld-context
    url: json-ld/national-university-of-colombia-context.jsonld
- aid: national-university-of-colombia:national-university-of-colombia-rest-core-api
  name: National University of Colombia REST - Core API
  description: DSpace HAL+JSON read endpoints for repository structure.
  humanURL: https://repositorio.unal.edu.co/
  baseURL: https://bffrepositorio.unal.edu.co/server
  tags:
  - REST - Core
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/national-university-of-colombia-rest-core-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.re3data.org/repository/r3d100013982
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/national-university-of-colombia-community-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/national-university-of-colombia-collection-schema.json
  - type: x-json-structure
    url: json-structure/national-university-of-colombia-community-structure.json
  - type: x-json-structure
    url: json-structure/national-university-of-colombia-collection-structure.json
  - type: x-example
    url: examples/national-university-of-colombia-listCommunities-example.json
  - type: x-example
    url: examples/national-university-of-colombia-listCollections-example.json
  - type: x-example
    url: examples/national-university-of-colombia-oaiRecord-example.json
  - type: x-spectral-rules
    url: rules/national-university-of-colombia-rules.yml
  - type: x-vocabulary
    url: vocabulary/national-university-of-colombia-vocabulary.yml
  - type: x-json-ld-context
    url: json-ld/national-university-of-colombia-context.jsonld
- aid: national-university-of-colombia:national-university-of-colombia-rest-discover-api
  name: National University of Colombia REST - Discover API
  description: Faceted search across archived objects.
  humanURL: https://repositorio.unal.edu.co/
  baseURL: https://bffrepositorio.unal.edu.co/server
  tags:
  - REST - Discover
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/national-university-of-colombia-rest-discover-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.re3data.org/repository/r3d100013982
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/national-university-of-colombia-community-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/national-university-of-colombia-collection-schema.json
  - type: x-json-structure
    url: json-structure/national-university-of-colombia-community-structure.json
  - type: x-json-structure
    url: json-structure/national-university-of-colombia-collection-structure.json
  - type: x-example
    url: examples/national-university-of-colombia-listCommunities-example.json
  - type: x-example
    url: examples/national-university-of-colombia-listCollections-example.json
  - type: x-example
    url: examples/national-university-of-colombia-oaiRecord-example.json
  - type: x-spectral-rules
    url: rules/national-university-of-colombia-rules.yml
  - type: x-vocabulary
    url: vocabulary/national-university-of-colombia-vocabulary.yml
  - type: x-json-ld-context
    url: json-ld/national-university-of-colombia-context.jsonld
common:
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/national-university-of-colombia-agentic-access.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/national-university-of-colombia-domain-security.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://unal.edu.co/
- type: GitHub
  url: https://github.com/unal
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/school/universidad-nacional-de-colombia/
- type: Plans
  url: plans/national-university-of-colombia-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/national-university-of-colombia-rate-limits.yml
- type: FinOps
  url: finops/national-university-of-colombia-finops.yml
- type: Review
  url: review.yml
- type: ProductPage
  url: https://datosabiertos.unal.edu.co/
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com