University of Antwerp

aid: university-of-antwerp
name: University of Antwerp
description: 'The University of Antwerp (Universiteit Antwerpen) is a public research university in Antwerp, Belgium, ranked
  #267 in the QS World University Rankings 2025. Its public developer and API footprint is centered on its library and scholarly
  infrastructure: the university library''s software department, Anet, builds the open-source Brocade library management system
  and publishes code via the anet-be GitHub organization. The Institutional Repository University of Antwerp (IRUA) exposes
  scholarly metadata through a standards-based OAI-PMH interface. The university does not operate a general-purpose commercial
  developer portal; administrative, student-information, and identity systems are gated behind institutional affiliation rather
  than offered as public self-service APIs.'
type: Index
position: Consumer
access: 3rd-Party
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/university-of-antwerp/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
tags:
- Education
- Higher Education
- University
- Library
- Institutional Repository
- OAI-PMH
- Open Data
- Belgium
- Europe
created: '2026-06-03'
modified: '2026-06-03'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
- aid: university-of-antwerp:irua-oai-pmh
  name: IRUA OAI-PMH Metadata API
  description: Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting (OAI-PMH 2.0) interface for the Institutional Repository
    University of Antwerp (IRUA), exposing scholarly publication metadata for harvesting. Supports the standard OAI-PMH verbs
    (Identify, ListMetadataFormats, ListRecords, etc.). Verified live returning valid OAI-PMH XML with repository name "Institutional
    Repository University of Antwerp (IRUA)".
  humanURL: https://www.openarchives.org/OAI/openarchivesprotocol.html
  baseURL: https://repository.uantwerpen.be/oai/abua/
  tags:
  - Library
  - Institutional Repository
  - OAI-PMH
  - Metadata
  - Open Data
  - Research
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.openarchives.org/OAI/openarchivesprotocol.html
- aid: university-of-antwerp:brocade
  name: Brocade Library Services (Anet)
  description: Brocade is the integrated, web-based library management system developed by Anet, the software department of
    the University of Antwerp Library, since 1998. It powers the catalog of the Anet network of academic libraries and uses
    open standards such as Z39.50, MARC, OAI-PMH, EAD and EAC. Related open-source components and library tooling are published
    under the anet-be GitHub organization (17 public repositories). No public self-service REST API base URL is documented
    for general use.
  humanURL: https://www.uantwerpen.be/nl/projecten/anet/brocade/
  tags:
  - Library
  - Brocade
  - Anet
  - Open Source
  - Z39.50
  - MARC
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.uantwerpen.be/nl/projecten/anet/brocade/
  - type: GitHub
    url: https://github.com/anet-be
common:
- type: Website
  url: https://www.uantwerpen.be/en/
- type: GitHub
  url: https://github.com/anet-be
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/school/university-of-antwerp/
- type: Twitter
  url: https://x.com/uantwerpen
- type: SourceCode
  url: https://github.com/anet-be
- type: Plans
  url: plans/university-of-antwerp-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/university-of-antwerp-rate-limits.yml
- type: FinOps
  url: finops/university-of-antwerp-finops.yml
- type: Review
  url: review.yml
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com