University of Bonn

The University of Bonn (Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn) is a public research university in Bonn, Germany, ranked #227 in the QS World University Rankings 2025. Its primary public, machine-readable developer footprint is bonndata, the institutional cross-disciplinary research data repository built on the open-source Dataverse platform, which exposes a public Dataverse Native REST API and an OAI-PMH metadata harvesting endpoint. The university also maintains an official GitHub organization (unibonn) with code from across the institution. Most other systems (library Alma/Primo discovery, identity/SSO, student information systems) are operated through standard vendor platforms without separately published public developer portals.

University of Bonn publishes 4 APIs on the APIs.io network, including Datasets API, Info API, Metrics API, and 1 more. Tagged areas include Education, Higher Education, University, Research Data, and Open Data.

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

University of Bonn’s developer surface includes GitHub presence, engineering blog, and 9 more developer resources.

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37.4/100 thin ▼ -5.0 Agent 22/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6

AccessFree

5 APIs

EducationHigher EducationUniversityResearch DataOpen DataGermany

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Composite quality — 37.4/100 · thin

Contract Quality 14.4 / 25

Developer Ergonomics 0.4 / 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 5

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

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

University Of Bonn Rate Limits

1 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

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

JSON Schema 2

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

Examples 3

Example request and response payloads for these APIs.

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 2

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

VulnerabilityDisclosure

VulnerabilityDisclosure

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 3

The organization behind the API

Website

Website

LinkedIn

Blog

Blog

Other 1

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

Review

Review

Source (apis.yml)

aid: university-of-bonn
name: University of Bonn
description: 'The University of Bonn (Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn) is a public research university in Bonn,
  Germany, ranked #227 in the QS World University Rankings 2025. Its primary public, machine-readable developer footprint
  is bonndata, the institutional cross-disciplinary research data repository built on the open-source Dataverse platform,
  which exposes a public Dataverse Native REST API and an OAI-PMH metadata harvesting endpoint. The university also maintains
  an official GitHub organization (unibonn) with code from across the institution. Most other systems (library Alma/Primo
  discovery, identity/SSO, student information systems) are operated through standard vendor platforms without separately
  published public developer portals.'
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/university-of-bonn.png
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/university-of-bonn/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
tags:
- Education
- Higher Education
- University
- Research Data
- Open Data
- Germany
created: '2026-06-03'
modified: '2026-06-03'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
- aid: university-of-bonn:bonndata-oai-pmh
  name: bonndata OAI-PMH Metadata Endpoint
  description: OAI-PMH (Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting) endpoint for the bonndata repository, supporting
    metadata harvesting of published research datasets (verified live via verb=Identify). Supports DataCite, Dublin Core,
    OAI-ORE and OpenAIRE metadata formats.
  humanURL: https://guides.dataverse.org/en/latest/admin/harvestserver.html
  baseURL: https://bonndata.uni-bonn.de/oai
  tags:
  - Research Data
  - OAI-PMH
  - Metadata Harvesting
  - Open Data
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://guides.dataverse.org/en/latest/admin/harvestserver.html
  - type: Website
    url: https://bonndata.uni-bonn.de/
- aid: university-of-bonn:university-of-bonn-datasets-api
  name: University of Bonn Datasets API
  description: Retrieve published datasets, their versions, and export metadata.
  humanURL: https://guides.dataverse.org/en/latest/api/native-api.html
  baseURL: https://bonndata.uni-bonn.de/api
  tags:
  - Datasets
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/university-of-bonn-datasets-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://guides.dataverse.org/en/latest/api/native-api.html
  - type: Website
    url: https://bonndata.uni-bonn.de/
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/university-of-bonn-search-response-schema.json
  - type: x-vocabulary
    url: vocabulary/university-of-bonn-vocabulary.yml
  - type: x-rules
    url: rules/university-of-bonn-rules.yml
  - type: x-json-ld
    url: json-ld/university-of-bonn-context.jsonld
- aid: university-of-bonn:university-of-bonn-info-api
  name: University of Bonn Info API
  description: Repository version and software information.
  humanURL: https://guides.dataverse.org/en/latest/api/native-api.html
  baseURL: https://bonndata.uni-bonn.de/api
  tags:
  - Info
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/university-of-bonn-info-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://guides.dataverse.org/en/latest/api/native-api.html
  - type: Website
    url: https://bonndata.uni-bonn.de/
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/university-of-bonn-search-response-schema.json
  - type: x-vocabulary
    url: vocabulary/university-of-bonn-vocabulary.yml
  - type: x-rules
    url: rules/university-of-bonn-rules.yml
  - type: x-json-ld
    url: json-ld/university-of-bonn-context.jsonld
- aid: university-of-bonn:university-of-bonn-metrics-api
  name: University of Bonn Metrics API
  description: Aggregate repository metrics.
  humanURL: https://guides.dataverse.org/en/latest/api/native-api.html
  baseURL: https://bonndata.uni-bonn.de/api
  tags:
  - Metrics
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/university-of-bonn-metrics-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://guides.dataverse.org/en/latest/api/native-api.html
  - type: Website
    url: https://bonndata.uni-bonn.de/
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/university-of-bonn-search-response-schema.json
  - type: x-vocabulary
    url: vocabulary/university-of-bonn-vocabulary.yml
  - type: x-rules
    url: rules/university-of-bonn-rules.yml
  - type: x-json-ld
    url: json-ld/university-of-bonn-context.jsonld
- aid: university-of-bonn:university-of-bonn-search-api
  name: University of Bonn Search API
  description: Search the published catalog of datasets, dataverses, and files.
  humanURL: https://guides.dataverse.org/en/latest/api/native-api.html
  baseURL: https://bonndata.uni-bonn.de/api
  tags:
  - Search
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/university-of-bonn-search-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://guides.dataverse.org/en/latest/api/native-api.html
  - type: Website
    url: https://bonndata.uni-bonn.de/
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/university-of-bonn-search-response-schema.json
  - type: x-vocabulary
    url: vocabulary/university-of-bonn-vocabulary.yml
  - type: x-rules
    url: rules/university-of-bonn-rules.yml
  - type: x-json-ld
    url: json-ld/university-of-bonn-context.jsonld
common:
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/university-of-bonn-agentic-access.yml
- type: VulnerabilityDisclosure
  url: security/university-of-bonn-vulnerability-disclosure.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/university-of-bonn-domain-security.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://www.uni-bonn.de/en
- type: GitHub
  url: https://github.com/unibonn
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/school/university-of-bonn/
- type: Plans
  url: plans/university-of-bonn-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/university-of-bonn-rate-limits.yml
- type: FinOps
  url: finops/university-of-bonn-finops.yml
- type: Review
  url: review.yml
- url: https://www.uni-bonn.de/news/rss.xml
  type: Blog
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com