University of Edinburgh

The University of Edinburgh is a public research university in Scotland, United Kingdom, founded in 1582 and ranked #20 in the QS World University Rankings 2025. Its public developer/API footprint is centred on open research infrastructure: the Edinburgh DataShare research-data repository (a DSpace instance exposing a public REST API and OAI-PMH endpoint) and Edinburgh Research Explorer / Pure (research information system with a public OAI-PMH harvesting endpoint; SOAP/REST web services are gated). The University also runs an internal Enterprise APIs programme (Student Records, Timetabling, Staff) that is documented behind SSO and not publicly accessible.

University of Edinburgh publishes 7 APIs on the APIs.io network, including Bitstreams API, Collections API, Communities API, and 4 more. Tagged areas include Education, Higher Education, University, Research Data, and Open Data.

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

University of Edinburgh’s developer surface includes GitHub presence, authentication, and 8 more developer resources.

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scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6

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EducationHigher EducationUniversityResearch DataOpen DataRepositoryOAI-PMHUnited KingdomScotland

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Composite quality — 38.8/100 · thin

Contract Quality 15.3 / 25

Developer Ergonomics 2.2 / 20

Commercial Clarity 5.8 / 20

Operational Transparency 3.4 / 13

Governance 7.0 / 12

Discoverability 6.5 / 10

Agent readiness — 34/100 · agent aware

Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10

Idempotency 0 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8

Request/Response Examples 7 / 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 10

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Rate Limits 1

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University Of Edinburgh Rate Limits

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FinOps 1

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JSON Schema 4

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Examples 2

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AGENTIC

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Agent Surfaces 1

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AgenticAccess

AgenticAccess

Build 1

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GitHub

GitHub

Access & Security 2

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Authentication

Authentication

Operate 1

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

RateLimits

RateLimits

Commercial 2

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Plans

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FinOps

FinOps

Company 2

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Website

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Other 1

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Source (apis.yml)

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name: University of Edinburgh
description: 'The University of Edinburgh is a public research university in Scotland, United Kingdom, founded in 1582 and
  ranked #20 in the QS World University Rankings 2025. Its public developer/API footprint is centred on open research infrastructure:
  the Edinburgh DataShare research-data repository (a DSpace instance exposing a public REST API and OAI-PMH endpoint) and
  Edinburgh Research Explorer / Pure (research information system with a public OAI-PMH harvesting endpoint; SOAP/REST web
  services are gated). The University also runs an internal Enterprise APIs programme (Student Records, Timetabling, Staff)
  that is documented behind SSO and not publicly accessible.'
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- Education
- Higher Education
- University
- Research Data
- Open Data
- Repository
- OAI-PMH
- United Kingdom
- Scotland
created: '2026-06-03'
modified: '2026-06-03'
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    accessible; listed here for completeness only.
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  description: Binary files attached to items
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  name: University of Edinburgh Registries API
  description: Metadata schema and field registry
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  name: University of Edinburgh Status API
  description: Service status
  humanURL: https://libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk/datablog/2021/12/17/new-feature-in-edinburgh-datashare-the-rest-api/
  baseURL: https://datashare.ed.ac.uk/rest
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- type: DomainSecurity
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- type: Website
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- type: GitHub
  url: https://github.com/uoe-is-apps
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/school/university-of-edinburgh/
- type: Authentication
  url: https://idp.ed.ac.uk/
- type: Plans
  url: plans/university-of-edinburgh-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/university-of-edinburgh-rate-limits.yml
- type: FinOps
  url: finops/university-of-edinburgh-finops.yml
- type: Review
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maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com