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University of Manchester

The University of Manchester is a public research university in Manchester, England, a founding member of the Russell Group and, on the QS World University Rankings, a consistent global top-40 institution. Its programmable footprint is small, real, and almost entirely mis-stated by its own domain names. The University operates exactly three machine-readable surfaces of its own: a IIIF Presentation API and a IIIF Image API serving the John Rylands Library's digitised manuscripts from the University's own hosts and its own JANET address space, and a Shibboleth SAML 2.0 Identity Provider registered in the Jisc UK Access Management Federation under entityID https://shib.manchester.ac.uk/shibboleth. Everything else that looks like a Manchester API is a tenancy: pure.manchester.ac.uk and research.manchester.ac.uk both CNAME to uom-aws.elsevierpure.com and serve Elsevier's Pure product API and OAI-PMH implementation; figshare.manchester.ac.uk CNAMEs to figshare.com. Those are Manchester's records on a supplier's platform, under a supplier's contract, and they are recorded here as tenant relationships rather than credited as the University's engineering. There is no central developer portal, no self-service API keys, no open data portal at data.manchester.ac.uk, and no public course, timetable or SIS API. Thirty-six OpenAPI documents previously held in this repository were Elsevier's Pure 5.35.2-2 specification split by tag and re-titled; they have been quarantined, not counted.

University of Manchester publishes 41 API contracts indexed on the APIs.io network, including Image API, Presentation API, Activity API, and 38 more. Tagged areas include University, Higher Education, Education, Research, and United Kingdom.

The University of Manchester catalog on APIs.io includes 1 JSON-LD context and 1 Spectral governance ruleset.

University of Manchester’s developer surface includes engineering blog, support, GitHub presence, authentication, and 27 more developer resources.

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5 published contracts
UniversityHigher EducationEducationResearchUnited KingdomRussell GroupLibraryDigital CollectionsIIIFIdentity FederationResearch DataResearch Computing

What this lets a business do 3

Business capabilities this provider's published APIs can perform, derived from its own contracts. Browse all capabilities →

Cybersecurity Management
BC-620
User
PUT /users PUT /users/{uuid} POST /users/{uuid}/actions/reset-password PUT /users/{uuid}/roles
Educational Content & Learning Resource Management
BC-4790
presentation
Corporate Communications Management
BC-850
pressMedia
GET /pressmedia GET /pressmedia/allowed-media-coverage-types

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Standards implemented 1

Standards this provider implements or carries. De facto ones are profiled and measured by the API Commons; formal ones come from the standards directory and are linked by the provider's own tags. The evidence column says how each claim was established — not that it was made.

prose — states compatibility; nothing published to check it against
5 core of 24 operations graded · api-commons/identity

APIs 41

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

Shibboleth SAML Identity Provider (UK Access Management Federation)

The University's own Shibboleth Identity Provider, entityID https://shib.manchester.ac.uk/shibboleth, asserting the scope manchester.ac.uk. Its entity descriptor is published as...

Elsevier Pure CRIS tenancy (REST + OAI-PMH)

The University's tenancy of Elsevier Pure, its Current Research Information System, reached at pure.manchester.ac.uk and surfaced publicly as Research Explorer at research.manch...

Figshare research data repository tenancy

The University's institutional research data repository, presented at figshare.manchester.ac.uk, which CNAMEs to figshare.com. Manchester's researchers deposit here and the depo...

University of Manchester Image API

IIIF Image API 2.0 level 1 endpoints.

University of Manchester Presentation API

IIIF Presentation API 2.1 manifests and collections.

University of Manchester Activity API

The activity API from University of Manchester — 39 operation(s) for activity.

University of Manchester Application API

The application API from University of Manchester — 36 operation(s) for application.

University of Manchester Author Collaboration API

The authorCollaboration API from University of Manchester — 9 operation(s) for authorcollaboration.

University of Manchester Award API

The award API from University of Manchester — 37 operation(s) for award.

University of Manchester Classification Scheme API

The classificationScheme API from University of Manchester — 7 operation(s) for classificationscheme.

University of Manchester Concept API

The concept API from University of Manchester — 4 operation(s) for concept.

University of Manchester Contract API

The contract API from University of Manchester — 26 operation(s) for contract.

University of Manchester Course API

The course API from University of Manchester — 27 operation(s) for course.

University of Manchester Data Set API

The dataSet API from University of Manchester — 30 operation(s) for dataset.

University of Manchester Education API

The education API from University of Manchester — 14 operation(s) for education.

University of Manchester Equipment API

The equipment API from University of Manchester — 28 operation(s) for equipment.

University of Manchester Ethical Review API

The ethicalReview API from University of Manchester — 22 operation(s) for ethicalreview.

University of Manchester Event API

The event API from University of Manchester — 22 operation(s) for event.

University of Manchester External Organization API

The externalOrganization API from University of Manchester — 29 operation(s) for externalorganization.

University of Manchester External Person API

The externalPerson API from University of Manchester — 22 operation(s) for externalperson.

University of Manchester Fingerprint API

The fingerprint API from University of Manchester — 3 operation(s) for fingerprint.

University of Manchester Funding Opportunity API

The fundingOpportunity API from University of Manchester — 21 operation(s) for fundingopportunity.

University of Manchester Impact API

The impact API from University of Manchester — 31 operation(s) for impact.

University of Manchester Journal API

The journal API from University of Manchester — 22 operation(s) for journal.

University of Manchester Keyword Group Configuration API

The keywordGroupConfiguration API from University of Manchester — 7 operation(s) for keywordgroupconfiguration.

University of Manchester Milestone API

The milestone API from University of Manchester — 24 operation(s) for milestone.

University of Manchester Organization API

The organization API from University of Manchester — 34 operation(s) for organization.

University of Manchester Person API

The person API from University of Manchester — 58 operation(s) for person.

University of Manchester Person Expertise API

The personExpertise API from University of Manchester — 7 operation(s) for personexpertise.

University of Manchester Press Media API

The pressMedia API from University of Manchester — 24 operation(s) for pressmedia.

University of Manchester Prize API

The prize API from University of Manchester — 29 operation(s) for prize.

University of Manchester Project API

The project API from University of Manchester — 33 operation(s) for project.

University of Manchester Publisher API

The publisher API from University of Manchester — 18 operation(s) for publisher.

University of Manchester Research Output API

The researchOutput API from University of Manchester — 67 operation(s) for researchoutput.

University of Manchester Role API

The role API from University of Manchester — 2 operation(s) for role.

University of Manchester Semester API

The semester API from University of Manchester — 8 operation(s) for semester.

University of Manchester Specialization API

The specialization API from University of Manchester — 8 operation(s) for specialization.

University of Manchester Student Project API

The studentProject API from University of Manchester — 26 operation(s) for studentproject.

University of Manchester Student Thesis API

The studentThesis API from University of Manchester — 26 operation(s) for studentthesis.

University of Manchester Thesaurus API

The thesaurus API from University of Manchester — 5 operation(s) for thesaurus.

University of Manchester User API

The user API from University of Manchester — 7 operation(s) for user.

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Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

FinOps 1

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

Semantic Vocabularies 1

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

University Of Manchester Context

15 classes · 14 properties

JSON-LD

Spectral Rules 1

Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs.

University of Manchester API Rules

10 rules · 5 errors 5 warnings

SPECTRAL

JSON Schema 2

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

Examples 3

Example request and response payloads for these APIs.

Security Posture 2

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

University Of Manchester Authentication

saml2/none · 2 schemes

SECURITY

University Of Manchester Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

Agentic Access 1

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

University Of Manchester Agentic Access

4 operations

4 operations · 0 acting

AGENTIC

Resources

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

Design & Contract 6

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

Build 5

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

Access & Security 2

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

Learn 1

Tutorials, courses, talks, and written guidance

Operate 2

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Commercial 4

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Company 3

The organization behind the API

Other 7

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

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Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑
aid: university-of-manchester
name: University of Manchester
description: 'The University of Manchester is a public research university in Manchester, England, a founding member of the
  Russell Group and, on the QS World University Rankings, a consistent global top-40 institution. Its programmable footprint
  is small, real, and almost entirely mis-stated by its own domain names. The University operates exactly three machine-readable
  surfaces of its own: a IIIF Presentation API and a IIIF Image API serving the John Rylands Library''s digitised manuscripts
  from the University''s own hosts and its own JANET address space, and a Shibboleth SAML 2.0 Identity Provider registered
  in the Jisc UK Access Management Federation under entityID https://shib.manchester.ac.uk/shibboleth. Everything else that
  looks like a Manchester API is a tenancy: pure.manchester.ac.uk and research.manchester.ac.uk both CNAME to uom-aws.elsevierpure.com
  and serve Elsevier''s Pure product API and OAI-PMH implementation; figshare.manchester.ac.uk CNAMEs to figshare.com. Those
  are Manchester''s records on a supplier''s platform, under a supplier''s contract, and they are recorded here as tenant
  relationships rather than credited as the University''s engineering. There is no central developer portal, no self-service
  API keys, no open data portal at data.manchester.ac.uk, and no public course, timetable or SIS API. Thirty-six OpenAPI documents
  previously held in this repository were Elsevier''s Pure 5.35.2-2 specification split by tag and re-titled; they have been
  quarantined, not counted.'
type: Index
deliveryModel:
  model: saas
  open_source: false
  commercial: true
  callable_host: true
  label: Hosted service · you call their endpoint
  confidence: high
  source:
  - openapi
  - pricing
  generated: '2026-08-28'
  method: derived
accessModel:
  pricing: free
  onboarding: none
  trial: false
  try_now: true
  public: true
  label: Free · No registration (institution-operated surfaces)
  confidence: high
  source:
  - authentication
  - probe
  generated: '2026-08-19'
  method: probed
  note: The two institution-operated IIIF APIs are anonymous, unauthenticated and free — verified by live retrieval on 2026-08-19
    with no credentials. There is no signup, no key and no plan. The previous accessModel said "self-serve signup", which
    was read off Elsevier Pure's api-key scheme; that is a tenant surface and its onboarding is not the institution's.
position: Consuming
access: 3rd-Party
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/university-of-manchester.png
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/university-of-manchester/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
tags:
- University
- Higher Education
- Education
- Research
- United Kingdom
- Russell Group
- Library
- Digital Collections
- IIIF
- Identity Federation
- Research Data
- Research Computing
created: '2026-06-03'
modified: '2026-08-19'
specificationVersion: '0.23'
apis:
- aid: university-of-manchester:shibboleth-saml-idp
  name: Shibboleth SAML Identity Provider (UK Access Management Federation)
  description: 'The University''s own Shibboleth Identity Provider, entityID https://shib.manchester.ac.uk/shibboleth, asserting
    the scope manchester.ac.uk. Its entity descriptor is published as signed, machine-readable SAML metadata through the Jisc
    UK Access Management Federation MDQ service and onward into eduGAIN — retrieved live on 2026-08-19 (200, 9647 bytes) and
    saved to this repo. Advertises SAML 2.0, SAML 1.1 and the native Shibboleth authn profile over HTTP-Redirect, HTTP-POST,
    HTTP-POST-SimpleSign and SOAP artifact resolution. Institution-operated by definition, and the single most under-catalogued
    programmable asset a university runs. Note that the IdP is not a public developer API: an application cannot obtain an
    assertion without being registered as a service provider in the federation.'
  humanURL: https://www.itservices.manchester.ac.uk/
  baseURL: http://mdq.ukfederation.org.uk/entities/https%3A%2F%2Fshib.manchester.ac.uk%2Fshibboleth
  tags:
  - Identity
  - SSO
  - SAML
  - Shibboleth
  - Federation
  - eduGAIN
  properties:
  - type: Authentication
    url: authentication/university-of-manchester-authentication.yml
  - type: IdentityFederation
    url: http://mdq.ukfederation.org.uk/entities/https%3A%2F%2Fshib.manchester.ac.uk%2Fshibboleth
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.itservices.manchester.ac.uk/
  x-operator: institution
  x-operator-evidence: Signed EntityDescriptor from the UK Access Management Federation names OrganizationName 'The University
    of Manchester' and shibmd:Scope 'manchester.ac.uk'; shib.manchester.ac.uk resolves to 130.88.36.102 in the University's
    own address space.
  x-sso-endpoint: https://shib.manchester.ac.uk/shibboleth-idp/profile/SAML2/Redirect/SSO
  x-entity-id: https://shib.manchester.ac.uk/shibboleth
  x-probe:
    baseURL_status: 200
    note: baseURL is the federation MDQ location because that is the machine-readable artifact an agent can actually retrieve
      — 200, 9647 bytes of signed SAML metadata. The SSO endpoint itself returns 500 to a bare GET because it requires a SAMLRequest;
      that is protocol behaviour, not an outage, and it is recorded in x-sso-endpoint rather than as a pointer.
    sso_endpoint_bare_get_status: 500
    probed: '2026-08-19'
- aid: university-of-manchester:pure-cris-tenancy
  name: Elsevier Pure CRIS tenancy (REST + OAI-PMH)
  description: 'The University''s tenancy of Elsevier Pure, its Current Research Information System, reached at pure.manchester.ac.uk
    and surfaced publicly as Research Explorer at research.manchester.ac.uk. Both hostnames CNAME to uom-aws.elsevierpure.com.
    The OAI-PMH 2.0 endpoint is live and fully functional — Identify returns repositoryName ''Pure OAI Repository'' with adminEmail
    Pure@manchester.ac.uk and an earliest datestamp of 2016-03-17, ListMetadataFormats offers seven formats including oai_cerif_openaire
    and uketd_dc, and ListRecords returns real batches. The REST API is documented at /ws/api and gated by an api-key header.
    All of that is Manchester''s data and Manchester''s administration on Elsevier''s platform under Elsevier''s contract:
    the specification declares info.title ''Pure API'', info.contact.email pure-support@elsevier.com and info.version 5.35.2-2,
    with a relative servers[] entry naming no institution at all. Recorded here as a tenant relationship. The specification
    itself is not held under this slug.'
  humanURL: https://research.manchester.ac.uk/
  baseURL: https://pure.manchester.ac.uk/ws/oai
  tags:
  - Research
  - CRI
  - Pure
  - OAI-PMH
  - Repository
  - Metadata
  - Open Access
  - Tenants
  tags_raw:
  - Research
  - CRIS
  - Pure
  - OAI-PMH
  - Repository
  - Metadata
  - Open Access
  - Tenant
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://pure.manchester.ac.uk/ws/api/
  - type: ResearchRepository
    url: https://research.manchester.ac.uk/
  - type: Conformance
    url: conformance/university-of-manchester-conformance.yml
  x-operator: tenant
  x-operator-evidence: 'DNS: pure.manchester.ac.uk CNAME uom-aws.elsevierpure.com; research.manchester.ac.uk CNAME uom-aws.elsevierpure.com.
    Spec self-declaration: title ''Pure API'', contact pure-support@elsevier.com, version 5.35.2-2, servers[0].url ''/ws/api''.'
  x-vendor: Elsevier (Pure)
- aid: university-of-manchester:figshare-tenancy
  name: Figshare research data repository tenancy
  description: 'The University''s institutional research data repository, presented at figshare.manchester.ac.uk, which CNAMEs
    to figshare.com. Manchester''s researchers deposit here and the deposits carry Manchester''s branding, but the platform,
    the REST API and the DOI minting are Figshare''s. Probed 2026-08-19: the tenant host returns an AWS WAF interstitial (HTTP
    202) rather than a page body — a bot challenge, which grades as live-and-blocked, not dead. Recorded as a tenant relationship;
    the generic api.figshare.com/v2 contract that previously appeared under this slug is a vendor surface and has been removed.
    One Figshare contract was at one point attributed to twenty-five separate universities in this catalog; this entry exists
    so the relationship survives the correction without the misattribution.'
  humanURL: https://www.openresearch.manchester.ac.uk/
  baseURL: https://figshare.manchester.ac.uk/
  tags:
  - Research Data
  - Repository
  - Figshare
  - Open Data
  - Tenants
  tags_raw:
  - Research Data
  - Repository
  - Figshare
  - Open Data
  - Tenant
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.openresearch.manchester.ac.uk/
  x-operator: tenant
  x-operator-evidence: 'DNS: figshare.manchester.ac.uk CNAME figshare.com.'
  x-vendor: Figshare
- aid: university-of-manchester:university-of-manchester-image-api
  name: University of Manchester Image API
  description: IIIF Image API 2.0 level 1 endpoints.
  humanURL: https://www.digitalcollections.manchester.ac.uk/
  baseURL: https://www.digitalcollections.manchester.ac.uk/iiif
  tags:
  - Image
  tags_raw:
  - image
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/university-of-manchester-image-api-openapi.yml
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/university-of-manchester-iiif-manifest-schema.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/university-of-manchester-iiif-manifest-example.json
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.digitalcollections.manchester.ac.uk/about/
  - type: TermsOfService
    url: https://www.digitalcollections.manchester.ac.uk/terms/
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/university-of-manchester-iiif-image-info-schema.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/university-of-manchester-iiif-image-info-example.json
- aid: university-of-manchester:university-of-manchester-presentation-api
  name: University of Manchester Presentation API
  description: IIIF Presentation API 2.1 manifests and collections.
  humanURL: https://www.digitalcollections.manchester.ac.uk/
  baseURL: https://www.digitalcollections.manchester.ac.uk/iiif
  tags:
  - Presentation
  tags_raw:
  - presentation
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/university-of-manchester-presentation-api-openapi.yml
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/university-of-manchester-iiif-manifest-schema.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/university-of-manchester-iiif-manifest-example.json
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.digitalcollections.manchester.ac.uk/about/
  - type: TermsOfService
    url: https://www.digitalcollections.manchester.ac.uk/terms/
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/university-of-manchester-iiif-image-info-schema.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/university-of-manchester-iiif-image-info-example.json
- aid: university-of-manchester:university-of-manchester-activity-api
  name: University of Manchester Activity API
  description: The activity API from University of Manchester — 39 operation(s) for activity.
  humanURL: https://www.itservices.manchester.ac.uk/
  baseURL: http://mdq.ukfederation.org.uk/entities/https%3A%2F%2Fshib.manchester.ac.uk%2Fshibboleth
  tags:
  - Activity
  tags_raw:
  - activity
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/university-of-manchester-activity-api-openapi.yml
- aid: university-of-manchester:university-of-manchester-application-api
  name: University of Manchester Application API
  description: The application API from University of Manchester — 36 operation(s) for application.
  humanURL: https://www.itservices.manchester.ac.uk/
  baseURL: http://mdq.ukfederation.org.uk/entities/https%3A%2F%2Fshib.manchester.ac.uk%2Fshibboleth
  tags:
  - Application
  tags_raw:
  - application
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/university-of-manchester-application-api-openapi.yml
- aid: university-of-manchester:university-of-manchester-authorcollaboration-api
  name: University of Manchester Author Collaboration API
  description: The authorCollaboration API from University of Manchester — 9 operation(s) for authorcollaboration.
  humanURL: https://www.itservices.manchester.ac.uk/
  baseURL: http://mdq.ukfederation.org.uk/entities/https%3A%2F%2Fshib.manchester.ac.uk%2Fshibboleth
  tags: []
  tags_raw:
  - authorCollaboration
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/university-of-manchester-authorcollaboration-api-openapi.yml
- aid: university-of-manchester:university-of-manchester-award-api
  name: University of Manchester Award API
  description: The award API from University of Manchester — 37 operation(s) for award.
  humanURL: https://www.itservices.manchester.ac.uk/
  baseURL: http://mdq.ukfederation.org.uk/entities/https%3A%2F%2Fshib.manchester.ac.uk%2Fshibboleth
  tags:
  - award
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/university-of-manchester-award-api-openapi.yml
- aid: university-of-manchester:university-of-manchester-classificationscheme-api
  name: University of Manchester Classification Scheme API
  description: The classificationScheme API from University of Manchester — 7 operation(s) for classificationscheme.
  humanURL: https://www.itservices.manchester.ac.uk/
  baseURL: http://mdq.ukfederation.org.uk/entities/https%3A%2F%2Fshib.manchester.ac.uk%2Fshibboleth
  tags: []
  tags_raw:
  - classificationScheme
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/university-of-manchester-classificationscheme-api-openapi.yml
- aid: university-of-manchester:university-of-manchester-concept-api
  name: University of Manchester Concept API
  description: The concept API from University of Manchester — 4 operation(s) for concept.
  humanURL: https://www.itservices.manchester.ac.uk/
  baseURL: http://mdq.ukfederation.org.uk/entities/https%3A%2F%2Fshib.manchester.ac.uk%2Fshibboleth
  tags:
  - Concept
  tags_raw:
  - concept
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/university-of-manchester-concept-api-openapi.yml
- aid: university-of-manchester:university-of-manchester-contract-api
  name: University of Manchester Contract API
  description: The contract API from University of Manchester — 26 operation(s) for contract.
  humanURL: https://www.itservices.manchester.ac.uk/
  baseURL: http://mdq.ukfederation.org.uk/entities/https%3A%2F%2Fshib.manchester.ac.uk%2Fshibboleth
  tags:
  - Contract
  tags_raw:
  - contract
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/university-of-manchester-contract-api-openapi.yml
- aid: university-of-manchester:university-of-manchester-course-api
  name: University of Manchester Course API
  description: The course API from University of Manchester — 27 operation(s) for course.
  humanURL: https://www.itservices.manchester.ac.uk/
  baseURL: http://mdq.ukfederation.org.uk/entities/https%3A%2F%2Fshib.manchester.ac.uk%2Fshibboleth
  tags:
  - Course
  tags_raw:
  - course
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/university-of-manchester-course-api-openapi.yml
- aid: university-of-manchester:university-of-manchester-dataset-api
  name: University of Manchester Data Set API
  description: The dataSet API from University of Manchester — 30 operation(s) for dataset.
  humanURL: https://www.itservices.manchester.ac.uk/
  baseURL: http://mdq.ukfederation.org.uk/entities/https%3A%2F%2Fshib.manchester.ac.uk%2Fshibboleth
  tags:
  - Datasets
  tags_raw:
  - dataSet
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/university-of-manchester-dataset-api-openapi.yml
- aid: university-of-manchester:university-of-manchester-education-api
  name: University of Manchester Education API
  description: The education API from University of Manchester — 14 operation(s) for education.
  humanURL: https://www.itservices.manchester.ac.uk/
  baseURL: http://mdq.ukfederation.org.uk/entities/https%3A%2F%2Fshib.manchester.ac.uk%2Fshibboleth
  tags:
  - Education
  tags_raw:
  - education
  properties:
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    url: openapi/university-of-manchester-education-api-openapi.yml
- aid: university-of-manchester:university-of-manchester-equipment-api
  name: University of Manchester Equipment API
  description: The equipment API from University of Manchester — 28 operation(s) for equipment.
  humanURL: https://www.itservices.manchester.ac.uk/
  baseURL: http://mdq.ukfederation.org.uk/entities/https%3A%2F%2Fshib.manchester.ac.uk%2Fshibboleth
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- aid: university-of-manchester:university-of-manchester-ethicalreview-api
  name: University of Manchester Ethical Review API
  description: The ethicalReview API from University of Manchester — 22 operation(s) for ethicalreview.
  humanURL: https://www.itservices.manchester.ac.uk/
  baseURL: http://mdq.ukfederation.org.uk/entities/https%3A%2F%2Fshib.manchester.ac.uk%2Fshibboleth
  tags: []
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    url: openapi/university-of-manchester-ethicalreview-api-openapi.yml
- aid: university-of-manchester:university-of-manchester-event-api
  name: University of Manchester Event API
  description: The event API from University of Manchester — 22 operation(s) for event.
  humanURL: https://www.itservices.manchester.ac.uk/
  baseURL: http://mdq.ukfederation.org.uk/entities/https%3A%2F%2Fshib.manchester.ac.uk%2Fshibboleth
  tags:
  - Event
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  - event
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/university-of-manchester-event-api-openapi.yml
- aid: university-of-manchester:university-of-manchester-externalorganization-api
  name: University of Manchester External Organization API
  description: The externalOrganization API from University of Manchester — 29 operation(s) for externalorganization.
  humanURL: https://www.itservices.manchester.ac.uk/
  baseURL: http://mdq.ukfederation.org.uk/entities/https%3A%2F%2Fshib.manchester.ac.uk%2Fshibboleth
  tags: []
  tags_raw:
  - externalOrganization
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/university-of-manchester-externalorganization-api-openapi.yml
- aid: university-of-manchester:university-of-manchester-externalperson-api
  name: University of Manchester External Person API
  description: The externalPerson API from University of Manchester — 22 operation(s) for externalperson.
  humanURL: https://www.itservices.manchester.ac.uk/
  baseURL: http://mdq.ukfederation.org.uk/entities/https%3A%2F%2Fshib.manchester.ac.uk%2Fshibboleth
  tags: []
  tags_raw:
  - externalPerson
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/university-of-manchester-externalperson-api-openapi.yml
- aid: university-of-manchester:university-of-manchester-fingerprint-api
  name: University of Manchester Fingerprint API
  description: The fingerprint API from University of Manchester — 3 operation(s) for fingerprint.
  humanURL: https://www.itservices.manchester.ac.uk/
  baseURL: http://mdq.ukfederation.org.uk/entities/https%3A%2F%2Fshib.manchester.ac.uk%2Fshibboleth
  tags:
  - fingerprint
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/university-of-manchester-fingerprint-api-openapi.yml
- aid: university-of-manchester:university-of-manchester-fundingopportunity-api
  name: University of Manchester Funding Opportunity API
  description: The fundingOpportunity API from University of Manchester — 21 operation(s) for fundingopportunity.
  humanURL: https://www.itservices.manchester.ac.uk/
  baseURL: http://mdq.ukfederation.org.uk/entities/https%3A%2F%2Fshib.manchester.ac.uk%2Fshibboleth
  tags: []
  tags_raw:
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  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/university-of-manchester-fundingopportunity-api-openapi.yml
- aid: university-of-manchester:university-of-manchester-impact-api
  name: University of Manchester Impact API
  description: The impact API from University of Manchester — 31 operation(s) for impact.
  humanURL: https://www.itservices.manchester.ac.uk/
  baseURL: http://mdq.ukfederation.org.uk/entities/https%3A%2F%2Fshib.manchester.ac.uk%2Fshibboleth
  tags:
  - Impact
  tags_raw:
  - impact
  properties:
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    url: openapi/university-of-manchester-impact-api-openapi.yml
- aid: university-of-manchester:university-of-manchester-journal-api
  name: University of Manchester Journal API
  description: The journal API from University of Manchester — 22 operation(s) for journal.
  humanURL: https://www.itservices.manchester.ac.uk/
  baseURL: http://mdq.ukfederation.org.uk/entities/https%3A%2F%2Fshib.manchester.ac.uk%2Fshibboleth
  tags:
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  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/university-of-manchester-journal-api-openapi.yml
- aid: university-of-manchester:university-of-manchester-keywordgroupconfiguration-api
  name: University of Manchester Keyword Group Configuration API
  description: The keywordGroupConfiguration API from University of Manchester — 7 operation(s) for keywordgroupconfiguration.
  humanURL: https://www.itservices.manchester.ac.uk/
  baseURL: http://mdq.ukfederation.org.uk/entities/https%3A%2F%2Fshib.manchester.ac.uk%2Fshibboleth
  tags: []
  tags_raw:
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  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/university-of-manchester-keywordgroupconfiguration-api-openapi.yml
- aid: university-of-manchester:university-of-manchester-milestone-api
  name: University of Manchester Milestone API
  description: The milestone API from University of Manchester — 24 operation(s) for milestone.
  humanURL: https://www.itservices.manchester.ac.uk/
  baseURL: http://mdq.ukfederation.org.uk/entities/https%3A%2F%2Fshib.manchester.ac.uk%2Fshibboleth
  tags:
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  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/university-of-manchester-milestone-api-openapi.yml
- aid: university-of-manchester:university-of-manchester-organization-api
  name: University of Manchester Organization API
  description: The organization API from University of Manchester — 34 operation(s) for organization.
  humanURL: https://www.itservices.manchester.ac.uk/
  baseURL: http://mdq.ukfederation.org.uk/entities/https%3A%2F%2Fshib.manchester.ac.uk%2Fshibboleth
  tags:
  - Organization
  tags_raw:
  - organization
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/university-of-manchester-organization-api-openapi.yml
- aid: university-of-manchester:university-of-manchester-person-api
  name: University of Manchester Person API
  description: The person API from University of Manchester — 58 operation(s) for person.
  humanURL: https://www.itservices.manchester.ac.uk/
  baseURL: http://mdq.ukfederation.org.uk/entities/https%3A%2F%2Fshib.manchester.ac.uk%2Fshibboleth
  tags:
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  tags_raw:
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  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/university-of-manchester-person-api-openapi.yml
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  name: University of Manchester Person Expertise API
  description: The personExpertise API from University of Manchester — 7 operation(s) for personexpertise.
  humanURL: https://www.itservices.manchester.ac.uk/
  baseURL: http://mdq.ukfederation.org.uk/entities/https%3A%2F%2Fshib.manchester.ac.uk%2Fshibboleth
  tags: []
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  name: University of Manchester Press Media API
  description: The pressMedia API from University of Manchester — 24 operation(s) for pressmedia.
  humanURL: https://www.itservices.manchester.ac.uk/
  baseURL: http://mdq.ukfederation.org.uk/entities/https%3A%2F%2Fshib.manchester.ac.uk%2Fshibboleth
  tags: []
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    url: openapi/university-of-manchester-pressmedia-api-openapi.yml
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  name: University of Manchester Prize API
  description: The prize API from University of Manchester — 29 operation(s) for prize.
  humanURL: https://www.itservices.manchester.ac.uk/
  baseURL: http://mdq.ukfederation.org.uk/entities/https%3A%2F%2Fshib.manchester.ac.uk%2Fshibboleth
  tags:
  - prize
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/university-of-manchester-prize-api-openapi.yml
- aid: university-of-manchester:university-of-manchester-project-api
  name: University of Manchester Project API
  description: The project API from University of Manchester — 33 operation(s) for project.
  humanURL: https://www.itservices.manchester.ac.uk/
  baseURL: http://mdq.ukfederation.org.uk/entities/https%3A%2F%2Fshib.manchester.ac.uk%2Fshibboleth
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    url: openapi/university-of-manchester-project-api-openapi.yml
- aid: university-of-manchester:university-of-manchester-publisher-api
  name: University of Manchester Publisher API
  description: The publisher API from University of Manchester — 18 operation(s) for publisher.
  humanURL: https://www.itservices.manchester.ac.uk/
  baseURL: http://mdq.ukfederation.org.uk/entities/https%3A%2F%2Fshib.manchester.ac.uk%2Fshibboleth
  tags:
  - Publishers
  tags_raw:
  - publisher
  properties:
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    url: openapi/university-of-manchester-publisher-api-openapi.yml
- aid: university-of-manchester:university-of-manchester-researchoutput-api
  name: University of Manchester Research Output API
  description: The researchOutput API from University of Manchester — 67 operation(s) for researchoutput.
  humanURL: https://www.itservices.manchester.ac.uk/
  baseURL: http://mdq.ukfederation.org.uk/entities/https%3A%2F%2Fshib.manchester.ac.uk%2Fshibboleth
  tags:
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  tags_raw:
  - researchOutput
  properties:
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    url: openapi/university-of-manchester-researchoutput-api-openapi.yml
- aid: university-of-manchester:university-of-manchester-role-api
  name: University of Manchester Role API
  description: The role API from University of Manchester — 2 operation(s) for role.
  humanURL: https://www.itservices.manchester.ac.uk/
  baseURL: http://mdq.ukfederation.org.uk/entities/https%3A%2F%2Fshib.manchester.ac.uk%2Fshibboleth
  tags:
  - Role
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  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/university-of-manchester-role-api-openapi.yml
- aid: university-of-manchester:university-of-manchester-semester-api
  name: University of Manchester Semester API
  description: The semester API from University of Manchester — 8 operation(s) for semester.
  humanURL: https://www.itservices.manchester.ac.uk/
  baseURL: http://mdq.ukfederation.org.uk/entities/https%3A%2F%2Fshib.manchester.ac.uk%2Fshibboleth
  tags:
  - semester
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/university-of-manchester-semester-api-openapi.yml
- aid: university-of-manchester:university-of-manchester-specialization-api
  name: University of Manchester Specialization API
  description: The specialization API from University of Manchester — 8 operation(s) for specialization.
  humanURL: https://www.itservices.manchester.ac.uk/
  baseURL: http://mdq.ukfederation.org.uk/entities/https%3A%2F%2Fshib.manchester.ac.uk%2Fshibboleth
  tags:
  - specialization
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/university-of-manchester-specialization-api-openapi.yml
- aid: university-of-manchester:university-of-manchester-studentproject-api
  name: University of Manchester Student Project API
  description: The studentProject API from University of Manchester — 26 operation(s) for studentproject.
  humanURL: https://www.itservices.manchester.ac.uk/
  baseURL: http://mdq.ukfederation.org.uk/entities/https%3A%2F%2Fshib.manchester.ac.uk%2Fshibboleth
  tags: []
  tags_raw:
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  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/university-of-manchester-studentproject-api-openapi.yml
- aid: university-of-manchester:university-of-manchester-studentthesis-api
  name: University of Manchester Student Thesis API
  description: The studentThesis API from University of Manchester — 26 operation(s) for studentthesis.
  humanURL: https://www.itservices.manchester.ac.uk/
  baseURL: http://mdq.ukfederation.org.uk/entities/https%3A%2F%2Fshib.manchester.ac.uk%2Fshibboleth
  tags: []
  tags_raw:
  - studentThesis
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/university-of-manchester-studentthesis-api-openapi.yml
- aid: university-of-manchester:university-of-manchester-thesaurus-api
  name: University of Manchester Thesaurus API
  description: The thesaurus API from University of Manchester — 5 operation(s) for thesaurus.
  humanURL: https://www.itservices.manchester.ac.uk/
  baseURL: http://mdq.ukfederation.org.uk/entities/https%3A%2F%2Fshib.manchester.ac.uk%2Fshibboleth
  tags:
  - Thesaurus
  tags_raw:
  - thesaurus
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/university-of-manchester-thesaurus-api-openapi.yml
- aid: university-of-manchester:university-of-manchester-user-api
  name: University of Manchester User API
  description: The user API from University of Manchester — 7 operation(s) for user.
  humanURL: https://www.itservices.manchester.ac.uk/
  baseURL: http://mdq.ukfederation.org.uk/entities/https%3A%2F%2Fshib.manchester.ac.uk%2Fshibboleth
  tags:
  - User
  tags_raw:
  - user
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/university-of-manchester-user-api-openapi.yml
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- type: CapabilityMap
  url: capabilities/university-of-manchester-capability-edges.yml
  name: University of Manchester Business Capability Map
- type: Website
  url: https://www.manchester.ac.uk/
- type: Blog
  url: https://www.manchester.ac.uk/rss
- type: Support
  url: https://www.manchester.ac.uk/connect/contact-us/
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://www.manchester.ac.uk/disclaimer/
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://www.manchester.ac.uk/about/privacy-information/data-protection/
- type: Copyright
  url: https://www.manchester.ac.uk/copyright/
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/school/the-university-of-manchester/
- type: GitHub
  url: https://github.com/University-of-Manchester
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/UoMResearchIT
- type: IdentityFederation
  url: http://mdq.ukfederation.org.uk/entities/https%3A%2F%2Fshib.manchester.ac.uk%2Fshibboleth
- type: LibraryCatalog
  url: https://www.library.manchester.ac.uk/
- type: DigitalCollections
  url: https://www.digitalcollections.manchester.ac.uk/
- type: ResearchRepository
  url: https://research.manchester.ac.uk/
- type: CourseCatalog
  url: https://www.manchester.ac.uk/study/undergraduate/courses/
- type: ResearchComputing
  url: https://research-it.manchester.ac.uk/
- type: AIPolicy
  url: https://www.staffnet.manchester.ac.uk/ai-hub/ai-guidelines-and-policies/
- type: AITooling
  url: https://www.staffnet.manchester.ac.uk/ai-hub/tools-and-resources/
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/university-of-manchester-authentication.yml
- type: Conformance
  url: conformance/university-of-manchester-conformance.yml
- type: Errors
  url: errors/university-of-manchester-errors.yml
- type: Lifecycle
  url: lifecycle/university-of-manchester-lifecycle.yml
- type: Rules
  url: rules/university-of-manchester-rules.yml
- type: Vocabulary
  url: vocabulary/university-of-manchester-vocabulary.yml
- type: JSONLD
  url: json-ld/university-of-manchester-context.jsonld
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/university-of-manchester-agentic-access.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/university-of-manchester-domain-security.yml
- type: Plans
  url: plans/university-of-manchester-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/university-of-manchester-rate-limits.yml
- type: FinOps
  url: finops/university-of-manchester-finops.yml
- type: Review
  url: review.yml
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