University of Otago

aid: university-of-otago
name: University of Otago
description: 'The University of Otago is New Zealand''s oldest university, founded in 1869 and based in Dunedin, ranked #214
  in the QS World University Rankings 2025. Its public developer and API footprint is limited and infrastructure-oriented
  rather than product-oriented: there is no dedicated public developer portal or documented public API program. The most concrete
  machine interface is OUR Archive (Otago University Research Archive), the institutional research repository now running
  on Ex Libris / Clarivate Esploro, which exposes a standards-based OAI-PMH endpoint (currently not publicly authorized for
  harvesting). Identity is provided through the Tuakiri NZ Access Federation using SAML 2.0 / Shibboleth single sign-on. Most
  administrative, student, course, and timetable systems are gated behind institutional credentials or the campus network
  and are not openly documented.'
type: Index
position: Consumer
access: 3rd-Party
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tags:
- Education
- Higher Education
- University
- Research
- Open Access
- Repository
- Identity
- New Zealand
created: '2026-06-03'
modified: '2026-06-03'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
- aid: university-of-otago:our-archive-oai
  name: OUR Archive OAI-PMH Metadata
  description: OUR Archive (Otago University Research Archive) is the University of Otago institutional research repository,
    now hosted on Ex Libris / Clarivate Esploro. It exposes an OAI-PMH (Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting)
    endpoint following the standard Esploro pattern at /view/oai/64OTAGO_INST/request. The endpoint resolves and returns valid
    OAI XML, but at the time of review it returned OAI error_code 21 ("Unauthorized access to the OAI services"), indicating
    public harvesting is not currently enabled. Listed as the repository's standards-based metadata interface; confirm authorization
    with the library before relying on it.
  humanURL: https://ourarchive.otago.ac.nz/esploro/?institution=64OTAGO_INST
  baseURL: https://ourarchive.otago.ac.nz/view/oai/64OTAGO_INST/request
  tags:
  - Repository
  - OAI-PMH
  - Research
  - Open Access
  - Metadata
  - Library
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developers.exlibrisgroup.com/esploro/integrations/oai/
  - type: Repository
    url: https://ourarchive.otago.ac.nz/
- aid: university-of-otago:tuakiri-sso
  name: Tuakiri Federated Identity (SAML 2.0 / Shibboleth)
  description: The University of Otago operates a SAML 2.0 / Shibboleth Identity Provider (IdP) as a member of the Tuakiri
    NZ Access Federation, administered by REANNZ. This provides browser-based single sign-on for staff and students to access
    federated services across New Zealand research and education. This is federation identity infrastructure rather than a
    self-service developer API; integration is governed by Tuakiri federation membership and SAML metadata, not an open API
    program.
  humanURL: https://www.reannz.co.nz/products-and-services/tuakiri/technical-information
  tags:
  - Identity
  - SSO
  - SAML
  - Shibboleth
  - Federation
  - Authentication
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.tuakiri.ac.nz/
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://ask.otago.ac.nz/knowledgebase/article/KA-10002700/en-us
common:
- type: Website
  url: https://www.otago.ac.nz/
- type: Repository
  url: https://ourarchive.otago.ac.nz/
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/school/university-of-otago/
- type: Authentication
  url: https://ask.otago.ac.nz/knowledgebase/article/KA-10002700/en-us
- type: Plans
  url: plans/university-of-otago-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/university-of-otago-rate-limits.yml
- type: FinOps
  url: finops/university-of-otago-finops.yml
- type: Review
  url: review.yml
- type: Blog
  url: blogs/blogs.json
- type: JSONLD
  url: json-ld/university-of-otago-context.jsonld
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com