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University of Southampton

The University of Southampton is a public research university in Southampton, United Kingdom, ranked #70 in the QS World University Rankings 2025. It is a founding member of the Russell Group and a recognized pioneer of open and linked data in higher education. Its developer/API footprint is centered on the University of Southampton Open Data Service (data.southampton.ac.uk), which publishes campus, building, organizational, catalogue, and facilities data as linked data with a public SPARQL endpoint and multiple machine-readable formats (RDF/XML, Turtle, N-Triples, CSV, KML, ICS). The University is also the home of the EPrints open-source repository platform; its institutional research repository (ePrints Soton) exposes an OAI-PMH metadata harvesting interface. There is no single unified commercial API developer portal; access is open and standards-based rather than key-gated.

University of Southampton publishes 3 APIs on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Education, Higher Education, University, Open Data, and Linked Data.

The University of Southampton catalog on APIs.io includes 1 JSON-LD context.

University of Southampton’s developer surface includes GitHub presence, engineering blog, and 12 more developer resources.

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21.8/100 emerging ▬ flat Agent 3/100 human only Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6
AccessFree
3 APIs
EducationHigher EducationUniversityOpen DataLinked DataSPARQLOAI-PMHResearchUnited Kingdom

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scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6
Composite quality — 21.8/100 · emerging
Contract Quality 3.2 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 2.2 / 20
Commercial Clarity 5.8 / 20
Operational Transparency 3.4 / 13
Governance 0.0 / 12
Discoverability 7.4 / 10
Agent readiness — 3/100 · human only
Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 0 / 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 3

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

Open Data Service SPARQL Endpoint

Public SPARQL query endpoint for the University of Southampton Open Data Service, backed by a triple store (Sesame) with an arc2 front end. Allows querying of campus, building, ...

Open Data Linked Data (RDF) Service

Linked open data published at data.southampton.ac.uk. Resource pages offer machine-readable representations via content negotiation and "get the data" links in RDF/XML (.rdf), T...

ePrints Soton OAI-PMH Interface

OAI-PMH metadata harvesting interface for ePrints Soton, the University's institutional research repository, built on the EPrints platform (originally developed at Southampton)....

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

University Of Southampton Plans Pricing

2 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

University Of Southampton Rate Limits

1 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

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

University Of Southampton Finops

FINOPS

Semantic Vocabularies 1

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

University Of Southampton Context

6 classes · 8 properties

JSON-LD

Security Posture 1

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

University Of Southampton Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

Resources

Get Started 1

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

DeveloperPortal
DeveloperPortal

Design & Contract 1

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

x-json-ld
x-json-ld

Build 2

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHub
GitHub
 SourceCode
SourceCode

Access & Security 1

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

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 5

The organization behind the API

Website
Website
 LinkedIn
LinkedIn
 Blog
Blog
 BlogRSS
BlogRSS
 x-blogs
x-blogs

Other 1

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

Review
Review

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: university-of-southampton
name: University of Southampton
description: 'The University of Southampton is a public research university in Southampton, United Kingdom, ranked #70 in
  the QS World University Rankings 2025. It is a founding member of the Russell Group and a recognized pioneer of open and
  linked data in higher education. Its developer/API footprint is centered on the University of Southampton Open Data Service
  (data.southampton.ac.uk), which publishes campus, building, organizational, catalogue, and facilities data as linked data
  with a public SPARQL endpoint and multiple machine-readable formats (RDF/XML, Turtle, N-Triples, CSV, KML, ICS). The University
  is also the home of the EPrints open-source repository platform; its institutional research repository (ePrints Soton) exposes
  an OAI-PMH metadata harvesting interface. There is no single unified commercial API developer portal; access is open and
  standards-based rather than key-gated.'
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-southampton.png
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/university-of-southampton/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
tags:
- Education
- Higher Education
- University
- Open Data
- Linked Data
- SPARQL
- OAI-PMH
- Research
- United Kingdom
created: '2026-06-03'
modified: '2026-06-03'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
- aid: university-of-southampton:open-data-sparql
  name: Open Data Service SPARQL Endpoint
  description: Public SPARQL query endpoint for the University of Southampton Open Data Service, backed by a triple store
    (Sesame) with an arc2 front end. Allows querying of campus, building, organizational, catalogue, and facilities linked
    data.
  humanURL: https://data.southampton.ac.uk/
  baseURL: https://sparql.data.southampton.ac.uk/
  tags:
  - Open Data
  - Linked Data
  - SPARQL
  - RDF
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.data.southampton.ac.uk/faq.html
  - type: GitHub
    url: https://github.com/southampton
- aid: university-of-southampton:open-data-linked-data
  name: Open Data Linked Data (RDF) Service
  description: Linked open data published at data.southampton.ac.uk. Resource pages offer machine-readable representations
    via content negotiation and "get the data" links in RDF/XML (.rdf), Turtle (.ttl), N-Triples (.nt), and where relevant
    CSV, KML, ICS, and RSS.
  humanURL: https://data.southampton.ac.uk/
  baseURL: https://data.southampton.ac.uk/
  tags:
  - Open Data
  - Linked Data
  - RDF
  - Campus
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.data.southampton.ac.uk/faq.html
  - type: GitHub
    url: https://github.com/southampton
- aid: university-of-southampton:eprints-oai-pmh
  name: ePrints Soton OAI-PMH Interface
  description: 'OAI-PMH metadata harvesting interface for ePrints Soton, the University''s institutional research repository,
    built on the EPrints platform (originally developed at Southampton). The repository is read-only for search and harvesting;
    new deposits now go through Pure. Note: a direct probe of the OAI-PMH endpoint returned HTTP 403 (likely automated-request
    filtering); the interface is documented and intended for repository harvesters.'
  humanURL: https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/
  baseURL: https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/cgi/oai2
  tags:
  - OAI-PMH
  - Repository
  - Research
  - Metadata
  - EPrints
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/
common:
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/university-of-southampton-domain-security.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://www.southampton.ac.uk/
- type: GitHub
  url: https://github.com/southampton
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/school/university-of-southampton/
- type: DeveloperPortal
  url: https://data.southampton.ac.uk/
- type: SourceCode
  url: https://github.com/southampton
- type: Plans
  url: plans/university-of-southampton-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/university-of-southampton-rate-limits.yml
- type: FinOps
  url: finops/university-of-southampton-finops.yml
- type: Review
  url: review.yml
- type: Blog
  url: https://blog.soton.ac.uk/data/
- type: BlogRSS
  url: https://blog.soton.ac.uk/data/feed/
- type: x-blogs
  url: blogs/blogs.json
- type: x-json-ld
  url: json-ld/university-of-southampton-context.jsonld
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com