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University of Wollongong

The University of Wollongong (UOW) is a public research university based in Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia, ranked #167 in the QS World University Rankings 2025. UOW does not operate a public, self-service developer portal. Its confirmed machine-readable footprint is built on third-party platforms: the Research Online institutional repository runs on bepress Digital Commons and exposes an OAI-PMH metadata interface, while the UOW Library runs on the Ex Libris Alma/Primo platform whose REST APIs are documented through the Ex Libris Developer Network. UOW IT Services also maintains a small public GitHub organization. Most institutional systems (student administration, identity) are gated behind authentication and not publicly documented.

University of Wollongong publishes 2 APIs on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Education, Higher Education, University, Australia, and Research Repository.

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

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

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18.8/100 emerging ▬ flat Agent 3/100 human only Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6
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2 APIs
EducationHigher EducationUniversityAustraliaResearch RepositoryLibraryOpen Access

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scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6
Composite quality — 18.8/100 · emerging
Contract Quality 3.2 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 0.4 / 20
Commercial Clarity 5.8 / 20
Operational Transparency 3.4 / 13
Governance 0.0 / 12
Discoverability 5.9 / 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 2

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

Research Online OAI-PMH

OAI-PMH metadata harvesting interface for University of Wollongong Research Online, the institution's open access repository running on bepress Digital Commons. Exposes journal ...

UOW Library Discovery (Ex Libris Primo/Alma)

The UOW Library runs on the Ex Libris Alma library services platform with the Primo discovery layer (adopted 2020). Primo and Alma expose REST APIs for search, bibliographic, an...

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

University Of Wollongong Plans Pricing

2 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

University Of Wollongong Rate Limits

1 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

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

University Of Wollongong Finops

FINOPS

Semantic Vocabularies 1

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

University Of Wollongong Context

22 classes · 3 properties

JSON-LD

Security Posture 1

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

University Of Wollongong Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

Resources

Design & Contract 1

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

JSONLD
JSONLD

Build 1

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHub
GitHub

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 4

The organization behind the API

Website
Website
 LinkedIn
LinkedIn
 Blog
Blog
 BlogRSS
BlogRSS

Other 1

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

Review
Review

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: university-of-wollongong
name: University of Wollongong
description: 'The University of Wollongong (UOW) is a public research university based in Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia,
  ranked #167 in the QS World University Rankings 2025. UOW does not operate a public, self-service developer portal. Its
  confirmed machine-readable footprint is built on third-party platforms: the Research Online institutional repository runs
  on bepress Digital Commons and exposes an OAI-PMH metadata interface, while the UOW Library runs on the Ex Libris Alma/Primo
  platform whose REST APIs are documented through the Ex Libris Developer Network. UOW IT Services also maintains a small
  public GitHub organization. Most institutional systems (student administration, identity) are gated behind authentication
  and not publicly documented.'
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-wollongong.png
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/university-of-wollongong/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
tags:
- Education
- Higher Education
- University
- Australia
- Research Repository
- Library
- Open Access
created: '2026-06-03'
modified: '2026-06-03'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
- aid: university-of-wollongong:research-online-oai
  name: Research Online OAI-PMH
  description: OAI-PMH metadata harvesting interface for University of Wollongong Research Online, the institution's open
    access repository running on bepress Digital Commons. Exposes journal articles, conference papers, theses, and reports
    for harvesting. Endpoint is documented by Sherpa (repository 276); the live endpoint returns a bot challenge to automated
    clients, so a valid Identify response could not be confirmed in this pass.
  humanURL: https://ro.uow.edu.au/
  baseURL: https://ro.uow.edu.au/do/oai/
  tags:
  - Research Repository
  - OAI-PMH
  - Open Access
  - Digital Commons
  - Metadata
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://v2.sherpa.ac.uk/id/repository/276
- aid: university-of-wollongong:library-primo-alma
  name: UOW Library Discovery (Ex Libris Primo/Alma)
  description: The UOW Library runs on the Ex Libris Alma library services platform with the Primo discovery layer (adopted
    2020). Primo and Alma expose REST APIs for search, bibliographic, and resource-management workflows. The APIs are documented
    through the Ex Libris Developer Network and generally require an institution API key; UOW does not publish its own developer
    documentation.
  humanURL: https://uow.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/
  tags:
  - Library
  - Discovery
  - Ex Libris
  - Primo
  - Alma
  - REST
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developers.exlibrisgroup.com/primo/apis/
common:
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/university-of-wollongong-domain-security.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://www.uow.edu.au/
- type: GitHub
  url: https://github.com/uowits
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://au.linkedin.com/school/university-of-wollongong/
- type: Plans
  url: plans/university-of-wollongong-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/university-of-wollongong-rate-limits.yml
- type: FinOps
  url: finops/university-of-wollongong-finops.yml
- type: Blog
  url: https://www.uow.edu.au/media/
- type: BlogRSS
  url: https://www.uow.edu.au/media/rss/index.php
- type: JSONLD
  url: json-ld/university-of-wollongong-context.jsonld
- type: Review
  url: review.yml
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com