Lancaster EPrints OAI Identify

JSON Schema for the Identify response of the Lancaster EPrints OAI-PMH interface.

UniversityHigher EducationEducationUnited KingdomN8 Research PartnershipResearch DataInstitutional RepositoryIdentity FederationLibraryOpen-Source

Properties

Name Type Description
repositoryName string
baseURL string
protocolVersion string
adminEmail string
earliestDatestamp string
deletedRecord string
granularity string
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JSON Schema

lancaster-identify-schema.json Raw ↑
{
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
  "$id": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/lancaster/main/json-schema/lancaster-identify-schema.json",
  "title": "Lancaster EPrints OAI Identify",
  "description": "JSON Schema for the Identify response of the Lancaster EPrints OAI-PMH interface.",
  "type": "object",
  "required": ["repositoryName", "baseURL", "protocolVersion"],
  "properties": {
    "repositoryName": { "type": "string", "examples": ["Lancaster EPrints"] },
    "baseURL": { "type": "string", "format": "uri", "examples": ["https://eprints.lancs.ac.uk/cgi/oai2"] },
    "protocolVersion": { "type": "string", "examples": ["2.0"] },
    "adminEmail": { "type": "string", "format": "email", "examples": ["library.dit@lancaster.ac.uk"] },
    "earliestDatestamp": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time", "examples": ["2019-06-10T15:56:35Z"] },
    "deletedRecord": { "type": "string", "examples": ["persistent"] },
    "granularity": { "type": "string", "examples": ["YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ssZ"] }
  }
}

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