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University of Göttingen

GDZ OAI-PMH Metadata Harvesting

OAI-PMH 2.0 harvesting interface for the Göttinger Digitalisierungszentrum, operated by SUB Göttingen on the university's own domain. Verified live on 2026-08-30: Identify names the repository "GDZ - OAI Frontend" with adminEmail gdz@sub.uni-goettingen.de, earliestDatestamp 1998-03-01, and disseminates oai_dc and METS/MODS. Sets are GDZ collections such as dc_thaer-bibliothek and dc_blumenbachiana. No key, no registration, no observed rate limit.

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GDZ OAI-PMH Metadata Harvesting is one of 7 APIs that University of Göttingen publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

Tagged areas include OAI-PMH, Metadata, Digital Library, and Harvesting. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification and API documentation.

This API exposes 1 operation across 1 path. It is described by OpenAPI 3.1.0, at version 2.0.

Requests are made against a single base URL, https://gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de.

1 operations 1 paths 0 schemas 1 GET

Metadata

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Specification
OpenAPI 3.1.0
API Version
2.0
Base URL
https://gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/oai2/
Contact
Göttinger Digitalisierungszentrum (GDZ), SUB Göttingen
Resource Areas
1

Paths & Operations 1

Across 1 path, the API surfaces 1 operation — 1 GET. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

OAI-PMH 1

Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting, version 2.0.

GET
/oai2/
Issue an OAI-PMH 2.0 request
oaiRequest 7 params → 200

Specification

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Source

university-of-gottingen-gdz-oai-pmh-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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API Details
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university-of-gottingen:gdz-oai-pmh
Base URL
https://gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/oai2/
Docs
https://gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/
Provider
University of Göttingen
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