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Kyushu University Institutional Repository (QIR) OAI-PMH

Live OAI-PMH 2.0 metadata harvesting interface for the Kyushu University Institutional Repository (QIR) and the library's other digital collections, run by Kyushu University Library on the university's own registrable domain. The protocol implementation as well as the collection is the institution's — there is no vendor host in the path — which is why this is the rare university repository surface graded x-operator: institution rather than tenant. Verified live 2026-09-01 across all six verbs. Identify returns repositoryName "Kyushu University Institutional Repository (QIR)", protocolVersion 2.0, adminEmail qir@jimu.kyushu-u.ac.jp, earliestDatestamp 2006-08-16, deletedRecord transient, granularity to the second. ListMetadataFormats returns jpcoar, jpcoar_2.0, junii2 and oai_dc, though the library documents only JPCOAR as fully supported. ListSets returns seven sets — coal, dissertation, hydro, papers, rare, seals, qir — two of which (hydro, qir) appear on the wire but not in the documentation, while `papers` is advertised by ListSets and documented as NOT served. Anonymous, no key, no rate-limit headers; a list response caps at 500 records and pages with resumptionToken. Metadata is CC0 1.0 except QIR abstracts, which carry no licence grant. Protocol errors return HTTP 200 with a self-closing error element, so HTTP status is not a success signal here.

Kyushu University Institutional Repository (QIR) OAI-PMH is one of 8 APIs that Kyushu University publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

Tagged areas include OAI-PMH, Institutional Repository, Metadata, JPCOAR, and Open Access. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, and authentication docs.

This API exposes 1 operation across 1 path, and defines 2 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.1.0, at version 2.0.

Requests are made against a single base URL, https://catalog.lib.kyushu-u.ac.jp/mmd/mmd_api/oai-pmh.

1 operations 1 paths 2 schemas 1 GET

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.1.0
API Version
2.0
Base URL
https://catalog.lib.kyushu-u.ac.jp/mmd/mmd_api/oai-pmh/
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.

Repository 1

Verbs describing the repository itself — its identity, its metadata formats and its sets.

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

Schemas 2

The contract defines 2 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are OAIPMHResponse (3 properties), OAIPMHError (2 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

OAIPMHResponse
object
OAI-PMH 2.0 response envelope, namespace http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/, validated against http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/OAI-PMH.xsd. Described her…
3 properties 2 required
OAIPMHError
object
OAI-PMH protocol error, returned inside a 200 response.
2 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

kyushu-qir-oai-pmh-openapi.yml Raw ↑

Other APIs Kyushu University publishes across the network.

QIR / Kyushu University Collections Bulk Metadata (TSV via Handle)
GakuNin Shibboleth Identity Provider
DataCite DOI Registration Membership
Crossref DOI Registration Membership
ROR Organization Record
Kyushu University Pure Research Portal (Elsevier tenant)
Genkai Supercomputer System (Research Institute for Information Technology)
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