National Cheng Kung University

---
aid: ncku
name: National Cheng Kung University
description: >-
  National Cheng Kung University (NCKU) is a public research university based in
  Tainan, Taiwan, ranked #215 in the QS World University Rankings 2025. Its
  public, machine-readable footprint centers on a CKAN-powered open data
  platform that exposes the standard CKAN Action API, an Ex Libris Primo/Alma
  library discovery layer, and a DSpace 7 institutional repository. NCKU does
  not operate a single consolidated developer portal; the cataloged interfaces
  below are platform-standard APIs confirmed live rather than bespoke,
  documented university APIs.
type: Index
position: Consumer
access: 3rd-Party
image: https://kinlane-productions.s3.amazonaws.com/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/ncku/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
tags:
  - Education
  - Higher Education
  - University
  - Open Data
  - Library
  - Taiwan
created: '2026-06-03'
modified: '2026-06-03'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
  - aid: ncku:opendata
    name: NCKU Open Data Platform (CKAN Action API)
    description: >-
      NCKU's open data platform is built on CKAN and exposes the standard CKAN
      Action API. Endpoints such as /api/3/action/package_list and
      /api/3/action/package_show return JSON catalogs of the university's
      published datasets. Verified live returning valid CKAN JSON with 150+
      dataset identifiers. Data is published under the Open Government Data
      License (OGDL-Taiwan-1.0).
    humanURL: https://data.ncku.edu.tw/
    baseURL: https://data.ncku.edu.tw/api/3/action
    tags: [ Open Data, CKAN, Datasets, JSON ]
    properties:
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://docs.ckan.org/en/latest/api/
      - type: DeveloperPortal
        url: https://data.ncku.edu.tw/
  - aid: ncku:primo
    name: NCKU Library Discovery (Ex Libris Primo)
    description: >-
      The NCKU Library catalog and discovery service runs on Ex Libris Primo
      backed by an Alma library services platform. Primo deployments expose a
      REST/JSON discovery layer (Primo VE) used by the public search interface.
      Verified live at the institution's Primo discovery view; no NCKU-specific
      developer documentation or API key program was found publicly.
    humanURL: https://www.lib.ncku.edu.tw/
    tags: [ Library, Primo, Alma, Discovery ]
    properties:
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://ncku.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/search?vid=886NCKU_INST:NCKU
  - aid: ncku:ir
    name: NCKU Institutional Repository (DSpace 7)
    description: >-
      The NCKU institutional repository (NCKUR) is a DSpace 7 platform hosting
      university scholarly output and theses. DSpace 7 ships a REST API and
      OAI-PMH harvesting interface; the repository homepage advertises RSS feeds.
      Repository verified live, but a working OAI-PMH/REST base URL was not
      confirmed to resolve at probe time, so no baseURL is asserted here.
    humanURL: https://nckur.lib.ncku.edu.tw/
    tags: [ Institutional Repository, DSpace, OAI-PMH, Research ]
    properties:
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://nckur.lib.ncku.edu.tw/
common:
  - type: Website
    url: https://web.ncku.edu.tw/index.php?Lang=en
  - type: DeveloperPortal
    url: https://data.ncku.edu.tw/
  - type: GitHub
    url: https://github.com/ncku-csie
  - type: LinkedIn
    url: https://www.linkedin.com/school/national-cheng-kung-university/
  - type: Plans
    url: plans/ncku-plans-pricing.yml
  - type: RateLimits
    url: rate-limits/ncku-rate-limits.yml
  - type: FinOps
    url: finops/ncku-finops.yml
  - type: Review
    url: review.yml
maintainers:
  - FN: Kin Lane
    email: [email protected]