University of Bonn

---
aid: university-of-bonn
name: University of Bonn
description: >-
  The University of Bonn (Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn) is a
  public research university in Bonn, Germany, ranked #227 in the QS World
  University Rankings 2025. Its primary public, machine-readable developer
  footprint is bonndata, the institutional cross-disciplinary research data
  repository built on the open-source Dataverse platform, which exposes a public
  Dataverse Native REST API and an OAI-PMH metadata harvesting endpoint. The
  university also maintains an official GitHub organization (unibonn) with code
  from across the institution. Most other systems (library Alma/Primo discovery,
  identity/SSO, student information systems) are operated through standard vendor
  platforms without separately published public developer portals.
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/university-of-bonn/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
tags:
  - Education
  - Higher Education
  - University
  - Research Data
  - Open Data
  - Germany
created: '2026-06-03'
modified: '2026-06-03'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
  - aid: university-of-bonn:bonndata-native-api
    name: bonndata Dataverse Native REST API
    description: >-
      Public REST search and data-access API for bonndata, the University of
      Bonn institutional research data repository running on Dataverse. The
      search endpoint returns JSON listings of published datasets and files
      (verified live, 362+ indexed records). Follows the standard Dataverse
      Native API specification.
    humanURL: https://guides.dataverse.org/en/latest/api/native-api.html
    baseURL: https://bonndata.uni-bonn.de/api
    tags: [ Research Data, Dataverse, REST, Open Data ]
    properties:
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://guides.dataverse.org/en/latest/api/native-api.html
      - type: Website
        url: https://bonndata.uni-bonn.de/
      - type: OpenAPI
        url: openapi/university-of-bonn-bonndata-native-api.yaml
      - type: JSONSchema
        url: json-schema/university-of-bonn-search-response-schema.json
      - type: x-vocabulary
        url: vocabulary/university-of-bonn-vocabulary.yml
      - type: x-rules
        url: rules/university-of-bonn-rules.yml
      - type: x-json-ld
        url: json-ld/university-of-bonn-context.jsonld
  - aid: university-of-bonn:bonndata-oai-pmh
    name: bonndata OAI-PMH Metadata Endpoint
    description: >-
      OAI-PMH (Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting)
      endpoint for the bonndata repository, supporting metadata harvesting of
      published research datasets (verified live via verb=Identify). Supports
      DataCite, Dublin Core, OAI-ORE and OpenAIRE metadata formats.
    humanURL: https://guides.dataverse.org/en/latest/admin/harvestserver.html
    baseURL: https://bonndata.uni-bonn.de/oai
    tags: [ Research Data, OAI-PMH, Metadata Harvesting, Open Data ]
    properties:
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://guides.dataverse.org/en/latest/admin/harvestserver.html
      - type: Website
        url: https://bonndata.uni-bonn.de/
common:
  - type: Website
    url: https://www.uni-bonn.de/en
  - type: GitHub
    url: https://github.com/unibonn
  - type: LinkedIn
    url: https://www.linkedin.com/school/university-of-bonn/
  - type: Plans
    url: plans/university-of-bonn-plans-pricing.yml
  - type: RateLimits
    url: rate-limits/university-of-bonn-rate-limits.yml
  - type: FinOps
    url: finops/university-of-bonn-finops.yml
  - type: Review
    url: review.yml
maintainers:
  - FN: Kin Lane
    email: [email protected]