University of Oxford

aid: university-of-oxford
name: University of Oxford
description: >-
  The University of Oxford (Oxford, UK; QS World 2025 #3) is a collegiate
  research university. Historically it ran a notable open-data and developer
  program via the IT Services Open Data Service (data.ox.ac.uk) and the Mobile
  Oxford platform, exposing OxPoints, places, courses, and vacancies via REST,
  SPARQL, and a JavaScript API; that service is now deprecated and its
  API/docs/mobile domains no longer resolve. The clearly live, documented
  public API today is the Bodleian Libraries' ORA (Oxford University Research
  Archive) OAI-PMH metadata interface.
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-oxford/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
tags:
  - Education
  - Higher Education
  - University
  - Research
  - United Kingdom
  - Open Access
  - OAI-PMH
  - Repository
created: '2026-06-03'
modified: '2026-06-03'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
  - aid: university-of-oxford:ora
    name: ORA — Oxford University Research Archive API
    description: >-
      Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting (OAI-PMH v2.0)
      endpoint for Oxford's institutional open-access repository (theses,
      datasets, and journal articles). Supports verbs such as Identify,
      ListSets, and ListMetadataFormats; metadata formats include oai_dc,
      DataCite, OpenAIRE, RIOXX, and EThOS. Open for normal harvesting; large
      downloads require contacting ORA first.
    humanURL: https://ora.ox.ac.uk/api
    baseURL: https://ora.ox.ac.uk/oai2
    tags:
      - Repository
      - Open Access
      - OAI-PMH
      - Metadata
      - Research Data
    properties:
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://ora.ox.ac.uk/api
      - type: Website
        url: https://ora.ox.ac.uk/
common:
  - type: Website
    url: https://www.ox.ac.uk/
  - type: GitHub
    url: https://github.com/ox-it
  - type: GitHub
    url: https://github.com/OxfordRSE
  - type: Status
    url: https://status.it.ox.ac.uk/
  - type: LinkedIn
    url: https://www.linkedin.com/school/university-of-oxford/
  - type: Plans
    url: plans/university-of-oxford-plans-pricing.yml
  - type: RateLimits
    url: rate-limits/university-of-oxford-rate-limits.yml
  - type: FinOps
    url: finops/university-of-oxford-finops.yml
  - type: Review
    url: review.yml
  - type: JSONLD
    url: json-ld/university-of-oxford-context.jsonld
  - type: Blog
    url: blogs/blogs.json
maintainers:
  - FN: Kin Lane
    email: [email protected]