---
name: University of Lisbon — API Lifecycle
generated: '2026-09-01'
method: probed
source:
  - https://fenixedu.org/dev/api/
  - https://fenix.tecnico.ulisboa.pt/api/fenix/v1/about
  - https://github.com/ULisboa/ewp-node
  - https://repositorio.ulisboa.pt/server/api
note: Written by API Evangelist from live probes. The institution publishes no lifecycle policy for any of its surfaces.
surfaces:
  - surface: FenixEdu Academic API (Instituto Superior Técnico)
    versioning: URI path version, /api/fenix/v1
    version_observed: v1
    stability: >-
      Long-lived and in production, but frozen at v1 with no published successor, no
      deprecation policy, no sunset headers and no changelog. Anonymous endpoints have
      been stable enough that third-party student apps depend on them.
    defects_observed:
      - GET /canteen returned 500 with a Java stack trace on 2026-09-01.
      - GET /shuttle returned an empty object with no empty-state semantics.
    status_page: none found
    changelog: none found
    sla: none published
    support: mail@tecnico.ulisboa.pt (general institutional contact; no developer support channel)
  - surface: Repositório ULisboa (DSpace)
    versioning: Software version, exposed by the API itself
    version_observed: DSpace 7.6.1
    stability: >-
      Operating since November 2002 per the OAI-PMH Identify response; 100,245 items.
      The REST contract is DSpace's, not the institution's, and moves with DSpace
      upstream releases rather than on an institutional schedule.
    changelog: upstream DSpace release notes only
  - surface: Union library catalog (Koha)
    versioning: none exposed
    stability: >-
      OAI-PMH endpoint answers Identify but reports repositoryName "ULisboa - " with a
      trailing empty component and earliestDatestamp 0001-01-01, both configuration
      defects rather than real values. RSS output at opac-search.pl returns 403.
  - surface: EWP node (ulisboa.pt)
    versioning: Per-API semantic versions declared in the EWP registry manifest
    version_observed: discovery 6.0.0, institutions 2.2.0, organizational-units 2.1.1, iia-cnr 3.0.0
    stability: >-
      Governed by the Erasmus Without Paper registry, which is the healthiest lifecycle
      discipline anywhere in this institution's footprint — versions are declared,
      discoverable and machine-validated. The endpoints run on a third party's host.
  - surface: ULisboa EWP open-source libraries
    versioning: Git tags and Docker image CI
    stability: >-
      Self-described as "still early in development ... until the first major version is
      released, non-backward changes may be introduced." Actively maintained — last push
      2026-08-13.
    repository: https://github.com/ULisboa/ewp-node
deprecations_observed: none published