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name: University of Ottawa
description: University of Ottawa public developer/API footprint review for APIs.json cataloging.
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/university-of-ottawa/refs/heads/main/review.yml
created: '2026-06-03'
modified: '2026-06-03'
reviews:
  - date: '2026-06-03'
    rating: 2
    summary: >-
      Verified live: the uO Research institutional repository (Recherche uO
      Research) runs DSpace 7.6.5 and exposes a public DSpace REST/HATEOAS API
      and an OAI-PMH 2.0 endpoint, both returning HTTP 200 and self-describing
      metadata. The official uottawa-wcms GitHub organization (Drupal/WCMS
      modules, ~34 repos) and the official LinkedIn school page and website were
      confirmed. No unified public developer portal, no documented open-data
      API, and no public course/catalog/SIS or mobile-backend API were found;
      enterprise and student systems appear gated behind institutional SSO. No
      endpoints were fabricated.
    endpoints:
      - url: https://ruor.uottawa.ca/
        status: 200
        note: uO Research institutional repository home (DSpace 7.6.5).
      - url: https://ruor.uottawa.ca/server/api
        status: 200
        note: DSpace REST API root; reports dspaceVersion DSpace 7.6.5 with HAL _links.
      - url: https://ruor.uottawa.ca/server/oai/request?verb=Identify
        status: 200
        note: OAI-PMH 2.0 Identify; repository name "Recherche uO Research".
      - url: https://www.uottawa.ca/
        status: 200
        note: Official institutional website.
      - url: https://github.com/uottawa-wcms
        status: 200
        note: Official uOttawa web content management GitHub org (~34 repos).
      - url: https://ca.linkedin.com/school/uottawa/
        status: 999
        note: Official LinkedIn school page; 999 is LinkedIn's standard bot block, page exists.