OAI-PMH endpoint

أرشيف الإسكندرية — Alexandria Archive

This repository exposes its catalogue for automated harvesting over OAI-PMH 2.0. Metadata is open access and free to harvest. Records are described in Dublin Core, with Arabic and English values carried side by side using xml:lang rather than one being chosen for you.

Repository details

Base URL	https://www.alexandria-archive.com/oai
Protocol version	2.0
Metadata format	oai_dc (Dublin Core)
Granularity	YYYY-MM-DD
Deleted records	no
Records available	284
Earliest datestamp	2026-02-25
Admin contact	[email protected]

Try it

• ?verb=Identify — repository description
• ?verb=ListMetadataFormats — supported metadata formats
• ?verb=ListSets — available sets
• ?verb=ListIdentifiers&metadataPrefix=oai_dc — record headers only
• ?verb=ListRecords&metadataPrefix=oai_dc — full records, paged
• ?verb=ListRecords&metadataPrefix=oai_dc&from=2026-01-01 — records added since a date

Long lists are paged with a resumptionToken; pass it back on its own to fetch the next page.

Sets

• era:modern — modern
• era:other — other
• era:muhammad-ali — muhammad_ali
• era:republican — republican
• era:roman — roman
• type:paintings — Paintings
• type:photo — photo
• type:photograph — Photograph
• type:building — Building
• type:landmark — Landmark
• type:event — Event

Rights

Each record carries dc:rights as a machine-readable URI — a Creative Commons licence or a rightsstatements.org statement. Descriptive metadata may be harvested and republished freely; rights in the digitised images are stated per record and are not implied by this endpoint. If a specific use needs clearing, please write to us.

For inquiries regarding harvesting or partnerships: [email protected]

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