OpenSearch in CiNii Research Holdings

 

Query Specification

CiNii Research OpenSearch for Holdings query is as follows.
https://cir.nii.ac.jp/opensearch/holder?(parameter=value)&(parameter=value)&…&(parameter=value)

No. Item Name Parameter Name Availability of Boolean expression Remarks
1 NCID ncid Impossible Exact match, Required
2 Library: ILL Membership ill Impossible A: Participant, N: Not Participant
3 Library: ILL Status ill_stat Impossible A: Available, N: Not available
4 Library: Copy Service Status ill_copys Impossible A: Available, C: Require at the other library, N: Not available
5 Library: Loan Service Status ill_loans Impossible A: Available, C: Require at the other library, N: Not available
6 Library: FAX Service Status ill_faxs Impossible A: Available, C: Available with conditions, N: Not available
7 Library: Membership of Japan and US ILL ill_oclc Impossible A: Participant, N: Not Participant
8 Library: Membership of Japan and Korea ILL ill_keris Impossible A: Participant, N: Not Participant
9 Library: Membership of ILL Offset ill_offset Impossible A: Participant, N: Not Participant
10 Library: Library ID fano Impossible Exact match
11 Journal Holding: Year year Impossible Range specification is disapprove.
These parameters will be ignored if the record you searched is book.
12 Journal Holding: Volume vol Impossible Range specification is disapprove.
These parameters will be ignored if the record you searched is book.
13 Journal Holding: Number issue Impossible Range specification is disapprove.
These parameters will be ignored if the record you searched is book.
14 Journal Holding: Continuing cont Impossible 0: Not continuing, 1: Continuing
These parameters will be ignored if the record you searched is book.
15 Output format format Impossible atom:ATOM format (default)
rss: RSS format
json: JSON-LD format
16 Application ID appid Impossible Required
 

Response Specification

You can choose the response format with query from RSS, Atom and JSON-LD.

 

RSS1.0 Response Format Specification

No. Tag name Required Content Remarks
First level Second level Third level Fourth level Fifth level Attribute
1 xml Required Declare as XML document <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
2 rdf:RDF Required Document route element Language code of the response will appear at xml:lang attribute. Other attributes are as follows.
3 <rdf:RDF
4 xmlns xmlns="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/"
5 xmlns:rdf xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#"
6 xmlns:rdfs xmlns:rdfs="http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#"
7 xmlns:dc xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
8 xmlns:opensearch xmlns:opensearch="http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearch/1.1/"
9 xmlns:cir xmlns:cir="https://cir.nii.ac.jp/schema/1.0/"
10 xml:lang xml:lang="ja">
11   channel rdf:abou Required Requested URI This is a search request URI. URL-encorded query is output with "variable identifier=value" format. Connects with "&" ,and "appid" will be removed from parameter.
12 title Required Title Concatenation with query to "CiNii Books Holder-".
For example:
<title>CiNii Research Holder - ○○○○○</title>
13 description Required Title Same as the above
14 link Required Requested URI This is a search request URI. URL-encorded query is output with "variable identifier=value" format. Connects with "&", and "appid" will be removed from parameter.
15 dc:date Required Date when search was executed W3CDTF format
16 opensearch:totalResults Required Total search results
17 items Required
18 rdf:Seq Required
19 rdf:li rdf:resource Required URI of Library Details Page Indicates how many search results are included in the response. Repeated at most until the number of opensearch:itemsPerPage.
20 item rdf:about Required Library information The permalink is described in rdf:about.
<item rdf:about="https://ci.nii.ac.jp/library/FA123456">
21 title Required Libirary name
22 link Required URI of Library Details Page Indicates the permalink in Library Details Page.
<link>https://ci.nii.ac.jp/library/FA123456</link>
23 rdfs:seeAlso rdf:resource Required URI of Library Details Page Indicates the URI of Library RDF
<rdfs:seeAlso rdf:resource="https://ci.nii.ac.jp/library/FA123456.rdf" />
24 dc:identifier Required Identifier
25 rdf:datatype Required Type of identifier "cir:FANO"
26 (Value) Required Value of identifier Output library ID
27 dc:date Required Date when the search was executed.
 

Atom1.0 Response Format Specification

No. Tag name Required Content Remarks
First level Second level Third level Fourth level Attribute
1 xml Required Declare as XML document <?xml version="1.0"encoding="UTF-8" ?>
2 feed Required Document route element Language code of the response will appear at xml:lang attribute. Other attributes are as follows.
3 <feed
4 xmlns xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"
5 xmlns:rdf xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#"
6 xmlns:dc xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
7 xmlns:opensearch xmlns:opensearch="http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearch/1.1/"
8 xmlns:cir xmlns:cir="https://cir.nii.ac.jp/schema/1.0/"
9 xml:lang xml:lang="ja">
10 title Required Feed title Concatenation with query to "CiNii Research Holder - ".
For example:
<title>CiNii Research Holder - ○○○○○</title>
11 link rel Required Relation with reference at linked page Fixed: "self"
12 type Required MIME type of reference at linked page Fixed: "application/atom+xml"
13 href Required Requested URI This is a search request URI. URL-encorded query is output with "variable identifier=value" format. Connects with "&" and "appid" will be removed from parameter.
14 id Required Requested URI Same as the link element.
15 updated Required Date when search was executed W3CDTF format
16 opensearch:totalResults Required Total search results
17 entry Container that stores information on holding search results.
18 title Required Library name
19 link href Required URI of Library Details Page Indicates the permalink in Library details page.
<link href="https://ci.nii.ac.jp/library/FA123456"/>
20 link rel Required Relation with reference at linked page Fixed: "alternate"
21 type Required MIME type of reference at linked page Fixed: "application/rdf+xml"
22 href Required URI of Library RDF Indicates the URI of Library RDF
href="https://ci.nii.ac.jp/library/FA123456.rdf"
23 id Required URI of Library Details Page Indicates the permalink in Library details page.
<id>https://ci.nii.ac.jp/library/FA123456</id>
24 dc:identifier Required Identifier
25 rdf:datatype Required Type of identifier "cir:FANO"
26 (Value) Required Value of identifier Output library ID
27 updated Required Date when search performed
 

JSON-LD Response Format Specification

No. Tag Name Type Required Contents Remarks
First level Second level Third level Fourth level Fifth level
1 @context Object Required Document route element "@context": {
"dc": "http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/",
"rdf": "http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#",
"opensearch": "http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearch/1.1/",
"cir":"https://cir.nii.ac.jp/schema/1.0/"
"rdfs": "http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#",
"@vocab": "http://purl.org/rss/1.0/"
},
2 dc Required http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
3 rdf Required http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
4 opensearch Required http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearch/1.1/
5 cir Required https://cir.nii.ac.jp/schema/1.0/
6 rdfs Required http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#
7 @vocab Required http://purl.org/rss/1.0/
8 @id Required Requested URI This is a search request URI. URL-encorded query is output with "variable identifier=value" format. "appid" will be removed from parameter.
9 @graph Array Required Element count of array is 1
10 @id Required Requested URI This is a search request URI. URL-encorded query is output with "variable identifier=value" format. "appid" will be removed from parameter.
11 @type Required Fixed: "channel"
12 title Required Title Concatenation with query to "CiNii Research Holder - ".
For example:
"title":"CiNii Research Holder - ○○○○○",
13 description Required Title Same as the above
14 link Object Required
15 @id Required Requested URI This is a search request URI. URL-encorded query is output with "variable identifier=value" format. "appid" will be removed from parameter.
16 dc:date Required Date when search was executed W3CDTF format
17 opensearch:totalResults Required Total search results
18 items Array
19 @id Required URI of Library Details Page Indicates the permalink in Library Details Page
"@id":"https://ci.nii.ac.jp/library/FA123456",
20 @type Required Fixed: "item"
21 title Required Library name
22 link Object Required
23 @id Required URI of Library Details Page Indicates the permalink in Library Details Page
"link": {"@id":"https://ci.nii.ac.jp/library/FA123456"},
24 rdfs:seeAlso Object Required
25 @id Required URI of Library JSON-LD Indicate the URI of Library JSON-LD
"rdfs:seeAlso":{"@id":"https://ci.nii.ac.jp/library/FA123456.json"},
26 dc:identifier Required Identifier
27 @type Required Type of identifier "cir:FANO"
28 @value Required Value of identifier Output library ID
29 dc:date Required Date when search was executed W3CDTF format
 

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Created on March 30, 2026

Added Opensearch for holdings search