# Australian Access Federation

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/australian-access-federation/  
**Website:** https://aaf.edu.au/  
**APIs profiled:** 1

The Australian Access Federation (AAF) is the national trust and identity capability for Australia’s research and higher education sector. It enables seamless, secure access to digital resources across institutions with a single identity, supports federated services like EduGAIN, ORCID, and Rapid IdP, and connects thousands of users and services both domestically and internationally. AAF drives collaboration, reduces costs, and fosters innovation across the research ecosystem.

## Kin Score — 17.8 / 100 (emerging)

Scored 2026-11-06 under rubric 0.27.0. Trend: falling (-7.2 from 25.0).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 54.5 |
| Contract Quality | 0.0 |
| Contract Governance | 0.0 |
| Operational Transparency | 13.2 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 2.4 |
| Access Clarity | 52.6 |

Regulatory layer — **Education & Research**: 16.2 (matched via tags).

## Agent readiness — 13.7 (agent-aware)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | no |
| Agentic Access | no |
| Reversibility Documented | no |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | served |
| Idempotency | no |
| Error Semantics | no |
| OpenAPI Examples | no |
| Rate Limit Signal | no |
| Event Surface Described | no |
| Agent Skills | no |
| Well Known Catalog | yes |
| Consent Identity | no |
| Agent Card | no |
| Dry Run Mode | no |
| Delegated Identity | served |
| Protected Resource Metadata | no |
| Dynamic Client Registration | no |
| Agentic Commerce | no |
| Pagination Ratio | na |
| Operation Distinctiveness | na |
| MCP Tool Quality | na |

## Access

Paid — onboarding: unknown, pricing: paid, trial: no (confidence: low).

## APIs (1)

- **Australian Access Federation API** — Provides identity federation services for Australian research and education institutions.

## Security (1)

- **Australian Access Federation Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

## Plans (1)

- **Australian Access Federation Plans Pricing**

## Tags

Company, Identity, Education, Research, Federation

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/providers/australian-access-federation/). Scores are computed from the provider's own public artifacts under a published rubric.