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Kyoto University

Kyoto University is a national research university in Kyoto, Japan, ranked #37 in the QS World University Rankings 2025. Its public, machine-readable developer footprint is centered on scholarly and open-source infrastructure rather than a centralized developer portal. Confirmed public surfaces include the KURENAI research information repository (DSpace) with a live OAI-PMH metadata endpoint, the kyoto-u "Kyoto University Open Source Project" GitHub organization, and a Shibboleth/SAML integrated authentication system operated by the Institute for Information Management and Communication (IIMC). Student information, course, and timetable systems are gated behind campus accounts and are not publicly documented APIs.

Kyoto University publishes 2 APIs on the APIs.io network: OAI-PMH API and REST API. Tagged areas include Education, Higher Education, University, Research, and Open Data.

The Kyoto University catalog on APIs.io includes 1 JSON-LD context and 2 Spectral governance rulesets.

Kyoto University’s developer surface includes GitHub presence, authentication, and 9 more developer resources.

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37.1/100 thin ▬ flat Agent 31/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6
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3 APIs
EducationHigher EducationUniversityResearchOpen DataScholarlyRepositoryJapan

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scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6
Composite quality — 37.1/100 · thin
Contract Quality 13.3 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 2.2 / 20
Commercial Clarity 5.8 / 20
Operational Transparency 3.4 / 13
Governance 7.0 / 12
Discoverability 6.5 / 10
Agent readiness — 31/100 · agent aware
Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10
MCP Server 0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10
Idempotency 0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8
Request/Response Examples 0 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7
Typed Event Surface 0 / 6
Agent Skills 0 / 5
Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3
A2A Agent Card 0 / 8
Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4
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APIs 3

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

Kyoto University Integrated Authentication (Shibboleth/SAML)

The Institute for Information Management and Communication (IIMC) operates a Shibboleth-based SAML identity provider for university-wide accounts (SPS-ID / ECS-ID) with multi-fa...

Kyoto University OAI-PMH API

OAI-PMH 2.0 metadata harvesting interface

Kyoto University REST API

DSpace 7.6 HAL+JSON REST API

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Kyoto Plans Pricing

2 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Kyoto Rate Limits

1 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

Kyoto Finops

FINOPS

Semantic Vocabularies 1

JSON-LD contexts and semantic vocabularies used across these APIs.

Kyoto Context

9 classes · 6 properties

JSON-LD

Spectral Rules 2

Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs.

Kyoto University API Rules

5 rules · 3 warnings 2 info

SPECTRAL

Kyoto University API Rules

5 rules · 1 errors 3 warnings 1 info

SPECTRAL

JSON Schema 2

Standalone JSON Schema definitions for this provider's data models.

KURENAI Collection

6 properties

JSON SCHEMA

KURENAI Community

9 properties

JSON SCHEMA

JSON Structure 2

JSON Structure definitions describing this provider's data shapes.

Kyoto Collection Structure

5 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Kyoto Community Structure

7 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Examples 3

Example request and response payloads for these APIs.

Kyoto Getroot Example

6 fields

EXAMPLE

Kyoto Listcommunities Example

2 fields

EXAMPLE

Kyoto Oaiidentify Example

3 fields

EXAMPLE

Security Posture 1

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Kyoto Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DNSSEC · DMARC

SECURITY

Agentic Access 1

Recommended x-agentic-access execution contracts for AI agents.

Kyoto Agentic Access

6 operations

6 operations · 0 acting

AGENTIC

Resources

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess
AgenticAccess

Build 1

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHub
GitHub

Access & Security 2

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity
DomainSecurity
 Authentication
Authentication

Operate 1

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

RateLimits
RateLimits

Commercial 2

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Plans
Plans
 FinOps
FinOps

Company 3

The organization behind the API

Website
Website
 LinkedIn
LinkedIn
 Twitter
Twitter

Other 1

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

Review
Review

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: kyoto
name: Kyoto University
description: 'Kyoto University is a national research university in Kyoto, Japan, ranked #37 in the QS World University Rankings
  2025. Its public, machine-readable developer footprint is centered on scholarly and open-source infrastructure rather than
  a centralized developer portal. Confirmed public surfaces include the KURENAI research information repository (DSpace) with
  a live OAI-PMH metadata endpoint, the kyoto-u "Kyoto University Open Source Project" GitHub organization, and a Shibboleth/SAML
  integrated authentication system operated by the Institute for Information Management and Communication (IIMC). Student
  information, course, and timetable systems are gated behind campus accounts and are not publicly documented APIs.'
type: Index
accessModel:
  pricing: free
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Free
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - plans
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
position: Consumer
access: 3rd-Party
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/kyoto.png
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/kyoto/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
tags:
- Education
- Higher Education
- University
- Research
- Open Data
- Scholarly
- Repository
- Japan
created: '2026-06-03'
modified: '2026-06-03'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
- aid: kyoto:sso
  name: Kyoto University Integrated Authentication (Shibboleth/SAML)
  description: The Institute for Information Management and Communication (IIMC) operates a Shibboleth-based SAML identity
    provider for university-wide accounts (SPS-ID / ECS-ID) with multi-factor authentication. Federation/SP connections require
    committee approval; this is institutional SSO infrastructure, not a public self-service API.
  humanURL: https://www.iimc.kyoto-u.ac.jp/en/services/account/auth-system
  tags:
  - Authentication
  - SSO
  - Shibboleth
  - SAML
  - Identity
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.iimc.kyoto-u.ac.jp/en/services/account/auth-system
- aid: kyoto:kyoto-oai-pmh-api
  name: Kyoto University OAI-PMH API
  description: OAI-PMH 2.0 metadata harvesting interface
  humanURL: https://repository.kulib.kyoto-u.ac.jp/
  baseURL: https://repository.kulib.kyoto-u.ac.jp/server/oai/request
  tags:
  - OAI-PMH
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/kyoto-oai-pmh-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://repository.kulib.kyoto-u.ac.jp/
- aid: kyoto:kyoto-rest-api
  name: Kyoto University REST API
  description: DSpace 7.6 HAL+JSON REST API
  humanURL: https://repository.kulib.kyoto-u.ac.jp/
  baseURL: https://repository.kulib.kyoto-u.ac.jp/server/oai/request
  tags:
  - REST
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/kyoto-rest-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://repository.kulib.kyoto-u.ac.jp/
common:
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/kyoto-agentic-access.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/kyoto-domain-security.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://www.kyoto-u.ac.jp/en
- type: GitHub
  url: https://github.com/kyoto-u
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/school/kyoto-university/
- type: Twitter
  url: https://twitter.com/Kyoto_Univ_PR
- type: Authentication
  url: https://www.iimc.kyoto-u.ac.jp/en/services/account/auth-system
- type: Plans
  url: plans/kyoto-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/kyoto-rate-limits.yml
- type: FinOps
  url: finops/kyoto-finops.yml
- type: Review
  url: review.yml
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com