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RBAC

Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) is a security paradigm that restricts system access based on assigned roles rather than individual user identities. Users are granted permissions through role membership, simplifying access management and ensuring the principle of least privilege. RBAC is foundational to enterprise identity, authorization, and compliance programs and is implemented across operating systems, cloud platforms, databases, and APIs. The NIST/ANSI/INCITS 359-2004 standard formally defines the RBAC model across four components: Core RBAC, Hierarchical RBAC, Static Separation of Duty, and Dynamic Separation of Duty. Cloud platforms (AWS IAM, Azure RBAC, GCP IAM) and Kubernetes all implement RBAC natively, making it the de facto authorization standard for enterprise and cloud-native environments.

RBAC is profiled on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Access Control, Authorization, Cloud Native, Compliance, and Identity Management.

The RBAC catalog on APIs.io includes 1 JSON-LD context and 1 Spectral governance ruleset.

RBAC’s developer surface includes code examples, documentation, and 12 more developer resources.

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24.1/100 emerging ▬ flat Agent 7/100 human only Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5
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Composite quality — 24.1/100 · emerging
Contract Quality 5.2 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 1.7 / 20
Commercial Clarity 0.0 / 20
Operational Transparency 0.0 / 13
Governance 10.4 / 12
Discoverability 6.8 / 10
Agent readiness — 7/100 · human only
Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 0 / 15
MCP Server 0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 10
Idempotency 0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8
Request/Response Examples 7 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling 0 / 7
Typed Event Surface 0 / 6
Agent Skills 0 / 5
Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3
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Semantic Vocabularies 1

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

Rbac Context

8 classes · 12 properties

JSON-LD

Spectral Rules 1

Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs.

RBAC API Rules

5 rules · 3 warnings 2 info

SPECTRAL

JSON Schema 3

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

RBAC Role Assignment

8 properties

JSON SCHEMA

RBAC Permission

6 properties

JSON SCHEMA

RBAC Role

8 properties

JSON SCHEMA

JSON Structure 3

JSON Structure definitions describing this provider's data shapes.

Rbac Assignment Structure

0 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Rbac Permission Structure

0 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Rbac Role Structure

0 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Examples 3

Example request and response payloads for these APIs.

Rbac Assignment Example

10 fields

EXAMPLE

Rbac Permission Example

8 fields

EXAMPLE

Rbac Role Example

10 fields

EXAMPLE

Resources

Documentation 5

Reference material describing how the API behaves

JSONSchema
JSONSchema
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JSONSchema
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JSONSchema
 Documentation
Documentation
 Documentation
Documentation

Design & Contract 5

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

JSONStructure
JSONStructure
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JSONStructure
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JSONStructure
 JSONLDContext
JSONLDContext
 Vocabulary
Vocabulary

Build 3

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

Examples
Examples
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Examples
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Examples

Other 1

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

Standards
Standards

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: rbac
name: RBAC
description: 'Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) is a security paradigm that restricts system access based on assigned roles
  rather than individual user identities. Users are granted permissions through role membership, simplifying access management
  and ensuring the principle of least privilege. RBAC is foundational to enterprise identity, authorization, and compliance
  programs and is implemented across operating systems, cloud platforms, databases, and APIs. The NIST/ANSI/INCITS 359-2004
  standard formally defines the RBAC model across four components: Core RBAC, Hierarchical RBAC, Static Separation of Duty,
  and Dynamic Separation of Duty. Cloud platforms (AWS IAM, Azure RBAC, GCP IAM) and Kubernetes all implement RBAC natively,
  making it the de facto authorization standard for enterprise and cloud-native environments.'
type: Index
accessModel:
  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Unknown
  confidence: low
  source: []
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
position: Consuming
access: 3rd-Party
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/rbac.png
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/rbac/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
tags:
- Access Control
- Authorization
- Cloud Native
- Compliance
- Identity Management
- Kubernetes
- RBAC
- Security
created: '2025-01-01'
modified: '2026-05-02'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis: []
common:
- type: JSONSchema
  name: RBAC Role Schema
  description: JSON Schema definition for an RBAC role.
  url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/rbac/refs/heads/main/json-schema/rbac-role.json
- type: JSONSchema
  name: RBAC Permission Schema
  description: JSON Schema definition for an RBAC permission.
  url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/rbac/refs/heads/main/json-schema/rbac-permission.json
- type: JSONSchema
  name: RBAC Assignment Schema
  description: JSON Schema definition for assigning roles to users.
  url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/rbac/refs/heads/main/json-schema/rbac-assignment.json
- type: JSONStructure
  name: RBAC Role Structure
  description: Field-level structure documentation for the RBAC role object.
  url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/rbac/refs/heads/main/json-structure/rbac-role-structure.json
- type: JSONStructure
  name: RBAC Permission Structure
  description: Field-level structure documentation for the RBAC permission object.
  url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/rbac/refs/heads/main/json-structure/rbac-permission-structure.json
- type: JSONStructure
  name: RBAC Assignment Structure
  description: Field-level structure documentation for the RBAC role assignment object.
  url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/rbac/refs/heads/main/json-structure/rbac-assignment-structure.json
- type: JSONLDContext
  name: RBAC JSON-LD Context
  description: JSON-LD context mapping RBAC vocabulary to linked data identifiers.
  url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/rbac/refs/heads/main/json-ld/rbac-context.jsonld
- type: Examples
  name: RBAC Role Example
  description: Example RBAC role object for a Content Editor.
  url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/rbac/refs/heads/main/examples/rbac-role-example.json
- type: Examples
  name: RBAC Permission Example
  description: Example RBAC permission object for publishing content.
  url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/rbac/refs/heads/main/examples/rbac-permission-example.json
- type: Examples
  name: RBAC Assignment Example
  description: Example RBAC role assignment binding a user to the Content Editor role.
  url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/rbac/refs/heads/main/examples/rbac-assignment-example.json
- type: Vocabulary
  name: RBAC Vocabulary
  description: Domain vocabulary for RBAC concepts, terms, and implementation patterns.
  url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/rbac/refs/heads/main/vocabulary/rbac-vocabulary.yml
- type: Standards
  name: ANSI/INCITS 359-2012 RBAC Standard
  description: The American National Standard for Role-Based Access Control.
  url: https://csrc.nist.gov/projects/role-based-access-control
- type: Documentation
  name: Kubernetes RBAC Authorization
  description: Official Kubernetes documentation for RBAC authorization.
  url: https://kubernetes.io/docs/reference/access-authn-authz/rbac/
- type: Documentation
  name: AWS IAM Role-Based Access Control
  description: AWS Identity and Access Management RBAC documentation.
  url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/access_policies.html
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com