# REFEDS

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/refeds/  
**Website:** https://refeds.org/  
**APIs profiled:** 0

REFEDS (Research and Education FEDerations) is a community-driven organization that serves as the collective voice for research and education identity federations worldwide. It facilitates collaboration, policy development, and technical guidance on identity management, inter‑federation, privacy, and assurance. Through working groups, meetings, and extensive documentation, REFEDS supports participants in developing secure, interoperable identity solutions across the global research and education ecosystem.

## Kin Score — 6.6 / 100 (minimal)

Scored 2026-11-06 under rubric 0.27.0. Trend: flat (-4.1 from 10.7).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 44.6 |
| Contract Quality | 0.0 |
| Contract Governance | 0.0 |
| Operational Transparency | 7.9 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 8.3 |
| Access Clarity | 5.3 |

Regulatory layer — **Education & Research**: 7.8 (matched via tags).

## Agent readiness — 0.0 (human-only)

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

## Access

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

## Security (1)

- **Refeds Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · DNSSEC · DMARC

## Tags

Company, Identity, Federation, Research, Education

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