# referencesource-org

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/referencesource-org/  
**Website:** https://referencesource.org/  
**APIs profiled:** 1

Reference Source provides a curated data catalog of 285 reference datasets and over 109,667 records, assembled from 866 primary sources. Every value includes the source URL and the exact quoted sentence, verified on the shown date.

## Kin Score — 12.0 / 100 (emerging)

Scored 2026-10-31 under rubric 0.25.0.

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 65.0 |
| Contract Quality | 0.0 |
| Contract Governance | 0.0 |
| Operational Transparency | 0.0 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 0.0 |
| Access Clarity | 21.1 |

Regulatory layer — **Horizontal (data, software, accessibility, platform)**: 23.5 (matched via fallback).

## Agent readiness — 3.5 (human-only)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | no |
| Agentic Access | no |
| Reversibility Documented | no |
| MCP Server | documented |
| 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 |

## APIs (1)

- **Referencesource API** — Reference Source provides 285 curated datasets via a JSON-RPC API.

## MCP servers (1)

- **referencesource-org MCP Server** — Remote MCP server at referencesource.org.

## Security (2)

- **Referencesource Org Authentication** — 0 schemes
- **Referencesource Org Domain Security** — TLSv1.3

## Tags

Data, Catalog, Reference, OpenData, API

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