# University of Otago

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/university-of-otago/  
**Website:** https://www.otago.ac.nz/  
**APIs profiled:** 2

The University of Otago is New Zealand's oldest university, founded in 1869 and based in Dunedin, ranked #214 in the QS World University Rankings 2025. Its public developer and API footprint is limited and infrastructure-oriented rather than product-oriented: there is no dedicated public developer portal or documented public API program. The most concrete machine interface is OUR Archive (Otago University Research Archive), the institutional research repository now running on Ex Libris / Clarivate Esploro, which exposes a standards-based OAI-PMH endpoint (currently not publicly authorized for harvesting). Identity is provided through the Tuakiri NZ Access Federation using SAML 2.0 / Shibboleth single sign-on. Most administrative, student, course, and timetable systems are gated behind institutional credentials or the campus network and are not openly documented.

## Kin Score — 20.7 / 100 (emerging)

Scored 2026-08-20 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 20.7).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 59.3 |
| Contract Quality | 11.3 |
| Governance | 0.0 |
| Contract Governance | 0.0 |
| Operational Transparency | 21.1 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 14.3 |
| Commercial Clarity | 28.9 |
| Access Clarity | 28.9 |

Regulatory layer — **Education & Research**: 31.5 (matched via tags).

## Agent readiness — 11.5 (agent-aware)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | no |
| Agentic Access | no |
| Reversibility Documented | no |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | yes |
| Idempotency | no |
| Error Semantics | no |
| OpenAPI Examples | no |
| Rate Limit Signal | documented |
| Event Surface Described | no |
| Agent Skills | no |
| Well Known Catalog | no |
| Consent Identity | no |
| Agent Card | no |
| Dry Run Mode | no |

## Access

Free — onboarding: unknown, pricing: free, trial: no (confidence: medium).

## APIs (2)

- **OUR Archive OAI-PMH Metadata** — OUR Archive (Otago University Research Archive) is the University of Otago institutional research repository, now hosted on Ex Libris / Clarivate Esploro. It exposes an OAI-PMH ...
- **Tuakiri Federated Identity (SAML 2.0 / Shibboleth)** — The University of Otago operates a SAML 2.0 / Shibboleth Identity Provider (IdP) as a member of the Tuakiri NZ Access Federation, administered by REANNZ. This provides browser-b...

## Security (1)

- **University Of Otago Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

## Plans (1)

- **University Of Otago Plans Pricing**

## Tags

Education, Higher Education, University, Research, Open Access, Repository, Identity, New Zealand

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