University of Waterloo

The University of Waterloo is a public research university in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, known for cooperative education and for strength in mathematics, engineering and computer science. Unusually for this cohort, Waterloo genuinely operates its own API programme rather than appearing programmable through a vendor's contract: the Open Data API v3 at openapi.data.uwaterloo.ca is Waterloo-built and Waterloo-hosted, publishes a first-party OpenAPI at /swagger/v1/swagger.json, exposes 48 self-serve key-authenticated operations across courses, class and exam schedules, terms, subjects, academic organizations, locations, food services, important dates and web content, and carries a dated release-note stream, a published 120 requests-per-minute cap and a completed v2 retirement. Alongside it Waterloo runs a second, deliberately gated SourceAPI over authoritative Quest and WatIAM data, its own Shibboleth identity provider at idp.uwaterloo.ca, and the UWSpace institutional repository with DSpace REST and OAI-PMH endpoints on a Waterloo Libraries host. What it does not run is the research-data platform: Waterloo's data collection is a tenancy on the consortial Borealis Dataverse, and its status page is a Statuspage tenancy — both recorded here as relationships, not as Waterloo engineering. There is no unified developer portal spanning the three programmes; documentation is split between a Confluence space, a GitHub wiki and a Swagger UI.

University of Waterloo publishes 12 APIs on the APIs.io network, including AcademicOrganizations API, Account API, ClassSchedules API, and 9 more. Tagged areas include Education, Higher Education, University, Open Data, and Canada.

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

University of Waterloo’s developer surface includes documentation, API reference, getting-started guide, signup flow, changelog, support, engineering blog, and 32 more developer resources.

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scored 2026-09-08 · rubric v0.20.0

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Education Higher Education University Open Data Canada Ontario Research Research Data Course Catalog Identity Federation Research Repository Campus Life

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scored 2026-09-08 · rubric v0.20.0

Composite quality — 66.5/100 · exemplar

Contract Quality 10.7 / 19

Developer Ergonomics 8.6 / 15

Access Clarity 10.7 / 15

Operational Transparency 6.9 / 10

Contract Governance 2.3 / 9

Discoverability 4.9 / 8

Regulatory Posture 12.8 / 15

Create-or-Update Ergonomics 0.0 / 10

Agent readiness — 27/100 · agent aware

Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10

Documented Reversibility 0 / 6

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10

Idempotency 0 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 8 / 8

Request/Response Examples 7 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7

Typed Event Surface 0 / 6

Agent Skills 0 / 5

Well-Known Catalog 4 / 4

Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3

A2A Agent Card 0 / 8

Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4

Delegated User Identity 0 / 6

Protected Resource Metadata 0 / 5

Registration Without a Human 0 / 6

Agentic Commerce Well-Known Document 0 / 5

Regulatory Posture applies to this provider. Its tags matched the Education & Research regime, so Regulatory Posture carries 15 points of the composite. If this regime is wrong for your business, say so on your provider repo — the applicability map is public and we will correct it.

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APIs 20

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

University of Waterloo AcademicOrganizations API

The AcademicOrganizations API from University of Waterloo — 2 operation(s) for academicorganizations.

University of Waterloo Account API

The Account API from University of Waterloo — 5 operation(s) for account.

University of Waterloo ClassSchedules API

The ClassSchedules API from University of Waterloo — 3 operation(s) for classschedules.

University of Waterloo Courses API

The Courses API from University of Waterloo — 5 operation(s) for courses.

University of Waterloo ExamSchedules API

The ExamSchedules API from University of Waterloo — 2 operation(s) for examschedules.

University of Waterloo FoodServices API

The FoodServices API from University of Waterloo — 6 operation(s) for foodservices.

University of Waterloo HolidayDates API

The HolidayDates API from University of Waterloo — 3 operation(s) for holidaydates.

University of Waterloo ImportantDates API

The ImportantDates API from University of Waterloo — 2 operation(s) for importantdates.

University of Waterloo Locations API

The Locations API from University of Waterloo — 6 operation(s) for locations.

University of Waterloo Subjects API

The Subjects API from University of Waterloo — 3 operation(s) for subjects.

University of Waterloo Terms API

The Terms API from University of Waterloo — 3 operation(s) for terms.

University of Waterloo Wcms API

The Wcms API from University of Waterloo — 8 operation(s) for wcms.

University of Waterloo SourceAPI

A second, deliberately gated University of Waterloo API programme providing authenticated access to data from authoritative source systems including Quest (student information) ...

UWSpace DSpace REST API

The REST backend of UWSpace, the University of Waterloo institutional repository, running DSpace 8.4 on a University of Waterloo Libraries host. The root document at /server/api...

UWSpace OAI-PMH Endpoint

The OAI-PMH 2.0 metadata harvesting endpoint for UWSpace, the University of Waterloo institutional repository. A verb=Identify request returns protocolVersion 2.0, repositoryNam...

University of Waterloo Shibboleth Identity Provider

The University of Waterloo's own SAML 2.0 identity provider metadata, served as XML from idp.uwaterloo.ca. The EntityDescriptor carries entityID https://idp.uwaterloo.ca/idp/shi...

University of Waterloo Dataverse Collection (Borealis)

Waterloo's named research-data collection on Borealis, the Canadian consortial Dataverse repository operated by Scholars Portal for the Ontario Council of University Libraries. ...

University of Waterloo Crossref Membership

The University of Waterloo is Crossref member 6095, holding DOI prefix 10.15353 with 3,104 DOIs registered as of 2026-09-01. This is an identifier-registry membership — a fact a...

University of Waterloo ROR Record

The University of Waterloo's Research Organization Registry record, ROR ID https://ror.org/01aff2v68, carrying the uwaterloo.ca domain, an establishment year of 1956, and cross-...

University of Waterloo Status API

Waterloo's public service status page at status.uwaterloo.ca, with the full Statuspage v2 JSON API behind it — status.json, summary.json and an RSS incident history all return 2...

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Open Collections 13

Open, tool-agnostic API collections (OpenAPI-derived and Bruno).

API Collection

OPEN COLLECTION

Waterloo OpenData AcademicOrganizations API

OPEN COLLECTION

Waterloo OpenData AcademicOrganizations Account API

OPEN COLLECTION

Waterloo OpenData AcademicOrganizations ClassSchedules API

OPEN COLLECTION

Waterloo OpenData AcademicOrganizations Courses API

OPEN COLLECTION

Waterloo OpenData AcademicOrganizations ExamSchedules API

OPEN COLLECTION

Waterloo OpenData AcademicOrganizations FoodServices API

OPEN COLLECTION

Waterloo OpenData AcademicOrganizations HolidayDates API

OPEN COLLECTION

Waterloo OpenData AcademicOrganizations ImportantDates API

OPEN COLLECTION

Waterloo OpenData AcademicOrganizations Locations API

OPEN COLLECTION

Waterloo OpenData AcademicOrganizations Subjects API

OPEN COLLECTION

Waterloo OpenData AcademicOrganizations Terms API

OPEN COLLECTION

Waterloo OpenData AcademicOrganizations Wcms API

OPEN COLLECTION

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Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

University Of Waterloo Plans Pricing

2 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

University Of Waterloo Rate Limits

3 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

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

University Of Waterloo Finops

FINOPS

Semantic Vocabularies 1

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

University Of Waterloo Context

28 classes · 0 properties

JSON-LD

Spectral Rules 2

Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs.

University of Waterloo API Rules

5 rules · 3 warnings 2 info

SPECTRAL

University of Waterloo API Rules

5 rules · 2 errors 2 warnings

SPECTRAL

JSON Schema 5

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

AcademicOrganization

5 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Course

19 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Location

7 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Subject

5 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Term

7 properties

JSON SCHEMA

JSON Structure 4

JSON Structure definitions describing this provider's data shapes.

University Of Waterloo Course Structure

11 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

University Of Waterloo Location Structure

6 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

University Of Waterloo Subject Structure

5 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

University Of Waterloo Term Structure

7 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Examples 4

Example request and response payloads for these APIs.

University Of Waterloo Academicorganization Detail Example

5 fields

EXAMPLE

University Of Waterloo Course Detail Example

19 fields

EXAMPLE

University Of Waterloo Location Detail Example

7 fields

EXAMPLE

University Of Waterloo Term Current Example

7 fields

EXAMPLE

Security Posture 3

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

University Of Waterloo Authentication

apiKey · 1 scheme

SECURITY

University Of Waterloo Domain Security

TLSv1.2 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

University Of Waterloo Vulnerability Disclosure

security.txt · contact published

SECURITY

Scopes 1

OAuth scopes governing access to this provider's APIs.

University Of Waterloo Scopes

OAuth 2.0 · no documented scopes

0 scopes

SCOPES

Agentic Access 1

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

University Of Waterloo Agentic Access

48 operations · 2 acting

AGENTIC

Resources

Get Started 3

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

DeveloperPortal

DeveloperPortal

GettingStarted

GettingStarted

SignUp

SignUp

Documentation 3

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation

Documentation

APIReference

APIReference

Swagger

Swagger

Agent Surfaces 2

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

WellKnown

WellKnown

AgenticAccess

AgenticAccess

Design & Contract 3

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

Conformance

Conformance

ErrorCatalog

ErrorCatalog

Lifecycle

Lifecycle

Build 2

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHubOrganization

GitHubOrganization

SourceCode

SourceCode

Access & Security 5

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

Compliance

Compliance

OAuthScopes

OAuthScopes

VulnerabilityDisclosure

VulnerabilityDisclosure

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Authentication

Authentication

Learn 1

Tutorials, courses, talks, and written guidance

CourseCatalog

CourseCatalog

Operate 6

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

StatusPage

ChangeLog

Roadmap

Support

IssueTracker

RateLimits

Commercial 4

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

TermsOfService

PrivacyPolicy

Plans

FinOps

Company 3

The organization behind the API

Website

Website

LinkedIn

Blog

Blog

Other 7

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

AcceptableUsePolicy

AcceptableUsePolicy

OpenData

OpenData

ResearchRepository

ResearchRepository

IdentityFederation

AIPolicy

CapabilityMap

Review

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Source (apis.yml)

aid: university-of-waterloo
name: University of Waterloo
description: 'The University of Waterloo is a public research university in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, known for cooperative
  education and for strength in mathematics, engineering and computer science. Unusually for this cohort, Waterloo genuinely
  operates its own API programme rather than appearing programmable through a vendor''s contract: the Open Data API v3 at
  openapi.data.uwaterloo.ca is Waterloo-built and Waterloo-hosted, publishes a first-party OpenAPI at /swagger/v1/swagger.json,
  exposes 48 self-serve key-authenticated operations across courses, class and exam schedules, terms, subjects, academic organizations,
  locations, food services, important dates and web content, and carries a dated release-note stream, a published 120 requests-per-minute
  cap and a completed v2 retirement. Alongside it Waterloo runs a second, deliberately gated SourceAPI over authoritative
  Quest and WatIAM data, its own Shibboleth identity provider at idp.uwaterloo.ca, and the UWSpace institutional repository
  with DSpace REST and OAI-PMH endpoints on a Waterloo Libraries host. What it does not run is the research-data platform:
  Waterloo''s data collection is a tenancy on the consortial Borealis Dataverse, and its status page is a Statuspage tenancy
  — both recorded here as relationships, not as Waterloo engineering. There is no unified developer portal spanning the three
  programmes; documentation is split between a Confluence space, a GitHub wiki and a Swagger UI.'
x-type: university
x-category: Public Research University
type: Index
deliveryModel:
  model: unknown
  open_source: unknown
  commercial: true
  callable_host: true
  label: Delivery model not determined — needs a product licence on record
  confidence: low
  source:
  - openapi
  - pricing
  - repository-unlicensed
  generated: '2026-08-28'
  method: derived
accessModel:
  pricing: free
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: false
  try_now: true
  public: false
  label: Free · Self-serve signup
  confidence: high
  probe_state: covered
  source:
  - plans
  - authentication
  - rate-limits
  - security
  generated: '2026-09-03'
  method: derived
position: Consuming
access: 3rd-Party
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/university-of-waterloo.png
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/university-of-waterloo/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
tags:
- Education
- Higher Education
- University
- Open Data
- Canada
- Ontario
- Research
- Research Data
- Course Catalog
- Identity Federation
- Research Repository
- Campus Life
created: '2026-06-03'
modified: '2026-09-01'
specificationVersion: '0.23'
x-coverage:
  state: covered
  reason: covered
  detail: 'Every layer of Waterloo''s programmable footprint was reached unauthenticated. The live first-party OpenAPI was
    located behind the Swagger UI at /swagger/v1/swagger.json (48 operations, 12 tags, apiKey scheme) and matches the pristine
    copy in openapi/_original/. Live unauthenticated calls to /v3/Terms, /v3/Subjects and /v3/Locations returned the real
    401 error envelope, which the contract does not document. The Confluence UWAPI space was read through the Confluence content
    API, yielding the SourceAPI programme, its terms of service and acceptable use policy, the roadmap, the dataset inventory
    and a dated release-note stream back to 2017 including the published 120 req/min cap. Waterloo''s own Shibboleth IdP metadata,
    the UWSpace DSpace 8.4 REST root and its OAI-PMH Identify response all returned 200 on Waterloo hosts. Crossref member
    6095 and ROR 01aff2v68 were confirmed against the registries. Two vendor tenancies were recorded rather than credited
    as Waterloo contracts: the Borealis Dataverse collection and the Statuspage status API. The one dead pointer found — the
    Waterloo News RSS feed, which now returns a deliberate 403 Access denied page — was removed and replaced with the live
    news index.'
  evidence:
  - url: https://openapi.data.uwaterloo.ca/swagger/v1/swagger.json
    status: 200
  - url: https://openapi.data.uwaterloo.ca/v3/Terms
    status: 401
  - url: https://idp.uwaterloo.ca/idp/shibboleth
    status: 200
  - url: https://dspacemainprd01.lib.uwaterloo.ca/server/api
    status: 200
  - url: https://dspacemainprd01.lib.uwaterloo.ca/server/oai/request?verb=Identify
    status: 200
  - url: https://uwaterloo.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/UWAPI/overview
    status: 200
  - url: https://status.uwaterloo.ca/api/v2/summary.json
    status: 200
  - url: https://api.crossref.org/members/6095
    status: 200
  - url: https://borealisdata.ca/api/search?q=waterloo&type=dataverse
    status: 200
  - url: https://uwaterloo.ca/news/rss.xml
    status: 403
  checked: '2026-09-01'
apis:
- aid: university-of-waterloo:university-of-waterloo-academicorganizations-api
  name: University of Waterloo AcademicOrganizations API
  description: The AcademicOrganizations API from University of Waterloo — 2 operation(s) for academicorganizations.
  humanURL: https://uwaterloo.ca/api/
  baseURL: https://openapi.data.uwaterloo.ca/v3/
  tags:
  - AcademicOrganizations
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/university-of-waterloo-academicorganizations-api-openapi.yml
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://openapi.data.uwaterloo.ca/swagger/v1/swagger.json
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://openapi.data.uwaterloo.ca/api-docs/index.html
  - type: Signup
    url: https://uwaterloo.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/UWAPI/pages/34025641600/Getting+Started+-+OpenAPI
  - type: GitHub
    url: https://github.com/uWaterloo/OpenData
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://uwaterloo.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/UWAPI/pages/34025641600/Getting+Started+-+OpenAPI
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/university-of-waterloo-course-schema.json
  - type: JSONStructure
    url: json-structure/university-of-waterloo-course-structure.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/university-of-waterloo-course-detail-example.json
  - type: Rules
    url: rules/university-of-waterloo-rules.yml
  - type: Vocabulary
    url: vocabulary/university-of-waterloo-vocabulary.yml
  - type: JSONLD
    url: json-ld/university-of-waterloo-context.jsonld
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://uwaterloo.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/UWAPI/overview
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://github.com/uWaterloo/OpenData/wiki/Home---Getting-Started
  - type: ErrorCatalog
    url: errors/university-of-waterloo-errors.yml
  - type: OAuthScopes
    url: scopes/university-of-waterloo-scopes.yml
  - type: Lifecycle
    url: lifecycle/university-of-waterloo-lifecycle.yml
  - type: RateLimits
    url: rate-limits/university-of-waterloo-rate-limits.yml
  x-operator: institution
  x-operator-basis: Host openapi.data.uwaterloo.ca is under the University of Waterloo registrable domain; the contract is
    titled "Waterloo OpenData API" and is served by Waterloo from its own Swagger UI. No vendor identity appears in servers[],
    info.title or info.contact.
- aid: university-of-waterloo:university-of-waterloo-account-api
  name: University of Waterloo Account API
  description: The Account API from University of Waterloo — 5 operation(s) for account.
  humanURL: https://uwaterloo.ca/api/
  baseURL: https://openapi.data.uwaterloo.ca/v3/
  tags:
  - Account
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/university-of-waterloo-account-api-openapi.yml
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://openapi.data.uwaterloo.ca/swagger/v1/swagger.json
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://openapi.data.uwaterloo.ca/api-docs/index.html
  - type: Signup
    url: https://uwaterloo.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/UWAPI/pages/34025641600/Getting+Started+-+OpenAPI
  - type: GitHub
    url: https://github.com/uWaterloo/OpenData
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://uwaterloo.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/UWAPI/pages/34025641600/Getting+Started+-+OpenAPI
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/university-of-waterloo-course-schema.json
  - type: JSONStructure
    url: json-structure/university-of-waterloo-course-structure.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/university-of-waterloo-course-detail-example.json
  - type: Rules
    url: rules/university-of-waterloo-rules.yml
  - type: Vocabulary
    url: vocabulary/university-of-waterloo-vocabulary.yml
  - type: JSONLD
    url: json-ld/university-of-waterloo-context.jsonld
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://uwaterloo.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/UWAPI/overview
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://github.com/uWaterloo/OpenData/wiki/Home---Getting-Started
  - type: ErrorCatalog
    url: errors/university-of-waterloo-errors.yml
  - type: OAuthScopes
    url: scopes/university-of-waterloo-scopes.yml
  - type: Lifecycle
    url: lifecycle/university-of-waterloo-lifecycle.yml
  - type: RateLimits
    url: rate-limits/university-of-waterloo-rate-limits.yml
  x-operator: institution
  x-operator-basis: Host openapi.data.uwaterloo.ca is under the University of Waterloo registrable domain; the contract is
    titled "Waterloo OpenData API" and is served by Waterloo from its own Swagger UI. No vendor identity appears in servers[],
    info.title or info.contact.
- aid: university-of-waterloo:university-of-waterloo-classschedules-api
  name: University of Waterloo ClassSchedules API
  description: The ClassSchedules API from University of Waterloo — 3 operation(s) for classschedules.
  humanURL: https://uwaterloo.ca/api/
  baseURL: https://openapi.data.uwaterloo.ca/v3/
  tags:
  - Class Schedules
  tags_raw:
  - ClassSchedules
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/university-of-waterloo-classschedules-api-openapi.yml
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://openapi.data.uwaterloo.ca/swagger/v1/swagger.json
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://openapi.data.uwaterloo.ca/api-docs/index.html
  - type: Signup
    url: https://uwaterloo.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/UWAPI/pages/34025641600/Getting+Started+-+OpenAPI
  - type: GitHub
    url: https://github.com/uWaterloo/OpenData
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://uwaterloo.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/UWAPI/pages/34025641600/Getting+Started+-+OpenAPI
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/university-of-waterloo-course-schema.json
  - type: JSONStructure
    url: json-structure/university-of-waterloo-course-structure.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/university-of-waterloo-course-detail-example.json
  - type: Rules
    url: rules/university-of-waterloo-rules.yml
  - type: Vocabulary
    url: vocabulary/university-of-waterloo-vocabulary.yml
  - type: JSONLD
    url: json-ld/university-of-waterloo-context.jsonld
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://uwaterloo.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/UWAPI/overview
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://github.com/uWaterloo/OpenData/wiki/Home---Getting-Started
  - type: ErrorCatalog
    url: errors/university-of-waterloo-errors.yml
  - type: OAuthScopes
    url: scopes/university-of-waterloo-scopes.yml
  - type: Lifecycle
    url: lifecycle/university-of-waterloo-lifecycle.yml
  - type: RateLimits
    url: rate-limits/university-of-waterloo-rate-limits.yml
  x-operator: institution
  x-operator-basis: Host openapi.data.uwaterloo.ca is under the University of Waterloo registrable domain; the contract is
    titled "Waterloo OpenData API" and is served by Waterloo from its own Swagger UI. No vendor identity appears in servers[],
    info.title or info.contact.
- aid: university-of-waterloo:university-of-waterloo-courses-api
  name: University of Waterloo Courses API
  description: The Courses API from University of Waterloo — 5 operation(s) for courses.
  humanURL: https://uwaterloo.ca/api/
  baseURL: https://openapi.data.uwaterloo.ca/v3/
  tags:
  - Courses
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/university-of-waterloo-courses-api-openapi.yml
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://openapi.data.uwaterloo.ca/swagger/v1/swagger.json
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://openapi.data.uwaterloo.ca/api-docs/index.html
  - type: Signup
    url: https://uwaterloo.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/UWAPI/pages/34025641600/Getting+Started+-+OpenAPI
  - type: GitHub
    url: https://github.com/uWaterloo/OpenData
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://uwaterloo.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/UWAPI/pages/34025641600/Getting+Started+-+OpenAPI
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/university-of-waterloo-course-schema.json
  - type: JSONStructure
    url: json-structure/university-of-waterloo-course-structure.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/university-of-waterloo-course-detail-example.json
  - type: Rules
    url: rules/university-of-waterloo-rules.yml
  - type: Vocabulary
    url: vocabulary/university-of-waterloo-vocabulary.yml
  - type: JSONLD
    url: json-ld/university-of-waterloo-context.jsonld
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://uwaterloo.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/UWAPI/overview
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://github.com/uWaterloo/OpenData/wiki/Home---Getting-Started
  - type: ErrorCatalog
    url: errors/university-of-waterloo-errors.yml
  - type: OAuthScopes
    url: scopes/university-of-waterloo-scopes.yml
  - type: Lifecycle
    url: lifecycle/university-of-waterloo-lifecycle.yml
  - type: RateLimits
    url: rate-limits/university-of-waterloo-rate-limits.yml
  x-operator: institution
  x-operator-basis: Host openapi.data.uwaterloo.ca is under the University of Waterloo registrable domain; the contract is
    titled "Waterloo OpenData API" and is served by Waterloo from its own Swagger UI. No vendor identity appears in servers[],
    info.title or info.contact.
- aid: university-of-waterloo:university-of-waterloo-examschedules-api
  name: University of Waterloo ExamSchedules API
  description: The ExamSchedules API from University of Waterloo — 2 operation(s) for examschedules.
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  baseURL: https://openapi.data.uwaterloo.ca/v3/
  tags:
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  - type: APIReference
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  - type: Documentation
    url: https://openapi.data.uwaterloo.ca/api-docs/index.html
  - type: Signup
    url: https://uwaterloo.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/UWAPI/pages/34025641600/Getting+Started+-+OpenAPI
  - type: GitHub
    url: https://github.com/uWaterloo/OpenData
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://uwaterloo.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/UWAPI/pages/34025641600/Getting+Started+-+OpenAPI
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/university-of-waterloo-course-schema.json
  - type: JSONStructure
    url: json-structure/university-of-waterloo-course-structure.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/university-of-waterloo-course-detail-example.json
  - type: Rules
    url: rules/university-of-waterloo-rules.yml
  - type: Vocabulary
    url: vocabulary/university-of-waterloo-vocabulary.yml
  - type: JSONLD
    url: json-ld/university-of-waterloo-context.jsonld
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://uwaterloo.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/UWAPI/overview
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://github.com/uWaterloo/OpenData/wiki/Home---Getting-Started
  - type: ErrorCatalog
    url: errors/university-of-waterloo-errors.yml
  - type: OAuthScopes
    url: scopes/university-of-waterloo-scopes.yml
  - type: Lifecycle
    url: lifecycle/university-of-waterloo-lifecycle.yml
  - type: RateLimits
    url: rate-limits/university-of-waterloo-rate-limits.yml
  x-operator: institution
  x-operator-basis: Host openapi.data.uwaterloo.ca is under the University of Waterloo registrable domain; the contract is
    titled "Waterloo OpenData API" and is served by Waterloo from its own Swagger UI. No vendor identity appears in servers[],
    info.title or info.contact.
- aid: university-of-waterloo:university-of-waterloo-foodservices-api
  name: University of Waterloo FoodServices API
  description: The FoodServices API from University of Waterloo — 6 operation(s) for foodservices.
  humanURL: https://uwaterloo.ca/api/
  baseURL: https://openapi.data.uwaterloo.ca/v3/
  tags:
  - Food Services
  tags_raw:
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  - type: APIReference
    url: https://openapi.data.uwaterloo.ca/swagger/v1/swagger.json
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://openapi.data.uwaterloo.ca/api-docs/index.html
  - type: Signup
    url: https://uwaterloo.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/UWAPI/pages/34025641600/Getting+Started+-+OpenAPI
  - type: GitHub
    url: https://github.com/uWaterloo/OpenData
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://uwaterloo.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/UWAPI/pages/34025641600/Getting+Started+-+OpenAPI
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/university-of-waterloo-course-schema.json
  - type: JSONStructure
    url: json-structure/university-of-waterloo-course-structure.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/university-of-waterloo-course-detail-example.json
  - type: Rules
    url: rules/university-of-waterloo-rules.yml
  - type: Vocabulary
    url: vocabulary/university-of-waterloo-vocabulary.yml
  - type: JSONLD
    url: json-ld/university-of-waterloo-context.jsonld
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://uwaterloo.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/UWAPI/overview
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://github.com/uWaterloo/OpenData/wiki/Home---Getting-Started
  - type: ErrorCatalog
    url: errors/university-of-waterloo-errors.yml
  - type: OAuthScopes
    url: scopes/university-of-waterloo-scopes.yml
  - type: Lifecycle
    url: lifecycle/university-of-waterloo-lifecycle.yml
  - type: RateLimits
    url: rate-limits/university-of-waterloo-rate-limits.yml
  x-operator: institution
  x-operator-basis: Host openapi.data.uwaterloo.ca is under the University of Waterloo registrable domain; the contract is
    titled "Waterloo OpenData API" and is served by Waterloo from its own Swagger UI. No vendor identity appears in servers[],
    info.title or info.contact.
- aid: university-of-waterloo:university-of-waterloo-holidaydates-api
  name: University of Waterloo HolidayDates API
  description: The HolidayDates API from University of Waterloo — 3 operation(s) for holidaydates.
  humanURL: https://uwaterloo.ca/api/
  baseURL: https://openapi.data.uwaterloo.ca/v3/
  tags:
  - HolidayDates
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/university-of-waterloo-holidaydates-api-openapi.yml
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://openapi.data.uwaterloo.ca/swagger/v1/swagger.json
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://openapi.data.uwaterloo.ca/api-docs/index.html
  - type: Signup
    url: https://uwaterloo.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/UWAPI/pages/34025641600/Getting+Started+-+OpenAPI
  - type: GitHub
    url: https://github.com/uWaterloo/OpenData
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://uwaterloo.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/UWAPI/pages/34025641600/Getting+Started+-+OpenAPI
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/university-of-waterloo-course-schema.json
  - type: JSONStructure
    url: json-structure/university-of-waterloo-course-structure.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/university-of-waterloo-course-detail-example.json
  - type: Rules
    url: rules/university-of-waterloo-rules.yml
  - type: Vocabulary
    url: vocabulary/university-of-waterloo-vocabulary.yml
  - type: JSONLD
    url: json-ld/university-of-waterloo-context.jsonld
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://uwaterloo.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/UWAPI/overview
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://github.com/uWaterloo/OpenData/wiki/Home---Getting-Started
  - type: ErrorCatalog
    url: errors/university-of-waterloo-errors.yml
  - type: OAuthScopes
    url: scopes/university-of-waterloo-scopes.yml
  - type: Lifecycle
    url: lifecycle/university-of-waterloo-lifecycle.yml
  - type: RateLimits
    url: rate-limits/university-of-waterloo-rate-limits.yml
  x-operator: institution
  x-operator-basis: Host openapi.data.uwaterloo.ca is under the University of Waterloo registrable domain; the contract is
    titled "Waterloo OpenData API" and is served by Waterloo from its own Swagger UI. No vendor identity appears in servers[],
    info.title or info.contact.
- aid: university-of-waterloo:university-of-waterloo-importantdates-api
  name: University of Waterloo ImportantDates API
  description: The ImportantDates API from University of Waterloo — 2 operation(s) for importantdates.
  humanURL: https://uwaterloo.ca/api/
  baseURL: https://openapi.data.uwaterloo.ca/v3/
  tags:
  - ImportantDates
  properties:
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    url: openapi/university-of-waterloo-importantdates-api-openapi.yml
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://openapi.data.uwaterloo.ca/swagger/v1/swagger.json
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://openapi.data.uwaterloo.ca/api-docs/index.html
  - type: Signup
    url: https://uwaterloo.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/UWAPI/pages/34025641600/Getting+Started+-+OpenAPI
  - type: GitHub
    url: https://github.com/uWaterloo/OpenData
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://uwaterloo.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/UWAPI/pages/34025641600/Getting+Started+-+OpenAPI
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/university-of-waterloo-course-schema.json
  - type: JSONStructure
    url: json-structure/university-of-waterloo-course-structure.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/university-of-waterloo-course-detail-example.json
  - type: Rules
    url: rules/university-of-waterloo-rules.yml
  - type: Vocabulary
    url: vocabulary/university-of-waterloo-vocabulary.yml
  - type: JSONLD
    url: json-ld/university-of-waterloo-context.jsonld
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://uwaterloo.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/UWAPI/overview
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://github.com/uWaterloo/OpenData/wiki/Home---Getting-Started
  - type: ErrorCatalog
    url: errors/university-of-waterloo-errors.yml
  - type: OAuthScopes
    url: scopes/university-of-waterloo-scopes.yml
  - type: Lifecycle
    url: lifecycle/university-of-waterloo-lifecycle.yml
  - type: RateLimits
    url: rate-limits/university-of-waterloo-rate-limits.yml
  x-operator: institution
  x-operator-basis: Host openapi.data.uwaterloo.ca is under the University of Waterloo registrable domain; the contract is
    titled "Waterloo OpenData API" and is served by Waterloo from its own Swagger UI. No vendor identity appears in servers[],
    info.title or info.contact.
- aid: university-of-waterloo:university-of-waterloo-locations-api
  name: University of Waterloo Locations API
  description: The Locations API from University of Waterloo — 6 operation(s) for locations.
  humanURL: https://uwaterloo.ca/api/
  baseURL: https://openapi.data.uwaterloo.ca/v3/
  tags:
  - Locations
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/university-of-waterloo-locations-api-openapi.yml
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://openapi.data.uwaterloo.ca/swagger/v1/swagger.json
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://openapi.data.uwaterloo.ca/api-docs/index.html
  - type: Signup
    url: https://uwaterloo.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/UWAPI/pages/34025641600/Getting+Started+-+OpenAPI
  - type: GitHub
    url: https://github.com/uWaterloo/OpenData
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://uwaterloo.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/UWAPI/pages/34025641600/Getting+Started+-+OpenAPI
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/university-of-waterloo-course-schema.json
  - type: JSONStructure
    url: json-structure/university-of-waterloo-course-structure.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/university-of-waterloo-course-detail-example.json
  - type: Rules
    url: rules/university-of-waterloo-rules.yml
  - type: Vocabulary
    url: vocabulary/university-of-waterloo-vocabulary.yml
  - type: JSONLD
    url: json-ld/university-of-waterloo-context.jsonld
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://uwaterloo.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/UWAPI/overview
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://github.com/uWaterloo/OpenData/wiki/Home---Getting-Started
  - type: ErrorCatalog
    url: errors/university-of-waterloo-errors.yml
  - type: OAuthScopes
    url: scopes/university-of-waterloo-scopes.yml
  - type: Lifecycle
    url: lifecycle/university-of-waterloo-lifecycle.yml
  - type: RateLimits
    url: rate-limits/university-of-waterloo-rate-limits.yml
  x-operator: institution
  x-operator-basis: Host openapi.data.uwaterloo.ca is under the University of Waterloo registrable domain; the contract is
    titled "Waterloo OpenData API" and is served by Waterloo from its own Swagger UI. No vendor identity appears in servers[],
    info.title or info.contact.
- aid: university-of-waterloo:university-of-waterloo-subjects-api
  name: University of Waterloo Subjects API
  description: The Subjects API from University of Waterloo — 3 operation(s) for subjects.
  humanURL: https://uwaterloo.ca/api/
  baseURL: https://openapi.data.uwaterloo.ca/v3/
  tags:
  - Subjects
  properties:
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    url: openapi/university-of-waterloo-subjects-api-openapi.yml
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://openapi.data.uwaterloo.ca/swagger/v1/swagger.json
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://openapi.data.uwaterloo.ca/api-docs/index.html
  - type: Signup
    url: https://uwaterloo.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/UWAPI/pages/34025641600/Getting+Started+-+OpenAPI
  - type: GitHub
    url: https://github.com/uWaterloo/OpenData
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://uwaterloo.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/UWAPI/pages/34025641600/Getting+Started+-+OpenAPI
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/university-of-waterloo-course-schema.json
  - type: JSONStructure
    url: json-structure/university-of-waterloo-course-structure.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/university-of-waterloo-course-detail-example.json
  - type: Rules
    url: rules/university-of-waterloo-rules.yml
  - type: Vocabulary
    url: vocabulary/university-of-waterloo-vocabulary.yml
  - type: JSONLD
    url: json-ld/university-of-waterloo-context.jsonld
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://uwaterloo.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/UWAPI/overview
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://github.com/uWaterloo/OpenData/wiki/Home---Getting-Started
  - type: ErrorCatalog
    url: errors/university-of-waterloo-errors.yml
  - type: OAuthScopes
    url: scopes/university-of-waterloo-scopes.yml
  - type: Lifecycle
    url: lifecycle/university-of-waterloo-lifecycle.yml
  - type: RateLimits
    url: rate-limits/university-of-waterloo-rate-limits.yml
  x-operator: institution
  x-operator-basis: Host openapi.data.uwaterloo.ca is under the University of Waterloo registrable domain; the contract is
    titled "Waterloo OpenData API" and is served by Waterloo from its own Swagger UI. No vendor identity appears in servers[],
    info.title or info.contact.
- aid: university-of-waterloo:university-of-waterloo-terms-api
  name: University of Waterloo Terms API
  description: The Terms API from University of Waterloo — 3 operation(s) for terms.
  humanURL: https://uwaterloo.ca/api/
  baseURL: https://openapi.data.uwaterloo.ca/v3/
  tags:
  - Terms
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/university-of-waterloo-terms-api-openapi.yml
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://openapi.data.uwaterloo.ca/swagger/v1/swagger.json
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://openapi.data.uwaterloo.ca/api-docs/index.html
  - type: Signup
    url: https://uwaterloo.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/UWAPI/pages/34025641600/Getting+Started+-+OpenAPI
  - type: GitHub
    url: https://github.com/uWaterloo/OpenData
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://uwaterloo.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/UWAPI/pages/34025641600/Getting+Started+-+OpenAPI
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/university-of-waterloo-course-schema.json
  - type: JSONStructure
    url: json-structure/university-of-waterloo-course-structure.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/university-of-waterloo-course-detail-example.json
  - type: Rules
    url: rules/university-of-waterloo-rules.yml
  - type: Vocabulary
    url: vocabulary/university-of-waterloo-vocabulary.yml
  - type: JSONLD
    url: json-ld/university-of-waterloo-context.jsonld
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://uwaterloo.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/UWAPI/overview
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://github.com/uWaterloo/OpenData/wiki/Home---Getting-Started
  - type: ErrorCatalog
    url: errors/university-of-waterloo-errors.yml
  - type: OAuthScopes
    url: scopes/university-of-waterloo-scopes.yml
  - type: Lifecycle
    url: lifecycle/university-of-waterloo-lifecycle.yml
  - type: RateLimits
    url: rate-limits/university-of-waterloo-rate-limits.yml
  x-operator: institution
  x-operator-basis: Host openapi.data.uwaterloo.ca is under the University of Waterloo registrable domain; the contract is
    titled "Waterloo OpenData API" and is served by Waterloo from its own Swagger UI. No vendor identity appears in servers[],
    info.title or info.contact.
- aid: university-of-waterloo:university-of-waterloo-wcms-api
  name: University of Waterloo Wcms API
  description: The Wcms API from University of Waterloo — 8 operation(s) for wcms.
  humanURL: https://uwaterloo.ca/api/
  baseURL: https://openapi.data.uwaterloo.ca/v3/
  tags:
  - Wcms
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/university-of-waterloo-wcms-api-openapi.yml
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://openapi.data.uwaterloo.ca/swagger/v1/swagger.json
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://openapi.data.uwaterloo.ca/api-docs/index.html
  - type: Signup
    url: https://uwaterloo.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/UWAPI/pages/34025641600/Getting+Started+-+OpenAPI
  - type: GitHub
    url: https://github.com/uWaterloo/OpenData
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://uwaterloo.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/UWAPI/pages/34025641600/Getting+Started+-+OpenAPI
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/university-of-waterloo-course-schema.json
  - type: JSONStructure
    url: json-structure/university-of-waterloo-course-structure.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/university-of-waterloo-course-detail-example.json
  - type: Rules
    url: rules/university-of-waterloo-rules.yml
  - type: Vocabulary
    url: vocabulary/university-of-waterloo-vocabulary.yml
  - type: JSONLD
    url: json-ld/university-of-waterloo-context.jsonld
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://uwaterloo.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/UWAPI/overview
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://github.com/uWaterloo/OpenData/wiki/Home---Getting-Started
  - type: ErrorCatalog
    url: errors/university-of-waterloo-errors.yml
  - type: OAuthScopes
    url: scopes/university-of-waterloo-scopes.yml
  - type: Lifecycle
    url: lifecycle/university-of-waterloo-lifecycle.yml
  - type: RateLimits
    url: rate-limits/university-of-waterloo-rate-limits.yml
  x-operator: institution
  x-operator-basis: Host openapi.data.uwaterloo.ca is under the University of Waterloo registrable domain; the contract is
    titled "Waterloo OpenData API" and is served by Waterloo from its own Swagger UI. No vendor identity appears in servers[],
    info.title or info.contact.
- aid: university-of-waterloo:university-of-waterloo-sourceapi
  name: University of Waterloo SourceAPI
  description: A second, deliberately gated University of Waterloo API programme providing authenticated access to data from
    authoritative source systems including Quest (student information) and WatIAM (identity and access management). Access
    is requested through Jira Service Desk portal 115 and granted per data set in collaboration with the responsible data
    stewards, under University of Waterloo Policy 46 - Information Management. Waterloo publishes terms of service, an acceptable
    use policy, getting-started material and release notes for it, but no machine-readable contract and no public host — so
    it is recorded as an institution-operated surface with no artifact set, not padded out with a fabricated one.
  humanURL: https://uwaterloo.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/UWAPI/pages/34019779677/SourceAPI+Home+Page
  x-operator: institution
  x-operator-basis: Built by or on behalf of the University of Waterloo per its own terms of service, operated by IST Enterprise
    Architecture (IIM), documented on Waterloo's own Confluence space.
  x-access: gated
  tags:
  - Student Information
  - Identity
  - Institutional Data
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://uwaterloo.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/UWAPI/pages/34019779677/SourceAPI+Home+Page
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://uwaterloo.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/UWAPI/pages/34019781278/Getting+Started+SourceAPI
  - type: TermsOfService
    url: https://uwaterloo.a

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