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Standards

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Variants seen in the corpus: StandardStandards

Providers using this tag (84)

Ranked by API Evangelist rating — Exemplar and Strong are expanded by default.

Strong 5 Solid coverage with minor gaps
Eclipse FoundationEclipse FoundationFoundationsOpen Source19 APIs63.6TrisotechBusiness Process ManagementDecision ManagementWorkflow AutomationLow-Code3 APIs58.4NetcrackerTelecommunicationsUnited StatesBSSOSS4 APIs57.4Academy Software FoundationAnimationColor ManagementFilmLinux Foundation14 APIs56.8OpenADR AllianceEnergyUnited StatesUtilitiesElectricity4 APIs54.5
Developing 16 Usable, with meaningful gaps to close
GSMATelecommunicationsUnited KingdomTrade Association37 APIs53.8ACORDClaimsData StandardsInsurancePolicy6 APIs51.7MEFTelecommunicationsUnited StatesLSO94 APIs51.4EHRbaseCompanyHealthcareHealth ITElectronic Health Records1 API51.0CdiscClinical TrialsLife SciencesPharma1 API50.9Reliance JioTelecommunicationsIndiaMobile Network OperatorNetwork APIs6 APIs50.5TotogiTelecommunicationsUnited StatesBSSOSS2 APIs50.5Agentic AI FoundationAI AgentsLinux FoundationOpen Source1 API50.4ETSITelecommunicationsFranceStandards Body24 APIs50.2IAB Tech LabCompanyAdvertisingAdTech7 APIs50.2Telia CompanyTelecommunicationsSwedenNordicBaltics1 API46.83GPPTelecommunicationsGlobalStandards Body116 APIs45.8AsyncAPIEvent-DrivenLinux FoundationMessaging1 API45.7OpenTravel AllianceTravelUnited StatesAviation8 APIs45.6IEEE XploreScholarly PublishingEngineeringComputer Science1 API41.4MeddraMedical TerminologyPharmacovigilanceDrug SafetyAdverse Events1 API40.7
Thin 20 Limited public surface area
Canada Health InfowayHealthcareCanadaFHIRHL72 APIs39.1ELISAEmbeddedLinuxLinux FoundationSafety1 API37.8Open Policy AgentPolicies7 APIs37.7CaboLabsCompanyHealthHealthcareInteroperability2 APIs37.6MavenirTelecommunicationsUnited StatesNetwork VendorNetwork APIs2 APIs36.5NachaPaymentsUnited StatesACHAccount-to-Account24 APIs35.6RICS (Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors)Real EstateUnited KingdomIndustry BodyValuation1 API35.6Agent Failure Mode RegistryCompanyAI AgentsAgent Governance1 API35.2NAESBEnergyUnited StatesUtilities2 APIs34.8Lloyd's of LondonInsuranceUnited KingdomReinsuranceSpecialty Insurance4 APIs32.2National Association of REALTORSReal EstateUnited StatesIndustry BodyMLS1 API32.0TM ForumTelecommunicationsBSSOSSOpen APIs12 APIs30.2Alliance for OpenUSD3DInteroperabilityLinux FoundationMetaverse2 APIs29.8National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)CybersecurityGovernmentMeasurementsResearch2 APIs29.1Internet Engineering Task ForceInternetProtocolRFC6 APIs28.4APIs.jsonAPI AggregationAPI CatalogingAPI CommonsAPI Discovery1 API28.2Bureau of International Labor AffairsFederal GovernmentInternationalLabor2 APIs27.9US Department of CommerceCommerceFederal GovernmentOpen DataTrade1 API27.4openEHRopenEHRHealthcareEHRElectronic Health Records13 APIs27.0Model Context Protocol (MCP)MCPAI AgentsToolsResources17 APIs26.7
Emerging 31 Early or largely undocumented
W3CAccessibilityWebWeb Standards1 API26.0APIGovernance.DevAPI DesignAPI GovernanceBest PracticesCompliance1 API25.7FIWAREContext InformationDevicesIoTLinked Data2 APIs25.3CAMARA ProjectAPI StandardsCAMARAGSMAGSMA Open Gateway24 APIs24.5ITUTelecommunicationsGlobalRegulator2 APIs24.0Agentic Resource Discovery (ARD)Agentic Resource DiscoveryARDAI CatalogAgent Discovery1 API23.5ZonosLogisticsSupply ChainUnited StatesCustoms6 APIs23.4Open Container InitiativeCloud-NativeContainersOCIOpen Source1 API23.0Federal Accounting Standards Advisory BoardAccountingFederal GovernmentFinancial Reporting1 API21.2GS1LogisticsSupply ChainBelgium1 API20.4Kuehne+NagelLogisticsSupply ChainSwitzerlandFreight Forwarding17 APIs20.2Fast Healthcare Interoperability ResourcesHealthcareInteroperability1 API19.9U.S. Access BoardFederal GovernmentAccessibilityDisability19.9PropertymarkReal EstateUnited KingdomIndustry BodyEstate Agents18.5NMFTAAPI StandardsDSDCDigital FTL CouncilDigital LTL Council6 APIs18.4ICAOAirlinesAirportsAirspaceAviation7 APIs18.1Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC)OGCOGC APIGeospatialGIS24 APIs17.8Real Estate Institute of AustraliaReal EstateAustraliaIndustry Body16.6Lufthansa CargoLogisticsSupply ChainGermanyAir Cargo2 APIs16.4IATAAirlinesAirportsAviationCargo3 APIs15.8CNCFCloud-NativeContainersKubernetesOpen Source2 APIs14.2Emirates SkyCargoLogisticsSupply ChainUnited Arab EmiratesAir Cargo1 API14.0CargoAiLogisticsSupply ChainSingaporeAir Cargo7 APIs13.6Jakarta EEEnterpriseJakarta EEJava6 APIs13.4ASTM InternationalStandards Development OrganizationConsensus StandardsTechnical Committees2 APIs13.2OWASPApplication SecurityOpen SourceSecurityWeb Security1 API13.0Internet Assigned Numbers AuthorityDomainsDNSIP AddressingMedia Types3 APIs12.7OWASP API Security ProjectSecurityOWASP1 API12.5HEDNATravelUnited StatesHospitalityHotels12.0CertivityCompanyRegTechComplianceRegulatory Intelligence11.5Artificial Intelligence Underwriting CompanyCompanyInsurance AiArtificial IntelligenceAI Agents11.4
Minimal 12 Almost no public developer surface
SPDXLicensingLinux FoundationSBOM1 API10.6CargoluxLogisticsSupply ChainLuxembourgAir Cargo10.2Open Voice NetworkArtificial IntelligenceLinux FoundationVoice1 API10.1OpenAPI InitiativeLinux FoundationSpecification1 API10.1Catena-XAPI StandardsAsset Administration ShellAutomotiveCatena-X9.1MISMOAPI StandardsData StandardFannie MaeFreddie Mac6.7freshEHRCompanyConsultingHealthHealthcare6.6UL SolutionsSafety ScienceCertificationTestingCompliance6.3ISOCertificationInternationalQuality Management5.9WivityCompanyWeb3GovernanceBlockchain4.4VerraCarbonCarbon CreditsCarbon MarketsVoluntary Carbon Market4.1YellowBrinkCompanyHealthcareHealth DataopenEHR4.0

APIs with this tag (79)

Ranked by the provider's API Evangelist rating — the Kin Score is scored per provider, not per API, so every API of a provider shares its band. How the rating works →

Exemplar 2 Complete, well-documented, and agent-ready
ArcGIS Server OGC Web ServicesArcGIS Server publishes any map or feature service through the OGC interfaces - WMS, WFS, WCS, WMTS and KML...70.4Canvas LTI Advantage Services1EdTech (IMS Global) LTI 1.3 / LTI Advantage implementation. Includes Deep Linking 2.0, Names and Role Prov...66.9
Strong 13 Solid coverage with minor gaps
API Evangelist StandardsCommon Internet or industry standards used to consistently define API operations and keep the API factory f...66.2Treblle API GovernanceTreblle API Governance runs 30+ automated tests on APIs to assess design, performance, and security with AP...63.2Amazon Web Services Standards APIThe Standards API from Amazon Web Services — 6 operation(s) for standards.59.6MaterialXMaterialX is an open standard for the exchange of rich material and look-development content between applic...56.8Open Shading LanguageOpen Shading Language (OSL) is a small but rich language for programmable shading in advanced renderers and...56.8OpenAPVOpenAPV is an open, royalty-free video codec specification designed for professional video production and p...56.8OpenColorIOOpenColorIO (OCIO) is a complete color management solution geared towards motion picture production, enabli...56.8OpenEXROpenEXR is an open standard high-dynamic-range (HDR) image file format specification and reference implemen...56.8OpenFXOpenFX is an open standard API for visual effects plug-ins used in compositing and image processing applica...56.8OpenPBROpenPBR is an open specification and reference implementation for a physically-based shading model. It defi...56.8OpenTimelineIOOpenTimelineIO (OTIO) is an open source API and interchange format for editorial timeline information. It i...56.8OpenVDBOpenVDB is an Academy Award-winning open source C++ library for efficient storage and manipulation of spars...56.8TypingDNA Standard APIMain routes55.3
Developing 15 Usable, with meaningful gaps to close
MEF LSO Interlude MEF 133.1 streaming templateMEF 133.1 streaming template — the AsyncAPI definition published by Mplify (formerly MEF) in the MEF LSO In...51.4Voltus OpenADR 2.0a VTNStandards-based alternative to the REST dispatch integration. Voltus states it "supports OpenADR2.0a via Si...51.1TritonAI Developer API — SCIM 2.0 provisioningSCIM 2.0 (RFC 7643 / RFC 7644) user and group provisioning surface exposed by the TritonAI gateway on UC Sa...51.0UC San Diego DOI registration (DataCite / California Digital Library)UC San Diego Library mints DOIs for its Digital Collections under DataCite repository account CDL.UCSD ("UC...51.0UC San Diego Shibboleth Identity Provider (InCommon / eduGAIN)UC San Diego's SAML 2.0 identity provider, "TritON", registered in the InCommon Federation under entityID u...51.0INRIX TPEG ConnectDelivers INRIX traffic, incident, parking, weather and fuel content in TISA TPEG format over HTTP POST sess...50.1MAVLink ProtocolMAVLink is the message-level interoperability standard for drones, and the Dronecode Foundation publishes i...48.13GPP Forge APIThe 3GPP Forge (forge.3gpp.org) is a self-managed GitLab instance where 3GPP publishes the machine-readable...45.8AsyncAPI SpecificationThe AsyncAPI Specification is an open standard for describing asynchronous and event-driven APIs. It provid...45.7ISO 15143-3 (AEMP 2.0) APICaterpillar's implementation of the ISO 15143-3 (AEMP 2.0) mixed-fleet telematics standard. Publishes Fleet...44.6PagerDuty Standards APIStandards help provide a clear understanding of what a good service configuration looks like, allowing to s...44.5Cerbos AuthZEN APICerbos implements the OpenID AuthZEN authorization API specification, exposing standards-compliant single-e...44.1Opendatasoft OData APIOData 3.0 and 4.0 compliant REST API for querying Opendatasoft datasets using standard OData query paramete...43.5Enso Standards APIThe standards API from Enso — 4 operation(s) for standards.42.2Webex SCIM 2.0 ProvisioningSCIM 2.0 endpoints used by identity providers such as Microsoft Entra (Azure AD) and Okta to provision user...40.2
Thin 11 Limited public surface area
CloudEvents SpecificationThe CloudEvents specification defines a set of metadata attributes that must be present in every event, inc...37.6PHIN VADS APIThe Public Health Information Network Vocabulary Access and Distribution System (PHIN VADS) is a web-based ...33.8AWS Security Hub Standards APIThe Standards API from AWS Security Hub — 4 operation(s) for standards.30.6Model Context Protocol (MCP)The Model Context Protocol (MCP) is an open-source standard for connecting AI applications to external syst...29.1NIST Time APIProvides access to official NIST time services for time synchronization.29.1AsyncAPILinux Foundation-hosted specification for event-driven APIs. Describes servers, channels, operations, messa...28.8CloudEventsCNCF-graduated specification (graduated January 25, 2024) for describing event data in a common way. Define...28.8RFC EditorThe RFC Editor publishes the canonical RFC series in multiple formats (TXT, HTML, PDF, XML) and provides bu...28.4APIs.json SpecificationThe APIs.json specification defines a machine-readable JSON or YAML format for describing API operations. U...28.2Nostr Implementation Possibilities (NIPs)NIPs are the standards documents that extend Nostr beyond the core protocol. They define event kinds (text ...27.7NIST Data Discovery APIThe National Institute of Standards and Technology provides a Data Discovery API giving access to NIST's pu...27.4
Emerging 38 Early or largely undocumented
CSS SpecificationsThe Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) specification family maintained by the W3C CSS Working Group. CSS defines ...26.0Digital Credentials APIThe W3C Digital Credentials API provides browser support for mediating presentation and issuance of digital...26.0GA4GH APIs (htsget, DRS, WES, TES, Beacon)The Global Alliance for Genomics and Health publishes a suite of open REST specifications enabling federate...26.0HL7 FHIRFast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR) is HL7's standard for health care data exchange. The curr...26.0HTML Living StandardThe HyperText Markup Language specification maintained by WHATWG as a living standard, published as a W3C R...26.0JSON-LDJSON-LD (JSON for Linking Data) is a W3C Recommendation for encoding linked data using JSON. It provides a ...26.0RDF and SPARQLThe Resource Description Framework (RDF) is a W3C standard for representing information in the web. RDF 1.2...26.0SMART on FHIRAn open-spec authorization profile layered on top of FHIR that enables third-party clinical applications to...26.0Verifiable CredentialsThe Verifiable Credentials Data Model is a W3C Recommendation enabling cryptographically secure, privacy-re...26.0W3C APIThe W3C API provides programmatic access to W3C data including specifications, working groups, editors, tra...26.0WAI-ARIAAccessible Rich Internet Applications (WAI-ARIA) is a W3C Recommendation defining a set of HTML attributes ...26.0Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG)WCAG is the international standard for web accessibility, providing guidelines for making web content more ...26.0WebAssemblyWebAssembly (Wasm) is a W3C Recommendation defining a portable binary instruction format for a stack-based ...26.0OpenLineageOpenLineage is an open standard and API for collecting lineage metadata across data pipelines.23.7SPIFFE - Secure Production Identity Framework for EveryoneSPIFFE is a CNCF-graduated open standard for workload identity in dynamic environments. It provides a frame...23.2Open Civic DataOpen Civic Data is a community-maintained set of specifications and shared identifiers for civic informatio...22.2CFO Council Working GroupsThe CFO Council operates topical working groups covering areas such as financial systems, internal control,...21.7GS1 Digital Link Resolver (id.gs1.org)GS1 AISBL's own live, unauthenticated GS1-Conformant Resolver, implementing the GS1-Conformant Resolver Sta...20.4HTTP SemanticsRFC 9110 defines the semantics of the Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP), the foundation of the World Wide ...17.8Standards.RESTA curated collection of standards, conventions, and best practices for building RESTful APIs, including HAL...16.9Zalando RESTful API and Event GuidelinesZalando's comprehensive and widely-adopted RESTful API design guidelines, covering naming conventions, HTTP...16.9IATA New Distribution Capability (NDC)NDC is an XML-based data transmission standard that enhances the capability of communications between airli...15.8IATA ONE RecordONE Record is IATA's standard for data sharing in air cargo, defining a single record view of shipments acc...15.8JDBC APIJava Database Connectivity (JDBC) is the standard Java API for connecting Java applications to relational d...15.0ODBC APIOpen Database Connectivity (ODBC) is a standard C-language API for accessing database management systems. O...15.0HAL - Hypertext Application LanguageA simple format for including hypermedia links in JSON or XML API responses. HAL uses _links for links and ...14.6JSON:APIA specification for building APIs in JSON that standardizes resource representation, relationships, error h...14.6OpenAPI SpecificationThe OpenAPI Specification (OAS) defines a standard, language-agnostic interface for HTTP APIs. OpenAPI 3.x ...14.6RFC 9110 - HTTP SemanticsThe IETF standard defining HTTP semantics: methods, status codes, header fields, content negotiation, authe...14.6CNCF Hosted Projects (Standards Steward)CNCF stewards an open-source project portfolio whose APIs underpin much of modern cloud infrastructure - Ku...14.2ASTM CompassASTM Compass is the subscription digital library and workflow platform that delivers ASTM standards alongsi...13.2OWASPOpen Worldwide Application Security Project providing resources, tools, projects, and standards for applica...13.0RFC 5321 - Simple Mail Transfer ProtocolRFC 5321 is the IETF standard defining the Simple Mail Transfer Protocol. It specifies the client-server pr...13.0RFC 5322 - Internet Message FormatRFC 5322 defines the format of electronic mail messages transmitted via SMTP. It specifies the syntax for m...13.0IANA Protocol RegistriesThe IANA Protocol Registries publish the authoritative assignments for Internet protocol parameters. Bulk r...12.7IANA Time Zone DatabaseThe IANA Time Zone Database (tz database) provides the canonical source of time zone and daylight saving ru...12.7Design Standards ProgramRules, capabilities, vocabulary, and linked-data description for an organizational design standards program...12.5OWASP API Security ProjectThe OWASP API Security Project produces and maintains the OWASP API Security Top 10, a list of the most cri...12.5

Companies reaching this through an API (33)

These companies publish an API, specification or operation carrying “Standards” but do not classify their business under it. Listed unranked and kept out of the count above, because one tagged operation is not a statement about what a company does.

Agent Skills Amazon Web Services API Evangelist AWS Security Hub Canvas LMS Caterpillar CDC Cerbos Chief Financial Officers Council Cisco Directory Connector CloudEvents Design Standards Dronecode Foundation Enso Esri Events INRIX LF AI and Data Life Sciences Nostr Opendatasoft PagerDuty Public Sector REST RESTful RESTful Services SMTP SQL Treblle TypingDNA University of California, San Diego Voltus Zero Trust Architecture

Score breakdown

Frequency
60.8
log-scaled weighted occurrences
Breadth
2.3
spread across providers
Quality lift
34.1
mean composite of providers using it
Cohesion
0.0
strength of nearest seed neighbor

Related tags

Specification 18 co-occurrences Linux Foundation 14 co-occurrences OSS 9 co-occurrences BSS 8 co-occurrences Standards Body 7 co-occurrences CAMARA 8 co-occurrences Network APIs 8 co-occurrences Track and Trace 7 co-occurrences

Where this tag comes from

Provider tag89
Api tag85
Openapi tag4
Openapi op tag12

Cohort brief

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The 79 providers in the APIs.io catalog tagged Standards, scored on the Kin Score. Every figure below is computed from the catalog — nothing here is written.

Providers
79
of 89 on the roster
Mean Kin Score
29.1
+6.2 vs catalog 22.9
Mean Agent Readiness
18
+6.1 vs catalog 11.9
Spread
4–63.6
median 27 · σ 15.8
How the 79 split by band
Exemplar 0Strong 5Developing 16Thin 20Emerging 29Minimal 9
Facet averages, against the whole catalog
FacetThis cohortCatalogDifferenceScored
Contract Quality 30 17.6 +12.4 79
Developer Ergonomics 33.5 23.2 +10.3 79
Operational Transparency 17.9 13.7 +4.2 79
Contract Governance 10.1 6.3 +3.8 79
Discoverability 61.4 58.1 +3.3 79
Access Clarity 23.3 26.5 -3.2 79

A facet is averaged over the members that carry it, not over the whole cohort — the “Scored” column is that count. Averaging an absent facet as zero would score our own coverage gaps as the providers’ posture.

What this cohort publishes
ArtifactThis cohortCatalogDifference
MCP server (any) 13% 14% -1
MCP server (first-party) 11% 12% -1
Agent Skills 0% 0% 0
OAuth scopes 20% 11% +9
Security 90% 98% -8
Arazzo workflows 3% 2% +1
Governance rules 22% 14% +8

mcp_pct counts any mcp/ artifact including ones API Evangelist derived from the provider OpenAPI; mcp_first_party_pct counts only servers the provider publishes. Prefer the latter.

Top by Kin Score
  1. 1 Eclipse Foundation 63.6
  2. 2 Trisotech 58.4
  3. 3 Netcracker 57.4
  4. 4 Academy Software Foundation 56.8
  5. 5 OpenADR Alliance 54.5
  6. 6 GSMA 53.8
  7. 7 ACORD 51.7
  8. 8 MEF 51.4
  9. 9 EHRbase 51
  10. 10 Cdisc 50.9
Top by Agent Readiness
  1. 1 EHRbase 48.7
  2. 2 Eclipse Foundation 46
  3. 3 Telia Company 44.8
  4. 4 ETSI 43.7
  5. 5 GSMA 40.8
  6. 6 3GPP 40.4
  7. 7 OpenTravel Alliance 40.3
  8. 8 IAB Tech Lab 36.3
  9. 9 IEEE Xplore 35.4
  10. 10 Academy Software Foundation 34.4
This roster declares 89 members; 84 resolve to a provider in the catalog and 79 carry a score (94%). The figures above describe the scored members only.Generated from the catalog build of 5 October 2026, across 29093 providers, using the same computation served by the APIs.io cohort API. Briefs are published for rosters of 5 or more scored providers; below that a distribution is not meaningful.

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