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Standards

Score 21.2 / 100 85 providers +33 via APIs 81 APIs Search apis.io →
Business capabilities this tag reaches
Information Technology Management 1 Cybersecurity Management 1
Variants seen in the corpus: StandardStandards

Providers using this tag (85)

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

Strong 6 Solid coverage with minor gaps
TrisotechBusiness Process ManagementDecision ManagementWorkflow AutomationLow-Code3 APIs58.4NetcrackerTelecommunicationsUnited StatesBSSOSS4 APIs62.8Eclipse FoundationEclipse FoundationFoundationsOpen Source19 APIs62.6Academy Software FoundationAnimationColor ManagementFilmLinux Foundation14 APIs55.4OpenADR AllianceEnergyUnited StatesUtilitiesElectricity4 APIs55.3GSMATelecommunicationsUnited KingdomTrade Association37 APIs54.3
Developing 13 Usable, with meaningful gaps to close
ETSITelecommunicationsFranceStandards Body24 APIs53.7MEFTelecommunicationsUnited StatesLSO94 APIs51.9EHRbaseCompanyHealthcareHealth ITElectronic Health Records1 API51.1IAB Tech LabCompanyAdvertisingAdTech4 APIs50.8ACORDClaimsData StandardsInsurancePolicy6 APIs50.2CdiscClinical TrialsLife SciencesPharma1 API49.6Agentic AI FoundationAI AgentsLinux FoundationOpen Source1 API48.93GPPTelecommunicationsGlobalStandards Body116 APIs46.3OpenTravel AllianceTravelUnited StatesAviation8 APIs45.7Reliance JioTelecommunicationsIndiaMobile Network OperatorNetwork APIs3 APIs50.5TotogiTelecommunicationsUnited StatesBSSOSS2 APIs50.5Telia CompanyTelecommunicationsSwedenNordicBaltics1 API46.8AsyncAPIEvent-DrivenLinux FoundationMessaging1 API44.2
Thin 23 Limited public surface area
CaboLabsCompanyHealthHealthcareInteroperability2 APIs37.7RICS (Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors)Real EstateUnited KingdomIndustry BodyValuation1 API35.6Agent Failure Mode RegistryCompanyAI AgentsAgent Governance1 API35.3NAESBEnergyUnited StatesUtilities2 APIs34.8W3CAccessibilityWebWeb Standards1 API27.7National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)CybersecurityGovernmentMeasurementsResearch2 APIs27.5Internet Engineering Task ForceInternetProtocolRFC6 APIs26.9Model Context Protocol (MCP)MCPAI AgentsToolsResources17 APIs26.8Bureau of International Labor AffairsFederal GovernmentInternationalLabor2 APIs26.3MeddraMedical TerminologyPharmacovigilanceDrug SafetyAdverse Events1 API39.2Canada Health InfowayHealthcareCanadaFHIRHL72 APIs39.1IEEE XploreScholarly PublishingEngineeringComputer Science1 API37.2MavenirTelecommunicationsUnited StatesNetwork VendorNetwork APIs2 APIs36.5ELISAEmbeddedLinuxLinux FoundationSafety1 API36.3Open Policy AgentPolicies7 APIs36.2NachaPaymentsUnited StatesACHAccount-to-Account24 APIs36.1Lloyd's of LondonInsuranceUnited KingdomReinsuranceSpecialty Insurance4 APIs32.2National Association of REALTORSReal EstateUnited StatesIndustry BodyMLS1 API32.0CAMARA ProjectAPI StandardsCAMARAGSMAGSMA Open Gateway24 APIs30.4TM ForumTelecommunicationsBSSOSSOpen APIs12 APIs29.2Alliance for OpenUSD3DInteroperabilityLinux FoundationMetaverse2 APIs28.3openEHRopenEHRHealthcareElectronic Health RecordsHealth Informatics7 APIs28.1APIs.jsonAPI AggregationAPI CatalogingAPI CommonsAPI Discovery1 API26.7
Emerging 31 Early or largely undocumented
FIWAREContext InformationDevicesIoTLinked Data2 APIs23.8Agentic Resource Discovery (ARD)Agentic Resource DiscoveryARDAI CatalogAgent Discovery1 API23.6GS1 USCompanyBarcodesSupply Chain23.2Open Container InitiativeCloud-NativeContainersOCIOpen Source1 API21.5Federal Accounting Standards Advisory BoardAccountingFederal GovernmentFinancial Reporting1 API21.2GS1LogisticsSupply ChainBelgium1 API20.4NMFTAAPI StandardsDSDCDigital FTL CouncilDigital LTL Council6 APIs19.4Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC)OGCOGC APIGeospatialGIS23 APIs18.3U.S. Access BoardFederal GovernmentAccessibilityDisability18.2IATAAirlinesAirportsAviationCargo3 APIs15.6Connectivity Standards AllianceCompanyIoTConsortium1 API15.0ASTM InternationalStandards Development OrganizationConsensus StandardsTechnical Committees2 APIs13.2Artificial Intelligence Underwriting CompanyCompanyInsurance AiArtificial IntelligenceAI Agents11.4APIGovernance.DevAPI DesignAPI GovernanceBest PracticesCompliance1 API24.2US Department of CommerceCommerceFederal GovernmentOpen DataTrade1 API24.1ITUTelecommunicationsGlobalRegulator2 APIs24.0ZonosLogisticsSupply ChainUnited StatesCustoms6 APIs23.5Kuehne+NagelLogisticsSupply ChainSwitzerlandFreight Forwarding17 APIs21.3PropertymarkReal EstateUnited KingdomIndustry BodyEstate Agents18.6Fast Healthcare Interoperability ResourcesHealthcareInteroperability1 API18.4OWASPApplication SecurityOpen SourceSecurityWeb Security1 API18.3Lufthansa CargoLogisticsSupply ChainGermanyAir Cargo2 APIs17.0Real Estate Institute of AustraliaReal EstateAustraliaIndustry Body16.7CargoAiLogisticsSupply ChainSingaporeAir Cargo7 APIs14.4Emirates SkyCargoLogisticsSupply ChainUnited Arab EmiratesAir Cargo1 API14.1CNCFCloud-NativeContainersKubernetesOpen Source2 APIs12.7OWASP API Security ProjectSecurityOWASP1 API12.3HEDNATravelUnited StatesHospitalityHotels12.1CertivityCompanyRegTechComplianceRegulatory Intelligence12.0Jakarta EEEnterpriseJakarta EEJava6 APIs11.9Internet Assigned Numbers AuthorityDomainsDNSIP AddressingMedia Types3 APIs11.2
Minimal 12 Almost no public developer surface
Catena-XAPI StandardsAsset Administration ShellAutomotiveCatena-X9.2SPDXLicensingLinux FoundationSBOM1 API9.1Open Voice NetworkArtificial IntelligenceLinux FoundationVoice1 API8.6OpenAPI InitiativeLinux FoundationSpecification1 API8.6MISMOAPI StandardsData StandardFannie MaeFreddie Mac6.7freshEHRCompanyConsultingHealthHealthcare6.6ISOCertificationInternationalQuality Management6.0VerraCarbonCarbon CreditsCarbon MarketsVoluntary Carbon Market4.1UL SolutionsSafety ScienceCertificationTestingCompliance10.9CargoluxLogisticsSupply ChainLuxembourgAir Cargo10.3WivityCompanyWeb3GovernanceBlockchain4.5YellowBrinkCompanyHealthcareHealth DataopenEHR4.1

APIs with this tag (80)

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 3 Complete, well-documented, and agent-ready
Vonage Standard APIThe Standard API from Vonage — 1 operation(s) for standard.71.3ArcGIS Server OGC Web ServicesArcGIS Server publishes any map or feature service through the OGC interfaces - WMS, WFS, WCS, WMTS and KML...68.9API Evangelist StandardsCommon Internet or industry standards used to consistently define API operations and keep the API factory f...66.8
Strong 12 Solid coverage with minor gaps
Treblle API GovernanceTreblle API Governance runs 30+ automated tests on APIs to assess design, performance, and security with AP...62.6Amazon Web Services Standards APIThe Standards API from Amazon Web Services — 6 operation(s) for standards.58.5MaterialXMaterialX is an open standard for the exchange of rich material and look-development content between applic...55.4Open Shading LanguageOpen Shading Language (OSL) is a small but rich language for programmable shading in advanced renderers and...55.4OpenAPVOpenAPV is an open, royalty-free video codec specification designed for professional video production and p...55.4OpenColorIOOpenColorIO (OCIO) is a complete color management solution geared towards motion picture production, enabli...55.4OpenEXROpenEXR is an open standard high-dynamic-range (HDR) image file format specification and reference implemen...55.4OpenFXOpenFX is an open standard API for visual effects plug-ins used in compositing and image processing applica...55.4OpenPBROpenPBR is an open specification and reference implementation for a physically-based shading model. It defi...55.4OpenTimelineIOOpenTimelineIO (OTIO) is an open source API and interchange format for editorial timeline information. It i...55.4OpenVDBOpenVDB is an Academy Award-winning open source C++ library for efficient storage and manipulation of spars...55.4TypingDNA Standard APIMain routes54.7
Developing 12 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...51.9Voltus OpenADR 2.0a VTNStandards-based alternative to the REST dispatch integration. Voltus states it "supports OpenADR2.0a via Si...51.2INRIX TPEG ConnectDelivers INRIX traffic, incident, parking, weather and fuel content in TISA TPEG format over HTTP POST sess...50.2MAVLink ProtocolMAVLink is the message-level interoperability standard for drones, and the Dronecode Foundation publishes i...46.63GPP Forge APIThe 3GPP Forge (forge.3gpp.org) is a self-managed GitLab instance where 3GPP publishes the machine-readable...46.3ISO 15143-3 (AEMP 2.0) APICaterpillar's implementation of the ISO 15143-3 (AEMP 2.0) mixed-fleet telematics standard. Publishes Fleet...45.2TritonAI 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...45.0UC 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...45.0UC 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...45.0AsyncAPI SpecificationThe AsyncAPI Specification is an open standard for describing asynchronous and event-driven APIs. It provid...44.2PagerDuty Standards APIStandards help provide a clear understanding of what a good service configuration looks like, allowing to s...43.5Cerbos AuthZEN APICerbos implements the OpenID AuthZEN authorization API specification, exposing standards-compliant single-e...42.7
Thin 23 Limited public surface area
Webex SCIM 2.0 ProvisioningSCIM 2.0 endpoints used by identity providers such as Microsoft Entra (Azure AD) and Okta to provision user...38.7Opendatasoft OData APIOData 3.0 and 4.0 compliant REST API for querying Opendatasoft datasets using standard OData query paramete...36.5CloudEvents SpecificationThe CloudEvents specification defines a set of metadata attributes that must be present in every event, inc...36.2Agent Failure Mode Registry Standards APIThe Standards API from Agent Failure Mode Registry — 4 operation(s) for standards.35.3AWS Security Hub Standards APIThe Standards API from AWS Security Hub — 4 operation(s) for standards.32.0PHIN VADS APIThe Public Health Information Network Vocabulary Access and Distribution System (PHIN VADS) is a web-based ...31.3AsyncAPILinux Foundation-hosted specification for event-driven APIs. Describes servers, channels, operations, messa...29.3CloudEventsCNCF-graduated specification (graduated January 25, 2024) for describing event data in a common way. Define...29.3Model Context Protocol (MCP)The Model Context Protocol (MCP) is an open-source standard for connecting AI applications to external syst...28.2CSS SpecificationsThe Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) specification family maintained by the W3C CSS Working Group. CSS defines ...27.7Digital Credentials APIThe W3C Digital Credentials API provides browser support for mediating presentation and issuance of digital...27.7HTML Living StandardThe HyperText Markup Language specification maintained by WHATWG as a living standard, published as a W3C R...27.7JSON-LDJSON-LD (JSON for Linking Data) is a W3C Recommendation for encoding linked data using JSON. It provides a ...27.7RDF and SPARQLThe Resource Description Framework (RDF) is a W3C standard for representing information in the web. RDF 1.2...27.7Verifiable CredentialsThe Verifiable Credentials Data Model is a W3C Recommendation enabling cryptographically secure, privacy-re...27.7W3C APIThe W3C API provides programmatic access to W3C data including specifications, working groups, editors, tra...27.7WAI-ARIAAccessible Rich Internet Applications (WAI-ARIA) is a W3C Recommendation defining a set of HTML attributes ...27.7Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG)WCAG is the international standard for web accessibility, providing guidelines for making web content more ...27.7WebAssemblyWebAssembly (Wasm) is a W3C Recommendation defining a portable binary instruction format for a stack-based ...27.7NIST Time APIProvides access to official NIST time services for time synchronization.27.5Service Mesh Interface (SMI)SMI is a standard interface for service meshes on Kubernetes. It defines common APIs for traffic policy, tr...27.0RFC EditorThe RFC Editor publishes the canonical RFC series in multiple formats (TXT, HTML, PDF, XML) and provides bu...26.9APIs.json SpecificationThe APIs.json specification defines a machine-readable JSON or YAML format for describing API operations. U...26.7
Emerging 30 Early or largely undocumented
GA4GH 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...26.0SMART on FHIRAn open-spec authorization profile layered on top of FHIR that enables third-party clinical applications to...26.0NIST Data Discovery APIThe National Institute of Standards and Technology provides a Data Discovery API giving access to NIST's pu...24.1SPIFFE - Secure Production Identity Framework for EveryoneSPIFFE is a CNCF-graduated open standard for workload identity in dynamic environments. It provides a frame...23.1OpenLineageOpenLineage is an open standard and API for collecting lineage metadata across data pipelines.22.4Nostr Implementation Possibilities (NIPs)NIPs are the standards documents that extend Nostr beyond the core protocol. They define event kinds (text ...22.3Open Civic DataOpen Civic Data is a community-maintained set of specifications and shared identifiers for civic informatio...22.2GS1 Digital Link Resolver (id.gs1.org)GS1 AISBL's own live, unauthenticated GS1-Conformant Resolver, implementing the GS1-Conformant Resolver Sta...20.4CFO Council Working GroupsThe CFO Council operates topical working groups covering areas such as financial systems, internal control,...20.1OWASPOpen Worldwide Application Security Project providing resources, tools, projects, and standards for applica...18.3HTTP SemanticsRFC 9110 defines the semantics of the Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP), the foundation of the World Wide ...16.3IATA New Distribution Capability (NDC)NDC is an XML-based data transmission standard that enhances the capability of communications between airli...15.6IATA ONE RecordONE Record is IATA's standard for data sharing in air cargo, defining a single record view of shipments acc...15.6Standards.RESTA curated collection of standards, conventions, and best practices for building RESTful APIs, including HAL...15.4Zalando RESTful API and Event GuidelinesZalando's comprehensive and widely-adopted RESTful API design guidelines, covering naming conventions, HTTP...15.4JDBC APIJava Database Connectivity (JDBC) is the standard Java API for connecting Java applications to relational d...13.5ODBC APIOpen Database Connectivity (ODBC) is a standard C-language API for accessing database management systems. O...13.5ASTM CompassASTM Compass is the subscription digital library and workflow platform that delivers ASTM standards alongsi...13.2HAL - Hypertext Application LanguageA simple format for including hypermedia links in JSON or XML API responses. HAL uses _links for links and ...13.1JSON:APIA specification for building APIs in JSON that standardizes resource representation, relationships, error h...13.1OpenAPI SpecificationThe OpenAPI Specification (OAS) defines a standard, language-agnostic interface for HTTP APIs. OpenAPI 3.x ...13.1RFC 9110 - HTTP SemanticsThe IETF standard defining HTTP semantics: methods, status codes, header fields, content negotiation, authe...13.1CNCF Hosted Projects (Standards Steward)CNCF stewards an open-source project portfolio whose APIs underpin much of modern cloud infrastructure - Ku...12.7OWASP API Security ProjectThe OWASP API Security Project produces and maintains the OWASP API Security Top 10, a list of the most cri...12.3RFC 5321 - Simple Mail Transfer ProtocolRFC 5321 is the IETF standard defining the Simple Mail Transfer Protocol. It specifies the client-server pr...11.5RFC 5322 - Internet Message FormatRFC 5322 defines the format of electronic mail messages transmitted via SMTP. It specifies the syntax for m...11.5IANA Protocol RegistriesThe IANA Protocol Registries publish the authoritative assignments for Internet protocol parameters. Bulk r...11.2IANA Time Zone DatabaseThe IANA Time Zone Database (tz database) provides the canonical source of time zone and daylight saving ru...11.2Design Standards ProgramRules, capabilities, vocabulary, and linked-data description for an organizational design standards program...11.0

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 Caterpillar CDC Cerbos Chief Financial Officers Council Cisco Directory Connector CloudEvents Design Standards Dronecode Foundation Esri Events INRIX LF AI and Data Life Sciences Nostr Opendatasoft PagerDuty Public Sector REST RESTful RESTful Services Service Mesh SMTP SQL Treblle TypingDNA University of California, San Diego Voltus Vonage Zero Trust Architecture

Score breakdown

Frequency
59.4
log-scaled weighted occurrences
Breadth
1.9
spread across providers
Quality lift
29.3
mean composite of providers using it
Cohesion
0.0
strength of nearest seed neighbor

Related tags

Specification 16 co-occurrences OSS 9 co-occurrences Linux Foundation 12 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 tag86
Api tag81
Openapi tag5
Openapi op tag13

Cohort brief

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The 80 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
80
of 85 in the catalog
Mean Kin Score
28.9
+6.7 vs catalog 22.2
Mean Agent Readiness
17.9
+5.9 vs catalog 12
Spread
4.1–62.8
median 26.8 · σ 15.8
How the 80 split by band
Exemplar 0Strong 6Developing 13Thin 23Emerging 29Minimal 9
Facet averages, against the whole catalog
FacetThis cohortCatalogDifferenceScored
Contract Quality 29.7 17.2 +12.5 80
Developer Ergonomics 33.7 23.2 +10.5 80
Operational Transparency 18.5 13 +5.5 80
Contract Governance 11.2 6.5 +4.7 80
Discoverability 62.1 57.9 +4.2 80
Access Clarity 20.8 23.9 -3.1 80

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% 13% 0
MCP server (first-party) 13% 12% +1
Agent Skills 0% 0% 0
OAuth scopes 20% 11% +9
Security 90% 98% -8
Arazzo workflows 3% 2% +1
Governance rules 25% 16% +9

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 Netcracker 62.8
  2. 2 Eclipse Foundation 62.6
  3. 3 Trisotech 58.4
  4. 4 Academy Software Foundation 55.4
  5. 5 OpenADR Alliance 55.3
  6. 6 GSMA 54.3
  7. 7 ETSI 53.7
  8. 8 MEF 51.9
  9. 9 EHRbase 51.1
  10. 10 IAB Tech Lab 50.8
Top by Agent Readiness
  1. 1 EHRbase 46.1
  2. 2 ETSI 45.1
  3. 3 Eclipse Foundation 43.5
  4. 4 Telia Company 43
  5. 5 OpenTravel Alliance 41.5
  6. 6 GSMA 40.2
  7. 7 3GPP 39.2
  8. 8 IAB Tech Lab 37.6
  9. 9 Academy Software Foundation 35.7
  10. 10 CAMARA Project 35.3
All 85 members of this roster resolve to a provider in the catalog; 80 carry a score (94%). The figures above describe the scored members only.
Coverage caveat. 73 of 80 scored members had under half their catalog-attributable points satisfied at all (catalog_earned / catalog_max < 0.5). They are INCLUDED in the mean above. A large share here means the cohort mean is partly a measurement of how far our enrichment reached, not only of how these providers publish.Generated from the catalog build of 24 October 2026, across 31984 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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