specification: FinOps Framework
specificationVersion: '1.0'
schema: https://www.finops.org/framework/
provider: University of Hong Kong
providerId: hku
created: '2026-06-03'
modified: '2026-08-19'
reconciled: false
tags:
- Education
- Higher Education
- University
- FinOps
- FOCUS
description: >-
  FinOps profile for University of Hong Kong. As a non-commercial higher-education institution, its
  APIs carry no usage-based billing; there is no invoiced cost to allocate or optimize.
  FinOps relevance is limited to the institution's own internal cloud/infrastructure
  cost management, which is not publicly disclosed.
notes: >-
  No public usage-based API billing. Re-checked 2026-08-19: HKU's callable APIs are the GenAI
  services behind api.hku.hk, provided at no charge to HKU staff and students; the underlying
  model inference is an internal cost HKU ITS absorbs and does not disclose. Nothing here is
  invoiced to an external consumer, so there is no external FinOps surface to allocate.
sources:
- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/hku/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
- https://www.finops.org/framework/
alignedWith:
  framework: FinOps Foundation Framework
  frameworkUrl: https://www.finops.org/framework/
  dataSpec: FOCUS
  dataSpecVersion: '1.3'
  dataSpecUrl: https://focus.finops.org/focus-specification/v1-3/
publisherName: University of Hong Kong
serviceCategory: Education
billingModel:
  pricingCategory: Free / Non-Commercial
  billingFrequency: None
  billingCurrency: N/A
  chargeCategories:
  - Usage
focusColumns:
  ServiceName: University of Hong Kong APIs
  ServiceCategory: Education
  ProviderName: University of Hong Kong
  PublisherName: University of Hong Kong
  BillingCurrency: N/A
  ChargeCategory: Usage
principles:
- name: Visibility
  description: No external API invoicing; internal infrastructure cost is managed by the institution.
- name: Allocation
  description: Not applicable - no chargeable API spend to attribute.
- name: Optimization
  description: Harvest open endpoints efficiently to reduce load on institutional infrastructure.
- name: Accountability
  description: Respect terms of use and non-commercial conditions on open data.
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com