generated: '2026-09-01'
method: derived
source: >-
  Derived by API Evangelist from apis.yml and from live probes of Hokkaido University
  surfaces on 2026-09-01. Hokkaido University publishes no plan, rate-limit or billing
  document; this artifact records that absence rather than restating a provider claim.
specification: API Commons Plans
specificationVersion: '0.1'
schema: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/interface-research/main/schema/api-commons.yml#/$defs/Plans
provider: Hokkaido University
providerId: hokkaido
created: '2026-06-03'
modified: '2026-06-03'
reconciled: false
tags:
- Education
- Higher Education
- University
- Plans
description: >-
  Hokkaido University is a national university corporation and does not sell API access.
  No public REST API, developer portal or API gateway exists, so there is no commercial
  plan to record. The surfaces that are open — HUSCAP's XML sitemap index and the
  university web sitemaps — are free and unmetered. Everything else is gated by
  institutional identity through the university's GakuNin-registered SAML identity
  provider rather than by payment.
notes: >-
  "Free / Open" reflects the crawlable sitemap surfaces only. "Affiliation /
  Credentialed" reflects access gated by SAML federation membership, not by a paid tier.
  Probed 2026-09-01; no pricing page, plan page or billing document was found on any
  hokudai.ac.jp host.
sources:
- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/hokkaido/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
plans:
- id: hokkaido-free-open
  name: Free / Open
  type: free
  description: Public open APIs (metadata, library, repository, course data) offered at no charge, generally for non-commercial use.
  entries:
  - label: Open API Access
    name: open_api_access
    type: free
    metric: requests
    limit: -1
    timeFrame: usage
    geo: global
    unit: 1
    price: '0.00'
    userMultiplied: false
- id: hokkaido-affiliation
  name: Affiliation / Credentialed
  type: free
  description: Administrative and identity APIs gated behind institutional SSO, client certificates, or federation membership rather than payment.
  entries:
  - label: Credentialed Access
    name: credentialed_access
    type: free
    metric: requests
    limit: -1
    timeFrame: usage
    geo: global
    unit: 1
    price: '0.00'
    userMultiplied: false
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com