generated: '2026-08-19'
method: probed
source: >-
  Version and lifecycle facts read directly from live responses on 2026-08-19; where a version is
  reported by the software itself the reporting endpoint is named.
provider: Kyoto University
providerId: kyoto
description: >-
  Lifecycle posture of the machine-readable surfaces Kyoto University operates. The university
  publishes no changelog, no deprecation policy, no status page and no versioning statement for any
  of them; what can be established is the version each system reports about itself and the protocol
  version each interface speaks.
versioning:
  published_policy: none_found
  scheme: none_declared
  detail: >-
    No surface carries a version in its path or in a header, and no versioning or deprecation policy
    was found on any Kyoto University host. Consumers are on protocol versions and product releases,
    not on a contract the university has committed to.
surfaces:
- name: KURENAI Research Information Repository
  operator: institution
  software: DSpace 7.6
  software_evidence:
    url: https://repository.kulib.kyoto-u.ac.jp/server/api
    status: 200
    detail: 'REST root reports dspaceVersion "DSpace 7.6".'
  protocols:
  - name: OAI-PMH
    version: '2.0'
    evidence: https://repository.kulib.kyoto-u.ac.jp/server/oai/request?verb=Identify
  - name: DSpace REST (HAL+JSON)
    version: '7'
    evidence: https://repository.kulib.kyoto-u.ac.jp/server/api
  earliest_content: '2006-06-05T02:18:13Z'
  earliest_content_evidence: earliestDatestamp in the OAI-PMH Identify response - twenty years of continuous operation.
  deleted_record_policy: transient
  deleted_record_evidence: deletedRecord="transient" in the OAI-PMH Identify response.
  metadata_formats: 15
  notes: >-
    deletedRecord="transient" is a real lifecycle statement and the only one Kyoto publishes in a
    machine-readable form: harvesters are told the repository does not guarantee persistent tombstones
    for withdrawn records.
- name: PandA Learning Support System
  operator: institution
  software: Sakai
  software_evidence:
    url: https://panda.ecs.kyoto-u.ac.jp/direct/describe
    status: 200
    detail: >-
      Sakai Entity Broker self-description listing 53 registered entity prefixes. The installation
      does not report a Sakai release number on any anonymous endpoint, so no version is claimed here.
  protocols:
  - name: IMS LTI
    version: '1.3'
    evidence: https://panda.ecs.kyoto-u.ac.jp/imsblis/lti13/keyset
    detail: LTI Advantage platform JWKS, three RS256 keys.
  - name: IMS LTI
    version: '1.1'
    evidence: https://panda.ecs.kyoto-u.ac.jp/imsblis/service/
    detail: Basic Outcomes service answering with an IMS POX message_response envelope.
  notes: >-
    Both LTI generations are live simultaneously, which is the normal transitional posture for a
    Sakai platform and means integrators can still be running the 1.1 grade-passback path.
- name: Kyoto University Shibboleth Identity Provider
  operator: institution
  protocols:
  - name: SAML
    version: '2.0'
    evidence: https://authidp1.iimc.kyoto-u.ac.jp/idp/shibboleth
  - name: SAML
    version: '1.1'
    evidence: https://authidp1.iimc.kyoto-u.ac.jp/idp/shibboleth
    detail: >-
      protocolSupportEnumeration also advertises urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:1.1:protocol and
      urn:mace:shibboleth:1.0 - the legacy Shibboleth 1.x profile is still enabled alongside SAML 2.0.
  federation: GakuNin (National Institute of Informatics), eduGAIN participant
  notes: >-
    Federation metadata carries its own expiry and re-signing cadence, which is the one genuine
    lifecycle discipline in this profile - but it is GakuNin's discipline applied to Kyoto's entity,
    not a policy Kyoto publishes.
retired_or_absent:
- name: Kyoto University Educational and Research Activities Database (old host)
  url: https://kyouindb.iimc.kyoto-u.ac.jp/e/
  status: 200
  detail: >-
    Serves only a notice: the database was renewed in 2022 and moved to kdb.iimc.kyoto-u.ac.jp, and
    the automatic redirect was switched off in March 2024. A live host serving a farewell notice, not
    a surface. The current database at https://kdb.iimc.kyoto-u.ac.jp/ is live (HTTP 200) and publishes
    no API.
- name: Repository RSS feed
  url: https://repository.kulib.kyoto-u.ac.jp/feed/rss_2.0/site
  status: 200
  detail: Soft-404 - returns the Angular shell. No feed exists despite the 200.
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com