specification: FinOps Framework
specificationVersion: '1.0'
schema: https://www.finops.org/framework/
provider: University of Oxford
providerId: university-of-oxford
created: '2026-06-03'
modified: '2026-08-19'
reconciled: false
tags:
- Education
- Higher Education
- University
- FinOps
- FOCUS
description: FinOps profile for University of Oxford. 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; University of Oxford's APIs are free/open or affiliation-gated.
sources:
- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/university-of-oxford/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 Oxford
serviceCategory: Education
billingModel:
  pricingCategory: Free / Non-Commercial
  billingFrequency: None
  billingCurrency: N/A
  chargeCategories:
  - Usage
focusColumns:
  ServiceName: University of Oxford APIs
  ServiceCategory: Education
  ProviderName: University of Oxford
  PublisherName: University of Oxford
  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
generated: '2026-08-19'
method: derived
source: Derived from the surfaces and access posture recorded in apis.yml; re-checked against live probes
  on 2026-08-19. Oxford publishes no pricing or plan document of any kind.