specification: FinOps Framework
specificationVersion: '1.0'
schema: https://www.finops.org/framework/
provider: University of Sheffield
providerId: university-of-sheffield
created: '2026-06-03'
modified: '2026-08-30'
reconciled: false
tags:
- Education
- Higher Education
- University
- FinOps
- FOCUS
description: 'FinOps profile for the University of Sheffield. As a public higher-education institution
  it operates no usage-based API billing: the one API it runs itself (Sheffield Solar) is free and keyless
  for reads, and every other surface is a bought platform whose cost is a procurement line, not an API
  charge. There is no invoiced API cost to allocate or optimise.'
notes: No public usage-based API billing. Sheffield is an API buyer, not an API seller.
sources:
- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/university-of-sheffield/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 Sheffield
serviceCategory: Education
billingModel:
  pricingCategory: Free / Non-Commercial
  billingFrequency: None
  billingCurrency: N/A
  chargeCategories:
  - Usage
focusColumns:
  ServiceName: University of Sheffield APIs
  ServiceCategory: Education
  ProviderName: University of Sheffield
  PublisherName: University of Sheffield
  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