specification: API Commons Plans
specificationVersion: '0.1'
schema: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/interface-research/main/schema/api-commons.yml#/$defs/Plans
provider: University of Southampton
providerId: university-of-southampton
created: '2026-06-03'
modified: '2026-08-30'
generated: '2026-08-30'
method: probed
reconciled: true
source: >-
  Rewritten on 2026-08-30 from live probes of every institution-operated surface. The previous
  version, written 2026-06-03 with no recorded authorship, described "library, repository, course,
  and open-metadata interfaces"; the University operates no public library API and no public course
  or registrar API, so those were template claims rather than measurements and have been removed.
tags:
- Education
- Higher Education
- University
- Plans
- Open Government Licence
description: >-
  The University of Southampton sells no API access and publishes no commercial pricing, tier,
  quota or self-service signup. Every institution-operated surface found on 2026-08-30 is either
  fully open and anonymous or entirely closed; there is no middle tier and no key to obtain. This
  is the normal shape for a public research university and it is recorded as a correct measurement,
  not a gap.
notes: >-
  Two distinct access models exist, and neither is a commercial plan. "Open" surfaces are readable
  by anyone with no registration — the Open Data Service under the Open Government Licence, and the
  ePrints OAI-PMH and REST interfaces under the repository's own metadata policy. "Federated"
  surfaces are gated by institutional identity through the Jisc UK Access Management Federation, or
  by the University's Microsoft Entra tenant, which is membership rather than payment. Vendor
  tenancies (Elsevier Pure, Figshare) carry the supplier's commercial terms, not the University's.
sources:
- https://data.southampton.ac.uk/dataset/data-catalog.ttl
- https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/cgi/oai2?verb=Identify
- http://mdq.ukfederation.org.uk/entities/https%3A%2F%2Fwebauth.soton.ac.uk%2Fshibboleth
plans:
- id: university-of-southampton-open
  name: Open
  type: free
  description: >-
    Anonymous, unmetered read access with no registration. Covers the Open Data Service
    (Open Government Licence, five-star linked data) and the ePrints Soton OAI-PMH and REST
    interfaces (free metadata re-use for not-for-profit purposes with attribution; permanent
    harvesting of full items requires permission and commercial resale is prohibited).
  entries:
  - label: Open Access
    name: open_access
    type: free
    metric: requests
    limit: -1
    timeFrame: usage
    geo: global
    unit: 1
    price: '0.00'
    userMultiplied: false
- id: university-of-southampton-federated
  name: Federated
  type: free
  description: >-
    Access gated by institutional identity rather than payment. The Shibboleth SAML Identity
    Provider requires prior registration as a service provider in the Jisc UK Access Management
    Federation; there is no self-service path. Internal systems including the timetable and the
    research-computing hub sit behind the University's Microsoft Entra tenant.
  entries:
  - label: Federated Access
    name: federated_access
    type: free
    metric: requests
    limit: -1
    timeFrame: usage
    geo: global
    unit: 1
    price: '0.00'
    userMultiplied: false
- id: university-of-southampton-vendor-tenancy
  name: Vendor tenancy (not the University's plan)
  type: free
  description: >-
    Elsevier Pure and Figshare tenancies carry the supplier's commercial terms. Southampton's Pure
    web services are switched off entirely (403 on /ws/oai and /ws/api). Recorded for completeness;
    pricing for these belongs to the vendor's own profile, not the institution's.
  entries:
  - label: Vendor Terms
    name: vendor_terms
    type: free
    metric: requests
    limit: 0
    timeFrame: usage
    geo: global
    unit: 1
    price: '0.00'
    userMultiplied: false
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com