# smithsonian open access

> 3d.si.edu | Storage; 1 record: free tier, limits, identity cost and evidence.

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## smithsonian open access / 3d.si.edu

- `storage/smithsonian-open-access-3d-si-edu` | fails-quota | evidence reported | binding none | category rejected-provider
- identity a placeholder: card and phone unknown | verified 2026-10-21 (inherited) | stale on 2026-11-05
- url https://3d.si.edu/open-source-resources
- free tier: Read-only. The Open Access corpus (2.8M 2D images + ~2,346 3D assets as of the FAQ) is downloadable, but there is no contributor upload path at all — the 3D API is described as… | unit: none | metered on: none | read on: 2026-10-21 | source: [1]
- per-object cap: not recorded | source: [1] | note: not recorded
- retention: not recorded | source: [1]
- egress: not recorded | metered: no
- identity: email
- interface: unknown
- tooling: not recorded
- composes with: the same as tooling
- reliability: the same as the free tier
- notes: the same as the free tier
- extras:
  - dead_end.failure_class: quota
  - dead_end.why: Read-only. The Open Access corpus (2.8M 2D images + ~2,346 3D assets as of the FAQ) is downloadable, but there is no contributor upload path at all — the 3D API is described as…
  - dead_end.first_recorded: 2026-10-21
- evidence:
  - [1] 2026-10-21: Read-only. The Open Access corpus (2.8M 2D images + ~2,346 3D assets as of the FAQ) is downloadable, but there is no contributor upload path at all — the 3D API is described as 'vers
  - [2] 2026-10-21: cited as the basis of the rejection: Read-only. The Open Access corpus (2.8M 2D images + ~2,346 3D assets as of the FAQ) is downloadable, but there is no contributor upload path at all — the 3D API is described as 'vers
  - [3] 2026-10-21: cited as the basis of the rejection: Read-only. The Open Access corpus (2.8M 2D images + ~2,346 3D assets as of the FAQ) is downloadable, but there is no contributor upload path at all — the 3D API is described as 'vers
- sources:
  - [1] https://3d.si.edu/open-source-resources
  - [2] https://www.si.edu/openaccess
  - [3] https://www.cooperhewitt.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/ASOA-FAQ.pdf