Name Catalogue REST API
This web service namespace is an add-on to the already existing CDM REST API and provides information relating to scientific names as well as taxa present in the underlying datasource.
The services include,
- name search : This web service endpoint serves as a search engine for scientific name-related taxonomic information.
- name information : This web service endpoint provides information related a specific name uuid.
- taxon information : This web service endpoint provides information related a specific taxon uuid.
- accepted name search : This web service endpoint serves as a search engine for retrieving taxonomic information of the accepted name of the synonomy to which the queried scientific name belongs.
- fuzzy name search : This web service endpoint serves as a fuzzy search for taxonomic names.
These web services have been developed within the i4Life project (http://www.i4life.eu) using data imported from the Catalogue of Life (http://www.catalogueoflife.org).
CDM - Catalogue of Life
The name catalogue services (and related documentation) which correspond to Catalogue of Life data can be found at,
- name search : http://dev.e-taxonomy.eu/cdmserver/col/name_catalogue
- name information : http://dev.e-taxonomy.eu/cdmserver/col/name_catalogue/name
- taxon information : http://dev.e-taxonomy.eu/cdmserver/col/name_catalogue/taxon
- accepted name search : http://dev.e-taxonomy.eu/cdmserver/col/name_catalogue/accepted
- fuzzy name search : http://dev.e-taxonomy.eu/cdmserver/col/name_catalogue/fuzzy