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,