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Re: [tdwg-tapir] TaxonAPI
by "Döring, Markus" 01 Dec '05

01 Dec '05

Renato & Roger, would it make sense to have a new unbound "likeAny" operator that works like an IN but does a like instead of an equals behind the scenes? Then you could just pass an array of string arguments for like or equal comparisons just with the same GET paramter name. E.g. TapirLite.cgi?op=search&name=Abies*&name=Pinus*&name=Picea* Markus -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: tdwg-tapir-bounces(a)lists.tdwg.org [mailto:tdwg-tapir-bounces@lists.tdwg.org] Im Auftrag von Renato De Giovanni Gesendet: Mittwoch, 30. November 2005 17:54 An: tdwg-tapir(a)lists.tdwg.org Betreff: Re: [tdwg-tapir] TaxonAPI Hi Roger, I looked at the API and apparently it seems to be consistent with the TapirLite idea, although there are still lots of things that I still need to learn about the TCS world. The only thing is that you frequently define parameter types as "Array of Strings", and we don't have that notion in the protocol. As far as I know, the only way to do this with the current parameterised Tapir filters is to limit the parameter to a single string value (and then make several requests), or define a filter with several conditions referencing different string parameters (like name1, name2, etc) all joined by ORs. Another possibility would be to change the "in" operator and make it accept not only literal values but also a parameter that could be expanded according to the number of associated values. It looks more elegant but needs a small change in the protocol (and additional notes in the specification). Regards, -- Renato On 28 Nov 2005 at 10:54, Roger Hyam wrote: > Hi Everyone, > > I have been doing some work on a TaxonAPI. This is a high/low > definition of the kind of thing I believe people publishing taxonomic > data need to produce and people consuming it need to eat based on the > work I have been involved in on TCS. > > It is framed as if it were a web service type of thing but I imagine > that each of the method calls mentioned could equate to a Tapir > template of some kind. I imagine a template containing a parameterized > filter (not sure if those exist anymore). > > This is still work in progress as I need to define the list of > parameters more closely and sort the greater than/less than issue for > dates and a few other bits. Plus no one has seen it to comment on! > > You can read more about it here: > > http://www.tdwg.hyam.net/twiki/bin/view/TIP/TaxonAPI > > I would be most grateful for your comments. > > How does this fit with Tapir? > > Roger _______________________________________________ tdwg-tapir mailing list tdwg-tapir(a)lists.tdwg.org http://lists.tdwg.org/mailman/listinfo/tdwg-tapir_lists.tdwg.org

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[tdwg-tapir] Schema modification: r352 - trunk/protocol
by tdwg-tapir＠lists.tdwg.org 01 Dec '05

01 Dec '05

Author: renato Date: 2005-12-01 13:00:36 +0100 (Thu, 01 Dec 2005) New Revision: 352 Modified: trunk/protocol/tapir.xsd Log: Element "request" was extending the "requestType" by adding a "noresponse" attribute which was never used (it was associated with the idea of having log requests). Removed the extension. Modified: trunk/protocol/tapir.xsd =================================================================== --- trunk/protocol/tapir.xsd 2005-11-30 15:35:37 UTC (rev 351) +++ trunk/protocol/tapir.xsd 2005-12-01 12:00:36 UTC (rev 352) @@ -605,17 +605,10 @@    - <xsd:element name="request"> + <xsd:element name="request" type="requestType"> <xsd:annotation> <xsd:documentation>Global element representing a request.</xsd:documentation> </xsd:annotation> - <xsd:complexType> - <xsd:complexContent> - <xsd:extension base="requestType"> - <xsd:attribute name="noresponse" type="xsd:boolean" use="optional" default="false"/> - </xsd:extension> - </xsd:complexContent> - </xsd:complexType> </xsd:element> <xsd:complexType name="requestType"> <xsd:annotation>

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LSID extension for Firefox 1.5
by Roderic Page 01 Dec '05

01 Dec '05

For anyone playing with LSIDs and Firefox, I've just noticed that Firefox 1.5 breaks my LSID extension which makes LSIDs "clickable". I've fixed this, and version 0.3 of the extension can be installed from http://darwin.zoology.gla.ac.uk/~rpage/lsid/. It will also be posted to http://lsid.mozdev.org, but that site appears to be down. Regards Rod ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ---------------------------------------- Professor Roderic D. M. Page Editor, Systematic Biology DEEB, IBLS Graham Kerr Building University of Glasgow Glasgow G12 8QP United Kingdom Phone: +44 141 330 4778 Fax: +44 141 330 2792 email: r.page(a)bio.gla.ac.uk web: http://taxonomy.zoology.gla.ac.uk/rod/rod.html reprints: http://taxonomy.zoology.gla.ac.uk/rod/pubs.html Subscribe to Systematic Biology through the Society of Systematic Biologists Website: http://systematicbiology.org Search for taxon names at http://darwin.zoology.gla.ac.uk/~rpage/portal/ Find out what we know about a species at http://ispecies.org

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