Tomas, you can do that with a capabilities request.
Wouter
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From: tdwg-tapir-bounces@lists.tdwg.org [mailto:tdwg-tapir-bounces@lists.tdwg.org] On Behalf Of bar tomas Sent: Thursday, November 27, 2008 1:53 PM To: tdwg-tapir@lists.tdwg.org Subject: [tdwg-tapir] Requesting available darwin core elements from dataprovider
Hi, Is there a way to request from a tapir data provider which optional elements of the darwin core schema are actually implemented by the provider in question. I mean, if I understood correctly only a small subset of the Darwin Core are required (GlobalUniqueIdentifier,DateLastModified,BasisOfRecord,InstitutionCode,Colle ctionCode,CatalogNumber,ScientificName). It would be nice to know what optional elments a given provider implements before formulating a search request to that provider (for instance, whether information defined in the IslandGroup element is available).
The metadata response does not provide this information, I think.
Thanks a lot.
Tomas bar