The capabilities operation gives you this.
eg
http://lsid.herbimi.info/tapirdotnet/tapir.aspx/herbimi?op=c
Kevin
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On Behalf Of bar tomas
Sent: Friday, 28 November 2008 1:53 a.m.
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Subject: [tdwg-tapir] Requesting available darwin core elements from data provider
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,CollectionCode,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