[tdwg-tapir] TaxonAPI

[Dave Vieglais]

Hi Roger,

You might also like to examine

http://seek.ecoinformatics.org/Wiki.jsp?page=TOSAPISignatures

The interfaces and implementation have been developed as part of the SEEK project.

regards,
  Dave V.

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
>