[tdwg-tapir] Requesting available darwin core elements from data provider

[bar tomas]

Thanks very much. That's exactly what I need.

On Thu, Nov 27, 2008 at 10:53 PM, Kevin Richards <
RichardsK at landcareresearch.co.nz> wrote:

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