[API-users] Some questions from a begginer

Thu Sep 3 14:12:28 CEST 2015

Thanks Jan. I'll keep exploring and I'll be in touch, if I need.

Best,

Eduardo

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On Thu, Sep 3, 2015 at 4:51 AM, Jan Legind [GBIF] <jlegind at gbif.org> wrote:

> Dear Eduardo,
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> Thanks for getting in touch with us about these issues.
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> The first request
> http://api.gbif.org/v1/occurrence/count?country=BR&taxonKey=6&basisOfRecord=PRESERVED_SPECIMEN
> <https://mailtrack.io/trace/link/a74c129abf8bbfa4b19b1e189b34df8e0487feca?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.gbif.org%2Fv1%2Foccurrence%2Fcount%3Fcountry%3DBR%26taxonKey%3D6%26basisOfRecord%3DPRESERVED_SPECIMEN&signature=135dde174fa6c96e>
> returns the number of records located in Brazil for the facets in the
> request.
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> The second query
> http://api.gbif.org/v1/occurrence/counts/datasets?country=BR&taxonKey=6&basisOfRecord=PRESERVED_SPECIMEN
> <https://mailtrack.io/trace/link/9d992e7b6733894b7f83de11d178c1437080224b?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.gbif.org%2Fv1%2Foccurrence%2Fcounts%2Fdatasets%3Fcountry%3DBR%26taxonKey%3D6%26basisOfRecord%3DPRESERVED_SPECIMEN&signature=8b9c03790290e0ba>
> uses the Occurrence Inventories web service
> http://www.gbif.org/developer/occurrence#inventories which does not
> support the basis-of-record facet in the /datasets request. I understand
> that it would be better if the API response yielded an error message in
> this instance.
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> Concerning the other issues – you are indeed right that the counts do not
> make sense in the context of taxon key 6 which is Plantae. Actually the API
> does not handle the taxonKey search at all, contrary to what the
> documentation states:
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> /occurrence/counts/datasets
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> GET
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> Counts <http://api.gbif.org/v1/occurrence/counts/datasets?country=DE>
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> Lists occurrence counts for datasets that cover a given taxon *or*
> country.
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> country <http://www.gbif.org/developer/occurrence#p_country>, taxonKey
> <http://www.gbif.org/developer/occurrence#p_taxonKey>
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> As you can see here,
> http://api.gbif.org/v1/occurrence/counts/datasets?taxonKey=6 , this
> request doesn’t return anything.
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> The GBIF developers will handle this issue in due time.
>
> You can follow the issue in our bug tracking service here:
> http://dev.gbif.org/issues/browse/POR-2828
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> With best regards,
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> Jan K. Legind
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> Data manager, GBIF Secretariat
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> *From:* API-users [mailto:api-users-bounces at lists.gbif.org] *On Behalf Of
> *Eduardo Dalcin
> *Sent:* 2. september 2015 20:06
> *To:* api-users at lists.gbif.org; dev at gbif.org
> *Cc:* João Monnerat Lanna; Natália Queiroz; Diogo Silva; Laura; Ricardo
> Avancini
> *Subject:* [API-users] Some questions from a begginer
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> Hi folks,
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> This is my first message to the list. So, please, be nice :)
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> I'm working here at Rio de Janeiro Botanical Garden, together with the
> guys at the National Center for Flora Conservation. We are doing the risk
> assessment of the Brazilian flora to the government. We assess, so far, the
> risk of ca. 6.000 species
> <https://mailtrack.io/trace/link/453c7d453a2da4e332a97aeca082eb5547d8191b?url=http%3A%2F%2Fcncflora.jbrj.gov.br%2Farquivos%2Farquivos%2Fpdfs%2FLivroVermelho.pdf&signature=500078d211c9dfde>,
> but we still have to assess ca. 35.000. Access occurrence records for
> Brazil is crucial, and every occurrence is important.
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> That means that we have to put together occurrence data from different
> sources and, after the first batch of the risk assessment, we realize that
> we need to build up our aggregator. We are planning to do this with the
> Lontra-harvester, with the help of the guys at Brazilian GBIF Node.
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> So, the one of the firsts steps was to list the available resources to
> understand the dimension of the task and, that brings me to my questions.
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> First:
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> The request:
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> http://api.gbif.org/v1/occurrence/count?country=BR&taxonKey=6&basisOfRecord=PRESERVED_SPECIMEN
> <https://mailtrack.io/trace/link/a74c129abf8bbfa4b19b1e189b34df8e0487feca?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.gbif.org%2Fv1%2Foccurrence%2Fcount%3Fcountry%3DBR%26taxonKey%3D6%26basisOfRecord%3DPRESERVED_SPECIMEN&signature=135dde174fa6c96e>
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> returns 4.982.689 records
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> And the request:
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> http://api.gbif.org/v1/occurrence/counts/datasets?country=BR&taxonKey=6&basisOfRecord=PRESERVED_SPECIMEN
> <https://mailtrack.io/trace/link/9d992e7b6733894b7f83de11d178c1437080224b?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.gbif.org%2Fv1%2Foccurrence%2Fcounts%2Fdatasets%3Fcountry%3DBR%26taxonKey%3D6%26basisOfRecord%3DPRESERVED_SPECIMEN&signature=8b9c03790290e0ba>
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> returns (here
> <https://mailtrack.io/trace/link/f15b92c6e49e193b58c96df93026b672d630a4fd?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdocs.google.com%2Fspreadsheets%2Fd%2F1msUjwMLoKwnXxJFzF20SeN_C65RIkGLbwaYyj459VTc%2Fedit%3Fusp%3Dsharing&signature=c9883058799925fd>)
> 7.406.310 records
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> Comments?
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> Second:
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> The request:
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> http://api.gbif.org/v1/occurrence/count?country=BR&taxonKey=6&basisOfRecord=PRESERVED_SPECIMEN
> <https://mailtrack.io/trace/link/a74c129abf8bbfa4b19b1e189b34df8e0487feca?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.gbif.org%2Fv1%2Foccurrence%2Fcount%3Fcountry%3DBR%26taxonKey%3D6%26basisOfRecord%3DPRESERVED_SPECIMEN&signature=135dde174fa6c96e>
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> return things like this:
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> "197908d0-5565-11d8-b290-b8a03c50a862":27629
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> But the consult of the same dataset:
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> http://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?TAXON_KEY=6&DATASET_KEY=197908d0-5565-11d8-b290-b8a03c50a862
> <https://mailtrack.io/trace/link/6b3dbf4bfc7f45d67d05057979f1e72e2617ca68?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gbif.org%2Foccurrence%2Fsearch%3FTAXON_KEY%3D6%26DATASET_KEY%3D197908d0-5565-11d8-b290-b8a03c50a862&signature=b7f33a6c62020571>
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> Returns "null" (of course, is a FishBase!)
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> I have plenty of examples like this, on yellow here (not finished!):
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> https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1msUjwMLoKwnXxJFzF20SeN_C65RIkGLbwaYyj459VTc/edit?usp=sharing
> <https://mailtrack.io/trace/link/21008349e3704f943677730af8f5afdc6cd3cc7b?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdocs.google.com%2Fspreadsheets%2Fd%2F1msUjwMLoKwnXxJFzF20SeN_C65RIkGLbwaYyj459VTc%2Fedit%3Fusp%3Dsharing&signature=b9533d9cc7784c04>
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> Comments?
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> I think those two questions is a good start. Please, let me know if I'm
> doing something wrong.
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> Cheers,
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> Eduardo
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> *Eduardo Dalcin
> <https://mailtrack.io/trace/link/0013f9d54db6dace53d2df17834b697a7abd50cc?url=http%3A%2F%2Feduardo.dalc.in&signature=d1933ed6341a6234>*
>
> Instituto de Pesquisas Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro - JBRJ
>
> e-mail: edalcin at jbrj.gov.br
>
> Trabalho / Work: +55 21 3204 2116
>
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