[API-users] Changes in GBIF.org and API

Eduardo Dalcin edalcin at jbrj.org
Thu Sep 1 15:19:42 CEST 2016


Hi Tim, Thanks for the prompt reply. Yes, I'm aware of the KEY parameter.
My comment is that at the filter, for humans that are not aware of those
"obscure codes", still no way to select upper taxonomic ranks but species,
through scientific name. Am I right?

Eduardo


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*Eduardo Dalcin <http://eduardo.dalc.in>*
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Diretoria de Pesquisas
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On Thu, Sep 1, 2016 at 10:12 AM, Tim Robertson <trobertson at gbif.org> wrote:

> Hi Eduardo,
>
> I hope you are well.  I’m not sure I understand your comment I’m afraid.
> Taxonomic filters have been working in GBIF since 2007 and they can be
> combined with any other filters.  They are the most used search filters,
> which all species pages link to.
>
> Plants:  http://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?TAXON_KEY=6  or
> http://api.gbif.org/v1/occurrence/search?TAXON_KEY=6
> Animals: http://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?TAXON_KEY=1  or
> http://api.gbif.org/v1/occurrence/search?TAXON_KEY=1
>
> I presume you mean something else though - can you please explain and I’ll
> try and help?
>
> Thanks,
> Tim
>
>
>
> From: Eduardo Dalcin <edalcin at jbrj.org>
> Date: Thursday 1 September 2016 at 14:55
> To: Tim Robertson <trobertson at gbif.org>
> Cc: "api-users at lists.gbif.org" <api-users at lists.gbif.org>
> Subject: Re: [API-users] Changes in GBIF.org and API
>
> Congrats folks! Great job!
>
> Still no way to separate plants of animals, or I missing something?
>
> Cheers
>
> Eduardo
>
>
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> *Eduardo Dalcin <http://eduardo.dalc.in>*
> Instituto de Pesquisas Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro - JBRJ
> Diretoria de Pesquisas
> e-mail: edalcin at jbrj.org
> Trabalho / Work: +55 21 3204 2116
> WhatsApp / Telegram: +55 21 98393 3344
> Portal de Dados do JBRJ/DIPEQ <http://dados.jbrj.gov.br/>
> --------------------------------
>
> On Thu, Sep 1, 2016 at 8:55 AM, Tim Robertson <trobertson at gbif.org> wrote:
>
>> Hi folks,
>>
>> I am very happy to let you know that a new release of GBIF.org went
>> online at lunchtime today with the following enhancements:
>>
>> *Occurrence search (http://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search
>> <http://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search>):*
>>
>>    - New locality based filters:
>>       - locality, province/state and water body
>>       - These are not interpreted terms, but allow search based on what
>>       publishers state
>>       - http://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?STATE_PROVINCE=California
>>       - http://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?WATER_BODY=AMAZONAS+
>>       BASIN%2C+RIO+JURUA
>>    - A new organismID filter
>>       - http://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?ORGANISM_ID=100
>>    - Publishing protocol filter
>>       - http://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?PROTOCOL=TAPIR
>>    - License filter and facet:
>>       - http://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?license=CC_BY_4_0
>>    - The occurrence API supports all the filters mentioned above with
>>    the addition of also allowing search by publishing organisation
>>
>> *Occurrence downloads*:
>>
>>    - The rights.txt file: has been changed to list all the licenses of
>>    datasets included in that download.
>>    - DwC-A based downloads and the Datacite metada (DOIs) use the most
>>    restrictive license of the datasets included in the download defaulting to
>>    CC-BY.
>>    - The CSV downloads contain a new column ‘*License*’.
>>
>> The *Dataset search page* now supports faceted navigation by license:
>> http://www.gbif.org/dataset/search?license=CC_BY_4_0
>>
>> In the release, we have temporarily broken the “*repatriation*” filter
>> which is being re-enabled now, and will be online again tomorrow.  Sorry
>> about this partial outage of that search term.
>>
>> Many thanks,
>> Tim
>>
>>
>>
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