Hi Dan,

We definitely need to do something in this area soon, but I am not sure sub_type will be the best way forward (it is currently null for everything).

The reason being, is that a dataset can be an occurrence dataset, or a checklist or sample based dataset and all 3 can have occurrences describing specimen collection events. Really the distinction of a dataset type is getting blurred and we should consider representing this better.

We are working hard to enable facetted searches on occurrences which I think will be a better approach. You could then do an occurrence search for specimens, and then just facet to get the list of contributing datasets. We expect that online within weeks, although will make it clear that the specifics of the API might still change.

I hope this helps, Tim

On 27/05/16 22:31, "API-users on behalf of Stoner, Dan" <api-users-bounces@lists.gbif.org on behalf of dstoner@acis.ufl.edu> wrote:

Hi,

Just wondering if dataset subtype will become available in the API anytime soon. This would be very helpful to me as I am looking for SPECIMEN occurrence datasets.

The doc that mentions "subtype":

http://www.gbif.org/developer/registry#datasetSearch

Description:

"Not yet implemented, but will eventually allow filtering of datasets by their dataset subtype as given in our DatasetSubtype enum."

DatasetSubtype:

http://gbif.github.io/gbif-api/apidocs/org/gbif/api/vocabulary/DatasetSubt ype.html

Thanks,

Dan Stoner iDigBio / ACIS Laboratory University of Florida

---

API-users mailing list API-users@lists.gbif.org http://lists.gbif.org/mailman/listinfo/api-users