This web service endpoint serves as a fuzzy search for taxonomic names. The current implementation is based on the Apache Lucene fuzzy query approach using a fail-fast Levenshtein distance algorithm.
The request parameters are :
The response format can be set by appending the format extension to the service endpoint. Currently this web service supports JSON (fully implemented) and XML (partially implemented).
The response objects returned by this web service endpoint have the following structure:
Features:
Example Requests :
Example Responses :
[ { "request": { "query": "Hyposerid" }, "response": [ { "acceptedTaxonUuids": [ "2e4d5b08-d785-4795-bb7a-6c745c708ca6" ], "name": "Hyoseris", "nameUuids": [ "44b72a9b-8844-4a72-89e4-0a516f1dd566" ], "score": 4.5794897, "taxonConceptUuids": [ "2e4d5b08-d785-4795-bb7a-6c745c708ca6" ], "title": "Hyoseris L." }, { "acceptedTaxonUuids": [ "38bc9407-e379-4c15-b566-9b87b0fb7c20" ], "name": "Aposeris", "nameUuids": [ "232c9d38-7a09-4b21-9b84-45933646906f" ], "score": 4.19751, "taxonConceptUuids": [ "38bc9407-e379-4c15-b566-9b87b0fb7c20" ], "title": "Aposeris Cass." } ] } ]
[ { "request": { "query": "Myoseris purpireo" }, "response": [ { "acceptedTaxonUuids": [ "ae7578ed-a15d-4447-b607-ed6dca92f333" ], "name": "Myoseris purpurea", "nameUuids": [ "6f024d15-71c8-4566-b6e8-b37a0a23c29b" ], "score": 10.270407, "taxonConceptUuids": [ "80804544-c202-41f7-9c63-c76600781935" ], "title": "Myoseris purpurea (Willd.) Link" }, { "acceptedTaxonUuids": [ "7b3f0f40-63f2-44a4-a72b-6a8f49dd430f" ], "name": "Agoseris purpurea", "nameUuids": [ "90fef41e-5fba-405e-95ec-2df6e60fd05e" ], "score": 3.2964854, "taxonConceptUuids": [ "ad52cb23-5c3d-4ef9-87cf-62c7d2c2df9a" ], "title": "Agoseris purpurea (A. Gray) Greene" } ] } ]