Catalogue of Life

DiversityWorkbench provides the possibility to link your data to an external webservice. The webservice provided by the Catalogue of Life is possible through the module DiversityTaxonNames. To establish a connection to this external webservice click on the button. A window will open where you may choose this webservice (see below).

In the field Name in Query conditions enter your search string and click on the button to start the query. In the list of the left upper part the results of the query will be listed. In the right part of the window additional information is shown as provided by the webservice. To include the link from the webservice into your database choose one of the entries in the list and click OK. The entry will change as shown below.

If you double-click on the link area, a window will open providing you with the retrieval information of the webservice (e.g.:https://api.checklistbank.org/dataset/3LR/nameusage/8K9Y). 

To receive the information related to an entry as provided by the webservice click on the button. A window will open as shown below where information on the webservice is listed in the upper part. If available, additional information provided on a corresponding website will be shown in the lower part.

If you wish to remove the link to the webservice, click on the button. This will only remove the relation to the webservice, not the cached name.

Index Fungorum

Some modules within the DiversityWorkbench provide the possibility to link your data to an external webservice. For example DiversityTaxonNames gives you access to the taxonomic names of Index Fungorum. To establish a connection to this webservice, click on the button. A window will open where you may choose Index Fungorum from the database list (see below). 

Enter the query restriction for the name in the Name field in Query conditions. The maximum number of records you receive may be set in the max. results field (choose a low number, if you have a slow connection to the internet). Click on the search button to start the query. In the list in the left upper part the results of the query will be listed. In the right part of the window additional information is shown as provided by the webservice. For certain entries buttons will appear, as e.g. shown above for the basionym and the current name of a scientific name. Click on these buttons, if you wish to change to one of these related data sets from the webservice. If available, the information provided on the corresponding website is shown in the lower part. To include the link from the webservice into your database choose one of the entries and click OK. The entry will change as shown below.

If you double-click on the link area , a window will open providing you with the retrieval information of the webservice. 

To receive the entire information related to this entry as provided by the webservice click on the button. A window will open as shown below where information on the webservice is listed. If available, the lower part will show the corresponding information of a website.

If you wish to remove the link to the webservice, click on the button. This will only remove the relation to the webservice, not the cached name.

Palaeontology Database

DiversityWorkbench provides the possibility to link your data to an external webservice. The webservice provided by the Palaeontology Database is possible through the module DiversityTaxonNames. To establish a connection to this external webservice click on the button. A window will open where you may choose this webservice (see below).

In the field Name in Query conditions enter you search string and click on the button to start the query. In the list of the left upper part the results of the query will be listed. In the right part of the window additional information is shown as provided by the webservice. The lower part of the window will show the webpage of the related information.

For synonyms the accepted name will be shown as well as shown above. To change to the accepted name click on the linked entry of the ID - in the example above ID: 57254. To include the link from the webservice into your database choose one of the entries in the list and click OK. The entry will change as shown below.

If you double-click on the link area , a window will open providing you with the retrieval information of the webservice. 

To receive the information related to an entry as provided by the webservice click on the button. A window will open as shown below where information on the webservice is listed in the upper part. If available, additional information provided on a corresponding website will be shown in the lower part.

If you wish to remove the link to the webservice, click on the button. This will only remove the relation to the webservice, not the cached name.

Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure (PESI)

Some modules within the DiversityWorkbench provide the possibility to link your data to an external webservice. For example DiversityTaxonNames gives you access to the taxonomic names of the Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure (PESI). To establish a connection to this webservice, click on the button. A window will open where you can choose PESI from the database list (see below). 

Enter the query restriction for the name in the Name field in Query conditions. Click on the search button to start the query. In the list in the left upper part the results of the query will be listed. On the right part of the window additional information is shown as provided by the webservice. If available, the information provided on the corresponding website is shown in the lower part. To include the link from the webservice into your database choose one of the entries and click OK. The entry will change as shown below.

If you double-click on the link area , a window will open providing you with the retrieval information of the webservice. 

To receive the entire information related to this entry as provided by the webservice click on the button. A window will open as shown below where information on the webservice is listed. If available, the lower part will show the corresponding information of a website.

If you wish to remove the link to the webservice, click on the button. This will only remove the relation to the webservice, not the cached name.

Recent Literature on Lichens

The module DiversityReferenes gives you access to the webservice Recent Literature on Lichens. To access this service click on the button. A window will open where you can search for entries in the database (see below). 

Enter the query restriction for the Authors, the Year and the Title in the query conditions. Click on the search button to start the query. In the list in the left upper part the results of the query will be listed. On the right part of the window additional information is shown as provided by the webservice. To include the link from the webservice into your database choose one of the entries and click OK. The entry will change as shown below.

If you double-click on the link area , a window will open providing you with the retrieval information of the webservice. 

To receive the entire information related to this entry as provided by the webservice click on the button. A window will open as shown below where information on the webservice is listed.

If you wish to remove the link to the webservice, click on the button. This will only remove the relation to the webservice, not the cached name.