Webservice

Webservice - foreign sources

Some modules within the Diversity Workbench provide the possibility to link your data to an external webservice. For example DiversityTaxonNames gives you access to the taxonomic names of IndexFungorum. To establish a connection to an external webservice, click on the  button. A window will open where you can choose from either Diversity Workbench modules or external Webservices. Some currently provided webservices are:

The Catalogue of Life

Index Fungorum

Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure

Recent Literature on Lichens

 

Jan 14, 2025

Subsections of Webservice

Webservice Catalogue Of Life

Catalogue of Life - webservice

Diversity Workbench provides the possibility to link your data to an external webservice. The webservice provided by the Catalogue ofLife allows linkage of taxon names. To establish a connection to this external webservice, click on the  button. A window will open where you can choose this webservice (see below). Remark: By selecting “CatalogueOfLife” you can search in the 2014 annual check list, by selecting “CatalogueOfLife_2” you can search in a newed, updated edition, which includes higher taxa.

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. If available, the lower part of the window will show the webpage of the related information.

Higher taxa and for synonyms the accepted name will be shown as e.g. shown above. To inspect one of these entries, click on the linked entry of the ID. To take 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 get the information related to an entry as provided by the webservice, click on the  button. A window will open as shown below where the informations of the webservice are listed in the upper part. If available, additional informations provided on a corresponding website will be shown in the lower part.

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

 

 

 

 

 

May 3, 2024

Webservice Index Fungorum

Index Fungorum - webservice

Diversity Workbench provides the possibility to link your data to an external webservice. The webservice provided by the IndexFungorum allows linkage of taxon names. To establish a connection to this external webservice, click on the  button. A window will open where you can choose this webservice (see below). 

Enter the query restriction for the name in the Name field in Query conditions. The maximal number of records you get can be set in the max. results field (choose a low number if you have a slow connection to the internet). Then click on the search 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. 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 want to change to one of these related datasets from the webservice. If available, the informations provided on the corresponding website is shown in the lower part. To take 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 get the whole information related to this entry as provided by the webservice, click on the  button. A window will open as shown below where the informations of the webservice are listed, If available, the lower part will show the corresponding informations of a website.

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

May 3, 2024

Webservice Myco Bank

MycoBank Database - webservice

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 MycoBank database. To establish a connection to this webservice, click on the button. A window will open where you can choose MycoBank 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.

May 3, 2024

Webservice Palaeo DB

The Palaeontolgy Database - webservice

Diversity Workbench provides the possibility to link your data to an external webservice. The webservice provided by the PalaeontologyDatabase allows linkage of taxon names. To establish a connection to this external webservice, click on the  button. A window will open where you can 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 e.g. shown above. To change to the accepted name, click on the linked entry of the ID - in the example above id: 57254. To take 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 get the information related to an entry as provided by the webservice, click on the  button. A window will open as shown below where the informations of the webservice are listed in the upper part. If available, additional informations provided on a corresponding website will be shown in the lower part.

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

 

 

 

 

 

May 3, 2024

Webservice PESI

Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure - webservice

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.

May 3, 2024

Webservice RLL

Recent Literature on Lichens - webservice

Some modules within the DiversityWorkbench provide the possibility to link your data to an external webservice. For example DiversityReferences gives you access to the webservice RecentLiterature on Lichens. To establish a connection to this webservice, click on the button. A window will open where you can choose RLL 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.