 | | | Spire: Web Services Description
Our ITIS Web Services query is a local version of the database developed by
the Integrated Taxonomic Information System Group (ITIS, last refreshed May 30, 2005).
These web services are implemented using the Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP).
Interfaces
All our ITIS-related web Services can be accessed via a web interface
You can download command-line php clients below
To access the service in your own applications, you will find these WSDL descriptions useful:
Clients
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Find ITIS Taxonomic Serial Numbers (TSNs) for a given list of scientific names of taxa
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getnumbers.php
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Find TSNs for a given list of scientific names of taxa and insert the TSNs
into the list
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insertnumbers.php
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Find scientific names for a given list of TSNs
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getnames.php
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Find scientific names for a given list of TSNs and insert the names
into the list
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insertnames.php
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Usage
All clients are invoked in the following way:
php client_name file_name tag_name
where
client_name is one of webclient.php, wclient.php, getnames.php, insertnames.php
file_name is the data file to be processed
tag_name is the XML tag name (without < >) you use to denote scientific names of taxa (for webclient.php and wclient.php)
or ITIS Taxonomic Serial Numbers (for getnames.php and insertnames.php)
Data and Results Format
The data file may be in any XML-based format (.xml / .rdf / .owl). It should contain the list (sequence) of scientific
names or TSNs (depending on your task) and may contain any other additional information in any order.
The php clients store results in a file named after the input file name, with
"_result; appended (original extension preserved).
If you use the web interface, the result displayed on your screen.
If a scientific name or tsn is not found in the ITIS database, value 'NO NAME' (for names) or '-1' (for tsns) is returned.
It is recommended to double-check that portion of your data on the web site of the
Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
Please send complaints, comments, requests, and suggestions to jsachs@cs.umbc.edu
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