Taxosaurus - The Taxonomic Thesaurus
Submit a list of scientific names to obtain the accepted name across various taxonomic sources.
Taxosaurus is a meta Taxonomic Name Resolution Service that implements the Phylotastic TNRastic API.
Fore more information, please visit http://www.evoio.org/wiki/Phylotastic/TNRS.
/submit
POST
a list of scientific names to the service and retrieve a token.
- Parameters:
- query: newline separated list of scientific
names. OR
- file: a text file containing newline
separated scientific names.
- source (optional): a comma separated list of taxonomic source ids (see /sources/list).
- code (optional): the abbreviation for one of the nomenclature codes
(ICZN: International Code of Zoological Nomenclature; ICN: International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants; ICNB: International Code of Nomenclature of Bacteria).
- Returns: a JSON object containing a token to access the
results.
- Example: http://taxosaurus.org/submit?query=Panthera+tigris%0AEutamias+minimus%0AMagnifera+indica%0AHumbert+humbert
GET
a list of scientific names to the service and retrieve a token.
/retrieve/<token>
GET
the result of a TNRastic query.
/sources/list
GET
a ranked list the ids of all available sources.
/sources/<source_id>
GET
the details about a particular source. If source_id is omitted, the
details are returned for all available sources.
- Parameters:
- <source_id>: the source id.
- none to return the details for all sources.
- Returns: a JSON object containing source(s) details.
- Example: http://taxosaurus.org/sources/NCBI
/delete/<token>
GET
or
POST
or
DELETE
. Cancels a running job
