Wondering if we should build a names index to support a names API similar to GBIF:
http://data.gbif.org/species/nameSearch
The basic use case is "Hey VertNet, do you have records for this name, and if so, what are all the names?". For example, a search for name=calidris might return:
[
"Calidris alba",
"Calidris alpina",
"Calidris minutilla",
"Calidris mauri",
"Calidris alpina pacifica"
]
The vocabulary API in #54 would definitely come into play for this one. To get this right, I'm thinking the Darwin Core Engine would have a tool that generates a unique set of names from a CSV file, grabs names API results for each name, and then bulkloads new and modified names to the index. Maybe?
Wondering if we should build a names index to support a names API similar to GBIF:
http://data.gbif.org/species/nameSearch
The basic use case is "Hey VertNet, do you have records for this name, and if so, what are all the names?". For example, a search for
name=calidrismight return:The vocabulary API in #54 would definitely come into play for this one. To get this right, I'm thinking the Darwin Core Engine would have a tool that generates a unique set of names from a CSV file, grabs names API results for each name, and then bulkloads new and modified names to the index. Maybe?