Avian Knowledge Network Web Services - Version 1.0

Data Source

Version

Status

Avian Knowledge Network

1.0

development; partially deployed

  • ebird.org/ws1.0*
    This is the root of all CLO-IS AKN-related web services. If a service is useful to both eBird and AKN, it would reside here. There is no duplication of services between this URL and the eBird web services.
    • ws1.0/ref
      This path contains reference data services listing standard codes.
      • ws1.0/ref/country
        This data service provides a list of country codes. This includes all codes, not just codes for which data is held.
      • ws1.0/ref/subnational1
        This data service provides a list of top level, sub-national codes (i.e. states, provinces). This includes all codes, not just codes for which data is held.
      • ws1.0/ref/subnational2
        This data service provides a list of second level, sub-national codes (i.e. counties, parishes). This includes all codes, not just codes for which data is held.
      • ws1.0/ref/bcr
        This data service provides a list of Bird Conservation Region (BCR) codes. This includes all codes, not just codes for which data is held.
      • ws1.0/ref/covar
        This data service provides listings and metadata response for all AKN COVAR_SPAT layers.
    • ws1.0/data
      This path contains raw data services and reference data derived from raw data (e.g., species lists).
      • ws1.0/data/collections
        This data service provides a list of codes designating data collections that can be utilized where a data collection code is required in an API.
      • ws1.0/data/species
        This data service provides information about what species for which data is held.
      • ws1.0/data/covar
        This data service provides AKN COVAR_SPAT layer values for locations in decimal latitude & longitude format or for GlobalUniqueIdentifiers.
    • ws1.0/product Frequency Histogram Service no longer supported - to be discontinued effective February 1, 2012
      This path contains non-raw data that has been summarized in some way.
  • ebird.org/wsresource1.0*
    This is the root of the static resources that the version 1.0 AKN web services require.
    • wsresource1.0/images
    • wsresource1.0/css
    • wsresource1.0/js
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