Thanks Jan. I'll keep exploring and I'll be in touch, if I need. Best,
Eduardo -------------------------------- *Eduardo Dalcin <https://mailtrack.io/trace/link/a50fe3f7bab3d092ec4820d103e6c7e461608569?url=http%3A%2F%2Feduardo.dalc.in&signature=62642000cdfeb84e>* Instituto de Pesquisas Jardim Bot?nico do Rio de Janeiro - JBRJ e-mail: edalcin at jbrj.gov.br Trabalho / Work: +55 21 3204 2116 -------------------------------- *e-mail alternativo / * *alternate email:** edalcin at jbrj.org <edalcin at jbrj.org>* -------------------------------- Agendar reuni?o / Schedule a meeting: http://agendar.dalc.in <https://mailtrack.io/trace/link/38b84b84eb075facae980e2f889a6537f2a60e9a?url=http%3A%2F%2Fagendar.dalc.in&signature=af7cdcfd40ddf152> On Thu, Sep 3, 2015 at 4:51 AM, Jan Legind [GBIF] <jlegind at gbif.org> wrote: > Dear Eduardo, > > > > Thanks for getting in touch with us about these issues. > > > > The first request > http://api.gbif.org/v1/occurrence/count?country=BR&taxonKey=6&basisOfRecord=PRESERVED_SPECIMEN > <https://mailtrack.io/trace/link/a74c129abf8bbfa4b19b1e189b34df8e0487feca?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.gbif.org%2Fv1%2Foccurrence%2Fcount%3Fcountry%3DBR%26taxonKey%3D6%26basisOfRecord%3DPRESERVED_SPECIMEN&signature=135dde174fa6c96e> > returns the number of records located in Brazil for the facets in the > request. > > The second query > http://api.gbif.org/v1/occurrence/counts/datasets?country=BR&taxonKey=6&basisOfRecord=PRESERVED_SPECIMEN > <https://mailtrack.io/trace/link/9d992e7b6733894b7f83de11d178c1437080224b?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.gbif.org%2Fv1%2Foccurrence%2Fcounts%2Fdatasets%3Fcountry%3DBR%26taxonKey%3D6%26basisOfRecord%3DPRESERVED_SPECIMEN&signature=8b9c03790290e0ba> > uses the Occurrence Inventories web service > http://www.gbif.org/developer/occurrence#inventories which does not > support the basis-of-record facet in the /datasets request. I understand > that it would be better if the API response yielded an error message in > this instance. > > > > Concerning the other issues ? you are indeed right that the counts do not > make sense in the context of taxon key 6 which is Plantae. Actually the API > does not handle the taxonKey search at all, contrary to what the > documentation states: > > > > /occurrence/counts/datasets > > GET > > Counts <http://api.gbif.org/v1/occurrence/counts/datasets?country=DE> > > Lists occurrence counts for datasets that cover a given taxon *or* > country. > > country <http://www.gbif.org/developer/occurrence#p_country>, taxonKey > <http://www.gbif.org/developer/occurrence#p_taxonKey> > > > > As you can see here, > http://api.gbif.org/v1/occurrence/counts/datasets?taxonKey=6 , this > request doesn?t return anything. > > > > The GBIF developers will handle this issue in due time. > > You can follow the issue in our bug tracking service here: > http://dev.gbif.org/issues/browse/POR-2828 > > > > > > With best regards, > > > > Jan K. Legind > > Data manager, GBIF Secretariat > > > > > > *From:* API-users [mailto:api-users-bounces at lists.gbif.org] *On Behalf Of > *Eduardo Dalcin > *Sent:* 2. september 2015 20:06 > *To:* api-users at lists.gbif.org; dev at gbif.org > *Cc:* Jo?o Monnerat Lanna; Nat?lia Queiroz; Diogo Silva; Laura; Ricardo > Avancini > *Subject:* [API-users] Some questions from a begginer > > > > Hi folks, > > > > This is my first message to the list. So, please, be nice :) > > > > I'm working here at Rio de Janeiro Botanical Garden, together with the > guys at the National Center for Flora Conservation. We are doing the risk > assessment of the Brazilian flora to the government. We assess, so far, the > risk of ca. 6.000 species > <https://mailtrack.io/trace/link/453c7d453a2da4e332a97aeca082eb5547d8191b?url=http%3A%2F%2Fcncflora.jbrj.gov.br%2Farquivos%2Farquivos%2Fpdfs%2FLivroVermelho.pdf&signature=500078d211c9dfde>, > but we still have to assess ca. 35.000. Access occurrence records for > Brazil is crucial, and every occurrence is important. > > > > That means that we have to put together occurrence data from different > sources and, after the first batch of the risk assessment, we realize that > we need to build up our aggregator. We are planning to do this with the > Lontra-harvester, with the help of the guys at Brazilian GBIF Node. > > > > So, the one of the firsts steps was to list the available resources to > understand the dimension of the task and, that brings me to my questions. > > > > First: > > > > The request: > > > > > http://api.gbif.org/v1/occurrence/count?country=BR&taxonKey=6&basisOfRecord=PRESERVED_SPECIMEN > <https://mailtrack.io/trace/link/a74c129abf8bbfa4b19b1e189b34df8e0487feca?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.gbif.org%2Fv1%2Foccurrence%2Fcount%3Fcountry%3DBR%26taxonKey%3D6%26basisOfRecord%3DPRESERVED_SPECIMEN&signature=135dde174fa6c96e> > > > > returns 4.982.689 records > > > > And the request: > > > > > http://api.gbif.org/v1/occurrence/counts/datasets?country=BR&taxonKey=6&basisOfRecord=PRESERVED_SPECIMEN > <https://mailtrack.io/trace/link/9d992e7b6733894b7f83de11d178c1437080224b?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.gbif.org%2Fv1%2Foccurrence%2Fcounts%2Fdatasets%3Fcountry%3DBR%26taxonKey%3D6%26basisOfRecord%3DPRESERVED_SPECIMEN&signature=8b9c03790290e0ba> > > > > returns (here > <https://mailtrack.io/trace/link/f15b92c6e49e193b58c96df93026b672d630a4fd?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdocs.google.com%2Fspreadsheets%2Fd%2F1msUjwMLoKwnXxJFzF20SeN_C65RIkGLbwaYyj459VTc%2Fedit%3Fusp%3Dsharing&signature=c9883058799925fd>) > 7.406.310 records > > > > Comments? > > > > Second: > > > > The request: > > > > > http://api.gbif.org/v1/occurrence/count?country=BR&taxonKey=6&basisOfRecord=PRESERVED_SPECIMEN > <https://mailtrack.io/trace/link/a74c129abf8bbfa4b19b1e189b34df8e0487feca?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.gbif.org%2Fv1%2Foccurrence%2Fcount%3Fcountry%3DBR%26taxonKey%3D6%26basisOfRecord%3DPRESERVED_SPECIMEN&signature=135dde174fa6c96e> > > > > return things like this: > > > > "197908d0-5565-11d8-b290-b8a03c50a862":27629 > > > > But the consult of the same dataset: > > > > > http://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?TAXON_KEY=6&DATASET_KEY=197908d0-5565-11d8-b290-b8a03c50a862 > <https://mailtrack.io/trace/link/6b3dbf4bfc7f45d67d05057979f1e72e2617ca68?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gbif.org%2Foccurrence%2Fsearch%3FTAXON_KEY%3D6%26DATASET_KEY%3D197908d0-5565-11d8-b290-b8a03c50a862&signature=b7f33a6c62020571> > > > > Returns "null" (of course, is a FishBase!) > > > > I have plenty of examples like this, on yellow here (not finished!): > > > > > https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1msUjwMLoKwnXxJFzF20SeN_C65RIkGLbwaYyj459VTc/edit?usp=sharing > <https://mailtrack.io/trace/link/21008349e3704f943677730af8f5afdc6cd3cc7b?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdocs.google.com%2Fspreadsheets%2Fd%2F1msUjwMLoKwnXxJFzF20SeN_C65RIkGLbwaYyj459VTc%2Fedit%3Fusp%3Dsharing&signature=b9533d9cc7784c04> > > > > Comments? > > > > I think those two questions is a good start. Please, let me know if I'm > doing something wrong. > > > > Cheers, > > > > Eduardo > > -------------------------------- > > *Eduardo Dalcin > <https://mailtrack.io/trace/link/0013f9d54db6dace53d2df17834b697a7abd50cc?url=http%3A%2F%2Feduardo.dalc.in&signature=d1933ed6341a6234>* > > Instituto de Pesquisas Jardim Bot?nico do Rio de Janeiro - JBRJ > > e-mail: edalcin at jbrj.gov.br > > Trabalho / Work: +55 21 3204 2116 > > -------------------------------- > > *e-mail alternativo / * *alternate email**: edalcin at jbrj.org > <edalcin at jbrj.org>* > > -------------------------------- > > Agendar reuni?o / Schedule a meeting: http://agendar.dalc.in > <https://mailtrack.io/trace/link/0307534e3500b69d419aa6594a8e7baed96be03e?url=http%3A%2F%2Fagendar.dalc.in&signature=8525294e2422d17d> > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.gbif.org/pipermail/api-users/attachments/20150903/b42384e6/attachment-0001.html>
