Terminological web services tools

Table of Contents Accepted params Accepted Tasks and Args fetchRelated fetchAlt fetchDown fetchUp fetchTerm fetchNotes fetchDirectTerms fetchTopTerms fetchTerms fetchRelatedTerms letter search fetchSimilar fetchVocabularyData Examples and inspirations

Accepted params

  - task : Action to do
  - arg: arguments for task action (eg: string for search task, numerical id for specific term data)
  - output: Output format, can be JSON or XML. Optional parameter, XML by default 

Accepted Tasks and Args

fetchRelated

Retrieve related terms for one ID

  * arg: one ID (int)
  * Example: http://www.r020.com.ar/tematres/demo/services.php?task=fetchRelated&arg=1

fetchAlt

Retrieve alternative/non prefered terms for one ID

  * arg: one ID (int)
  * Example: http://www.r020.com.ar/tematres/demo/services.php?task=fetchAlt&arg=1

fetchDown

Retrieve more specific terms for one ID

  * arg: one ID (int)
  * Example: http://www.r020.com.ar/tematres/demo/services.php?task=fetchDown&arg=1

fetchUp

Retrieve hierarchical structure for one ID

  * arg: one ID (int)
  * Example: http://www.r020.com.ar/tematres/demo/services.php?task=fetchUp&arg=1

fetchTerm

Retrieve simple term data

  * arg: one ID (int)
  * Example: http://www.r020.com.ar/tematres/demo/services.php?task=fetchTerm&arg=1

fetchNotes

Retrieve notes for one term

  * arg: one ID (int)
  * Example: http://www.r020.com.ar/tematres/demo/services.php?task=fetchNotes&arg=1

fetchDirectTerms

 Retrieve alternative, related and direct hierarchical terms for one term_id 
  * arg: one ID (int)
  * Example: http://www.r020.com.ar/tematres/demo/services.php?task=fetchDirectTerms&arg=1

fetchTopTerms

 Retrieve vocabulary top terms
  * arg: none
  * Example: http://www.r020.com.ar/tematres/demo/services.php?task=fetchTopTerms

fetchTerms

 Retrieve simple term data for some coma separated IDs (example: 3,6,98) 
  * arg: some coma separated IDs (for example: arg=3,6,98)
  * Example: http://www.r020.com.ar/tematres/demo/services.php?task=fetchTerms&arg=1,2,4

fetchRelatedTerms

 Retrieve simple related term data for some coma separated terms IDs (example: 3,6,98) 
  * arg: some coma separated IDs (for example: arg=3,6,98)
  * Example: http://www.r020.com.ar/tematres/demo/services.php?task=fetchRelatedTerms&arg=1,4

letter

 Search and retrieve terms was beginning with letter $arg
  * arg: one letter (for example: arg=a)
  * Example: http://www.r020.com.ar/tematres/demo/services.php?task=letter&arg=a

search

 Search and retrieve terms
  * arg: search expresion (string)
  * Example: http://www.r020.com.ar/tematres/demo/services.php?task=search&arg=peace

fetchSimilar

Search and retrieve similar term for string search expresion ($arg)

  * arg: string (for example: arg=trrends)
  * Example: http://www.r020.com.ar/tematres/demo/services.php?task=letter&arg=a

fetchVocabularyData

 Retrieve data about vocabulary
  * arg: none
  * Example: http://www.r020.com.ar/tematres/demo/services.php?task=fetchVocabularyData

Examples and inspirations

• KOS-based web serviceshttp://hypermedia.research.glam.ac.uk/kos/terminology_services/links/
• Peertrees about Terminological web services and frameworks