Protocol Differences in Scan/Inventory Method

BioCASE?

• Allows only to scan a single concept
• (-) Does not allow filters
• (-) Does not allow counts on scans
• Request format:

<scan>
  <requestFormat>http://www.tdwg.org/schemas/abcd/1.2</requestFormat>
  <concept>/DataSets/DataSet/Units/Unit/Identifications/Identification/TaxonIdentified/ScientificNameAtomized/Botanical/Genus</concept> 
</scan>

• Response format:

<content>
  <scan>
    <value>Acantholimon</value> 
    <value>Achillea</value> 
    <value>Aethionema</value> 
    ...
  </scan>
<content>

DiGIR?

• Allows only to scan a single concept
• Does allow filters
• Does allow counts on scans
• Request format:

<inventory xmlns:dwc='http://digir.net/schema/conceptual/darwin/2003/1.0'>
  <dwc:Genus/>
  <count>true</count>
</inventory>

• Response format:

<content xmlns:dwc="http://digir.net/schema/conceptual/darwin/2003/1.0">
  <record>
    <dwc:Genus count="18">Acantholimon</dwc:Genus> 
  </record>
  <record>
    <dwc:Genus count="34">Achillea</dwc:Genus> 
  </record>
  <record>
    <dwc:Genus count="41">Aethionema</dwc:Genus> 
  </record>
  ...
</content>