{"id":53727,"date":"2020-07-30T21:08:48","date_gmt":"2020-07-30T21:08:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/?post_type=information-hub&#038;p=53727"},"modified":"2020-10-26T09:55:26","modified_gmt":"2020-10-26T09:55:26","slug":"vocabularies-web-service","status":"publish","type":"information-hub","link":"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/information-hub\/dictionaries\/vocabularies-web-service\/","title":{"rendered":"Vocabularies web service"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t\t<section class=\"hero-section hero-section-with-social\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hero-info-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hero-info\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1>Vocabularies web service \u2014 version 1.0<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"social-wrap social-wrap-inline-them\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sea-background-f\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span>Share this article<\/span><a target=\"_blank\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/information-hub\/dictionaries\/vocabularies-web-service\/\"><span class=\"icon-facebook\"><span class=\"hidden\">Facebook<\/span><\/span><\/a><a target=\"_blank\"  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=Vocabularies%20web%20service&#038;url=https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/information-hub\/dictionaries\/vocabularies-web-service\/\"><span class=\"icon-twitter\"><span class=\"hidden\">Twitter<\/span><\/span><\/a><a   onclick=\"javascript:void( (function() {var e=document.createElement('script' );e.setAttribute('type','text\/javascript' );e.setAttribute('charset','UTF-8' );e.setAttribute('src','\/\/assets.pinterest.com\/js\/pinmarklet.js?r='+Math.random()*99999999);document.body.appendChild(e)})());\"  href=\"javascript:void(0);\"><span class=\"icon-pinterest\"><span class=\"hidden\">Pinterest<\/span><\/span><\/a><a target=\"_blank\"  href=\"https:\/\/wa.me?text=https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/information-hub\/dictionaries\/vocabularies-web-service\/\"><span class=\"icon-whatsapp\"><span class=\"hidden\">WhatsApp<\/span><\/span><\/a><a   href=\"mailto:?subject=Vocabularies%20web%20service&#038;body=The%20vocabulary%20service%20has%20been%20implemented%20as%20a%20RESTful%20web%20service%20delivering%20lists%20of%20standardised%20terms%20covering%20a%20range%20of%20geoscience%20topics.%20(https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/information-hub\/dictionaries\/vocabularies-web-service\/)\"><span class=\"icon-mail\"><span class=\"hidden\">Email<\/span><\/span><\/a><a href=\"#\" data-copy=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/information-hub\/dictionaries\/vocabularies-web-service\/\" class=\"copy-url-on-click\"><span class=\"icon-link\"><span class=\"hidden\">Copy Link<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\n\n\n<section class=\"wp-block-bgs-blocks-content-container content-section\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"row\"><div class=\"col-12\">\n<p> This document describes version 1.0 of the BGS Vocabulary Service. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><a href=\"#usage\">Usage<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#resources\">Resources<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#media\">Supported media types<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#codes\">Status codes<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#clients\">Clients<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Usage<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The vocabulary service has been implemented as a&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Representational_State_Transfer\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">RESTful web service<\/a>&nbsp;using the&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.restlet.org\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Restlet<\/a>&nbsp;framework.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Information is exposed through a series of&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Resource_(Web)\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">resources<\/a>, where each resource implements the standard&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/Protocols\/rfc2616\/rfc2616.html\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">HTTP<\/a>&nbsp;interface and is identified by a&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Uniform_Resource_Locator\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">URL<\/a>. Each resource provides representations of information for a number of supported&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Internet_media_type\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">media types<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The vocabulary service supports\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Content_negotiation\">content negotiation<\/a>\u00a0to provide the most appropriate representation for a particular client. For example, to request a JSON representation of a resource, a client should use the following HTTP header in its request:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><code>Accept: application\/json<\/code><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Not all clients will be able to add or modify HTTP headers, so the vocabulary service supports other ways to specify the required representation format. Each media type has been mapped to a file extension. Each resource supports a media parameter in the query string, which may be used to tunnel the required media type. A JSON representation would be returned by the following:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><code>\/vocabularies?media=json<\/code><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Additionally, like in\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.rubyonrails.org\/\">Ruby on Rails<\/a>, the file extension may be appended to the URL:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><code>\/vocabularies.json<\/code><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"resources\">Resources<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>All resources are relative to&nbsp;http:\/\/webservices.bgs.ac.uk\/data\/services\/vocabulary\/1.0 <\/p>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div id=\"wysiwyg-7535-block_5e579c09b6ffa\" class=\"  \" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12 responsive-table\"><table>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th data-name=\"Operation\">Operation<\/th>\n<th data-name=\"URL\">URL<\/th>\n<th data-name=\"Method\">Method<\/th>\n<th data-name=\"Media Types\">Media Types<\/th>\n<th data-name=\"Examples\">Examples<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody><tr>\n<td data-before=\"Operation\">List vocabularies<\/td><td data-before=\"URL\">\/vocabularies<\/td><td data-before=\"Method\">GET<\/td><td data-before=\"Media Types\">text\/xml<br \/>\napplication\/json<\/td><td data-before=\"Examples\"><a href=\"http:\/\/webservices.bgs.ac.uk\/data\/services\/vocabulary\/1.0\/vocabularies\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\/vocabularies<\/a><\/tr><tr>\n<td data-before=\"Operation\">Search vocabularies<\/td><td data-before=\"URL\">\/vocabularies?q={query}&amp;start={start}&amp;size={size}<\/td><td data-before=\"Method\">GET<\/td><td data-before=\"Media Types\">text\/xml<br \/>\napplication\/json<\/td><td data-before=\"Examples\"><a href=\"http:\/\/webservices.bgs.ac.uk\/data\/services\/vocabulary\/1.0\/vocabularies?q=borehole\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\/vocabularies?q=borehole<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/webservices.bgs.ac.uk\/data\/services\/vocabulary\/1.0\/vocabularies?q=borehole&amp;start=5&amp;size=10\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\/vocabularies?q=borehole&amp;start=5&amp;size=10<\/a><\/tr><tr>\n<td data-before=\"Operation\">Fetch a vocabulary<\/td><td data-before=\"URL\">\/vocabularies\/{vocabularyId}<\/td><td data-before=\"Method\">GET<\/td><td data-before=\"Media Types\">text\/xml<br \/>\napplication\/json<br \/>\napplication\/vnd.ms-excel<\/td><td data-before=\"Examples\"><a href=\"http:\/\/webservices.bgs.ac.uk\/data\/services\/vocabulary\/1.0\/vocabularies\/DIC_GEOCHRON_RANK\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\/vocabularies\/DIC_GEOCHRON_RANK<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/webservices.bgs.ac.uk\/data\/services\/vocabulary\/1.0\/vocabularies\/DIC_GEOCHRON_RANK.xls\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\/vocabularies\/DIC_GEOCHRON_RANK.xls<\/a><\/tr><tr>\n<td data-before=\"Operation\">List vocabulary terms<\/td><td data-before=\"URL\">\/vocabularies\/{vocabularyId}\/terms<\/td><td data-before=\"Method\">GET<\/td><td data-before=\"Media Types\">text\/xml<br \/>\napplication\/json<br \/>\napplication\/vnd.ms-excel<\/td><td data-before=\"Examples\"><a href=\"http:\/\/webservices.bgs.ac.uk\/data\/services\/vocabulary\/1.0\/vocabularies\/DIC_GEOCHRON_RANK\/terms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\/vocabularies\/DIC_GEOCHRON_RANK\/terms<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/webservices.bgs.ac.uk\/data\/services\/vocabulary\/1.0\/vocabularies\/DIC_DTA_REF_MATERIAL\/terms?media=json\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\/vocabularies\/DIC_DTA_REF_MATERIAL\/terms?media=json<\/a><\/tr><tr>\n<td data-before=\"Operation\">Fetch a vocabulary term<\/td><td data-before=\"URL\">\/vocabularies\/{vocabularyId}\/terms\/{termId}<\/td><td data-before=\"Method\">GET<\/td><td data-before=\"Media Types\">text\/xml<br \/>\napplication\/json<\/td><td data-before=\"Examples\"><a href=\"http:\/\/webservices.bgs.ac.uk\/data\/services\/vocabulary\/1.0\/vocabularies\/DIC_GEOCHRON_RANK\/terms\/SUB-ERA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\/vocabularies\/DIC_GEOCHRON_RANK\/terms\/SUB-ERA<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/webservices.bgs.ac.uk\/data\/services\/vocabulary\/1.0\/vocabularies\/DIC_GEOCHRON_RANK\/terms\/SUB-ERA.xml\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\/vocabularies\/DIC_GEOCHRON_RANK\/terms\/SUB-ERA.xml<\/a><\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"media\">Supported media types<\/h3>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div id=\"wysiwyg-4143-block_5e579cdcb6ffb\" class=\"  \" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12 responsive-table\"><table>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th data-name=\"Media Type\">Media Type<\/th>\n<th data-name=\"Name\">Name<\/th>\n<th data-name=\"Extension\">Extension<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody><tr>\n<td data-before=\"Media Type\">text\/xml<\/td><td data-before=\"Name\">Extensible Markup Language<\/td><td data-before=\"Extension\">xml<\/tr><tr>\n<td data-before=\"Media Type\">application\/json<\/td><td data-before=\"Name\">JavaScript Object Notation<\/td><td data-before=\"Extension\">json<\/tr><tr>\n<td data-before=\"Media Type\">application\/vnd.ms-excel<\/td><td data-before=\"Name\">Excel Worksheet<\/td><td data-before=\"Extension\">xls<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\n<div  class=\"accordions\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"acc-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<button class=\"acc-top secondary-background icon-arrow button no-btn\"><span class=\"button-content\" tabindex=\"-1\">Extensible markup language (XML)<\/span><\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"acc-body sea-background-e\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<dl>\n<dt><strong>Media Type: <\/strong>text\/xml<\/dt>\n<dt><strong>Extension<\/strong>: xml<\/dt>\n<dt><\/dt>\n<\/dl>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/XML\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">XML<\/a>\u00a0representations use the following structure:<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&lt;vocabularies&gt; &lt;vocabulary xlink:target=&#8221;_blank&#8221; href=&#8221;{vocabularyRef}&#8221;&gt; &lt;id&gt;{vocabularyId}&lt;\/id&gt; &lt;description&gt;{description}&lt;\/description&gt; &lt;terms xlink:target=&#8221;_blank&#8221; href=&#8221;{termsRef}&#8221;&gt; &lt;term xlink:target=&#8221;_blank&#8221; href=&#8221;{termRef}&#8221; \/&gt; &lt;\/terms&gt; &lt;\/vocabulary&gt; &lt;\/vocabularies&gt;<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The structure of term elements is dependant upon<\/span> the structure of the table they originate from. Many BGS vocabularies use the following database structure:<\/p>\n<p><strong>CREATE TABLE VOCABULARY_NAME ( CODE VARCHAR2(10) PRIMARY KEY, DESCRIPTION VARCHAR2(200), TRANSLATION VARCHAR2(50), STATUS CHAR(1), DATE_ENTERED DATE, DATE_UPDATED DATE );<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Terms from this vocabulary would be represented as:<\/p>\n<p><strong>&lt;term xlink:target=&#8221;_blank&#8221; href=&#8221;{termRef}&gt; &lt;CODE&gt;{CODE}&lt;\/CODE&gt; &lt;DESCRIPTION&gt;{DESCRIPTION}&lt;\/DESCRIPTION&gt; &lt;TRANSLATION&gt;{TRANSLATION}&lt;\/TRANSLATION&gt; &lt;STATUS&gt;{STATUS}&lt;\/STATUS&gt; &lt;DATE_ENTERED&gt;{DATE_ENTERED}&lt;\/DATE_ENTERED&gt; &lt;DATE_UPDATED&gt;{DATE_UPDATED}&lt;\/DATE_UPDATED&gt; &lt;\/term&gt;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Date values are encoded using\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/NOTE-datetime\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ISO 8601<\/a>\u00a0format, and NULL values are indicated using the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/XML\/Schema\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">XML Schema<\/a>\u00a0nil attribute:<\/p>\n<p><strong>&lt;DATE_ENTERED&gt;1993-12-16&lt;\/DATE_ENTERED&gt;<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>&lt;DATE_UPDATED xsi:nil=&#8221;true&#8221;\/&gt;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Future versions of the vocabulary server may use standard schemas such as\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/RDF\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">RDF<\/a>\u00a0or\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Atom_(standard)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Atom<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div  class=\"accordions\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"acc-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<button class=\"acc-top secondary-background icon-arrow button no-btn\"><span class=\"button-content\" tabindex=\"-1\">JavaScript Object Notation (JSON)<\/span><\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"acc-body sea-background-e\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>MEDIA TYPE: application\/json<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>EXTENSION: json<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/json.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">JSON<\/a>\u00a0representations return Vocabulary, Term or Array objects. The type of object returned depends on the resource, for example, \/vocabularies returns an array of Vocabulary objects.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div  class=\"accordions\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"acc-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<button class=\"acc-top secondary-background icon-arrow button no-btn\"><span class=\"button-content\" tabindex=\"-1\">Vocabulary<\/span><\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"acc-body sea-background-e\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<pre><strong>ID: String<\/strong>\r\n<strong>DESCRIPTION: String<\/strong>\r\n<strong>TERMS: Term Array<\/strong><\/pre>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div  class=\"accordions\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"acc-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<button class=\"acc-top secondary-background icon-arrow button no-btn\"><span class=\"button-content\" tabindex=\"-1\">Term<\/span><\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"acc-body sea-background-e\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The properties of a term object depend upon the structure of the table they originate from. The JSON term object that would result from the\u00a0example table\u00a0is:<\/p>\n<pre><strong>CODE: String<\/strong>\r\n<strong>DESCRIPTION: String<\/strong>\r\n<strong>TRANSLATION: String<\/strong>\r\n<strong>STATUS: String<\/strong>\r\n<strong>DATE_ENTERED: Date<\/strong>\r\n<strong>DATE_UPDATED: Date<\/strong><\/pre>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div  class=\"accordions\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"acc-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<button class=\"acc-top secondary-background icon-arrow button no-btn\"><span class=\"button-content\" tabindex=\"-1\">Excel worksheet<\/span><\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"acc-body sea-background-e\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>MEDIA TYPE: application\/vnd.ms-excel<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>EXTENSION: xls<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Excel worksheet\u00a0representations return a document containing a set of vocabulary terms in tabular form.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"codes\">Status codes<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The vocabulary service returns&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/Protocols\/rfc2616\/rfc2616-sec10.html\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">status codes<\/a>&nbsp;defined by the&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/Protocols\/rfc2616\/rfc2616.html\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">HTTP 1.1 specification<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The most relevant status codes are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/Protocols\/rfc2616\/rfc2616-sec10.html#sec10.2.1\"><strong>200 OK<\/strong><\/a>: A 200 response code is returned if a request is successful.<\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/Protocols\/rfc2616\/rfc2616-sec10.html#sec10.4.5\"><strong>404 Not Found<\/strong><\/a>: A 404 response code is returned if a requested resource could not be found. For example, if the requested vocabulary does not exist, or if the requested term does not exist within a vocabulary.<\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/Protocols\/rfc2616\/rfc2616-sec10.html#sec10.4.16\"><strong>415 Unsupported Media Type<\/strong><\/a>: A 415 response code is returned if an inappropriate media type is requested. For example, requesting a application\/vnd.ms-excel representation from the \/vocabularies resource.<\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/Protocols\/rfc2616\/rfc2616-sec10.html#sec10.5.1\"><strong>500 Internal Server Error<\/strong><\/a>: A 500 response code is returned if an unexpected error occurs on the server.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"clients\">Clients<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Clients can be written with any tool that supports the HTTP protocol. 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