Web Service Meta-information APIs  Get Credibility Ratings Description Provides a list of all the unique valid credibility rating values contained in the database. Input None. Output A set of strings containing the list of the credibility rating values. Example http://www.itis.gov/ITISWebService/services/ITISService/getCredibilityRatings  Get Description Description Provides a description of the web service and the ITIS database. Input None. Output A string containing the description text. Example http://www.itis.gov/ITISWebService/services/ITISService/getDescription  Get Geographic Values Description Provides a list of all the geographic values contained in the database. Input None. Output A set of strings containing the list of the geographic values. Example http://www.itis.gov/ITISWebService/services/ITISService/getGeographicValues  Get Jurisdiction Values Description Provides a list of all the unique jurisdiction values contained in the database. Input None. Output A set of strings containing the list of the jurisdiction values. Example http://www.itis.gov/ITISWebService/services/ITISService/getJurisdictionValues  Get Jurisdictional Origin Values Description Provides a list of all the unique origin values contained in the database. Input None. Output A set of strings containing the list of the origin values. Example http://www.itis.gov/ITISWebService/services/ITISService/getJurisdictionalOriginValues  Get Kingdom Names Description Provides a list of all the unique kingdom names contained in the database, their kingdom IDs and their TSNs. Note: Kingdom ID values are provided for sorting purposes only and are not guaranteed to remain the same through database updates. Input None. Output A set of strings containing the list of the kingdom names, their IDs, and their TSNs. Example http://www.itis.gov/ITISWebService/services/ITISService/getKingdomNames  Get Last Change Date Description Provides the date the ITIS database was last updated. Input None. Output A string containing the latest revision date. Example http://www.itis.gov/ITISWebService/services/ITISService/getLastChangeDate  Get Rank Names Description Provides a list of all the unique rank names contained in the database and their kingdom and rank ID values. Note: Rank ID values are provided for sorting purposes only and are not guaranteed to remain the same through database updates. Input None. Output A set of strings containing the list of the rank names, their corresponding kingdom name and the numeric rank ID. Example http://www.itis.gov/ITISWebService/services/ITISService/getRankNames  Get Vernacular Languages Description Provides a list of the unique languages used in the vernacular table. Input None. Output A set of strings containing the list of the languages. Example http://www.itis.gov/ITISWebService/services/ITISService/getVernacularLanguages