Integrated Taxonomic Information System - LSID APIs

Web Service Life Sciencies Identifier (LSID) APIs

Get Full Record From LSID
Description	Returns the full ITIS record for the TSN in the LSID, found by comparing the TSN in the search key to the TSN field. Returns an empty result set if there is no match or the TSN is invalid. Note: Because this API must do multiple database lookups, this can be a time-comsuming operation and may take several seconds to return information.
Input	A string containing the LSID.
Output	A set of strings containing the ITIS data, or an empty set if there is no match.
Example	http://www.itis.gov/ITISWebService/services/ITISService/getFullRecordFromLSID?lsid=urn:lsid:itis.gov: itis_tsn:180543

Get LSID from TSN
Description	Gets the unique LSID for the TSN, or an empty result if there is no match.
Input	A string containing the TSN.
Output	A string containing the corresponding LSID, or a null set if there is no match.
Example	http://www.itis.gov/ITISWebService/services/ITISService/getLSIDFromTSN?tsn=155166 (valid TSN) http://www.itis.gov/ITISWebService/services/ITISService/getLSIDFromTSN?tsn=0 (invalid TSN)

Get Record From LSID
Description	Gets the partial ITIS record for the TSN in the LSID, found by comparing the TSN in the search key to the TSN field. Returns an empty result set if there is no match or the TSN is invalid. Note: This record is a subset of the full ITIS record and will match the return record from the LSID server.
Input	A string containing the LSID.
Output	A set of strings containing the ITIS data, or an empty set if there is no match.
Example	http://www.itis.gov/ITISWebService/services/ITISService/getRecordFromLSID?lsid=urn:lsid:itis.gov:itis_tsn: 180543

Get TSN from LSID
Description	Gets the TSN corresponding to the LSID, or an empty result if there is no match.
Input	A string containing the LSID.
Output	A string containing the corresponding TSN, or a null set if there is no match.
Example	http://www.itis.gov/ITISWebService/services/ITISService/getTSNFromLSID?lsid=urn:lsid:itis.gov:itis_tsn: 28726 (valid TSN) http://www.itis.gov/ITISWebService/services/ITISService/getTSNFromLSID?lsid=urn:lsid:itis.gov:itis_tsn:0 (invalid TSN)