EcoPlots is primarily concerned with data collected in survey plots across Australia. The core information you can access is about Sites and SiteVisits. (TERN’s LinkedData site has more information about Observations).
Observations
All ecological measurements (plant height, animal count, soil pH, air temperature) in Ecoiplots are represented as observations. [Read more about]
You can use this endpoint to extract observations based on several search criteria (see Search queries).
Request example:
curl -X POST "https://ecoplots-test.tern.org.au/api/v1.0/observations?dformat=ndjson" -H "accept: */*" -H "Authorization: apikey-v1 your-api-key" -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d "{\"query\":{\"dataset\":[\"http://linked.data.gov.au/dataset/ausplots\"],\"site_id\":[\"http://linked.data.gov.au/dataset/ausplots/site-nsabbs0001\"],\"feature_type\":[\"http://linked.data.gov.au/def/tern-cv/b311c0d3-4a1a-4932-a39c-f5cdc1afa611\"],\"observed_property\":[\"http://linked.data.gov.au/def/tern-cv/56195246-ec5d-4050-a1c6-af786fbec715\"]}}"
Response example:
{
"dataset":"TERN Surveillance Monitoring",
"datasetId":"http://linked.data.gov.au/dataset/ausplots",
"featureId":"http://linked.data.gov.au/dataset/ausplots/site_visit_id-58580-plant_occurr_id-54882275",
"featureType":"plant occurrence",
"featureTypeId":"http://linked.data.gov.au/def/tern-cv/b311c0d3-4a1a-4932-a39c-f5cdc1afa611",
"observationId":"http://linked.data.gov.au/dataset/ausplots/point_intercept-obs-species_name-54882275",
"resultTime":"2018-05-11T00:00:00Z",
"parameter":"scientific name",
"parameterId":"http://linked.data.gov.au/def/tern-cv/56195246-ec5d-4050-a1c6-af786fbec715",
"result":"Boraginaceae",
"resultId":"N/A",
"resultUnit":"N/A",
"resultUnitId":"N/A",
"method":"Vegetation vouchering - vascular plants",
"methodId":"http://linked.data.gov.au/def/ausplots-cv/1d39b897-d6d3-40e9-8113-8ebeab2cd38e",
"instrumentId":"N/A",
"instrumentType":"N/A",
"instrumentTypeId":"N/A",
"siteName":"NSABBS0001",
"siteId":"http://linked.data.gov.au/dataset/ausplots/site-nsabbs0001",
"siteVisitName":"20180511",
"siteVisitId":"http://linked.data.gov.au/dataset/ausplots/sv-58580",
"transectName":"NSABBS0001-transect-E4-W4",
"transectId":"http://linked.data.gov.au/dataset/ausplots/site-nsabbs0001-transect-e4-w4"
}
...
{
"dataset":"TERN Surveillance Monitoring",
"datasetId":"http://linked.data.gov.au/dataset/ausplots",
"featureId":"http://linked.data.gov.au/dataset/ausplots/site_visit_id-58580-plant_occurr_id-54882275",
"featureType":"plant occurrence",
"featureTypeId":"http://linked.data.gov.au/def/tern-cv/b311c0d3-4a1a-4932-a39c-f5cdc1afa611",
"observationId":"http://linked.data.gov.au/dataset/ausplots/point_intercept-obs-species_name-54882275",
"resultTime":"2018-05-11T00:00:00Z",
"parameter":"scientific name",
"parameterId":"http://linked.data.gov.au/def/tern-cv/56195246-ec5d-4050-a1c6-af786fbec715",
"result":"Boraginaceae",
"resultId":"N/A",
"resultUnit":"N/A",
"resultUnitId":"N/A",
"method":"Vegetation vouchering - vascular plants",
"methodId":"http://linked.data.gov.au/def/ausplots-cv/1d39b897-d6d3-40e9-8113-8ebeab2cd38e",
"instrumentId":"N/A",
"instrumentType":"N/A",
"instrumentTypeId":"N/A",
"siteName":"NSABBS0001",
"siteId":"http://linked.data.gov.au/dataset/ausplots/site-nsabbs0001",
"siteVisitName":"20180511",
"siteVisitId":"http://linked.data.gov.au/dataset/ausplots/sv-58580",
"transectName":"NSABBS0001-transect-E4-W4",
"transectId":"http://linked.data.gov.au/dataset/ausplots/site-nsabbs0001-transect-e4-w4"
}
Observation attributes
Observations can have additional attributes. E.g., an observation might have an attribute “angle count point name”, but not all sampling protocols record this attribute, so the property does not belong to the Observation itself and it is defined as an additional attribute.
You can download all these attributes through the /observations/attributes endpoint.
Request example:
curl -X POST "http://localhost:5000/api/v1.0/observations/attributes?dformat=ndjson" -H "accept: */*" -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d "{\"page_number\":1,\"page_size\":10,\"query\":{\"dataset\":[\"http://linked.data.gov.au/dataset/ausplots\"],\"site_id\":[\"http://linked.data.gov.au/dataset/ausplots/site-nsabbs0001\"]}}"
Response example:
{
"attributeId":"http://linked.data.gov.au/dataset/ausplots/tern_basal_area-attr-point_id-475048",
"observationId":"http://linked.data.gov.au/dataset/ausplots/tern_basal_area-obs-basal_area-475048",
"attributeName":"angle count point name",
"attributeConceptId":"http://linked.data.gov.au/def/tern-cv/46d2e568-72cd-4df3-b0ed-4ebdaf771e4c",
"value":"NW",
"valueId":"N/A",
"valueUnit":"N/A",
"valueUnitId":"N/A"
}
...
{
"attributeId":"http://linked.data.gov.au/dataset/ausplots/tern_basal_area-attr-point_id-475069",
"observationId":"http://linked.data.gov.au/dataset/ausplots/tern_basal_area-obs-basal_area-475069",
"attributeName":"angle count point name",
"attributeConceptId":"http://linked.data.gov.au/def/tern-cv/46d2e568-72cd-4df3-b0ed-4ebdaf771e4c",
"value":"E",
"valueId":"N/A",
"valueUnit":"N/A",
"valueUnitId":"N/A"
}
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