The following SOAP methods are currently in version 0.35 of the TNS service. The listing below links to PHP examples and sample code. Additional Java clients and samples are also available.

namebank_packageList($args)

Returns a structured listing of the namebank management classification

namebank_object($args)

Returns a NameBank data object based on it's unique identifier.

namebank_search($args)

Searches NameBank for scientific or vernacular names.

namebank_search_dump

More compact but less well-formed version of namebank_search

classificationbank_search($args)

Searches ClassificationBank for instances of a specific name

classificationbank_object($args)

Returns a classification object containing taxonomic concept information

synonym_list

A specialized method taking multiple concept identifiers as arguments and returning distinct synonymy array.

classificationList($args)

Returns a list of classification identifiers and description metadata

language_list

Returns a list of language names and codes for use with language limits in name search functions. Based on MARC, ISO language codes.

Additional methods will likely be developed for this service.