NameDescriptionTypeAdditional information
id

An UUID v5 generated from the input string using "globalnames.org" DNS domain name as a seed. This UUID can be used as a distributed global unique identifier of the string and can be created independently in any popular programming language.

string

None.

name

An input name-string entered for the verification, or found by search.

string

None.

bestResult

A successsful match of input name-string to a record in a data-source. Results with the highest score appears as a best match.

ResolvedResult

None.

results

A container for displaying results for a particular supplied name string.

Collection of ResolvedResult

None.

dataSourcesNum

The number of data-sources where the string had a match to a scientific name.

integer

None.

curation

The best curation level from matched data-sources. Possible values are NotCurated AutoCurated Curated

string

None.

isKnownName

If name was found by exact match, or by matching the name's canonical form (without authors etc.)

boolean

None.

suppliedId

The id of the name string in the query (if provided).

string

None.