Original Issue reported by Project Member Reported by john.t...@austmus.gov.au,
Jun 27, 2013 - https://code.google.com/p/ala-bie/issues/detail?id=389
Project Member Reported by john.tann@austmus.gov.au, Jun 27, 2013
Web service suggestion for ALA
I have just run a web service on WoRMS to check the validity of some mollusc
names. This service ran as a function from within my Excel spreadsheet, and at
a first pass gave good answers.
Suggestion: create a set of example Macros to use within Excel to access ALA
web services
Details
WoRMS has a web page about their web services and it includes some sample
implementations
http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=webservice
I followed the step-by-step instructions for Microsoft Excel, which were able
to guide me how to install their function code. Having never run a spreadsheet
function before, I found this dumbing down of the process very useful. The
spreadsheet with embedded macro is attached.
Currently ALA has a very broad range of web services, however these are
targeted towards developers and those who understand the technical operation of
web activity. I am suggesting making something extra that could be readily
dropped into an Excel spreadsheet, without the user having a deep technical
understanding.
Today (12 hours ago) Project Member #1 moyesyside@gmail.com
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Labels: Type-Enhancement Priority-Medium
Original issue reported on code.google.com by moyesyside on 8 Aug 2013 at 11:56
Original issue reported on code.google.com by
moyesyside
on 8 Aug 2013 at 11:56