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'''Note: Direct queries to the iDigBio Elasticsearch service should be considered an Advanced operation.''' | '''Note: Direct queries to the iDigBio Elasticsearch service should be considered an Advanced operation.''' | ||
According to the [http://www.elasticsearch.org/overview/elasticsearch/ Elasticsearch project site], Elasticsearch is a "flexible and powerful open source, distributed, real-time search and analytics engine." | According to the [http://www.elasticsearch.org/overview/elasticsearch/ Elasticsearch project site], Elasticsearch is a "flexible and powerful open source, distributed, real-time search and analytics engine." Elasticsearch provides a RESTful web services interfaces and returns data in JSON format. | ||
More detailed information on iDigBio Elasticsearch capabilities is available in [[iDigBio API v1 Specification#Search]]. | More detailed information on iDigBio Elasticsearch capabilities is available in [[iDigBio API v1 Specification#Search]]. | ||
See [[iDigBio API Examples]] for Elasticsearch examples that are specific to iDigBio. | See [[iDigBio API Examples]] for Elasticsearch examples that are specific to iDigBio. | ||