Forest Service

Forest Service Research Data Archive Web Service

Search and retrieve DOI-registered Forest Service research data publications. Four REST endpoints — /search, /product, /organizations and /efrs — plus a full OAI-PMH 2.0 repository at /oaipmh serving Dublin Core (oai_dc) and FGDC-STD-001.1-1999 (fgdc) metadata. The two lookup endpoints exist so a client can discover the legal values for the funder and experimental-forest filters. XML by default, JSON on request. Dated release notes run from 2014 to 2019 and the service is still answering.

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Documentation

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Documentation
https://www.fs.usda.gov/rds/archive/webservice/assets/ResearchDataArchiveAPIDocumentation.pdf
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APIReference
https://www.fs.usda.gov/rds/archive/webservice/
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GettingStarted
https://www.fs.usda.gov/rds/archive/webservice/assets/test_scripts.zip

Other Resources

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ChangeLog
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/forest-service/refs/heads/main/changelog/forest-service-changelog.yml
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Website
https://www.fs.usda.gov/rds/archive/
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AgentSkill
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/forest-service/refs/heads/main/skills/forest-service-find-research-data.md

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API entry from apis.yml

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: forest-service:research-data-archive
name: Forest Service Research Data Archive Web Service
description: Search and retrieve DOI-registered Forest Service research data publications. Four REST endpoints
  — /search, /product, /organizations and /efrs — plus a full OAI-PMH 2.0 repository at /oaipmh serving
  Dublin Core (oai_dc) and FGDC-STD-001.1-1999 (fgdc) metadata. The two lookup endpoints exist so a client
  can discover the legal values for the funder and experimental-forest filters. XML by default, JSON on
  request. Dated release notes run from 2014 to 2019 and the service is still answering.
humanURL: https://www.fs.usda.gov/rds/archive/webservice/
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/forest-service.png
baseURL: https://www.fs.usda.gov/rds/archive/webservice
tags:
- Research Data
- Metadata
- OAI-PMH
properties:
- type: Documentation
  url: https://www.fs.usda.gov/rds/archive/webservice/assets/ResearchDataArchiveAPIDocumentation.pdf
- type: APIReference
  url: https://www.fs.usda.gov/rds/archive/webservice/
- type: GettingStarted
  url: https://www.fs.usda.gov/rds/archive/webservice/assets/test_scripts.zip
- type: ChangeLog
  url: changelog/forest-service-changelog.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://www.fs.usda.gov/rds/archive/
- type: AgentSkill
  url: skills/forest-service-find-research-data.md