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Searching Products

Use the search bar at the top of any page to search across product titles, descriptions, author names, keywords, organizations, and institutions.

Faceted Filtering

Narrow your results using filters on the left sidebar:

  • Product Type - Filter by dataset, publication, software, etc.
  • Thematic Area - Filter by conservation, climate change, etc.
  • Organization - Filter by OBIS node
  • Institution - Filter by research institution
  • Tags - Filter by keywords
  • License - Filter by usage rights

Note: The License filter groups products by what you can do with them, rather than by the specific license name. Unclassified means a license is recorded but hasn't been mapped to a category yet. Contact helpdesk@obis.org if you encounter this.

Browse by Node or Institution

  • Visit /organization to see all OBIS nodes and the products they steward
  • Visit /group to see all OBIS institutions and their associated products

Use the CKAN API for programmatic access. See the API Reference for full documentation.

# Search for datasets
curl "https://products.obis.org/api/3/action/package_search?q=biodiversity"

# Filter by product type
curl "https://products.obis.org/api/3/action/package_search?fq=vocab_product_type_tags:software"

# Get specific dataset
curl "https://products.obis.org/api/3/action/package_show?id=dataset-name"