Web Service Method: Update Literal of a Concept or Concept Scheme

Abstract

Description
Updates a SKOS literal of a concept or concept scheme.

URL: /PoolParty/api/thesaurus/{project}/updateLiteral

Request

Supported Methods
POST

Content-Type

application/x-www-form-urlencoded

Path Variables

Variable	Comment
`{project}`	The UUID or the URI supplement (textual identifier) of the project to be used.

HTTP Parameters

Parameter	Comment	Type	Required
resource	URI of the Resource	String	true
newLabel	The new value for the RDF literal	String	true
oldLabel	The outdated value of the RDF literal	String	true
language	The language of the literal - default language if not defined	String	false
property	The type of skos label. Possible values for concepts: `skos:prefLabel, skos:altLabel, skos:hiddenLabel, skos:definition, skos:notation, skos:example, skos:scopeNote` Possible values for concept schemes: `dct:title, dct:subject, dct:description, dct:publisher, dct:contributor, dct:creator` See full list of Retrieve Properties in API Requests.	String	true

Response

http status code: 200 if OK.

Note

The service checks if operation is SKOS compatible. For example you can not update an alternative label so that it matches a preferred label. In such cases a http status code 400 is returned, together with a message about the causes for the bad request error.

Example

POST Request

http://<server-url>/PoolParty/api/thesaurus/APItests/updateLiteral?resource=http://test.info/glossary/2614&newLabel=Test preflabel&oldLabel=carbon price&language=en&property=skos:prefLabel

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