Thesaurus search-pattern service

Provides a text search pattern for a given thesaurus term.

Service URL

https://apps.usgs.gov/thesaurus/search-pattern.php

Parameters

text	Descriptor text, if code is not given. Thesauri will be searched using this text, and the information returned will reflect that associated with the descriptor matched, if the given text matches a non-preferred term.
thcode	Thesaurus identifier (numeric)
code	Unique identifier of the descriptor within the given thesaurus
thalso	Thesaurus identifier (numeric) for the term identified using also
also	Unique identifier of a second descriptor within the thesaurus identified using thalso, if that is specified, or thcode if thalso is not specified

Output

An object containing information about the descriptor and texts that may be used as the pattern for searching.

thcode

Thesaurus identifier

term

Array of term objects specifying the term or terms, each element containing:

code	Unique identifier for this term
name	Descriptor text for this term
parent	Unique identifier of the parent of this term
scope	Scope note for the term

customized

A customized search pattern developed by the USGS Web Re-Engineering Team staff, if a custom search pattern has been developed for this term.

default

A search pattern composed from the descriptor text, the non-preferred terms, all of the narrower terms, and their non-preferred terms.

(line breaks and extra spaces added here for clarity)

https://apps.usgs.gov/thesaurus/search-pattern.php?thcode=2&code=769