CTS requests include a URL parameter named request. The value of this parameter must be the name of one the seven requests: GetCapabilities, GetValidReff, GetFirstUrn, GetPrevNextUrn, GetLabel, GetPassage or GetPassagePlus. All requests other than GetCapabilities further require a parameter named urn. The value of this parameter must be a valid CTS URN value, as defined in the CTS URN specification.
GetCapabilities |
The text inventory with every CTS URN on document level and the corresponding meta information. |
GetPassage |
The text passage that is referenced by a given CTS URN. |
GetLabel |
An informal description for the text passage that is referenced by a given CTS URN. For example useful for tooltips. |
GetValidReff |
All the CTS URNs that "belong to" a given CTS URN on a given citation level. For example, every sentence CTS URN that "belongs to" a given chapter CTS URN. |
GetPrevNextUrn |
The previous and next static CTS URNs for a given CTS URN in document order. |
GetFirstUrn |
The first CTS URN that "belongs to" a given CTS URN. For example, the first sentence CTS URN that "belongs to" a given chapter CTS URN. |
GetPassagePlus |
The combined information for a given CTS URN. |