h4. Simple Result Fields

|| *Field* (JSON) \\ || Field (XML) \\ || *Description* \\ ||
| comName \\ | com-name \\ | species common name.  not included in the 'simple' detail if a scientific name was specified as an input parameter \\ |
| sciName \\ | sci-name \\ | species scientific name. not included in the 'simple' detail if a scientific name was specified as an input parameter |
| obsDt | obs-dt \\ | observation date formatted according to [ISO 8601|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_8601] (e.g. 'YYYY-MM-DD', or 'YYYY-MM-DD hh:mm').  Hours and minutes are excluded if the observer did not report an observation time. \\ |
| howMany | how-many \\ | The number observed.  Not included if only presence was noted \\ |
| locID | loc-id \\ | unique identifier for the location \\ |
| locName | loc-name \\ | location name \\ |
| lat | lat \\ | latitude of the location \\ |
| lng | lng \\ | longitude of the location |
| obsReviewed | obs-reviewed \\ | 'true' if obs has been reviewed.  'false' otherwise \\ |
| obsValid | obs-valid \\ | 'true' if obs has been deemed valid by a regional reviewer.  'false' otherwise \\ |

h3. Static Examples
h4. JSON

{noformat} 
[{"howMany":"39", 
"lat":42.4791969, 
"locID":"L97555", 
"locName":"Sapsucker Woods", 
"comName":"Mallard", 
"lng":-76.4513778, 
"sciName":"Anas platyrhynchos", 
"obsDt":"2009-03-09 11:30"}, 
{"lat":42.4791969,"locID":"L97555","locName":"Sapsucker Woods","comName":"Mourning Dove","lng":-76.4513778,"sciName":"Zenaida macroura","obsDt":"2009-03-09 11:30"}] 

If there are validation problems with the input parameters the response will be an HTTP 400 error code that includes a simple array containing details of the problems encountered: 
{noformat} 
[{"errorMsg":"Latitude out of range", 
"errorCode":"error.data.lat_out_of_range"}, 
{"errorMsg":"Longitude out of range", 
"errorCode":"error.data.lng_out_of_range"}] 
{noformat}

h4. XML

{noformat} 
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> 
<response><header><locale country="" language="en"/><timestamp>2009-05-15T15:37:38.625-04:00</timestamp><criteria><command><fmt>xml</fmt><include-provisional>false</include-provisional><hotspot>true</hotspot><rtype>loc</rtype><r>L99381</r><back>14</back><max-results>10000</max-results><detail>simple</detail></command></criteria></header><result><sighting><loc-id>L99381</loc-id><obs-dt>2009-05-15 06:05</obs-dt><obs-reviewed>false</obs-reviewed><obs-valid>true</obs-valid><loc-name>Stewart Park</loc-name><how-many>0</how-many><lat>42.4613266</lat><lng>-76.5059255</lng><com-name>American Crow</com-name><sci-name>Corvus brachyrhynchos</sci-name></sighting><sighting><loc-id>L99381</loc-id><obs-dt>2009-05-15 06:05</obs-dt><obs-reviewed>false</obs-reviewed><obs-valid>true</obs-valid><loc-name>Stewart Park</loc-name><how-many>1</how-many><lat>42.4613266</lat><lng>-76.5059255</lng><com-name>American Goldfinch</com-name><sci-name>Carduelis tristis</sci-name></sighting><sighting><loc-id>L99381</loc-id><obs-dt>2009-05-15 06:05</obs-dt><obs-reviewed>false</obs-reviewed><obs-valid>true</obs-valid><loc-name>Stewart Park</loc-name><how-many>1</how-many><lat>42.4613266</lat><lng>-76.5059255</lng><com-name>American Redstart</com-name><sci-name>Setophaga ruticilla</sci-name></sighting></result></response> 
{noformat}


Error response:

{noformat} 
<response><header><locale country="" language="en"/><timestamp>2009-05-15T15:40:30.031-04:00</timestamp><criteria><command><fmt>xml</fmt><include-provisional>false</include-provisional><hotspot>true</hotspot><rtype>loc</rtype><back>14</back><max-results>10000</max-results><detail>simple</detail></command></criteria><errors><error><error-msg>Please specify a region code</error-msg><error-code>error.data.rcodes_required</error-code></error></errors></header><result/></response> 
{noformat}