Documentation for Licensees of NLM Databases Derived from LocatorPlus Records

CatfilePlus in XML Update/Documentation Chart for 2008:

File Name Date on Server File Size New or Modified Records* Record Deletes** Special Notifications
catplus.20081001.xml 10/1/2008 32,763,959 10,713 493  
catplus.20080901.xml 9/1/2008 20,417,457 6,310 248  
catplus.20080801.xml 8/1/2008 19,333,393 5,347 147  
catplus.20080701.xml 7/1/2008 17,625,540 4,828 183  
catplus.20080601.xml 6/1/2008 18,235,947 5,236 90  
catplus.20080501.xml 5/1/2008 18,677,401 5,504 186  
catplus.20080401.xml 4/1/2008 12,670,111 3,713 118  
catplus.20080301.xml 3/1/2008 13,723,940 4,168 110  
catplus.20080201.xml 2/1/2008 14,977,916 4,386 56  
catplus.20080101.xml 1/1/2008 13,069,541 4,065 132  
catplusbase1of4.2008.xml 12/18/2007 1,115,354,476 Total
Number:
1,190,621
0 Base pull has 4 parts --
Load all 4 parts in order --
Base pull contains records through Nov. 16, 2007
catplusbase2of4.2008.xml 12/18/2007 1,102,694,013 0
catplusbase3of4.2008.xml 12/18/2007 833,238,717 0
catplusbase4of4.2008.xml 12/18/2007 746,523,857 0


Serfile in XML Update/Documentation Chart for 2008:

File Name Date on Server File Size New or Modified Records* Record Deletes** Special Notifications
serfile.20081001.xml 10/1/2008 4,117,053 1,274 493  
serfile.20080901.xml 9/1/2008 5,720,470 1,699 248  
serfile.20080801.xml 8/1/2008 8,016,507 2,326 147  
serfile.20080701.xml 7/1/2008 5,376,802 1,700 183  
serfile.20080601.xml 6/1/2008 6,438,132 1,787 90  
serfile.20080501.xml 5/1/2008 12,027,819 3,183 186  
serfile.20080401.xml 4/1/2008 6,513,341 1,978 118  
serfile.20080301.xml 3/1/2008 5,592,462 1,595 110  
serfile.20080201.xml 2/1/2008 7,611,437 2,552 56  
serfile.20080101.xml 1/1/2008 7,363,020 2,323 132  
serfilebase.2008.xml 12/18/2007 375,251,658 127,060 0 Base pull is one file --
Base pull contains records through Nov. 16, 2007


Due to constraints in how CatfilePlus in XML and Serfile in XML files are created from LocatorPlus records:
* No distinction is made between New and Modified records.

** Licensees will occasionally receive record deletes for records that they never received, or have already deleted. Additionally, licensees should be aware that records which were previously deleted may be reinstated and could reappear as new records, with the SAME record identifier in <NlmUniqueID> as was used earlier.
For these reasons, it is NOT possible for licensees to calculate the total number of unique records which comprise Catfile in XML or Serfile in XML after any particular update by performing addition and subtraction calculations against the number of records in the base pull.

*** Update files containing the previous (one) month's data normally will be placed on the server by the second working day of the month. Full base pulls will normally occur only once/year, when the MeSH vocabulary and other 'year-end' maintenance has been performed and new DTDs go into effect.

Last reviewed: 02 October 2008
Last updated: 02 October 2008
First published: 08 January 2008
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