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Documentation for Licensees of NLM Databases Derived from LocatorPlus

CatfilePlus in XML Update/Documentation Chart for 2009:

File NameDate on ServerFile SizeNew or Modified Records*Record Deletes**Special Notifications
catplus.20091101.xml 11/1/2009 25,955,479 7,921 145  
catplus.20091001.xml 10/1/2009 11,971,996 3,416 91  
catplus.20090901.xml 9/1/2009 13,281,964 3,888 300  
catplus.20090801.xml 8/1/2009 18,233,276 5,384 561  
catplus.20090701.xml 7/1/2009 31,610,567 10,675 1,048  
catplus.20090601.xml 6/1/2009 25,822,427 8,275 731  
catplus.20090501.xml 5/1/2009 29,708,313 9,921 863  
catplus.20090401.xml 4/1/2009 30,005,104 8,931 690  
catplus.20090301.xml 3/1/2009 26,371,460 7,633 577  
catplus.20090201.xml 2/1/2009 22,692,223 7,164 793  
catplus.20090102.xml 1/2/2009 30,046,634 9,302 837 Contains records from Nov. 24 thru Dec. 31, 2008
catplusbase1of4.2009.xml 12/11/2008 1,220,931,446 499,678 0 Base pull has 4 parts --
Load all 4 parts in order --
Base pull contains records through Nov. 21, 2008
catplusbase2of4.2009.xml 12/11/2008 1,128,352,243 367,514 0
catplusbase3of4.2009.xml 12/11/2008 956,628,789 157,092 0
catplusbase4of4.2009.xml 12/11/2008 641,285,174 194,020 0

 

Serfile in XML Update/Documentation Chart for 2009

File NameDate on ServerFile SizeNew or Modified Records*Record Deletes**Special Notifications
serfile.20091101.xml 11/1/2009 6,475,949 2,036 145  
serfile.20091001.xml 10/1/2009 4,745,505 1,304 91  
serfile.20090901.xml 9/1/2009 4,767,550 1,379 300  
serfile.20090801.xml 8/1/2009 5,723,268 1,558 561  
serfile.20090701.xml 7/1/2009 6,987,130 1,866 1,048  
serfile.20090601.xml 6/1/2009 5,055,558 1,362 731  
serfile.20090501.xml 5/1/2009 5,422,718 1,613 863  
serfile.20090401.xml 4/1/2009 7,449,890 2,122 690  
serfile.20090301.xml 3/1/2009 5,577,110 1,557 577  
serfile.20090201.xml 2/1/2009 9,093,213 3,889 793  
serfile.20090102.xml 1/2/2009 4,650,600 1,463 837 Contains records from Nov. 24 thru Dec. 31, 2008
serfilebase.2009.xml 12/11/2008 382,161,853 128,606 0 Base pull is one file --
Base pull contains records through Nov. 21, 2008

 

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: 04 November 2009
Last updated: 04 November 2009
First published: 16 December 2008
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