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Documentation for Licensees of NLM Databases Derived from LocatorPlus


 

CatfilePlus in XML Update/Documentation Chart for 2012:

File NameDate on ServerFile SizeNew or Modified Records*Record Deletes**Special Notifications

 

File Name Date on Server File Size New or Modified Records* Record Deletes** Special Notifications
catplus.20121101.xml 11/01/2012 41.9MB 15,568 786 N/A
catplus.20121001.xml 10/01/2012 15.9MB 4,956 1,248 N/A
catplus.20120901.xml 09/01/2012 22.4MB 6,909 1,534 N/A
catplus.20120801.xml 08/01/2012 80.3MB 25,023 953 N/A
catplus.20120701.xml 07/01/2012 20.3MB 6,381 480 N/A
catplus.20120601.xml 06/01/2012 20.9MB 6,432 222 N/A
catplus.20120501.xml 05/01/2012 24.5MB 7,191 152 N/A
catplus.20120401.xml 04/01/2012 24.5MB 7,083 162 N/A
catplus.20120301.xml 03/01/2012 30.4MB 8,983 81 N/A
catplus.20120201.xml 02/01/2012 26.6MB 7,104 94 N/A
catplus.20120101.xml 01/01/2012 21.0MB 5,781 188 N/A
catplus.20111201.xml 12/01/2011 137.0MB 31,397 65 Contains records from Nov. 25 thru Nov. 30, 2011
catplusbase1of4.2012.xml 11/25/2011 1255.2MB 520,777 0 Base pull has 4 parts --
Load all 4 parts in order --
Base pull contains records through Nov. 25, 2011
catplusbase2of4.2012.xml 11/25/2011 1154.4MB 381,435 0 N/A
catplusbase3of4.2012.xml 11/25/2011 883.1MB 151,793 0 N/A
catplusbase4of4.2012.xml 11/25/2011 725.2MB 225,621 0 N/A

 

Serfile in XML Update/Documentation Chart for 2012:

File Name Date on Server File Size New or Modified Records* Record Deletes** Special Notifications
serfile.20121101.xml 11/01/2012 4.4MB 1,404 786 N/A
serfile.20121001.xml 10/01/2012 2.9MB 875 1,248 N/A
serfile.20120901.xml 09/01/2012 4.2MB 1,247 1,534 N/A
serfile.20120801.xml 08/01/2012 5.8MB 1,610 953 N/A
serfile.20120701.xml 07/01/2012 3.6MB 1,028 480 N/A
serfile.20120601.xml 06/01/2012 3.5MB 1,038 222 N/A
serfile.20120501.xml 05/01/2012 18.0MB 6,318 152 N/A
serfile.20120401.xml 04/01/2012 8.2MB 2,114 162 N/A
serfile.20120301.xml 03/01/2012 3.9MB 1,174 81 N/A
serfile.20120201.xml 02/01/2012 4.8MB 1,288 94 N/A
serfile.20120101.xml 01/01/2012 3.1MB 983 188 N/A
serfile.20111201.xml 12/01/2011 53.6MB 12,265 65 Contains records from Nov. 25 thru Nov. 30, 2011
serfilebase.2012.xml 11/25/2011 385.3MB 133,337 0 Base pull is one file --
Base pull contains records through Nov. 25, 2011

 

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: January 9, 2024