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Documentation for Licensees of NLM Databases Derived from LocatorPlus

 

CatfilePlus in XML Update/Documentation Chart for 2014:

File Name Date on Server File Size New or Modified Records* Record Deletes** Special Notifications
catplus.20141101.xml 11/01/2014 18.7MB 5,072 302 N/A
catplus.20141001.xml 10/01/2014 16.6MB 4,631 379 N/A
catplus.20140901.xml 09/01/2014 19.9MB 5,736 558 N/A
catplus.20140801.xml 08/01/2014 18.1MB 4,748 264 N/A
catplus.20140701.xml 07/01/2014 51.5MB 13,155 152 N/A
catplus.20140601.xml 06/01/2014 27.6MB 8,304 297 N/A
catplus.20140501.xml 05/01/2014 26.9MB 7,511 72 N/A
catplus.20140401.xml 04/01/2014 17.7MB 4,757 72 N/A
catplus.20140301.xml 03/01/2014 14.1MB 3,886 148 N/A
catplus.20140201.xml 02/01/2014 29.2MB 6,830 135 N/A
catplus.20140101.xml 01/01/2014 13.5MB 3,635 117 N/A
catplus.20131201.xml 12/01/2013 32.6MB 8,523 110 Contains records from Nov. 27 thru Nov. 30, 2013
catplusbase1of4.2014.xml 11/27/2013 1.28GB 525,311 0 Base pull has 4 parts --
Load all 4 parts in order --
Base pull contains records through Nov. 27, 2013
catplusbase2of4.2014.xml 11/27/2013 1.15GB 381,722 0 N/A
catplusbase3of4.2014.xml 11/27/2013 940MB 229,865 0 N/A
catplusbase4of4.2014.xml 11/27/2013 740MB 168,070 0 N/A

 

Serfile in XML Update/Documentation Chart for 2014:

File Name Date on Server File Size New or Modified Records* Record Deletes** Special Notifications
serfile.20141101.xml 11/01/2014 5.54MB 1,567 302 N/A
serfile.20141001.xml 10/01/2014 4.75MB 1,385 379 N/A
serfile.20140901.xml 09/01/2014 6.61MB 1,788 558 N/A
serfile.20140801.xml 08/01/2014 4.77MB 1,349 264 N/A
serfile.20140701.xml 07/01/2014 44.90MB 13,227 152 N/A
serfile.20140601.xml 06/01/2014 14.37MB 4,208 297 N/A
serfile.20140501.xml 05/01/2014 6.46MB 2,312 72 N/A
serfile.20140401.xml 04/01/2014 3.11MB 888 72 N/A
serfile.20140301.xml 03/01/2014 3.03MB 923 148 N/A
serfile.20140201.xml 02/01/2014 3.99MB 1,094 135 N/A
serfile.20140101.xml 01/01/2014 4.77MB 1,233 117 N/A
serfile.20131201.xml 12/01/2013 4.8MB 1,332 110 Contains records from Nov. 27 thru Nov. 30, 2013
serfilebase.2014.xml 11/27/2013 402MB 136,855 0 Base pull is one file --
Base pull contains records through Nov. 27, 2013

 

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 16, 2024