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• 2010 MeSH
  • These formatted versions of the entire MeSH vocabulary are available to download.
    • 2010 XML MeSH
      • Descriptor Records
        • XML file (updated weekly) [276MB, uncompressed], DTD
        • compressed files ZIP file [15MB] GZ file [15MB]
      • Qualifier Records XML file (updated weekly) [467KB, uncompressed], DTD
        
      • Supplementary Concept Records (formerly Supplementary Chemical Records)
        • XML file (updated weekly) [545MB, uncompressed], DTD
        • compressed files ZIP file [40MB] GZ file [40MB]
          
    • 2010 ASCII MeSH
      • Descriptor Records [27MB]
        
      • Qualifier Records [95KB]
        
      • Supplementary Concept Records [66MB]
        (formerly Supplementary Chemical Records)
        
    • 2010 MeSH Trees [2.0MB]
    • 2010 MeSH in MARC format
  • These files are also available for 2010 MeSH:
    • Substances with a given Pharmacologic Action - 2010 [3.3MB, XML format], DTD
    • New Headings with Scope Notes - 2010 [153KB]
      
    • Replaced Headings - 2010 [5KB]
    • 2010 Descriptors - preferred term only [469KB]
    • MN (tree number) Changes - 2010 [350KB]
      

• 2009 MeSH
  • 2009 XML MeSH
    • Descriptor Records
      • XML file [260MB, uncompressed]
      • compressed files ZIP file [14MB] GZ file [14MB]
    • Qualifier Records XML file [440KB, uncompressed]
      
    • Supplementary Concept Records (formerly Supplementary Chemical Records)
      • XML file [474MB, uncompressed]
      • compressed files ZIP file [32MB] GZ file [32MB]
        
  • 2009 ASCII MeSH
    • Descriptor Records [25MB]
      
    • Qualifier Records [95KB]
      
    • Supplementary Concept Records [60MB]
      (formerly Supplementary Chemical Records)
      
  • 2009 MeSH Trees [1.7MB]
    
  • 2009 MeSH in MARC format
    

• 2008 MeSH
  • 2008 MeSH in MARC format

• 2004 MeSH
  • 2004 MeSH files for TREC (Text REtrieval Conference) Genomics track
    
    The following files were preserved for use by the TREC community with the 2004 MEDLINE/PubMed Baseline. The files were downloaded when the 2004 MEDLINE/PubMed Baseline was created and represent the closest MeSH Vocabulary files for use with the data contained in the Baseline. For information about both the ASCII format and XML format, as well as sample files, see the information page for files available to download.
    
    
    • 2004_MEDLINE_Baseline_MeSH_ASCII.tar.gz [18MB]
      Compressed tar file containing the MeSH ASCII files that were preserved including:
      • c2004.bin - Supplementary Concept Records data elements
      • d2004.bin - Descriptor data elements
      • q2004.bin - Qualifier data elements
      • mtrees2004.bin - MeSH main headings with the MeSH tree codes that place the heading in a hierarchical arrangement.
        
    • 2004_MEDLINE_Baseline_MeSH_XML.tar.gz [44MB], DTD
      Compressed tar file containing the MeSH XML files that were preserved including:
      • supp2004.xml - Supplementary Concept Records data elements
      • desc2004.xml - Descriptor data elements
      • qual2004.xm - Qualifier data elements

Last reviewed: 01 September 2009
Last updated: 01 September 2009
First published: 01 September 2009
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