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Documentation for Licensees of NLM Databases Derived from LocatorPlus

 

CatfilePlus in XML Update/Documentation Chart for 2013:

File Name Date on Server File Size New or Modified Records* Record Deletes** Special Notifications
catplus.20131101.xml 11/01/2013 7.8MB 2,252 45 N/A
catplus.20131001.xml 10/01/2013 18MB 5,122 83 N/A
catplus.20130901.xml 09/01/2013 19MB 5,729 215 N/A
catplus.20130801.xml 08/01/2013 173MB 42,024 244 N/A
catplus.20130701.xml 07/01/2013 48MB 11,913 112 N/A
catplus.20130601.xml 06/01/2013 39MB 14,503 104 N/A
catplus.20130501.xml 05/01/2013 70MB 21,850 284 N/A
catplus.20130401.xml 04/01/2013 335MB 132,829 159 N/A
catplus.20130301.xml 03/01/2013 22MB 6,303 138 N/A
catplus.20130201.xml 02/01/2013 72MB 27,969 124 N/A
catplus.20130101.xml 01/01/2013 145MB 58,876 130 N/A
catplus.20121201.xml 12/01/2012 161MB 51,998 126 Contains records from Nov. 20 thru Nov. 30, 2012
catplusbase1of4.2013.xml 11/20/2012 1.23GB 515,248 0 Base pull has 4 parts --
Load all 4 parts in order --
Base pull contains records through Nov. 20, 2012
catplusbase2of4.2013.xml 11/20/2012 1.14GB 384,097 0 N/A
catplusbase3of4.2013.xml 11/20/2012 905MB 158,466 0 N/A
catplusbase4of4.2013.xml 11/20/2012 744MB 229,365 0 N/A

 

Serfile in XML Update/Documentation Chart for 2013:

File Name Date on Server File Size New or Modified Records* Record Deletes** Special Notifications
serfile.20131101.xml 11/01/2013 1.9MB 583 45 N/A
serfile.20131001.xml 10/01/2013 29.7MB 6,957 83 N/A
serfile.20130901.xml 09/01/2013 4.7MB 1,445 215 N/A
serfile.20130801.xml 08/01/2013 46.9MB 11,063 244 N/A
serfile.20130701.xml 07/01/2013 30.3MB 6,938 112 N/A
serfile.20130601.xml 06/01/2013 27.1MB 6,897 104 N/A
serfile.20130501.xml 05/01/2013 4.1MB 1,185 284 N/A
serfile.20130401.xml 04/01/2013 20.5MB 6,774 159 N/A
serfile.20130301.xml 03/01/2013 3.3MB 936 138 N/A
serfile.20130201.xml 02/01/2013 5.7MB 1,763 124 N/A
serfile.20130101.xml 01/01/2013 6.9MB 2,231 130 N/A
serfile.20121201.xml 12/01/2012 4.9MB 1,631 126 Contains records from Nov. 20 thru Nov. 30, 2012
serfilebase.2013.xml 11/20/2012 396MB 135,311 0 Base pull is one file --
Base pull contains records through Nov. 20, 2012

 

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