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Documentation for Licensees of NLM Databases Derived from LocatorPlus

 

CatfilePlus in XML Update/Documentation Chart for 2015:

File Name Date on Server File Size New or Modified Records* Record Deletes** Special Notifications
catplus.20151101.xml 11/01/2015 66.1MB 18,698 378 N/A
catplus.20151001.xml 10/01/2015 15.7MB 4,377 210 N/A
catplus.20150901.xml 09/01/2015 17.6MB 4,804 125 N/A
catplus.20150801.xml 08/01/2015 19.4MB 5,442 144 N/A
catplus.20150701.xml 07/01/2015 17.5MB 4,823 129 N/A
catplus.20150601.xml 06/01/2015 18.4MB 5,001 142 N/A
catplus.20150501.xml 05/01/2015 15.1MB 3,946 232 N/A
catplus.20150401.xml 04/01/2015 17.3MB 4,557 87 N/A
catplus.20150301.xml 03/01/2015 15.5MB 4,286 65 N/A
catplus.20150201.xml 02/01/2015 70.4MB 18,156 120 N/A
catplus.20150101.xml 01/01/2015 16.4MB 4,451 62 N/A
catplus.20141201.xml 12/01/2014 49.1MB 12,630 107 Contains records from Nov. 27 thru Nov. 30, 2014
catplusbase1of4.2015.xml 12/04/2014 1.31GB 536,613 0 Base pull has 4 parts --
Load all 4 parts in order --
Base pull contains records through Dec. 04, 2014
catplusbase2of4.2015.xml 12/04/2014 1.18GB 378,014 0 N/A
catplusbase3of4.2015.xml 12/04/2014 940MB 193,807 0 N/A
catplusbase4of4.2015.xml 12/04/2014 740MB 216,997 0 N/A

 

Serfile in XML Update/Documentation Chart for 2015:

File Name Date on Server File Size New or Modified Records* Record Deletes** Special Notifications
serfile.20151101.xml 11/01/2015 14.6MB 4,462 378 N/A
serfile.20151001.xml 10/01/2015 3.93MB 1,118 210 N/A
serfile.20150901.xml 09/01/2015 5.54MB 1,430 125 N/A
serfile.20150801.xml 08/01/2015 4.58MB 1,347 144 N/A
serfile.20150701.xml 07/01/2015 3.87MB 1,098 129 N/A
serfile.20150601.xml 06/01/2015 3.70MB 1,038 142 N/A
serfile.20150501.xml 05/01/2015 3.48MB 918 232 N/A
serfile.20150401.xml 04/01/2015 4.30MB 1,119 87 N/A
serfile.20150301.xml 03/01/2015 3.55MB 953 65 N/A
serfile.20150201.xml 02/01/2015 74.3MB 20,199 120 N/A
serfile.20150101.xml 01/01/2015 4.78MB 1,315 62 N/A
serfile.20141201.xml 12/01/2014 4.29MB 1,187 107 Contains records from Nov. 27 thru Nov. 30, 2014
serfilebase.2015.xml 12/04/2014 402MB 138,482 0 Base pull is one file --
Base pull contains records through Dec. 04, 2014

 

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