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Documentation for Licensees of NLM Databases Derived from LocatorPlus

 

CatfilePlus in XML Update/Documentation Chart for 2017:

File Name Date on Server File Size New or Modified Records* Record Deletes** Special Notifications
catplus.20171101.xml 11/01/2017 96.2MB 21,100 471 N/A
catplus.20171001.xml 10/01/2017 21.8MB 5,345 178 N/A
catplus.20170901.xml 09/01/2017 19.3MB 4,818 160 N/A
catplus.20170801.xml 08/01/2017 16.4MB 4,472 83 N/A
catplusbase1of4.2017.xml 07/06/2017 1.55GB 583,173 0 Base pull has 4 parts --
Load all 4 parts in order --
Base pull contains records through July 06, 2017
catplusbase2of4.2017.xml 07/06/2017 1.30GB 355,467 0 N/A
catplusbase3of4.2017.xml 07/06/2017 1.06GB 208,970 0 N/A
catplusbase4of4.2017.xml 07/06/2017 874MB 226,916 0 N/A
catplus.20170630.xml 06/30/2017 3.02GB 92,119 204 N/A
catplus.20170601.xml 06/01/2017 27.6MB 7,607 173 N/A
catplus.20170501.xml 05/01/2017 12.6MB 3,255 318 N/A
catplus.20170401.xml 04/01/2017 14.2MB 3,891 738 N/A
catplus.20170301.xml 03/01/2017 13.8MB 3,691 156 N/A
catplus.20170201.xml 02/01/2017 13.2MB 3,669 56 N/A
catplus.20170101.xml 01/01/2017 18.3MB 4,846 737 N/A
catplus.20161201.xml 12/01/2016 115.5MB 27,043 289 Contains records from Nov. 23 thru Nov. 30, 2016
catplusbase1of4.2016.xml 11/23/2016 1.37GB 559,438 0 Base pull has 4 parts --
Load all 4 parts in order --
Base pull contains records through Dec. 02, 2016
catplusbase2of4.2016.xml 11/23/2016 1.20GB 370,393 0 N/A
catplusbase3of4.2016.xml 11/23/2016 0.99GB 220,883 0 N/A
catplusbase4of4.2016.xml 11/23/2016 759MB 214,719 0 N/A

 

Serfile in XML Update/Documentation Chart for 2017:

File Name Date on Server File Size New or Modified Records* Record Deletes** Special Notifications
serfile.20171101.xml 11/01/2017 23.4MB 6,109 471 N/A
serfile.20171001.xml 10/01/2017 4.46MB 1,120 178 N/A
serfile.20170901.xml 09/01/2017 2.83MB 797 160 N/A
serfile.20170801.xml 08/01/2017 25.1MB 5,675 83 N/A
serfilebase.2017.xml 07/06/2017 4.52GB 142,832 0 Base pull is one file --
Base pull contains records through July 06, 2017
serfile.20170630.xml 06/30/2017 288MB 88,833 204 Contains records from June 1st thru June 30, 2017
serfile.20170601.xml 06/01/2017 4.3MB 1,179 173 N/A
serfile.20170501.xml 05/01/2017 2.5MB 714 318 N/A
serfile.20170401.xml 04/01/2017 3.0MB 813 738 N/A
serfile.20170301.xml 03/01/2017 3.4MB 876 156 N/A
serfile.20170201.xml 02/01/2017 3.6MB 916 56 N/A
serfile.20170101.xml 01/01/2017 32.8MB 7,550 737 N/A
serfile.20161201.xml 12/01/2016 6.78MB 1,854 289 Contains records from Nov. 23 thru Nov. 30, 2016
serfilebase.2016.xml 11/23/2016 419MB 141,983 0 Base pull is one file --
Base pull contains records through Dec. 02, 2016

 

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