New MeSH RDF Lookup Service Available

New MeSH RDF Lookup Service Available. NLM Tech Bull. 2019 Jul-Aug;(429):b9.

A new MeSH RDF Lookup service is now available at https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/lookup/. Each Lookup is a simple GET API with CGI parameters that returns data in JSON format.

The Lookup service supports the following use cases:

• Offering an autocomplete for a descriptor using a portion of its label.
• Determining the RDF URI of a descriptor using its label.
• Determining allowable qualifiers for a descriptor using its ID or URI
• Determining the RDF URI of a descriptor/qualifier pair.
• Obtaining details about a descriptor using its ID or URI, including qualifiers, related descriptors, and terms.

Documentation and the Specification are also available.