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NLM Leases MEDLINE and other Databases in XML Format at No Charge in 2001

NLM Leases MEDLINE and other Databases in XML Format at No Charge in 2001. NLM Technical Bulletin. 2000 Nov–Dec;(317):e1.

December 21, 2000 [posted]

MEDLINE will now be distributed to licensees in XML format using a Document Type Definition (DTD) to define the XML structure. (Please remember that MEDLINE is expanding its coverage in the area of life sciences and that unique journal citations from the former HealthSTAR, AIDSLINE, HISTLINE, SPACELINE, BIOETHICSLINE, and POPLINE databases will be phased into MEDLINE.) DTD's will be defined during 2001 for other NLM databases that will eventually be distributed in XML format such as MeSH and various TOXNET files.

There are no fees charged to lease NLM databases in 2001. See https://www.nlm.nih.gov/databases/leased.html for additional information about leasing NLM databases. Use of the legacy ELHILL Unit Record Format for data distribution has been phased out as part of NLM's widespread reinvention activities.