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Removal of MeSH RDF URIs from MARC Bibliographic Records

Removal of MeSH RDF URIs from MARC Bibliographic Records. NLM Tech Bull. 2021 Sep-Oct;(442):e9.

October 22, 2021 [posted]
December 06, 2021 [updated]

[Update: As of December 6, 2021 all of the MESH RDF URIs present in subfield $0 of the 65X fields of NLM bibliographic records have been removed.]

As of Monday, October 25, 2021, the National Library of Medicine (NLM) will no longer be supplying Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) RDF Unique Resource Identifiers (URIs) in subfield $0 of the 65X fields of new and updated MARC bibliographic records. All existing MESH RDF URIs currently present in the MARC bibliographic records will be removed by the end of 2021.

Please note this action does not affect maintenance of the NLM MeSH RDF product.