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This page includes a table of data elements in ASCII MeSH, with the corresponding elements and attributes in XML MeSH. See table 2, below. Note, however, that in some of the corresponding data elements the XML structure is more fine-grained, and a number of data elements in XML have no corresponding data in ASCII MeSH at all. See table 1.
1. Data in XML MeSH for which there is no corresponding data element in ASCII MeSH.
See also the list of all XML MeSH Data elements which has descriptions and examples.
Record types:
D = Descriptor
Q = Qualifier
SCR = Supplemental Concept (formerly Chemical) Record
XML MeSH Element or Attribute |
Record |
<ActiveMeSHYearList> |
D, Q, SCR |
<Concept> |
D, Q, SCR |
ConceptPreferredTermYN [attribute of <Term>] |
D, Q, SCR |
<ConceptRelation> |
D, Q, SCR |
<Concept1UI> |
D, Q, SCR |
<Concept2UI> |
D, Q, SCR |
<ConceptUI> |
D, Q, SCR |
<ConceptUMLSUI> |
D, Q, SCR |
PreferredConceptYN [attribute of <Concept>] |
D, Q, SCR |
<RecordOriginator> |
D, Q, SCR |
<RecordAuthorizer> |
D, Q, SCR |
<RecordMaintainer> |
D, Q, SCR |
<RelationAttribute> |
D ,Q, SCR |
<SemanticTypeName> |
D, Q, SCR |
<TermUI> |
D, Q, SCR |
2. Data elements in ASCII MeSH, with the corresponding elements in XML MeSH.
The table below lists data elements in ASCII MeSH with the corresponding element in XML MeSH. Note that in some cases the correspondence is not simply one-to-one. For example, in the case of terms, the conversion also involves setting XML attribute values. These are indicated in the table with the word "And". In other cases, the conversion holds only under certain data conditions, indicated in the table by the word "Where". See also the list of all XML MeSH Data elements and the lists of ASCII MeSH data elements under various "About ASCII MeSH" links at Files Available to Download.
ASCII MeSH element |
Element Name |
Record |
XML element Tag |
AN |
Annotation |
D, Q |
<Annotation> |
AQ |
Allowable |
D |
<AllowableQualifier> See also <Abbreviation>. |
CATSH |
Cataloging |
D |
not in XML |
CX |
Consider Also XREF |
D |
<ConsiderAlso> |
DA |
Date of Entry |
D, Q, SCR |
<DateCreated>, <Year>, <Month>, <Day> |
DC |
Descriptor Class |
D |
DescriptorClass [attribute of <DescriptorRecord>] |
DE |
Descriptor Entry Version |
D |
<EntryVersion> |
DQ |
Date Qualifier Established |
Q |
<DateEstablished>, (<Year>, <Month>, <Day>) |
DS |
Descriptor Sort Version |
D |
<SortVersion> |
DX |
Date Descriptor Established |
D |
<DateEstablished> (<Year>, <Month>, <Day>) |
EC |
Entry Combination |
D |
<EntryCombination> |
subelement [1] |
[Qualifier input] |
D | <ECIn> |
subelement [2] subelement [3; opt] |
MH output |
D | <ECOut> |
ENTRY [term] |
Entry Term, |
D |
<Term> |
PRINT ENTRY [term] |
Entry Term, |
D |
<Term> |
[term subelements] | |||
b. subelement |
Semantic Type |
D, SCR |
<SemanticType> |
c. subelement |
Lexical Type |
D, SCR |
LexicalTag [attribute of <Term>] |
d. subelement |
Semantic Relation |
D, SCR |
<ConceptRelation>, RelationName |
e. subelement |
Thesaurus ID |
D, SCR |
<ThesaurusID> |
f. subelement |
Date |
D, SCR |
<DateCreated>, <Year>, <Month>, <Day> |
s. subelement |
Sort Version |
D, SCR |
<SortVersion> |
v. subelement |
Entry Version |
D, SCR |
<EntryVersion> |
FR |
Frequency |
SCR |
<Frequency> |
FX |
Forward Cross Reference |
D |
<SeeRelatedDescriptor> |
GM |
Grateful Med Note |
D, Q |
not in XML |
HM |
Heading Mapped-To |
SCR |
<HeadingMappedTo> |
HN |
History Note |
D, Q |
<HistoryNote> |
II |
Indexing Information |
SCR |
<IndexingInformation> |
M66, etc. |
Backfile |
D, Q |
not in XML |
MH |
MeSH Heading |
D |
<Term> |
MH_TH |
MeSH Heading Thesaurus ID |
D |
<ThesaurusID> |
MN |
MeSH Tree Number |
D,Q |
<TreeNumber> |
MR |
Major Revision Date |
D, Q, SCR |
<DateRevised> (<Year>, <Month>, <Day>) |
MS |
MeSH Scope Note |
D,Q |
<ScopeNote> |
N1 |
CAS TYPE 1 NAME |
D, SCR |
<CASN1Name> |
NM |
Name of Substance |
SCR |
<Term> |
NM_TH |
NM Thesaurus ID |
SCR |
<ThesaurusID> |
NO |
Note |
Q, SCR |
<Note> |
OL |
Online Note |
D, Q |
<OnlineNote> |
PA |
Pharmacological Action |
D, SCR |
<PharmacologicalAction> |
PI |
Previous Indexing |
D, SCR |
<PreviousIndexing> |
PM |
Public MeSH Note |
D |
<PublicMeSHNote> |
PX |
Pre Explosion |
D,Q |
not in XML |
QA |
Topical Qualifier Abbreviation |
Q |
<Abbreviation> |
QE |
Qualifier Entry Version |
Q |
<EntryVersion> |
QS |
Qualifier Sort Version |
Q |
<SortVersion> |
QT |
Qualifier Type |
Q |
QualifierType [Attribute of <QualifierRecord>] |
QX |
Qualifier Cross Reference |
Q |
<Term> |
RECTYPE |
Record Type |
D, Q, SCR |
See |
RH |
Running Head |
D |
<RunningHead> |
RN |
CAS REGISTRY/ |
D, SCR |
<RegistryNumber> |
RR |
Related CAS Registry Number |
D, SCR |
<RelatedRegistryNumber> |
SH |
Subheading |
Q |
<Term> |
SO |
Source |
SCR |
<Source> |
ST |
Semantic Type |
D, SCR |
<SemanticType> |
SY |
Synonym |
SCR |
<Term> [And <Term> attributes:] |
TN |
Tree Node Allowed |
Q |
<TreeNodeAllowed> |
UI |
Unique Identifier |
D, Q, SCR |
<DescriptorUI>, <QualifierUI>, <SupplementalRecordUI> |
Last reviewed: 11 January 2007
Last updated: 11 January 2007
First published: 20 December 2006
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