Information for Licensees of NLM^® Data

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Information for Prospective Licensees of NLM Data

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DOCUMENTATION

• Sample Data Available via FTP [21 October 2004]

• National Library of Medicine Trademarks

• Forthcoming DTDs for NLM's Leased Databases (see announcement):
  • NLMMedline® DTD [1 November 2004]
  • NLMMedlineCitation DTD [1 November 2004]
  • NLMSharedCatCit DTD [1 November 2004]
  • NLMCommon DTD [1 November 2004]
  • NLMCatalogRecord DTD [1 November 2004]

• Current DTDs for NLM's Leased Databases:
  • NLMMedline® DTD [1 November 2003]
  • NLMMedlineCitation DTD [1 November 2003]
  • NLMSharedCatCit DTD [1 November 2003]
  • NLMCommon DTD [1 November 2003]
  • NLMCatalogRecord DTD [1 November 2003]
  • NLM CCRIS DTD [26 February 2004]
  • NLM ChemIDplus DTD [1 March 2001]
  • NLM DIRLINE® DTD [26 February 2004]
  • NLM GENE-TOX DTD [11 February 2002]
  • NLM HSDB® DTD [12 April 2004]
  • NLM TOXLINE® Special DTD [29 March 2002]

• Current DTDs for Data Supporting NLM's Leased Databases:
  • NLM Serials DTD [1 November 2003] - used for List of Serials Indexed for Online Users
  • NLM MeSH® Descriptor DTD
  • NLM MeSH® Qualifier DTD
  • NLM MeSH® SCR DTD

• Specifications
  • DLT Tape for MEDLINE XML Data Distribution
  • NLM uses XML for MEDLINE Data
  • MEDLINE Characters and Diacritics

• Update/Documentation Charts
  • MEDLINE®
  • OLDMEDLINE
  • CatfilePlus and Serfile
  • CCRIS - ChemIDplus - DIRLINE® - GENE-TOX - HSDB® - TOXLINE® Special

• MEDLINE^® Documentation
  • MEDLINE Distributed in XML Format (includes Element Descriptions) [24 February 2003; revised 30 June 2004]
  • Documentation for Distribution of 2004 Baseline MEDLINE Database [4 December 2003]
  • File Names, Record Counts & File Size for 2004 MEDLINE Baseline Database Distribution [5 December 2003]
  • Statistical Reports on MEDLINE/PubMed Baseline Data [30 September 2004]
  • MEDLINE Maintenance Overview [28 January 2004]
  • MEDLINE Language Table [16 January 2004]
  • Space Flight Mission Summary Table (for records supplied by NASA) [22 December 2003]

• OLDMEDLINE Documentation
  • OLDMEDLINE Overview [25 February 2004]
  • File Names & Record Counts for 2004 OLDMEDLINE Database Distribution [5 December 2003]

• CatfilePlus and Serfile Documentation
  • CatfilePlus and Serfile in XML Format [2 August 2004]
  • Alphabetical List of the Elements in NLMCatalogRecord [2 August 2004]
  • Alphabetical List of Attributes Used in the NLMCatalogRecord [2 August 2004]
  • NLMCatalogRecord Character Set [2 August 2004]
  • Space Flight Mission Summary Table (for records supplied by NASA) [04 June 2002]

Announcements to NLM Licensees

• [22 October 2004] Announcements to NLM Licensees
  • Statistical Reports on MEDLINE/PubMed Baseline Data
  • 2005 MEDLINE/PubMed Baseline Files
  • Availability of Sample MEDLINE Reccords Using 2005 DTD
  • Continuing to Lease NLM Data in 2005

• [15 October 2004] NLMCommon DTD and OLDMEDLINE Records
  
  

• [29 September 2004] Announcements to NLM's MEDLINE/PubMed, OLDMEDLINE, and CatfilePlus/Serfile Licensees
  • MEDLINE: Hiatus in Distribution of Completed, PubMed-Not-Medline, & Deleted Records
    • Complete New MEDLINE Baseline
    • Data and DTD Changes for 2005
    • OLDMEDLINE Records To Be Distributed to all MEDLINE Licensees
    • PubDate Day Element Leading Zero - Correction
  • OLDMEDLINE Update Files
  • New DTD for CatfilePlus and Serfile
  • Usage Statistics Due in December
  • E-Mail Alerts From NLM
    
    

• [31 August 2004] CatfilePlus in XML and Serfile in XML Bibliographic Products Now Available
  
  

• [30 July 2004; revised - 1 October 2004] Announcements for MEDLINE and OLDMEDLINE Licensees
  • New DTDS for NLM'S 2005 Production Year
  • Information Page for Licensees (Revisions; Element Descriptions Updated; Publisher Status Information)
  • PubDate Element
    
    
• [18 May 2004] Information about Catfile, CatfilePlus, and Serfile
  • Vernacular Data for Chinese and Japanese Material (Catfile)
  • Conversion from Wade-Giles to Pinyin (Catfile, CatfilePlus, and Serfile)
    
    
• [19 April 2004; revised - 20 April 2004] Distribution of Non-MEDLINE Records and Use of New Attributes in MEDLINE Data
  
  
• [13 April 2004] Replacement File for HSDB and New Elements for CCRIS
  
  
• [4 March 2004] Information about HSDB from NLM
  
  
• [30 October 2003; revised - 13 November 2003] Announcements & Information for NLM MEDLINE & OLDMEDLINE Licensees
  • New DTDs for MEDLINE and OLDMEDLINE
  • Details about 2004 MEDLINE Baseline - Files Generated by Publication Year Groupings
  • Renewal Information
  • Schedules for 2004 Data Distribution
  • Overview of MEDLINE Record Maintenance
  • 2004 MeSH® Vocabulary
  • Change in Definitions for Two Language Codes
  • Unique Identifier/PMID Matcher Available
  • MEDLINE Character Database
  • Reminder of Usage Statistics Due in December
  • Linking to NLM's Home Page
    
    
• [5 September 2003; revised - 30 October 2003] Information About OLDMEDLINE

ARCHIVE

• Archive of Announcements and General Information for 2004 | 2003 | 2002 | 2001 | 2000 | 1999
• Archive of Database Documentation and Notification for          2003 | 2002 | 2001 | 2000 | 1999
• Archive of Topics in NLM Technical Bulletin

CONTACT INFORMATION

Jane L. Rosov

e-mail - janer@nlm.nih.gov

voice - (301) 496-7706

fax - (301) 496-0822

Dawn Arculus

e-mail - arculud@mail.nlm.nih.gov

voice - (301) 496-9324

fax - (301) 496-0822

Last updated: 04 November 2004
First published: 01 January 1999
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