Medical Subject Headings [MeSH®]

Schema Information

Version
2018
Category
MetadataStandard
Namespace
Description
The NLM's curated medical vocabulary resource.
Publication
2018
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attributes

  1. attlist.ConceptRelation_RelationName
  2. attlist.Concept_PreferredConceptYN
  3. attlist.DescriptorRecordSet_LanguageCode
  4. attlist.DescriptorRecord_DescriptorClass
  5. attlist.SupplementalRecordSet_LanguageCode
  6. attlist.SupplementalRecord_SCRClass
  7. attlist.Term_ConceptPreferredTermYN
  8. attlist.Term_IsPermutedTermYN
  9. attlist.Term_LexicalTag
  10. attlist.Term_RecordPreferredTermYN

attributeGroups

  1. attlist.Concept
  2. attlist.ConceptRelation
  3. attlist.DescriptorRecord
  4. attlist.DescriptorRecordSet
  5. attlist.SupplementalRecord
  6. attlist.SupplementalRecordSet
  7. attlist.Term

complexTypes

  1. DescriptorReference
  2. DescriptorReferredTo
  3. QualifierReference
  4. normal.date

elements

  1. Abbreviation
  2. AllowableQualifier
  3. AllowableQualifiersList
  4. Annotation
  5. CASN1Name
  6. Concept
  7. Concept1UI
  8. Concept2UI
  9. ConceptList
  10. ConceptName
  11. ConceptRelation
  12. ConceptRelationList
  13. ConceptUI
  14. ConsiderAlso
  15. DateCreated
  16. DateEstablished
  17. DateRevised
  18. Day
  19. DescriptorName
  20. DescriptorRecord
  21. DescriptorRecordSet
  22. DescriptorUI
  23. ECIN
  24. ECOUT
  25. EntryCombination
  26. EntryCombinationList
  27. EntryVersion
  28. Frequency
  29. HeadingMappedTo
  30. HeadingMappedToList
  31. HistoryNote
  32. IndexingInformation
  33. IndexingInformationList
  34. Month
  35. NLMClassificationNumber
  36. NO_NAMESPACE_DescriptorReferredTo
  37. Note
  38. OnlineNote
  39. PharmacologicalAction
  40. PharmacologicalActionList
  41. PreviousIndexing
  42. PreviousIndexingList
  43. PublicMeSHNote
  44. QualifierName
  45. QualifierReferredTo
  46. QualifierUI
  47. RegistryNumber
  48. RelatedRegistryNumber
  49. RelatedRegistryNumberList
  50. ScopeNote
  51. SeeRelatedDescriptor
  52. SeeRelatedList
  53. SortVersion
  54. Source
  55. SourceList
  56. String
  57. SupplementalRecord
  58. SupplementalRecordName
  59. SupplementalRecordSet
  60. SupplementalRecordUI
  61. Term
  62. TermList
  63. TermNote
  64. TermUI
  65. ThesaurusID
  66. ThesaurusIDlist
  67. TranslatorsEnglishScopeNote
  68. TranslatorsScopeNote
  69. TreeNumber
  70. TreeNumberList
  71. Year

elementGroups

  1. ChemicalReference
  2. ConceptReference
  3. TermReference

schemas

  1. nlmdescriptorrecordset_20180101.xsd
  2. nlmsupplementalrecordset_20180101.xsd