Welcome to MeSH RDF Technical Documentation. MeSH RDF is a linked data representation of Medical Subject Headings, a biomedical vocabulary produced by the National Library of Medicine. MeSH RDF includes a downloadable file in N-Triples format, a SPARQL query interface, a SPARQL API, and a RESTful interface for retrieving MeSH data.
Mesh RDF Resources
Download: Download MeSH in N-Triples format (mesh.nt.gz).
Query: Use the SPARQL editor to query MeSH. For help, see our list of sample queries.
API: Request data for a specific MeSH identifier or via SPARQL query.
MeSH RDF Documentation
Data Model
- Concepts
- Descriptor-Qualifier Pairs
- Descriptors
- Qualifiers
- Supplementary Concept Records
- Terms
- Tree Numbers
Cheat Sheets
- All Class-Predicate-Class
- All Class Properties
- Class Definitions
- Predicate Definitions
- Sample Queries
- SPARQL and URI Requests
- Super Classes
Policy
MeSH RDF is updated nightly. Visit the MeSH homepage for more information about MeSH.
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