Medical Subject Headings RDF

Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) RDF is a linked data representation of the MeSH biomedical vocabulary produced by the National Library of Medicine. MeSH RDF includes a downloadable file in RDF N-Triples format, a SPARQL query editor, a SPARQL endpoint (API), and a RESTful interface for retrieving MeSH data.

MeSH RDF supports the following use cases:

• Look up terms in the MeSH vocabulary. Example: Find all MeSH Descriptors and Concepts with "infection" in the name.
• Get data for a particular MeSH identifier. Example: This URL will provide json data for the Descriptor for Ofloxacin: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D015242.json
• Find any assertion in the MeSH vocabulary. Example: Get all of the pharmacological actions for a given substance.
• Download any subset of the MeSH vocabulary using SPARQL. Example: Get all descriptor labels and identifiers.
• Find all the allowable qualifiers for a MeSH Descriptor. Example: Find all the allowable qualifiers for Infection Control.
• Get all entry terms for a MeSH Descriptor. Examples:
  • Get entry terms for Ofloxacin via SPARQL API
  • Get entry terms for Ofloxacin via the Lookup API
• Get definitions for a MeSH Concept. Example: Get definitions for Bicuspid.
• Get all descendants of a MeSH Descriptor. Example: Get all MeSH Descriptors that fall under Neoplasms.
• Download all MeSH RDF triples in one file.

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