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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