Form 1 MeSH Data Format survey

MeSH Data Format Survey
OMB Control Number: 0925-0648
Expiration Date: 06/30/2024

Public reporting burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 2 minutes per
response, including the time for reviewing instructions, searching existing data sources,
gathering and maintaining the data needed, and completing and reviewing the collection of
information. An agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to,
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comments regarding this burden estimate or any other aspect of this collection of information,
including suggestions for reducing this burden, to NIH, Project Clearance Branch, 6705
Rockledge Drive, MSC 7974, Bethesda, MD 20892-7974, ATTN: PRA (0925-0648). Do not
return the completed form to this address.

In your current role, do you download the Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) vocabulary?

o Yes
o No

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How often do you download the MeSH vocabulary?

o More than once per day
o Daily
o Weekly
o Monthly
o Several times per year
o Twice per year
o Once per year
o Less often than once per year
NLM currently makes MeSH available in the following formats. Which one(s) do you download?
(Please choose all that apply.)

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ASCII
RDF
XML
MARC21

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Vocabularies can be available in a number of formats. Please rank the following formats based
on how useful they would be to you, from 7 (most useful) to 1 (least useful).
Usefulness

ASCII

RDF

XML

MARC21

JSON

CSV

PDF

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How do you use the data that you download from the MeSH vocabulary? (Please check all that
apply.)

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Conduct bibliometrics or data analysis
Process texts to extract concepts, relationships or knowledge
Develop an information retrieval system
Create and maintain local terminology

Implement an electronic health record system or a terminology service used by
electronic health record systems

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Develop a terminology server or service
Other use case not specified above (please specify below)

Approximately how many users does your application have? (Please choose the best answer.)

o Between 1 and 10
o Between 11 and 100
o Between 101 and 1,000
o Between 1,001 and 10,000
o Greater than 10,000

Do you have any comments about the MeSH data formats?

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NLM makes various data sets available through its Data Distribution site. Do you have any
comments about this program?

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