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These URIs are a mash up of the descriptor and qualifier identifiers (such as <a href="http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D000236Q000235.html" target="_blank">D000236Q000235</a>).</td> <td><code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">EntryCombination/ECIN</code></td> </tr> <tr> <td>meshv:CheckTag</td> <td>meshv:Descriptor</td> <td>A special class of descriptor singled out because they are so frequently applied to biomedical literature. There are only 2 Descriptors that are members of the class meshv:CheckTag - D005260 ‘Male’ and D008297 ‘Female’. These two Descriptors do not have tree numbers. Please see the <a href="http://www.nlm.nih.gov/bsd/indexing/training/CHK_010.html" target="_blank">MEDLINE Indexing Online Training Course for the complete list</a>.</td> <td><code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">DescriptorRecord @DescriptorClass = "3"</code></td> </tr> <tr> <td>meshv:Concept</td> <td>N/A</td> <td>MeSH concepts are meanings. Many MeSH concepts contain synonymous terms. meshv:Concept identifiers begin with ‘M’ such as <a href="http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/M0000013.html" target="_blank">M0000013 - ‘Congenital Abnormalities’</a>. See the <a href="http://www.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/concept_structure.html" target="_blank">MeSH concept structure page</a> for more information.</td> <td><code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">Concept</code></td> </tr> <tr> <td>meshv:Descriptor *</td> <td>N/A</td> <td>MeSH Descriptors are a cluster of one or more concepts used to describe what a publication is about. meshv:Descriptor is the parent class of meshv:TopicalDescriptor, meshv:GeographicDescriptor, meshv:PublicationType, and meshv:CheckTag.</td> <td><code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">DescriptorRecord</code></td> </tr> <tr> <td>meshv:DescriptorQualifierPair *</td> <td>N/A</td> <td>A combined MeSH descriptor and qualifier pair. Allowed pairs (according to MeSH rules) belong to the class meshv:AllowedDescriptorQualifierPair. Disallowed pairs belong to the class meshv:DisallowedDescriptorQualifierPair.</td> <td><code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">EntryCombination</code></td> </tr> <tr> <td>meshv:DisallowedDescriptorQualifierPair</td> <td>meshv:DescriptorQualifierPair</td> <td>A combined MeSH descriptor and qualifier where the pairing is not allowed by MeSH rules, such as <a href="http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D000005Q000530.html" target="_blank">‘Abdomen/radiography’</a>.</td> <td><code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">EntryCombination/ECOUT</code></td> </tr> <tr> <td>meshv:GeographicalDescriptor</td> <td>meshv:Descriptor</td> <td>A descriptor that references places or regions of the world, such as <a href="http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D001061.html" target="_blank">D001061 - ‘Appalachian Region’</a>.</td> <td><code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">DescriptorRecord @DescriptorClass = "4"</code></td> </tr> <tr> <td>meshv:PublicationType</td> <td>meshv:Descriptor</td> <td><a href="http://www.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/pubtypes.html" target="_blank">A special class of descriptor</a> that describes what type of publication a resource is as opposed to what it is about. All MeSH Publication Types are in the ‘V’ tree.</td> <td><code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">DescriptorRecord @DescriptorClass = "2"</code></td> </tr> <tr> <td>meshv:SCR_Protocol</td> <td>meshv:SupplementaryConceptRecord</td> <td>MeSH protocols are therapies in the domain of cancer treatment, such as <a href="http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/C104696.html" target="_blank">ABVD Protocol</a>.</td> <td><code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">SupplementalRecord SCRClass="2"</code></td> </tr> <tr> <td>meshv:Qualifier</td> <td>N/A</td> <td>Also known as Subheadings, these provide context to the use of a MeSH Heading. See <a href="http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D006321Q000187.html" target="_blank">heart - drug effects</a> for an example.</td> <td><code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">QualifierRecord</code></td> </tr> <tr> <td>meshv:SCR_Disease</td> <td>meshv:SupplementaryConceptRecord</td> <td>Rare Diseases were originally brought into MeSH from a list maintained by the Office of Rare Diseases Research. See <a href="http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/C562378.html" target="_blank">Hepatic Fibrosis, Congenital</a> for an example.</td> <td><code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">SupplementalRecord @SCRClass="3"</code></td> </tr> <tr> <td>meshv:SCR_Chemical</td> <td>meshv:SupplementaryConceptRecord</td> <td>These are chemicals, drugs, enzymes, vitamins, etc., such as <a href="http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/C011657.html" target="_blank">C011657 - ‘Andrenosterone’</a>.</td> <td><code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">SupplementalRecord @SCRClass="1"</code></td> </tr> <tr> <td>meshv:SupplementaryConceptRecord*</td> <td>N/A</td> <td>Supplementary Concepts are created in MeSH to aid in searching the large volume of mainly chemicals and drugs. meshv:SupplementaryConceptRecord has three sub-classes: meshv:RegularSubstance, meshv:SCR_Protocol, and meshv:SCR_Disease.</td> <td><code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">SupplementalRecord</code></td> </tr> <tr> <td>meshv:Term</td> <td>N/A</td> <td>MeSH terms provide synonymous names for MeSH concepts. Terms have ‘T’ identifiers, and are considered either preferred or lexical variants, such as <a href="http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/T000029.html" target="_blank">‘Congenital Abnormalities’</a> as opposed to ‘Abnormality, Congenital’.</td> <td><code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">Term</code></td> </tr> <tr> <td>meshv:TopicalDescriptor</td> <td>meshv:Descriptor</td> <td>Topical Descriptors indicate the subject of an indexed item such as a journal article. See <a href="http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D063926.html" target="_blank">D063926 - ‘Drug Hypersensitivity Syndrome’</a> for an example.</td> <td><code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">DescriptorRecord @DescriptorClass = "1"</code></td> </tr> <tr> <td>meshv:TreeNumber</td> <td>N/A</td> <td>Tree Numbers are used to organize MeSH Descriptors in a broader-than/narrower-than manner. For example, every Descriptor treed under <a href="http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/C04.html" target="_blank">C04 - ‘Neoplasms’</a> would be about something more specific than ‘Neoplasms’.</td> <td><code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">TreeNumber</code></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p>* Indicates this is a super class. 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