MeSHParser {AnnBuilder} | R Documentation |
Given the name of a local version of the XML file from MeSH, this function parses the file and returns a list of environment objects containing the subtracted data.
MeSHParser(mesh) setVars()
mesh |
mesh a character string for the name of a local
version of the XML data file avaiable for downloading from MeSH |
Due to security reasons at the servers end, the source XML file has to be downloaded from MeSH and stored locally. MeSHParser reads the file to subtract data.
This function returns a list of environment objects.
treenum |
a vector that contains mappings between Descriptor unique ids and their corresponding tree number assigned by MeSH |
scopenote |
a vector that contains mappings between Descriptor unique ids and their corresponding notes provided by MeSH |
qualifier |
a vector contains mappings between Descriptor and corresponding qualifier headings |
concept |
a vector contains mappings between the headings of Descriptor and corresponding Concepts belonging to the Descriptor |
term |
a vector contains mappings between the headings of Concepts and the corresponding Terms belonging to the Concepts |
heading |
a vector contains mappings between the unique MeSH ids and their corresponding headings |
Jianhua Zhang
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/meshhome.html