MedlinePlus is the National Institutes of Health's Web site for patients and their families and friends. Produced by the National Library of Medicine, it provides information about diseases, conditions, and wellness issues using non-technical terms and language.
- Prefix
medlineplus- Keywords
- bibliography/documents biomedical science disease health science health/disease medicine ontology
- Links
- Homepage
Identifier Standards
- Pattern for Local Unique Identifiers
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Local identifiers in MedlinePlus should match this regular expression:
^\d+$ - Example Local Unique Identifier
- 002804 Resolve
- Pattern for CURIES
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Compact URIs (CURIEs) constructed from MedlinePlus should match this regular expression:
^medlineplus:\d+$ - Example CURIE
- medlineplus:002804
Contacts
- Contact
- NLM Customer Service
- Identifier Space Owner
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National Center for Biotechnology Information
Mappings to External Registries
Mappings from records in Bioregistry to external registries comprises the metaregistry. This resource has 8 mappings to external registries with 4 unique external prefixes.
| Registry Name | Registry Metaprefix | External Prefix | Curate |
|---|---|---|---|
AberOWL
|
aberowl |
MEDLINEPLUS
|
|
| BioContext | biocontext |
MEDLINEPLUS
|
|
BioPortal
|
bioportal |
MEDLINEPLUS
|
|
FAIRSharing
|
fairsharing |
FAIRsharing.bf8dsb
|
|
HL7
|
hl7 |
2.16.840.1.113883.6.173
|
|
Integbio
|
integbio |
nbdc00836
|
|
Identifiers.org
|
miriam |
medlineplus
|
|
N2T
|
n2t |
medlineplus
|
Providers
A provider turns a local unique identifiers from a resource into a URI. Many providers are also resolvable as URLs (i.e., they can be used in a web browser).
The local unique identifier 002804 is used to demonstrate the providers
available for MedlinePlus. Some providers may use a different example, which is displayed in the table below.
A guide for curating additional providers can be found
here.
| Provider Name | Provider Code | URI |
|---|---|---|
| MedlinePlus | medlineplus |
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/002804.htm |
| Bioregistry | bioregistry |
https://bioregistry.io/medlineplus:002804 |
| Identifiers.org | miriam |
https://identifiers.org/medlineplus:002804 |
| Name-to-Thing | n2t |
https://n2t.net/medlineplus:002804 |
Extra Providers
Additional providers curated in the Bioregistry are listed here. These are typically inherited from Identifiers.org or Prefix Commons, and need extra curation.
| Provider Name | Provider Code | URL |
|---|---|---|
| MedLine Plus home page | medlineplus.fp |
https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/002804.htm |