MMP Mission Statement:

Our mission is to Develop, manage, and apply inclusive and equitable metadata schema to biomedical resources, and lead in community metadata efforts.

General Metadata Policy

• NLM Policy for Titles Issued in Print and Online Versions
• Standards Used in the Metadata Management Program

Subject Analysis and Classification

• Using Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) in Cataloging Online Training
• NLM Classification accessible online
• Fundamentals of the NLM Classification Online Training
• NLM Classification 2024 Winter edition now available (Announcement)

Serials Metadata

• Construction of National Library of Medicine Title Abbreviations
• Policy Statement on the Addition of Non-NLM Titles to the NLM LocatorPlus Database for DOCLINE Reporting
• DOCLINE Journals Data Addition/Modification Form

• Article Metadata

  • OLDMEDLINE Data
  • Errata, Retractions, and Other Linked Citations in PubMed
  • Authorship in MEDLINE

Metadata models / schemas

• NLMCatalogRecordSet XML Elements
• NLMCatalogRecordSet XML Element Attributes
• Dataset Metadata Model (DATMM)

Involvement in Cooperative Programs

• Participation in Metadata Committees and Organizations

Related Resources

• Medical Subject Headings (MeSH Browser)
• MeSH RDF
• NLM LocatorPlus Catalog and NLM Catalog
• NLM Digital Collections
• IndexCat
• NLM Dataset Catalog
• BIBFRAME homepage

Obtaining Cataloging Records

• Bibliographic records accessible on the Web
• Download Catalog Record Data (Catfile, CatfilePlus, Serfile)