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ilios/mesh-parser
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PHP library for extracting MeSH descriptors from XML.

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MeSH Parser
===========

[](#mesh-parser)

This PHP code library provides tools for extracting [Medical Subject Headings](https://www.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/meshhome.html)(MeSH) descriptors and associated data from a given XML file into an object representation.

It expects its input to be compliant with the 2025 or 2026 [MeSH DTDs](https://www.nlm.nih.gov/databases/download/mesh.html).

Installation
------------

[](#installation)

Use composer to add this library to your project.

```
composer require ilios/mesh-parser
```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

Instantiate `\Ilios\MeSH\Parser` and invoke its `parse()` method with a URI that points at valid MeSH descriptors XML file.
This method call will return an instance of `\Ilios\MeSH\Model\DescriptorSet`; this is the entry point into the object representation of the descriptors data model.
Use getter methods on this object and its subcomponents to traverse and process this model.

### Example

[](#example)

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