MeSH terms

Bare bones MeSH hierarchy from XML -> JSON per the MeSH documentation.

1. Usage

1.1. Prerequisites

1. Download the MeSH terms here

2. Install either:

   a. Bazelisk installed;

   b. OR, for those wanting to put in less effort, VSCode with both Docker and devcontainer installed.

1.2. Getting Started

1. git clone this repository.

2. If you selected (b) in 1.1. Prerequisites:

   i. Open both VSCode & Docker

   ii. Open the project in the devcontainer per the instructions found here

3. You can now either build the project as an executable or run it from Bazel using the following commands:

   [!NOTE]

   • the -i arg selects the input file path - this should be the .xml file you downloaded earlier;
   • the -o arg selects the outfile file path.

   i. First, build the compile commands (debug mode; use opt for optimised build):

   bazel run :refresh_compile_commands -- -c dbg

   ii. Now, to run the executable (debug mode; use opt for optimised build):

   bazel run //src:meshcodes -c dbg -- -i ./data/codes.xml -o ./data/outfile.json