Journal Descriptors

Journal Descriptors are preferred MeSH terms that describe journals. Each Journal has a ID, called JID. Each JID is related to certain JDs. For example, the Journal of Pediatric Surgery (JID: 0052631) is indexed by the JDs Pediatrics and Surgery.

• Description:
  Read in JD file, jds.txt, and assign data to Java objects, JournalDescriptors.

• Input:
  The format of this file, JournalDescriptors (jds.txt), is:

  Index	JD Id	JD Name

• Java Files:
  • JournalDescriptor.java
  • JournalDescriptors.java

• Algorithm:
  • Read in file and save Journal Descriptors into Java objects, JournalDescriptors.