Re: [Blueobelisk-discuss] Open Standards in cheminformatics

2009-04-02 Thread Rajarshi Guha
On Apr 2, 2009, at 10:16 AM, Antony Williams wrote: > So, what was it that Rajarshi wanted based on this list? :-) > ah...he'll > figure it out! :) Actually, I had a mental block that night (I was trying to make some slides on Open Standards in cheminformatics) and was hoping for some su

Re: [Blueobelisk-discuss] On the topic of open science (was: Re: OpenStandards in cheminformatics)

2009-04-02 Thread Antony Williams
Jonathan...my apologies...I run two businesses and was writing from my standard account. Duly noted that this caused a concern for you and will do my utmost to remove such cautions for the future. Antony Williams, URL: www.chemspider.com Email: antony.willi...@che

Re: [Blueobelisk-discuss] Open Standards in cheminformatics

2009-04-02 Thread Antony Williams
Good definitions Craig! Probably need something about "licenses". So, what was it that Rajarshi wanted based on this list? :-) ah...he'll figure it out! Antony Williams, URL: www.chemspider.com > -Original Message- > From: Craig James [mailto:craig_ja...@emolecules.com] > Sent: Thursda

Re: [Blueobelisk-discuss] Open Standards in cheminformatics

2009-04-02 Thread Egon Willighagen
On Thu, Apr 2, 2009 at 4:05 PM, Craig James wrote: > Egon Willighagen wrote: >> Let's summarize this in the BlueObelisk wiki, and annotate things with >> homepage, mailing list, etc. > > It's always good to define our terms. > > Open definition: >  - Public participation in defining the standard >

Re: [Blueobelisk-discuss] Open Standards in cheminformatics

2009-04-02 Thread Craig James
Egon Willighagen wrote: > On Thu, Apr 2, 2009 at 1:35 PM, Jean-Claude Bradley > wrote: >> I second Christoph - JCAMP-DX is an open standard that could do a lot more >> good in the chemistry community if the word gets spread more about its >> utility > > Let's summarize this in the BlueObelisk wik

Re: [Blueobelisk-discuss] On the topic of open science (was: Re: Open Standards in cheminformatics)

2009-04-02 Thread Egon Willighagen
On Thu, Apr 2, 2009 at 1:58 PM, Jonathan Alvarsson wrote: >> On Thu, Apr 2, 2009 at 1:24 PM, Antony Williams >> wrote: > Hi I am new here and I love to read your discussions on open standards but I > couldn't help to think that it would be nice if these discussions could be > open as well. I am r

[Blueobelisk-discuss] On the topic of open science (was: Re: Open Standards in cheminformatics)

2009-04-02 Thread Jonathan Alvarsson
> > On Thu, Apr 2, 2009 at 1:24 PM, Antony Williams > wrote: > > Thanks for asking the question Daniel. I was asking the same question > about SDF. InChI is definitely Open Source but has not, to the best of my > knowledge, been extended and enhanced by the community while it's > development has b

Re: [Blueobelisk-discuss] Open Standards in cheminformatics

2009-04-02 Thread Egon Willighagen
On Thu, Apr 2, 2009 at 1:35 PM, Jean-Claude Bradley wrote: > I second Christoph - JCAMP-DX is an open standard that could do a lot more > good in the chemistry community if the word gets spread more about its > utility Let's summarize this in the BlueObelisk wiki, and annotate things with homepag

Re: [Blueobelisk-discuss] Open Standards in cheminformatics

2009-04-02 Thread Jean-Claude Bradley
Rajarshi, I second Christoph - JCAMP-DX is an open standard that could do a lot more good in the chemistry community if the word gets spread more about its utility On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 5:28 PM, Christoph Steinbeck wrote: > Right - and the InChI of course. > > C. > > Rajarshi Guha wrote: > > On

Re: [Blueobelisk-discuss] Open Standards in cheminformatics

2009-04-02 Thread Antony Williams
Thanks for asking the question Daniel. I was asking the same question about SDF. InChI is definitely Open Source but has not, to the best of my knowledge, been extended and enhanced by the community while it's development has been influenced by a "committee" from the community. This approach has

Re: [Blueobelisk-discuss] Open Standards in cheminformatics

2009-04-02 Thread Egon Willighagen
On Thu, Apr 2, 2009 at 10:09 AM, Daniel Leidert wrote: > Rajarshi Guha wrote: >> Hi, while working on a presentation, I was wondering: are there any >> open standards in cheminformatics? Standard may be too strong a term - >> an alternative might be to ask if there are any open specifications in >

Re: [Blueobelisk-discuss] Open Standards in cheminformatics

2009-04-02 Thread Daniel Leidert
Rajarshi Guha wrote: > Hi, while working on a presentation, I was wondering: are there any > open standards in cheminformatics? Standard may be too strong a term - > an alternative might be to ask if there are any open specifications in > cheminformatics? Well, that depens on the definition