Yearly Archives: 2008

Chemistry and CrystalEye – 1

Posted on May 8, 2008 by pm286

We are discussing with Chemspider how some of the content in CrystalEye can be transferred to Chemspider. What Antony Williams wants is primarily the chemical identity of the substance, expressed as a connection table which can be ingested into CS, … Continue reading →

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Clarification on CrystalEye

Posted on May 6, 2008 by pm286

A long post on CrystalEye by Antony Williams. I comment on points that still need answering: ChemSpider Doesn’t Want a Free Lunch but I Discussed CrystalEye Over Coffee With ACS in New Orleans 06:19 06/05/2008, Antony Williams, a n a … Continue reading →

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Chemspider adopts CC-SA licence

Posted on May 6, 2008 by pm286

I am DELIGHTED to report that Chemspider has adopted a CC-SA licence for its data. I comment below: ChemSpider Adopts Creative Commons Licenses 05:23 06/05/2008, Antony Williams, Over the past year ChemSpider has been challenged over the nature of our … Continue reading →

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Some test cases for strongOA/weakOA

Posted on May 5, 2008 by pm286

I am still – honestly – completely unable to work out what the proposed boundary between strongOA and weakOA (see copious blog posts recently) . I therefore put forward some testcases and ask those who understand it – especially the … Continue reading →

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Word, OOXML, ODT

Posted on May 5, 2008 by pm286

Glyn Moody takes me to task – with some justification – for suggesting that Word/OOXML is a useful format for archival. I should make it clear that I am not religiously opposed to PDF, just to the present incarnation of … Continue reading →

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Open metabolomics data

Posted on May 4, 2008 by pm286

An email which I’m delighted to blog. [from WP: Metabolomics is the “systematic study of the unique chemical fingerprints that specific cellular processes leave behind” – specifically, the study of their small-molecule metabolite profiles.[1] The metabolome represents the collection of … Continue reading →

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More clarification from Stevan Harnad

Posted on May 4, 2008 by pm286

I was just about to start some hacking, but I’ve just got a comment from Stevan that needs reply. [This blog is not the best medium to carry out this discussion but it seems to be providing something useful.] Parts … Continue reading →

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Suber-Harnad strongOA/weakOA borderline

Posted on May 4, 2008 by pm286

Peter Suber (again mysteriously unable to post comments) and Stevan Harnad clarify the weak/strongOA borderline. This is making it clearer to me. Accept that I completely misread or misunderstood the original statement. I’ll comment below. At present I am interested … Continue reading →

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Peter Suber's comments on strongOA/weakOA

Posted on May 4, 2008 by pm286

For some reason this blog does not accept comments from Peter Suber so he has sent one by email. I copy it and then add a brief comment: [PS] I made two points in my <a href=“http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2008/04/strong-and-weak-oa.html”>blog post</a> last week … Continue reading →

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The strongOA-weakOA borderline is undefineable

Posted on May 3, 2008 by pm286

Stevan Harnad (one of the creators of the current terms strongOA and weakOA – Peter Suber is the other) now makes it clear (this blog May 3rd, 2008 at 2:00 pm e) that an objective operational definition of strongOA is … Continue reading →

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