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In classical logic there is a Law of the Excluded Middle http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_of_excluded_middle that states (roughly, but read the article) that something is either TRUE or not TRUE (==FALSE). This principles does NOT hold in scholarly publishing where there are three … Continue reading →

#pantondiscussions The Panton discussions are now online. Many people are to be thanked for this – and it’s taken a lot of effort (as always I blunder into things that I don’t understand – recording, streaming, etc.). They are available … Continue reading →

Every so often we take an important step forward in Openness and today is one example. Norman Paskin of the DOI foundation has confirmed that the DOI foundation does not regard DOIS as copyright and encourages their re-use:     … Continue reading →

Today we assigned our Chemistry Add-in for word (“Chem4Word”) to OuterCurve: http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/microsoft-research-and-university-of-cambridge-assign-chemistry-add-in-for-word-project-to-outercurve-foundation-115019264.html REDMOND, Wash. and WAKEFIELD, Mass., Feb. 1, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — The Outercurve Foundation, in collaboration with Microsoft Research and University of Cambridge, today announced that the Chemistry Add-In … Continue reading →

I am writing a parser for the #quixotechem project – in this case NWChem output. The output is generated AFAIK by FORTRAN. I am having difficulty parsing it. Why? Here is some text I can parse (deliberately a snapshot from … Continue reading →

#blueobelisk Not only was the blue obelisk a theme at #pmrsymp, but Brian Brook had MADE a blue obelisk! It’s made of wood and nearly 2 metres high. Many of the attendees signed it; And then I went to San … Continue reading →

I’ve finished a hectic 9 days with #pmrhack, #pmrsymp and #beyondthepdf. I’ll need weeks to do justice to all of these. So a few immediate reactions to BtPDF. A mixed community, mainly scientsis, some IT/Library people , some ICT companies … Continue reading →

#beyondthepdf The presentation was a technical success – virtually everything worked. Not sure we got speech back from the skype. But otherwise great communication. Several vocal contributions over skype including Daniel Mietchen from audience! No idea how and where it … Continue reading →

#beyondthepdf THIS REPRESENTS AN INTERACTIVE PRESENTATION TO https://sites.google.com/site/beyondthepdf/ ON 2011-01-20. The large letters are for projection IF YOU WANT TO ASK QUESTIONS OF US IN THE BtPDF SESSION USE THE ETHERPAD: http://okfnpad.org/quixote20110120 Just go to this page and give your … Continue reading →

#pmrsymp The symposium http://www-pmr.ch.cam.ac.uk/wiki/Main_Page was a great effort and I personally am very pleased. I believe it was a success – about 100 people came and an unknown number attended virtually (probably about 20). I’m hoping we can capture pictures, … Continue reading →