Category Archives: “virtual communities”

I have left my microphone so this is being typed. I had expected – and am glad – that there would be debate on the release of Chem4Word under an Open Source licence. The latest contribution (http://techrights.org/2010/04/28/really-qualifying-as-foss/, (Dr. Roy Schestowitz)) … Continue reading →

In a previous post I reviewed our chemical language processing tools – OSCAR and OPSIN. This post updates progress on OPSIN, the IUPACName2Structure converter. Why do we need a name2structure converter? It’s because chemists use language to communicate the identities … Continue reading →

This blog is about new developments in our chemical language processors OSCAR and OPSIN and about how OMII (eScience) and we are taking them forward.  WE also have a JISC project with NacTEM – CheTA and I’ll write more later … Continue reading →

[Please excuse formatting – reinstalling ICE soon] Two stories have coincided – both relate to the role of trust in scientific publishing. The first is when I was rung by Emma Marris, reporting for Nature, last week and asked what … Continue reading →

From Ben White of the BL (who sought views from me and others to go into the document). There is a lot positive in this and I really hope the Government takes the recommendations seriously in revising the law. [BTW … Continue reading →

I’m in Boston for Bio-IT World Conference & Expo 2009 for two main reasons, an invited talk “the Chemical Semantic Web” (Computational Chemistry track) and also our first public demonstration of the Chem4Word software (research.microsoft.com/en-us/projects/chem4word/ ) . For those who … Continue reading →

Three days to save the European Internet Continue reading →

I am here for all too short a time working with Peter Sefton and colleages on a number of collaborations on authoring and publishing tools. Peter runs the  Australian Digital Futures Institute at the University of Southern Queensland in Toowoomba … Continue reading →