Egon Willighagen wrote: > On Thu, Apr 2, 2009 at 1:35 PM, Jean-Claude Bradley > <[email protected]> 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 > homepage, mailing list, etc. It's always good to define our terms.
Open definition: - Public participation in defining the standard - Mailing list, wiki, etc. that makes process transparent and accessible - Possible to "fork" the spec (see Egon's email) - Example: OpenSMILES, JCAMP-DX, FlexMOL? Open use: - No royalties associated with the use - No patents, trademarks, copyrights or other encumberments - Examples: SMILES (Daylight), SDF, InChI, SLN - (Counterexample: SMARTS is a registered Daylight trademark) Defacto Standard: - In wide use, few or no varients - Data exchange is easy and reliable - Examples: SDF, OpenSMILES / Daylight SMILES, PDB, many others Formal Standard: - Endorsed by some sort of recognized group, academic, or government body - InChI, OpenSMILES?, JCAMP-DX, ? I didn't include "open source" because a specific implementation (e.g. InChI, OpenBabel) isn't relevant to the specification, except perhaps as a reference standard. Craig ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Blueobelisk-discuss mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/blueobelisk-discuss
