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:[email protected]] > Sent: Thursday, April 02, 2009 10:06 AM > To: Egon Willighagen > Cc: BlueObelisk-Discuss > Subject: Re: [Blueobelisk-discuss] Open Standards in cheminformatics > > 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Blueobelisk-discuss mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/blueobelisk-discuss
