Dear Bob
Following on from Eric's excellent history of interactive figures in
publishing,
> You might mention that Nature now links every new macromolecular 3D
> structure report to FirstGlance in Jmol ("3D View" links). ...
>
> Protein Science (the journal) was the first to provide rotatable 3D
> visualization and animations with research articles, ...
>
> Note that Frieda's work involves hand-crafting, on a figure-by-figure
> basis, for a few high-impact figures, rotatable/zoomable 3D
> renderings in Jmol of the author's structure figures in the journal.
the IUCr journals' recent implementation of 'enhanced figures' aims to
bridge the gap between systematic but generic 3D visualizations (note
that Acta Crystallographica has provided standard Jmol views of all
small-molecule and inorganic structures since January 2007), and the
hand-crafted views that Frieda creates, which require significant
Jmol expertise. We are aiming to make the use of Jmol easier for most
authors, and to support its use routinely within the online journal
workflow. By capturing the initial view as a static image, we are also
trying to safeguard the archival requirements of the research literature.
It's too early yet to report on the uptake of the new tool, but I'll
be happy to give you an update nearer to the time of your presentation.
The essential developments in Jmol recently that have made this possible
are:
primarily, the ability to access, export and reuse a clean version
of the graphics state (makes it possible to support client-side
editing and scripting development paired with server-side storage and
acript "publication");
(2) the ever more faithful export of a high-resolution static
two-dimensional graphics image (antialiasing, resizable canvas
export from application, and most recently, through the use of
scalable fonts);
(3) greatly increased support for crystallography (symmetry
operations, coordination polyhedra, excellent CIF parsing
including remediated PDB files).
Best wishes
Brian
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