I am happy to see that you are still a member of the Rietveld list and still use ICSD,
I have no other choice but to use ICSD if I pretend to be an expert/wizard (=adept ??) in inorganic chemistry. The only word defining ICSD is : monopoly. The definitions below are explicite and adequate, so that being happy that I still use ICSD has not any sense.
Armel
PS - Definitions for "monopoly" from different sources :
* Exclusive control by one group of the means of producing or selling a commodity or service: Monopoly frequently... arises from government support or from collusive agreements among individuals(Milton Friedman).
* Law. A right granted by a government giving exclusive control over a specified commercial activity to a single party.
* A company or group having exclusive control over a commercial activity.
* A commodity or service so controlled.
* Exclusive possession or control: arrogantly claims to have a monopoly on the truth.
* Something that is exclusively possessed or controlled: showed that scientific achievement is not a male monopoly. A business that is the sole supplier of a particular good or service. Regulated monopolies, such as electric utilities, are generally restricted as to the returns they are permitted to earn. Other monopolies such as firms with unique products or services derived from patents, copyrights, or geographic location may be able to earn very high returns.
1 : exclusive control of a particular market that is marked by the power to control prices and exclude competition and that esp. is developed willfully rather than as the result of superior products or skill
1. The exclusive power, or privilege of selling a commodity; the exclusive power, right, or privilege of dealing in some article, or of trading in some market; sole command of the traffic in anything, however obtained; as, the proprietor of a patented article is given a monopoly of its sale for a limited time; chartered trading companies have sometimes had a monopoly of trade with remote regions; a combination of traders may get a monopoly of a particular product.
Raleigh held a monopoly of cards, Essex a monopoly of sweet wines. --Macaulay.
2. Exclusive possession; as, a monopoly of land.
If I had a monopoly out, they would have part on 't. --Shak.
3. The commodity or other material thing to which the monopoly relates; as, tobacco is a monopoly in France. [Colloq.]
n 1: (economics) a market in which there are many buyers but only one seller; "a monopoly on silver"; "when you have a monopoly you can ask any price you like" 2: exclusive control or possession of something; "They have no monopoly on intelligence" 3: a board game in which players try to gain a monopoly on real estate as pieces advance around the board according to the throw of a die
