Re: ICSD database updated to 76,480 inorganic structures
At 21:10 31/03/2004, Armel Le Bail wrote: ...who are the cows producing the milk ? You and me... Armel, you can't be a cow and also consume butter milkmaids ! The AMCSD... target is a global database of all minerals, and maybe more, the funds come from the NSF... IUCr journals propose now the possibility to place your papers in open access, the cost is 800 US$ ...expensive. IUCr, like the American Mineralogists, have to get money from somewhere to continue publishing. Is that really a better solution ? Even you and I are paid salaries (unlike cows). IUCr have done a great job in putting ALL Acta papers on-line. They have also declined your proposal that they contribute data to COD and recommend that people support existing databases instead. So how about helping raise money from the French equivalent of NSF for that purpose ? Alan. Alan Hewat, ILL Grenoble, FRANCE [EMAIL PROTECTED] fax (33) 4.76.20.76.48 (33) 4.76.20.72.13 (.26 Mme Guillermet) http://www.ill.fr/dif/AlanHewat.htm ___
ICSD database updated to 76,480 inorganic structures
The ICSD-WWW database on http://icsdweb.fiz-karlsruhe.de/ or http://icsd.ill.fr/ has been updated to 76,480 inorganic structures for licensed users, with now over 6000 new entries being added each year. Unlicensed users have full-feature access to a demo 3000+ structure database. Notes and examples of how to produce photo-realistic crystal structure drawings from ICSD generated VRML files using textures or POV-Ray ray-tracing have been added on http://icsd.ill.fr/icsd/help/VRML-help.html Note that there are various ways of obtaining full access to ICSD-WWW, ranging from becoming a registered user of http://icsdweb.fiz-karlsruhe.de/ to a licence to operate your own ICSD-WWW server. See the above WWW-site for details. Armel will be pleased to know that the PHP-MySQL server software is available as open source (but copyright) code from http://icsd.ill.fr/icsd/install/ Alan. Alan Hewat, ILL Grenoble, FRANCE [EMAIL PROTECTED] fax (33) 4.76.20.76.48 (33) 4.76.20.72.13 (.26 Mme Guillermet) http://www.ill.fr/dif/AlanHewat.htm ___
Re: ICSD database updated to 76,480 inorganic structures
Armel will be pleased to know that the PHP-MySQL server software is available as open source (but copyright) code from http://icsd.ill.fr/icsd/install/ Not enough Alan, I want not only the butter but also the money for the butter. The complete stuff fully open. 500 more CIFs in COD that week, coming from the AMCSD (the American Mineralogy Crystal Structure Database has now more than 5000 fully open entries, and the COD has 12000). AMCSD : http://www.geo.arizona.edu/AMS/amcsd.php COD : http://www.crystallography.net/ Armel
Re: ICSD database updated to 76,480 inorganic structures
At 15:56 31/03/2004, Armel Le Bail wrote: Not enough Alan, I want not only the butter but also the money for the butter. And the milkmaid as well I suppose Armel ? ICSD also contains papers from the American Mineralogist, and even provides direct links to the original paper in electronic form where that is available. (Bob Downs is working on making more back issues available on-line). Alan. Alan Hewat, ILL Grenoble, FRANCE [EMAIL PROTECTED] fax (33) 4.76.20.76.48 (33) 4.76.20.72.13 (.26 Mme Guillermet) http://www.ill.fr/dif/AlanHewat.htm ___
