Title
Communication and re-use of chemical information in bioscience.
Abstract
The current methods of publishing chemical information in bioscience articles are analysed. Using 3 papers as use-cases, it is shown that conventional methods using human procedures, including cut-and-paste are time-consuming and introduce errors. The meaning of chemical terms and the identity of compounds is often ambiguous. valuable experimental data such as spectra and computational results are almost always omitted. We describe an Open XML architecture at proof-of-concept which addresses these concerns. Compounds are identified through explicit connection tables or links to persistent Open resources such as PubChem. It is argued that if publishers adopt these tools and protocols, then the quality and quantity of chemical information available to bioscientists will increase and the authors, publishers and readers will find the process cost-effective.
Year
DOI
Venue
2005
10.1186/1471-2105-6-180
BMC Bioinformatics
Keywords
Field
DocType
proof of concept,xml,bioinformatics,journalism,chemistry,publishing,use case,cost effectiveness,semantic web,molecular structure,preprint
Architecture,Information retrieval,Journalism,XML,Experimental data,Computer science,PubChem,Semantic Web,Publishing,Bioinformatics,Chemical Markup Language
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
6
1
1471-2105
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
7
1.12
1
Authors
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Peter Murray-Rust174890.32
John B O Mitchell238432.48
Henry S. Rzepa344575.96