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Bioclipse2 Scripting #2: searching PubChem
This week I have been porting the PubChem plugin for Bioclipse 1.2 to the new manager-based architecture. While still working on the Wizards, you can run the following JavaScript in Bioclipse2 from SVN and from the next beta (*): -
DBPedia enters rdf.openmolecules.net
As of tonight, rdf.openmolecules.net links to the chemistry DBPedia (1816 chemical compounds), for which I used the SPARQL given in DBPedia: lookup and autocomplete of chemistry . It’s first of several steps to extend rdf.openmolecules.net to link up various chemistry database. The below figure shows the current state, where the green nodes are fully RDF-ied: -
Bioclipse for CDK Developers #1
Ola has released the second beta for Bioclipse 2.0. Things are getting along, and I will not go into details on the molecules table Arvid is working on, the 1GB+ SD file support, the validating CML editor , the support for XMPP services , or the brand new welcome page which will guide new users around in what Bioclipse has to offer. -
CDK 1.2 Release Candidate
I released CDK 1.1.5 today. Below is the email I sent to the cdk-user mailing list: -
Where can I host my experimental data? Open Submission Chemistry Databases #1
Rich just posted an interesting read on Web-Centric Science, after a gauntlet thrown down by The Realm of Organic Synthesis (TROS).