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BioSpider: another molecule search engine
I just ran into BioSpider. Unlike ChemSpider, BioSpider crawls the internet (well, this list of sources really) to find information, and depending on what it finds it continues the search. Below is a screenshot of an intermediate point after starting with the InChI of methane: -
One Billion Biochemical RDF Triples!
That must be a record! Eric Jain wrote on public-semweb-lifesci: -
My blog turned 2
A bit over two years I posted my first blog item, Chem-bla-ics , introducing the topic of my blog. In January this year I explained why I like blogging . -
Bob improved the POV-Ray export of Jmol
Bob has set up a new interface between the data model and the Jmol renderer, which allows him to define other types of export too. One of this is a POV-Ray export, which allows creating of high quality images for paper. Jmol has had POV-Ray export for a long time now, but never included the secondary structures or other more recent visual featues. PyMOL is well-known for its POV-Ray feature, and often used to create publication quality protein prints. The script command to create a POV-Ray input file takes the output image size as parameters: -
Open Data Misconception #1: you do not get cited for your contributions
The Open Data/ChemSpider debate is continuing, and Noel wondered in the ChemSpider Blog item on the Open Data spectra in ChemSpider. The spectra in ChemSpider come from four persons, two of which released their data as Open Data (Robert and Jean-Claude) and two as proprietary data.
