Chemistry in Bioinformatics
Abstract
Chemical information is now seen as critical for most areas of life sciences. But unlike Bioinformatics, where data is openly available and freely re-usable, most chemical information is closed and cannot be re-distributed without permission. This has led to a failure to adopt modern informatics and software techniques and therefore paucity of chemistry in bioinformatics. New technology, however, offers the hope of making chemical data (compounds and properties) free during the authoring process. We argue that the technology is already available; we require a collective agreement to enhance publication protocols.
Citation
Murray-Rust , P , Mitchell , J B O & Rzepa , H S 2005 , ' Chemistry in Bioinformatics ' , BMC Bioinformatics , vol. 6 , 141 . https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2105-6-141
Publication
BMC Bioinformatics
Status
Peer reviewed
ISSN
1471-2105Type
Journal article
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