IS8 Introduction to the CCDC (Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre), the Cambridge Structural Database (CSD), and Chemistry Data Initiatives New
The CCDC is the home of small molecule crystallography data and is a leader in software for pharmaceutical discovery, materials development, research and education.
The CCDC compiles and distributes the Cambridge Structural Database (CSD), the world's repository of experimentally determined organic and metal-organic crystal structures. It also produces associated knowledge-based application software for the global community of structural chemists, delivered through the CSD-System, CSD-Discovery, CSD-Materials and CSD-Enterprise.
The CCDC originated in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Cambridge, and is now a fully independent institution constituted as a non-profit company and a registered charity.
Ian Bruno, Head of Strategic Partnerships at the CCDC, will present this session. Ian will firstly introduce the CCDC and the CSD, and will then focus on enablers for FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Reusable) chemistry data, including standard identifiers (e.g. InChI), standard file formats (e.g. for spectra), open file formats (e.g. for structures), and vocabularies.
A second session will follow on identifiers and extensions to the InChI that have been introduced in this session, to be presented by Professor Jonathan Goodman (IS9 course).
Refreshments (tea, coffee, biscuits) are included for this session.
Postgraduate students, post-doctoral researchers, academics, technical staff in the Department of Chemistry.
Number of sessions: 1
| # | Date | Time | Venue | Trainers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mon 28 Jan 2019 14:00 - 15:30 | 14:00 - 15:30 | Unilever Lecture Theatre | C.M. Castle, Ian Bruno |
This session will introduce the CCDC, the CSD, and discuss chemistry data initiatives.
After attending this session, Chemistry researchers will:
- Learn about the CCDC and the software solutions it offers
- Be able to identify which CCDC resources are most useful for them
- Learn how to access the CSD
- Understand what FAIR chemistry data principles are, and have examples of these
- Learn about standard identifiers, standard and open file formats, and vocabularies that exist for chemistry data
Presentations.
One session of 1.5 hours.
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