Chempedia: A Social Medium for Chemical Information

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Chempedia and Chempedia Lab as test cases for new models of scientific communication.This talk was given at the Spring ACS in San Francisco, California on March 24, 2010.

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Chempedia

Rich ApodacaFounder & CEO

Metamolecular, LLC

A Social Medium for Chemical Information

American Chemical SocietyMarch 24, 2010

Baker et al. J. Chem. Inf. Comput. Sci. 1980, 193

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<html> <!-- ... --> <img src="http://wikipedia.org/Venlafaxine.png"> </img> <!-- ... --></html>

FAIL

{{drugbox || CAS_number = 54910-89-3| licence_US = Fluoxetine| bioavailability = 72%| excretion = Kidneys 80%| legal_status = Rx Only (U.S.)}}

> <PUBCHEM_GENERIC_REGISTRY_NAME>54910-89-3

> <PUBCHEM_SUBSTANCE_ID>56313632

> <PUBCHEM_CID_ASSOCIATIONS>3386 1

{{drugbox || CAS_number = 54910-89-3| licence_US = Fluoxetine| bioavailability = 72%| excretion = Kidneys 80%| legal_status = Rx Only (U.S.)}}

> <PUBCHEM_GENERIC_REGISTRY_NAME>54910-89-3

> <PUBCHEM_SUBSTANCE_ID>56313632

> <PUBCHEM_CID_ASSOCIATIONS>3386 1

Chempedia1.0

Limitations

Limitations

• Read-only

Limitations

• Read-only

• Low user involvement

Limitations

• Read-only

• Low user involvement

• Reliance on non-authoritative CAS Number associations

The Missing Service

The Missing Service

• On-Demand Unique ID

The Missing Service

• On-Demand Unique ID

• Expose Canonical URL

The Missing Service

• On-Demand Unique ID

• Expose Canonical URL

• Support Synonyms

The Missing Service

• On-Demand Unique ID

• Expose Canonical URL

• Support Synonyms

• Integrate Peer-Review

The Missing Service

• On-Demand Unique ID

• Expose Canonical URL

• Support Synonyms

• Integrate Peer-Review

• Free

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The New Chempedia

• Automate substance approval

• Multicomponent substances

• Batch registration

• URL-substance associations

• Multilanguage synonyms

Room For Improvement

Level 1: Embrace the Web

Level 2: Commit to Free

Endangered Species?

Level 3: Users Rule

Level 4: Game Mechanics

• Points

• Feedback

• Turn-Taking

• Customization

http://mixergy.com/amy-jo-kim/

Level 4: Game Mechanics

• Points

• Feedback

• Turn-Taking

• Customization

http://mixergy.com/amy-jo-kim/

Level 4: Game Mechanics

• Points

• Feedback

• Turn-Taking

• Customization

http://mixergy.com/amy-jo-kim/

Level 4: Game Mechanics

• Points

• Feedback

• Turn-Taking

• Customization

http://mixergy.com/amy-jo-kim/

Level 4: Game Mechanics

• Points

• Feedback

• Turn-Taking

• Customization

http://mixergy.com/amy-jo-kim/

Chempedia Lab

metamolecular.com

Acknowledgements• Chempedia/Lab Users

• Egon Willighagen