Chemical Information 2: Information in Chemistry, Pharmacology and Patents 2nd Proceedings of the International Conference, Montreux, Switzerl

ISBN-13: 9783540531999 / Angielski / Miękka / 1991 / 232 str.

Harry R. Collier

Opis

This volume contains the full text of twenty ofthe twenty-one papers given at the Montreux 1990 International Chemical Information Conference in Mon treux, Switzerland between 24 and 26 September 1990. The one paper that is omitted was not received in time for incorporation in these Proceedings. The papers reflect the diverse nature of chemical information, an information field that has usually been in the forefront of applying new technology to solving information problems. In many ways, the electronic information revolution is still in its infancy; during the Montreux conferences, we intend to chart the dynamic interaction between chemical information and new technology. One publishing problem with an information field that moves so rapidly is the constant need to make printed information available within weeks or months of it being written. The majority of papers in this volume were written during the period May - July 1990. Conventional publishing, of course, allows authors time to proof-read their texts, to make changes and corrections and allows time for the contents to be indexed extensively. Time, however, is a luxury in the case of conference proceedings in the area of chemical, pharmaceutical and patent information at the beginning of the 1990s. We hope readers will appreciate the necessary trade-off that has had to take place between text thoroughly prepared, revised, indexed and corrected; and text that is available for general readership soon after it was written."

Spis treści

Development of computer tools for machine learning of generic reactions starting with specific reactions.- Recent developments in reaction indexing.- Chemical reaction databases: status and potential.- Automatic extraction of reaction information from databases using classification and learning techniques.- Statistical analysis of patents applied to a separation process.- The impact of optical storage media on patent documentation and information.- Market-driven research and emerging technology.- The integration of chemical information systems into in-house systems in a modern computer environment.- Long term needs of large users of patent information.- User-driven database creation: the CHEMLIST file.- A stereochemically accurate chemical substance database based on the systematic names of organic compounds.- Interpreting the results of cancer-related tests: two online services which can help.- A comparison of searching the Beilstein database on different online vendors.- Comparison of scope and applications of currently available drug information files.- Improving access to drug information by linking nomenclatures and classifications.- Integrated access to medical and pharmacological information: the unified medical language system at the National Library of Medicine.- The impact of computers in biotechnology drug research.- The integration of chemical and biological information.- Protein conformational analysis and online sequence searching: an application to drug research.