The WP3 (FAIR Chemistry) aims to align chemistry data standards with the FAIR data principles through:
– Development of guidelines, tools and validation services that enable scientists to share and store data in a FAIR manner;
– Development of guidelines, tools and validation services that enable scientists to share and store data in a FAIR manner;
– Addressing gaps in standards that currently restrain chemistry in both academic and industrial areas, in particular taking advantage of developments in AI/ML;
– Engaging critical stakeholders in the adoption of standards and best practices to significantly increase the amount of chemical data available for all scientific disciplines.
Chemical substances touch on all areas of laboratory science and chemistry underlies many critical worldwide issues, including climate, health, food availability and sustainable development. Increased reporting of machine-readable chemical data will support active research in chemistry and related sciences worldwide, and will be essential to the development of the interdisciplinary science critical to address the UN Sustainable Development Goals and UNESCO’s priorities around Open Science. IUPAC is the world authority on chemical nomenclature, terminology, and standardized methods of measurement, and is engaging in a concerted effort through collaboration with the broader chemistry and data science communities to translate a range of assets and activities into the digital domain. Aligning standards development and implementation with the FAIR data principles will facilitate development of guidelines, tools and validation services that support scientists to share and store data in a FAIR manner and support the ability to compile and interpret data across scientific disciplines.
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INTERNATIONAL UNION OF PURE AND APPLIED CHEMISTRY (IUPAC)
IUPAC is the world authority on chemical nomenclature, terminology, and standardized methods of measurement, providing scientific expertise and a common language of chemistry through the contributions of 2,000 volunteer scientists worldwide across industry, academic and government sectors. IUPAC is engaging in a concerted effort through collaboration with the broader chemistry and data science communities to…
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Leah Rae McEwen, Cornell University
wp3 featured outputs
The IUPAC FAIR Chemistry Cookbook sampler – a resource to support the broader community in using standards to implement the FAIR data principles for chemical data – has been released.
As strategies for implementing FAIR evolve and the sharing and reuse of FAIR chemical data continues to rise, the Cookbook is an online platform developed to be a living and expanding resource. The overall goal is to get practical tools & tips in the hands of practicing chemists and those who support them to lower barriers and smooth the adoption of best practices for sharing and re-using FAIR chemical data.
A new service prototype for supporting standard programmatic chemical data exchange and validation is also now available through the IUPAC FAIR Chemistry Protocol Services project. The services are intended to confirm chemical identity and provide real-time feedback on the machine-readability of chemical data and metadata representation based on IUPAC standard rule sets and community best practices. To engage community input, a conceptual framework and demo prototype (for demonstration only) is made available via https://iupac.github.io/WFChemProtocols.
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Digital recommendations for Chemistry FAIR data policy and practice (Deliverable 3.1)
McEwen, Leah; Bruno, Ian The overarching goal of the WorldFAIR Chemistry Work Package (WP03) is to support the use of chemical data standards in research workflows, between and across disciplines. This will enable downstream data reuse through provision of…
Keep readingWorldFAIR Project webinar series announced
The WorldFAIR Project is launching a webinar series aiming to promote and discuss all published and upcoming deliverables and project outputs. The webinars will run from May 2023 to May 2024. They are free to attend. Please note all…
Keep readingWorldFAIR at RDA Plenary 20: Synopsis
The WorldFAIR project partners were present at multiple breakout sessions throughout the RDA Plenary 20 week, either leading them or delivering short presentations. This section presents selected highlights of the project’s presence at the Plenary. Describing diverse chemistry datasets across distributed data resources…
Keep readingNEXT UP IN THE PARC FAIR DATA AND TOOLS WEBINAR SERIES…
Coming Up: 20 April, Example FIPs – WorldFAIR project: Chemistry & Nanomaterials, Leah McEwan, Cornell University / Thomas Exner, SevenPastNine The European Partnership for the Assessment of Risks from Chemicals (PARC) is an EU-wide research and innovation partnership programme…
Keep readingWorldFAIR Chemistry (WP3) News and Calls for Abstracts
Since June 2022, the IUPAC WorldFAIR Chemistry project has been constantly working through collaboration with related disciplines and data science communities to support broader data sharing of chemical data. This March, we are excited to share with you the launch of a…
Keep readingWhat is a Chemical? Innovation in Chemical Descriptions” Webinar – 17/2/23
The IUPAC WorldFAIR Chemistry project is pleased to invite you to attend the fourth webinar of our series titled “What is a Chemical? Innovation in Chemical descriptions”. We are focusing on innovations and creative approaches to chemical description, particularly those…
Keep readingNew Paper: WorldFAIR Chemistry – Making IUPAC Assets FAIR
“Having chemical terminology and data available in the digital environment using standard file formats and standard identifiers will increase accessibly and interoperability of data by both humans and machines.” Most of us as chemists are very familiar with the…
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