From dave -A_T- carbon.chem.csiro.au Tue Apr 2 04:31:21 1993 Message-Id: <199303292331.AA18237(+ at +)shark.mel.dit.csiro.au> Date: Tue, 30 Mar 93 09:31:21 EST From: (Dr.) Dave Winkler Subject: Re: Molfile formats and Gopher attributes To: chemistry /at\ccl.net In response to Henry Rzepa's query on molfile formats and Gopher attributes, I would like to put in a plug for SMILES representation as well as MDL molfiles. SMILES is becoming a standard and having a simple text string for a structure (given that 2-D and 3-D structures can be rapidly generated now using CONCORD and other programs) can be very usefulin many situations. Cheers, Dave __________________________________________________________________________ Dr. David A. Winkler Voice: 61-3-542-2244 Principal Research Scientist Fax: 61-3-543-8160 CSIRO Division of Chemicals and Polymers Private Bag 10 Clayton, Australia. "Life is what happens to you while you're making other plans"