From owner-chemistry ^at^ ccl.net Wed Nov 16 18:56:00 2005
From: "Ivan Tubert-Brohman ivan.tubert-brohman]=[yale.edu" <owner-chemistry-*-server.ccl.net>
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Subject: CCL: CCL and Google Base
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Sent to CCL by: Ivan Tubert-Brohman [ivan.tubert-brohman_+_yale.edu]
Matt Thompson thompsma~!~jilau1.colorado.edu wrote:
> Sent to CCL by: Matt Thompson [thompsma(!)jilau1.colorado.edu]
> This is sort of a meta-question, but I thought I'd ask the list what, if
> anything, you think we could do with Google Base?:
> 
> http://base.google.com
> 
> I can imagine many things could be added to it (basis sets, PES, &c.)
> depending on how well the service can handle that data, but many of
> those already have a database in one place or another.  I suppose the
> best thing would be if some of that data could be bulk-uploaded for easy
> searching (like many here, I'd guess, I keep a folder of bookmarks that
> has EMSL, the NIST databases, et al, but one central, easily searchable
> location would be nice).

Just for fun, I added an entry on ethane that includes its heat of 
formation. But I'm not convinced that google base is the ideal 
repository for a thermochemistry database...

Cheers,
Ivan