The Internet has brought together a group of chemists/programmers/informaticians who are driven by wanting to do things better, but are frustrated with the Closed systems that chemists currently have to work with. They share a belief in the concepts of Open Data, Open Standards and Open Source ([ODOSOS]) (but not necessarily Open Access). And they express this in code, data, algorithms, specifications, tutorials, demonstrations, articles and anything that helps get the message across.
Links to other resources of interest can be found here.
For more information, see:
Blue Obelisk Wiki: Activities
Blue Obelisk Wiki: Blue_Obelisk_Awards
Blue Obelisk Wiki: Blue_Obelisk_Blogs
Blue Obelisk Wiki: Blue_Obelisk_Meetings
Blue Obelisk Wiki: Mailing_List
Blue Obelisk Wiki: Members
Blue Obelisk Wiki: ODOSOS
Blue Obelisk Wiki: Open_Data
Blue Obelisk Wiki: Open_Source
Blue Obelisk Wiki: Open_Standards