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Welcome to BlueObelisk.org

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.

• [Members] Who we are (and how to join)
• [Activities] What we are doing
• [Mailing_List] Ask a question, keep up to date, or get involved
• Blue Obelisk eXchange Ask a question, read answers
• [Blue_Obelisk_Blogs] Member's blogs
• [Blue_Obelisk_Meetings] Come to a meeting
• [Blue_Obelisk_Awards]

Links to other resources of interest can be found here.

Publications

For more information, see:

• The Blue Obelisk, CDK News, 2005, 2, 43-46,
• The Blue Obelisk - Interoperability in Chemical Informatics, J. Chem. Inf. Model., 2006, 46, 991-998, and
• Open Data, Open Source and Open Standards in chemistry: The Blue Obelisk five years on, J. Cheminformatics, 2011, 3, 37.