Primary data is scientific data gathered from experimentalmeasurements and predominately available in electronic formats. Inthe field of chemistry, such data is accumulated by a variety ofanalytical, spectroscopic or computer simulation methods. Analyticaldata, from various experiments, is the foundation of research workand scientific papers. Thus far, the vast amount of data lies scatteredon the computers of scientists, who have produced the information. Asno central repository exists, no accessible archival storage is possibleat the moment. Scientific results are solely published in journals � butnot the primary data from which those results originate.The German National Library of Science and Technology (TIB) andThieme Publishers have addressed this problem in collaboration. Inthis talk we will present a system and a process to systematicallymake primary chemistry data accessible worldwide. Thieme and TIBhave developed a uniform structure for publishing primary data.Through structuring and central data registration, a Germany-wideunique service of TIB, valuable knowledge will be harnessed. Fromnow on, primary data will be registered and made available online viathe Thieme eJournals website (www.thieme-connect.com/ejournals)using digital object recognition in the form of Digital Object Identifiers(DOI). The publication of primary data will be implemented into theexisting system of publications as well as their citations. The data willbe permanently saved and, by assigning them a DOI, made accessibleand searchable, as well as citable and linkable.This enhancement to the chemistry publishing process will enablescientists to easily locate research articles, including accompanyingdata, and make more productive use of the scientific content. Peerreview will benefit from access to the original primary data by potentialimprovements to the process and better validation of the presentedresearch.Primary Data Sample (FREE access):K. Jarowicki, C. Kilner, P. J. Kocienski*, Z. Komsta, J. E. Milne, A.Wojtasiewicz, V. Coombs Synthesis 2008, 2747-2763:http://dx.doi.org/10.1055/s-2008-1067226

Primary data for chemistry

239th National Meeting (2010)

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