Re: [dddwg] Rovinj workshop programme

Dear Brian,

 

Please find below my abstract for the workshop and attached a profile picture. Let me know if you need anything else.

 

Best wishes

 

Suzanna

 

CCDC metadata initiatives

Suzanna Ward^a, Ian J. Bruno^a, Colin R. Groom^a and  Matthew Lightfoot^a

^a Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre, 12 Union Road, Cambridge, CB2 1EZ

 

For half a century the Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre (CCDC) has produced the Cambridge Structural Database (CSD) to allow scientists worldwide to share, search and reuse small molecule crystal structure data. An entry in the CSD is often seen as ‘just’ a set of coordinates, but the associated metadata (data that describes and gives information about other data), is essential to contextualise an entry. Data that describes the substance studied,  the experiment performed and the dataset as a whole are all vital.

 

This presentation, timed to coincide with the 50th anniversary of the CSD, will look at how metadata is used from deposition to dissemination of the CSD. We will look at how recent developments surrounding metadata have been targeted to improve the discoverability, validation and reuse of crystal structure data before looking to see what the future may hold.

 

 

-----Original Message-----
From: dddwg [mailto:dddwg-bounces@iucr.org] On Behalf Of Brian McMahon
Sent: 03 July 2015 09:33
To: dddwg@iucr.org
Subject: [dddwg] Rovinj workshop programme

 

Dear Colleagues

 

The latest version of the programme for the DDDWG Workshop on "Metadata for raw data from X-ray diffraction and other structural techniques" is now on the IUCr website at

    http://www.iucr.org/resources/data/dddwg/rovinj-workshop

 

This is marked as the "draft final programme", although we are still open to considering additional presentations.

 

 

Dear speakers (or people who thought they might be speakers)

 

Please look at this, and let me know if you are happy with the suggested timing of your presentation. I should also be grateful if you would send a definitive title, an abstract and a portrait of yourself. If you click on the "Abstract" link currently in the programme for Loes, you will see how I propose to display these.

 

 

Dear All

 

We are aiming to have a live video feed during both days of the Workshop; the presentations will also be archived and made available from the website (see http://www.iucr.org/resources/cif/comcifs/symposium-2013

for the way this was done for the ECM28 satellite symposium). This will also allow us to host remote presentations (in the current programme, Herbert Bernstein and John Westbrook will both be presenting remotely).

 

I am still trying to attract further sponsors to fund the live feed; if anyone has a contact who might be willing to contribute about EUR 300 in return for the display of their logo on the website, please get in touch with me directly to discuss the best way to proceed.

 

This is shaping up to be a really excellent event. Thanks to all who have contributed so far, and I look forward to seeing many of you in Rovinj in August.

 

 

Brian

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