Category: Nomenclature and Terminology, Organizational/Internal Matters
IUPAC has established a new ad hoc Committee on Chemical Identity and Nomenclature Systems
Chairman: Dr. Alan D McNaught
The CCINS is the coordinating committee responsible for
- developing systems for conventional and computer-based chemical nomenclature;
- cooperating with the four current nomenclature Commissions;
- coordinating interdisciplinary activities in the nomenclature field; and
- recommending to the Bureau long-range strategy on chemical nomenclature.
It is expected that this body will provide the long-term central planning, management and coordination of chemical nomenclature that would otherwise be lost when the Commissions are discontinued at the end of 2001. CCINS has been established based on recommendations formulated by the Strategy Round Table in March 2000.
Activities
on-line naming services
IUPAC chemical identifier project
Relevant Report
Encoding molecular structure - requirements, methods, problems, and pitfalls; summary of the meeting held in Bielefeld, Germany, June 16-17, 2000, prepared by T. Damhus [full text - pdf file 104KB]
Members
Dr. Alan D. McNaught (Royal Society of Chemistry)
Chairman
Prof. Gerry Moss (Queen Mary and Westfield College, London)
organic nomenclature expert
Prof. G. Jeffery Leigh (University of Sussex)
inorganic nomenclature expert
Prof. Michael Hess (Gerhard-Mercator University, Duisburg)
macromolecular nomenclature expert
Dr. Michael Dennis (Chemical Abstracts Service)
Dr. William G. Town (ChemWeb)
Dr. Antony Williams (Advanced Chemistry Development)
experts in computer handling of names/structures