IUPAC

International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry

Chemical Nomenclature and Structure Representation Division (VIII)

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Subcommittees and Commissions
IUBMB-IUPAC Joint Commission on Biochemical Nomenclature
Division VIII Advisory Subcommittee
Subcommittee on the IUPAC International Chemical Identifier
Projects
List of projects
Reports of Activities

> Roundups from Glasgow (CI March-April 2010)
> 2006-2007, by Prof. G.P. Moss (pdf file - 20KB)
> 2006, by Prof. G.P. Moss (pdf file - 11KB)
> 2004-2005, by Dr. A.D. McNaught (pdf file - 38KB) + Roundups from Beijing (CI Nov '05)
> 2004, by Dr. A.D. McNaught (pdf file - 21KB)
> 2002-2003, by Dr. A.D. McNaught (pdf file - 29KB)

- 12-14 November 2003, XML in Chemistry and IUPAC Chemical Identifiers (report in CI Jul-Aug '04, p.25)
- 1 July 2002, CAS/IUPAC Conference on Chemical Identifiers and XML for Chemistry 

Minutes of Meetings

> Lund, Sweden, 12-13 August, 2010 [Full text - pdf 264KB]
> Glasgow, UK, 31 July - 1 August 2009 [Full text - pdf 173KB]
> Büdingen, Germany, 31 July–1 August 2008 [Full text - pdf 388KB]
> Torino, Italy, 4-5 August 2007 [Full text - pdf 368KB]
> Prague, Czech Republic, 6-7 Sep 2006 [Full text - pdf 249KB]
> Beijing, China, 13-14 Aug 2005 [Full text - pdf 99KB]
> Ottawa, Canada, 9-10 Aug 2003 [Full text - pdf 350KB]
> Boston, MA, USA, 18 Aug 2002 [Full text - pdf 575KB]
> Cambridge, UK, 26 Jan 2002 [Full text - pdf 144KB

 

Aims

The Division is responsible for maintaining and developing standard systems for designating chemical structures, including both conventional nomenclature and computer-based systems. This responsibility is to be fulfilled by:

    1. Identifying the needs of the user community.
    2. Generating projects arising from those needs.
    3. Identifying project leaders and task groups to carry out the work.
    4. Administering approved projects financially, monitoring their progress, and approving resulting recommendations for review by established IUPAC procedures.
    5. Identifying new sources of expertise and enabling their involvement in projects.
    6. As far as possible, ensuring that nomenclature systems projects and the resulting recommendations are compatible with each other, with established IUPAC recommendations, and with computer-based systems for manipulating chemical names and structures.

The Division has an Advisory Subcommittee of about 40 people, charged with advising the Division Committee on the needs of the community, and developing project proposals.