An interesting thread has developed on the CCL list regarding XML, chemistry, markup and "whether we need yet another chemistry file format". The list does not (unless I missed something ) gather discussions by thread, but you can see the 15-20 postings at http://www.ccl.net/cgi-bin/ccl/month-index.cgi?1999+05 Both sides of the argument are well, often coherently, and almost always presented with great passion. If you want to know whether XML is the "next generation for the Web" or not, you should read this discussion! By the way, one of the postings mentions that "chemistry" is surprisingly laggardly in its uptake of XML compared to other disciplines. Surprising, consider the wonderfully fine grained nature of most chemical information. Dr Henry Rzepa, Dept. Chemistry, Imperial College, LONDON SW7 2AY; mailto:rzepa@ic.ac.uk; Tel (44) 171 594 5774; Fax: (44) 171 594 5804. URL: http://www.ch.ic.ac.uk/rzepa/ chemweb: A list for Chemical Applications of the Internet. To post to list: mailto:chemweb@ic.ac.uk Archived as: http://www.lists.ic.ac.uk/hypermail/chemweb/ To (un)subscribe, mailto:majordomo@ic.ac.uk the following message; (un)subscribe chemweb List coordinator, Henry Rzepa (mailto:rzepa@ic.ac.uk)