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by Brian McMahon
Sun Jul 23, 2023 6:31 pm
Forum: Public input to CommDat
Topic: Remote participation at CommDat Workshop 2023
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Remote participation at CommDat Workshop 2023

CommDat will hold a Workshop on "Raw diffraction data reuse: the good, the bad and the challenging" at the IUCr Congress on Tuesday 22 August 2023. Full details are on the IUCr website at https://www.iucr.org/resources/data/commdat/melbourne-workshop There is limited capacity for remote participatio...
by Brian McMahon
Thu Mar 31, 2022 5:30 pm
Forum: Public input to CommDat
Topic: The (pre)history of CommDat
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The (pre)history of CommDat

Following a conversation with John Helliwell and Wladek Minor, it was suggested that the following historical sketch might be of some interest: The IUCr Commission on Crystallographic Data was one of the original commissions in 1948, demonstrating the early recognition by the IUCr of the importance ...
by Brian McMahon
Tue Mar 22, 2022 12:57 pm
Forum: Public input to CommDat
Topic: 2021 Annual Report to Executive Committee
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2021 Annual Report to Executive Committee

Annual report (2021) from the Committee on Data of the IUCr (CommDat) to the IUCr Executive Committee For 2021 there are the following matters to report: (i) The IUCr Forum for Public Input to CommDat has had various new published reports and announcements posted there. These have been extensively ...
by Brian McMahon
Fri Nov 26, 2021 11:45 am
Forum: Public input to CommDat
Topic: New CommDat Members
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New CommDat Members

We are pleased to announce that the IUCr Executive Committee has approved the following new members of the IUCr Committee on Data:- Dr Alice Brink, of the Chemistry Department, the University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa. Researcher in chemical and protein crystallography for target...
by Brian McMahon
Mon Sep 06, 2021 4:37 pm
Forum: Public input to CommDat
Topic: CommDat Online Meeting 25 August 2021
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CommDat Online Meeting 25 August 2021

IUCr Committee on Data Meeting Online 25 August 2021 12:00 UTC (09:00 EST, 13:00 BST, 14:00 CET, 22:00 AEST) Present: John R. Helliwell (Chair), Herbert Bernstein, Ian Bruno, Simon Coles, Kamil Dziubek, Andy Goetz, James Hester, Soorya Kabekkodu, Brian McMahon, Wladek Minor, Marian Szebenyi, John W...
by Brian McMahon
Thu Nov 14, 2019 5:36 pm
Forum: Public input to CommDat
Topic: Teaching materials
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Teaching materials

The teaching materials from the CIF dictionary writing workshop in Hyderabad are now on the IUCr web site at https://www.iucr.org/resources/cif/comcifs/workshop-2017 Many of the teaching materials from the CIFiesta School in Naples are at https://www.iucr.org/resources/data/commdat/cifiesta-2019 or ...
by Brian McMahon
Wed Nov 06, 2019 4:02 pm
Forum: Public input to CommDat
Topic: 1st PaNOSC Annual Meeting
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1st PaNOSC Annual Meeting

I've just returned from a very enjoyable two days at the 1st PaNOSC Annual Meeting in Trieste (https://indico.esrf.fr/indico/event/36/overview). PaNOSC is one of the "cluster projects" intended to provide a gathering point for various ESFRI projects and landmarks to connect to the European Open Scie...
by Brian McMahon
Tue Aug 27, 2019 10:10 pm
Forum: Public input to CommDat
Topic: Vienna Workshop on Data Science skills in publishing
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Vienna Workshop on Data Science skills in publishing

The CommDat Satellite workshop at the recent ECM32 meeting was on the topic "Data Science Skills in Publishing: for authors, editors and referees". The web page for the workshop, https://www.iucr.org/resources/data/commdat/vienna-workshop, has been updated with a full set of presentations and links ...
by Brian McMahon
Thu May 09, 2019 5:52 pm
Forum: Public input to CommDat
Topic: FAIR diffraction data and IUCr journals
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FAIR diffraction data and IUCr journals

A recent editorial in a number of IUCr journals highlights the fact that authors are encouraged to provide a DOI for their deposited original raw diffraction data when they submit an article describing a new structure or a new method tested on unpublished diffraction data. For methods developed or t...
by Brian McMahon
Thu Feb 14, 2019 12:02 pm
Forum: Public input to CommDat
Topic: Crystallographic Information Fiesta!
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Crystallographic Information Fiesta!

The website of the forthcoming AIC International Crystallography School m is now open and accepting registrations. The School is targeted at PhD students and young researchers from University and Industry, and aims to establish the primacy of respect for the data that underpins scientific advances (...