Information Use
The computer has enabled chemists to analyze and correlate data from massive chemical and biochemical databanks in a far cheaper and faster way than has been in the past. The computer coupled with chemical visualization and modeling techniques, has revolutionized chemical research.
Informatics techniques help create an integrated information environment in which all aspects of chemical research and development can be dealt with in a unified system. in this way, Not only can chemical structures be used as search keys in such systems, but also unknown properties and spectra can be predicted using chemical informatics tools and techniques that draw on the existing knowledge base of chemistry.
Data mining has emerged as a significant factor in the reassessment of data collected over time in an organization. Chemists can now access decades of raw data stored in disparate formats and obtain useful results to build on the research that has taken place in past years. Tying together through Web Services many disparate sources of chemical and life sciences data and information into a usable and useful whole is one of the main activities of the Chemical Informatics and Cyber infrastructure Collaborator.