[Wikipedia-l] SMILES

Thu Apr 15 11:19:43 UTC 2004

Whatever extension syntax we decide on, I hereby officially ask for the 
support of SMILES. SMILES are a simple (wiki-way!) syntax for describing 
molecular structures. For a tutorial and examples, see

    http://www.daylight.com/dayhtml/smiles/smiles-intro.html

Automatic rendering should
* ease the addition of molecular structures to articles
* make uploaded structures obsolete (save space/avoid copyright 
issues/reduce cluttering of image namespace)
* unified look'n'feel

There appears to be a toolkit at
    http://www.daylight.com/products/smiles_kit.html
but I didn't look into it yet. There is also a Java app that can render 
SMILES into PNG, somwhere...

Magnus