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    COLLOQUIUM OF THE LABORATORY FOR COMPUTER DESIGN OF MATERIALS
        Institute for Computational Sciences and Informatics
                              CSI 898-Sec 001  
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       Current Activities in the NIST Crystallographic Data Center

                             Vicky Lynn Karen
                      Crystallographic Data Center
                 National Institute of Standards and Technology
                      Gaithersburg, MD 20899

Crystallographic databases have traditionally been used as an aid to
scientific research through bibliographic searching, the identification of
unknown materials, and the analysis of individual crystal structures.
Chemists and materials scientists have long used the Inorganic Crystal
Structure Database and its collection of more than 40,000 inorganic
compounds to support research advances.  A new agreement between the
Fachinformationszentrum (FIZ) Karlsruhe, the Max-Planck Society (MPG) and
NIST focuses on two areas: the evaluation of current and new structural
data, and PC- and Web-based products that take advantage of modern
information technology.  An overview of Data Center activities will be
presented, including forthcoming products and scientific algorithms to
assist in data standardization, evaluation, and retrieval. 

                         Monday , October 5 1998
                                 4:30 pm
                        Room 206, Science & Tech. I

Refreshments will be served.
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