Subject: Re: CCL:mime and mol2

From: [email-masked] (Rzepa, Henry)
Date: Tue, 2 Jan 1996 11:55:42 +0000

>Dear CCl-Users,
>
>I read in a discussion some times ago that one asked, what has happend to
>two formats. One was called "chemical mime", the other was "mol2".

Chemical MIME is NOT a format. In effect, its a list of formats with
generally agreed MIME decriptors, so that people can exchange known
formats on the Internet.

A brief update on where the standards process for chemical MIME
has reached.

The IETF is still debating whether and how new "top level"
MIME types should be ratified. Meanwhile, IUPAC has formed
a small working party to write a formal proposal. The deadline
is around June 1996. This will then be presented to the
"CPEP, the Committee on Printed and Electronic Publications"
at its inaugural meeting this summer. When a draft of the
working party report is ready, I will post it to this forum.

Dr Henry Rzepa,  Department of Chemistry,  Imperial College,  LONDON SW7 2AY;
[email-masked] via Eudora Pro 2.1.3; Tel  (44) 171 594 5774; Fax: (44) 171
594 5804.
World-Wide Web URL: http://www.ch.ic.ac.uk/rzepa/