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Why is there a special interface for the MedChem database?

April 26, 2017database interface medchem special

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Why is there a special interface for the MedChem database?

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The HTML interface to MedChem is designed to make access as simple as possible, implementing a “what do you want — here it is” interface. The end-user does not need to know about servers, database names, datatypes, datatrees, thesaurus-orientation, ambiguous cross-references, etc. The MedChem database contains a lot of information of interest to pharmaceutical chemists. This interface is designed to deliver this information quickly and reliably to users who do not need to be chemical information specialists. MedChem isn’t unique in this respect: Daylight produces simplified interfaces for other databases also.