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Around 1996, journals started publishing what became known as “ESI” or electronic supporting information, alongside the articles themselves, as a mechanism for exposing the data associated with the research being reported and exploiting some of the new opportunities offered by the World Wide Web. From the outset, such ESI was expressed as a paginated Acrobat file, with the Web being merely a convenient document delivery mechanism. Such ESI would eventually reach more than 1000 such pages in length in some chemistry articles. The richer opportunities of Web interactivity were far less exploited. I have written about various aspects of this throughout this blog[1]<\/a><\/span>,[2]<\/a><\/span>,[3]<\/a><\/span>, together with one early compendium of our own data examples.[4]<\/a><\/span> Here I update that compendium starting from 2005 to the current 2023<\/a> and add further information, being the current state of curation of some of these early examples. Curation became necessary because many of the earlier examples were no longer functional due to changes in the way journals expose these data objects or indeed changes at the data repository end of things over this 18 year period.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Table 1. Eighteen years of publishing journal FAIR data objects and their current
\ncuration location‡<\/sup><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
#<\/th>\nArticle DOIa<\/sup><\/th>\nYear<\/th>\nTitle<\/th>\nArticle Data URL\/
\nData Citationa<\/sup><\/th>\n		Curated version via DOI<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
1<\/td>\n10.1021\/ja043819b<\/a><\/td>\n2005<\/td>\nA Computational Analysis of the Ring-Opening Polymerization of rac-Lactide Initiated by
\nSingle-Site \u03b2-Diketiminate Metal Complexes:\u2009 Defining the Mechanistic Pathway and the Origin
\nof Stereocontrol<\/td>\n		Archive<\/a><\/td>\nTables S1, S2 and S3<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2<\/td>\n10.1039\/b510508k<\/a><\/td>\n2005<\/td>\nDouble-twist M\u00f6bius Aromaticity in a 4n+2 Electron Electrocyclic Reaction<\/td>\nTable S1<\/a><\/td>\nTable S1<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3<\/td>\n10.1021\/ol0518333<\/a><\/td>\n2005<\/td>\nA Double-Twist M\u00f6bius-Aromatic Conformation of [14]Annulene<\/td>\nArchive<\/a><\/td>\nFigure S1<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4<\/td>\n10.1021\/ja061400a<\/a><\/td>\n2006<\/td>\nSynthetic, Structural, Mechanistic, and Computational Studies on Single-Site
\n\u03b2-Diketiminate Tin(II) Initiators for the Polymerization of rac-Lactide<\/td>\n		WEO<\/a><\/td>\nTable S1<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5<\/td>\n10.1021\/ic0519988<\/a><\/td>\n2006<\/td>\nA Computational Study of the Nondissociative Mechanisms that Interchange Apical and
\nEquatorial Atoms in Square Pyramidal Molecules<\/td>\n		Index for 14 WEOs<\/a><\/td>\nIndex for 14 WEOs<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6<\/td>\n10.1021\/ic062473y<\/a><\/td>\n2007<\/td>\nIn Search of the Bailar and R\u00e2y\u2212Dutt Twist Mechanisms That Racemize Chiral Trischelates:
\nA Computational Study of ScIII, TiIV, CoIII, ZnII, GaIII, and GeIV Complexes of a Ligand
\nAnalogue of Acetylacetonate<\/td>\n		WEOa<\/a>,WEOb<\/a>,WEOc<\/a>,
\nWEOd<\/a>,WEOe<\/a>, WEOf<\/a><\/td>\n		Index to WEOa-f<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7<\/td>\n10.1021\/ol703129z<\/a><\/td>\n2008<\/td>\nLemniscular Hexaphyrins as Examples of Aromatic and Antiaromatic Double-Twist M\u00f6bius
\nMolecules<\/td>\n		WEO<\/a><\/td>\nWEO<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8<\/td>\n10.1021\/np0705918<\/a><\/td>\n2008<\/td>\nStructural Reassignment of Obtusallenes V, VI, and VII by GIAO-Based Density Functional
\nPrediction<\/td>\n		WEO<\/a><\/td>\nWEO<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9<\/td>\n10.1021\/ja710438j<\/a><\/td>\n2008<\/td>\nIntrinsically Chiral Aromaticity. Rules Incorporating Linking Number, Twist, and Writhe
\nfor Higher-Twist M\u00f6bius Annulenes<\/td>\n		Archive<\/a>,WEO1<\/a>, WEO2<\/a>, WEO3<\/a>,
\nWEO4<\/a><\/td>\n		WEO1<\/a>, WEO2<\/a>, WEO3<\/a>, WEO4<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10<\/td>\n10.1021\/jo801022b<\/a><\/td>\n2008<\/td>\nChiral Aromaticities. AIM and ELF Critical Point and NICS Magnetic Analyses of
\nM\u00f6bius-Type Aromaticity and Homoaromaticity in Lemniscular Annulenes and Hexaphyrins<\/td>\n		Archive<\/a>, WEO<\/a><\/td>\nWEO<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
11<\/td>\n10.1021\/ct8001915<\/a><\/td>\n2008<\/td>\nChiral Aromaticities. A Topological Exploration of M\u00f6bius Homoaromaticity<\/td>\nTable 1<\/a><\/td>\nTable 1<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
12<\/td>\n10.1039\/b810147g<\/a><\/td>\n2008<\/td>\nA computational investigation of the structure of polythiocyanogen<\/td>\nTable 1<\/a><\/td>\nTable 1<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
13<\/td>\n10.1039\/B810301A<\/a><\/td>\n2009<\/td>\nWormholes in chemical space connecting torus knot and torus link \u03c0-electron density
\ntopologies<\/td>\n		Table 1<\/a><\/td>\nTable 1<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
14<\/td>\n10.1021\/ol901172g<\/a><\/td>\n2009<\/td>\nThe Chiro-optical Properties of a Lemniscular Octaphyrin<\/td>\nTable 1<\/a><\/td>\nTable 1<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
15<\/td>\n10.1021\/jp902176a<\/a><\/td>\n2009<\/td>\nThe Geometry and Electronic Topology of Higher-Order Charged M\u00f6bius Annulenes<\/td>\nTable 1<\/a><\/td>\nTable 1<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
16<\/td>\n10.1039\/B911817A<\/a><\/td>\n2009<\/td>\nThe distortivity of \u03c0-electrons in conjugated boron rings<\/td>\nTable 1<\/a><\/td>\nTable 1<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
17<\/td>\n10.1038\/nchem.373<\/a><\/td>\n2009<\/td>\nThe importance of being bonded<\/td>\nExploratorium<\/a><\/td>\nExploratorium<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
18<\/td>\n10.1039\/B913295C<\/a><\/td>\n2009<\/td>\nUnusual regiodivergence in metal-catalysed intramolecular cyclisation of \u03b3-allenols<\/td>\nTables 1 & 2<\/a><\/td>\nTables 1 & 2<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
19<\/td>\n10.1016\/j.tetlet.2009.02.228<\/a><\/td>\n2009<\/td>\nA dramatic effect of double bond configuration in N-oxy-3-aza Cope rearrangements\u2014a
\nsimple synthesis of functionalised allenes<\/td>\n		Not hosted<\/td>\nTable<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
20<\/td>\n10.1021\/ed800058c<\/a><\/td>\n2009<\/td>\nRacemization of Isobornyl Chloride via Carbocations: A Nonclassical Look at a Classic
\nMechanism<\/td>\n		Table<\/a><\/td>\nTable<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

a<\/sup>To inspect the metadata associated with any article, use eg <\/small>https:\/\/api.crossref.org\/works\/10.1002\/anie.202006283\/transform\/application\/vnd.crossref.unixsd+xml<\/a><\/small>
\nand check how eg the data citation is expressed there.<\/p>\n

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The future seems likely to be influenced by the increasing requests from publishers for data to be made available in so-called FAIR-form, via an appropriate citation using a data DOI. The other feature on the horizon is the introduction of tools such as “Finding Aids<\/strong>“, where an automated script is able to automatically identify relationships between various data objects and the molecular content expressed within them and to generate a tool which exploits these relationships by adding further layers of navigation and especially of F<\/b>indability to the data objects. I hope to show such an example here shortly – watch this space.<\/p>\n

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‡<\/sup>This table contains only the first 20 entries, since the whole table does not seem to display correctly on this blog. The whole table can be seen here<\/a>. See also this backup version of the post<\/a>.<\/p>\n

References<\/h2>\n
  1. H. Rzepa, \"Four stages in the evolution of interactive ESI as part of articles in chemistry journals.\", 2022. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.59350\/qypm4-qfv97<\/a>\n\n<\/li>\n
  2. H. Rzepa, \"Web page decay and Journals: How an interactive "ESI" from 2006 was rescued.\", 2022. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.59350\/cqesx-a0e83<\/a>\n\n<\/li>\n
  3. H. Rzepa, \"Curating a nine year old journal FAIR data table.\", 2017. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.59350\/z9g5j-r2p69<\/a>\n\n<\/li>\n
  4. H. Rzepa, \"(Hyper)activating the chemistry journal.\", 2009. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.59350\/wczky-8sf79<\/a>\n\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n<\/div> ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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