[Blindmath] From MathML to CML

Birkir R. Gunnarsson birkir.gunnarsson at gmail.com
Fri May 18 00:29:56 UTC 2012


You could dtry www.molinsight.net
At lesat it seems those behind that website know all that is to know
regarding blind strategies to accessing Chemistry, possibly including
CML.
Cheers
-B


On 5/18/12, Neil Soiffer <NeilS at dessci.com> wrote:
> Although not really designed for it, in my experience people use MathML to
> write chemical formulas.  So you should consider MathML->Nemeth for
> chemistry formulas, but the MathML probably won't be marked as a chemistry
> formula so you'll have to use some heuristics to guess.
>
>     Neil
>
>
> On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 5:15 PM, Ryan Hemphill
> <ryanhemphill.email at gmail.com
>> wrote:
>
>> Well this is where we are starting from:
>>
>> The link below shows how to convert Chemistry equations to Braille and
>> also how to represent them in diagrams as well.
>>
>> http://www.brl.org/chemistry/rule04.html
>>
>> What we were looking for was someone to point us in the direction of a
>> clearly defined resource that we could springboard setting up the Braille
>> translation from CML - instead of having to reverse engineer it piece by
>> piece.  Granted, we'll do it that way if we have to, but it would be nice
>> to be able to skip that step and get into the action instead.
>>
>> Does anyone know anything about this?  Know someone who might know the
>> answer?  Might know someone who knows someone who might have the answer?
>> Bueller?  Bueller?  (laugh)
>>
>> Let me know if any of you think of anything...
>>
>>
>> Thanks again,
>>
>>
>>
>> Ryan
>>
>>
>>
>> On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 7:18 PM, Neil Soiffer <NeilS at dessci.com> wrote:
>>
>>> CML describes molecular structure and more.  I'm sure someone on the
>>> list
>>> will correct if I'm wrong, but AFAIK, there is not braille code to
>>> describe
>>> chemical structure, let alone all of the other things CML can do.
>>>
>>> Neil Soiffer
>>> Senior Scientist
>>> Design Science, Inc.
>>> www.dessci.com
>>> ~ Makers of MathType, MathFlow, MathPlayer, MathDaisy, Equation Editor ~
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 12:46 PM, Ryan Hemphill <
>>> ryanhemphill.email at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hey guys,
>>>>
>>>> We have been working on a javascript based mathml to nemeth and Braille
>>>> translator and we have gotten pretty far with it.  Our proof has really
>>>> gotten attention from our company, Cengage (textbook publisher, for
>>>> those
>>>> who don't know) and we have suggested that we could do the same in
>>>> Chemistry via the CML format.
>>>>
>>>> If anyone here can point us in the direction of a really comprehension
>>>> 'Rosetta Stone' for CML, I would really appreciate it.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Ryan (and Brad)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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