Peter Murray‐Rust

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Peter Murray-Rust is a pioneering figure in chemical informatics and open-access scientific publishing, best known for his foundational work on the Chemical Markup Language (CML). His research centers on the digitization of chemical data, the semantic web, and the creation of machine-readable formats for scientific communication. Murray-Rust’s major contribution is the development of CML, an XML-based language that enables the structured representation and exchange of chemical information, transforming how molecules and reactions are shared online. His landmark paper, “Chemical Markup, XML, and the World-Wide Web. 3. Toward a Signed Semantic Chemical Web of Trust” (2001, 42 citations), introduced digital signatures and authentication for XML documents, laying the groundwork for a trusted, verifiable semantic web of chemical data. He also championed open data and XML for scientific publishing, as seen in his 2003 article (5 citations), advocating for a revolution in how scientists disseminate findings. A vocal advocate for open science, Murray-Rust co-founded the Blue Obelisk movement and has been instrumental in promoting data sharing and reproducibility. His work has profoundly influenced cheminformatics, enabling researchers to access, analyze, and trust chemical data on a global scale.

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   Chemical Markup, XML, and the World-Wide Web. 3. Toward a Signed Semantic Chemical Web of Trust

   42 citations · 2001
2. 2
   XML for scientific publishing

   5 citations · 2003

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