Blue Obelisk Blue Obelisk is an informal group of chemists who promote open data , open source , and open standards ; it was initiated by Peter Murray-Rust and others in 2005.[ 1] [ 2] [ 3] cheminformatics projects associate themselves with the Blue Obelisk, among which, in alphabetical order, Avogadro , Bioclipse , cclib, Chemistry Development Kit , GaussSum, JChemPaint , JOELib , Kalzium , Openbabel , OpenSMILES,[ 4] [ 5]
Dependency diagram of some Blue Obelisk projects.
The project has handed out personal awards for achievements in promoting Open Data, Open Source and Open Standards. Among those who received[ 6]
References
↑ P. Murray-Rust, The Blue Obelisk, CDK News , 2005, 2, 43– 46 ↑ Guha, R; Howard, MT; Hutchison, GR; Murray-Rust, P; Rzepa, H; Steinbeck, C; Wegner, J; Willighagen, EL (2006). "The Blue Obelisk-interoperability in chemical informatics" . Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling . 46 (3): 991– 8. doi :10.1021/ci050400b . PMC 4878861 PMID 16711717 . ↑ O'Boyle, N; Guha, R; Willighagen, EL; Adams, SE; Alvarsson, J; Bradley, JC; Filippov, IV; Hanson, RM; Hanwell, MD; Hutchinson, GR; James, CA; Jeliazkova, N; Lang, ASID; Langer, KM; Lonie, DC; Lowe, DM; Pansanel, J; Pavlov, D; Spjuth, O; Steinbeck, C; Tenderholt, AL; Theisen, TJ; Murray-Rust, P (2011). "Open Data, Open Source and Open Standards in chemistry: The Blue Obelisk five years on" . Journal of Cheminformatics . 3 (1): 37. doi :10.1186/1758-2946-3-37 PMC 3205042 PMID 21999342 . ↑ "OpenSMILES Home Page" .↑ "UsefulChem - home" .↑ "The Blue Obelisk / Blue Obelisk Wiki / Blue_Obelisk_Awards" .↑ Willighagen, Egon (14 May 2014). "Jean-Claude Bradley, Blue Obelisk award winner" . doi :10.59350/ghad4-j2824 . Retrieved 26 October 2025 . ↑ "Alex D. Wade" . LinkedIn .↑ "NextMove Software / News" .
