From the homepage: (Goes live: 2nd January 2013)
National Chemical Database Service
The RSC will be operating the EPSRC National Chemical Database Service from 2013-2017
What is the RSC’s vision for the Service?
We intend to build the Service for the future – to develop a chemistry data repository for UK academia, and to build tools, models and services on this data store to increase the value and impact of researchers’ funded work. We will continue to develop this data store through the lifetime of the contract period and look forward to working with the community to make this a world-leading exemplar of the value of research data availability.
The Service will also offer access to a suite of commercial databases and services. While there will be some overlap with currently provided databases popular with the user community we will deliver new data and services and optimize the offering based on user feedback.
When will the Service be available?
The Service will start on 2nd January 2013, and will be available at cds.rsc.org.
The database services we are working to have available at launch are the Cambridge Structural Database, ACD/ILab and Accelrys’ Available Chemicals Directory. The Service will also include integrated access to the RSC’s award winning ChemSpider database. As ‘live’ dates for other services become clear, they will appear here.
and,
Initial Demonstration of the Integration to the Accelrys Available Chemicals Directory Web Service
I just looked at the demos but was particularly impressed with their handling of identifiers. Really impressed. There are lessons here for other information services.
BTW, I did have to hunt to discover that RCS = Royal Society of Chemistry. 😉