[gentoo-science] Re: New category proposal - sci-vis

[Markus Dittrich]

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On Sun, 27 Nov 2005, Donnie Berkholz wrote:

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> Markus Dittrich wrote:
> | Depending on the "definition" of visualisation and hence sci-vis
> | this category could also include
> |
> | sci-chemistry/pymol
> |
> | and possibly
> |
> | sci-chemistry/molden
> |
> | since both visualize molecules. Particularly pymol doesn't
> | seem to really fit in sci-chemistry since it is geared toward
> | biomolecules and could as well be in sci-biology. The same
> | will hold for vmd once I am done with the ebuild.
>
> Macromolecular graphics tools I really consider biochemistry, so they
> can go either way. But I more often hear biochemistry elongated as
> biological chemistry than chemical biology. So if forced to categorize
> one or the other, I lean toward chemistry.
>

Hi Donnie,

That sounds absolutely fine! Personally, I find it often
difficult to assign life science related tools to specific
categories. The boundaries between biology, chemistry,
biochemistry, or physics in the life sciences have become
fairly blury to me.

My point was mainly to say that once a sci-visualisation
category exists, users might expect to find tools like
pymol, vmd, etc. in there as opposed to sci-chemistry or 
sci-biology.

best,
Markus

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Markus Dittrich (markusle)
Gentoo Linux Developer
Scientific applications
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