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March 19, 2008

CAS to provide Registry Numbers to Wikipedia Chemistry Portal

CAS, a division of the American Chemical Society, is pleased to announce that it will contribute to the Wikipedia project. CAS will work with Wikipedia to help provide accurate CAS Registry Numbers for current substances listed in the Wikiprojects-Chemicals section of the Wikipedia Chemistry Portal that are of widespread general public interest.

The CAS Registry is the world’s most comprehensive collection of chemical substances and the CAS Registry Number is the recognized global standard for chemical substance identification.

CAS views Wikipedia as an important societal tool for the general public; and this collaboration with Wikipedia is in line with CAS’ mission as a Division of the American Chemical Society.

Posted on CHMINF-L by Martin Walker

Posted by ebrown at March 19, 2008 03:24 PM