Re: Humble comments on... (Was: Packaging PDB Chemical Component Dictionary)

[Andrius Merkys <merkys@debian.org>]

Hi Kingsley,

Thank you for your comments.

On 2023-06-23 10:17, Kingsley G. Morse Jr. wrote:
> You politely and confidently invited comments.
>
> 1.) Thanks!
>
> 2.) I like your use of the concise "TL;DR" (ie:
>      "Too Long; Don't Read").
>
> 3.) Sometimes I shorten it even more, to "TLDR".

Thanks for pointing this out.

> 4.) How is the PDB Chemical Component Dictionary
>      licensed, if at all? Is it in the public domain?

It is licensed as CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication.

> 5.) Could it somehow compliment a big computer spread
>      sheet summarizing life span experiments, where
>      a column named "intervention" contains the
>      names of molecules, like "vitamin c" and
>      "glycine"[1]?

This might be of interest for Debian Med team. Do you envisage this body 
of data being used by software packages in Debian?

> 6.) Could debian packages have version numbers
>      based on dates the CCD was downloaded?

I propose using download date as version for CCD. Or do you mean other 
software packages? If so, this would be somewhat unusual, albeit some 
Javascript packages seem to carry versions of their parts.

> [1] World's biggest collection of the results of
>      life span experiments
>      https://kingsleymorse.ch/life_extension.html#preprocessed_life_span_data

Best wishes,
Andrius