XyM Markup Language (XyMML) for Electronic Communication of Chemical Documents Containing Structural Formulas and Reaction Schemes
Shinsaku Fujita · Journal of Chemical Information and Computer Sciences · 1999
The XyM markup language (XyMML) is proposed as a tool for the electronic communication of chemical structural formulas and reaction schemes. The XyMML system regards a structural formula as a derivative of a skeleton, where substitution and replacement are designated by using a substitution list (a 〈subslist〉 tag), an atom list (an 〈atomlist〉 tag), and a bond list (a 〈bondlist〉 tag). Structural formulas generated by XyMMLs can be collected to give a reaction scheme, in which cross-references to every XyMML are available by using the technique of SGML attributes.