InChI

A project whose time has come.  The Internet, an international scientific body (IUPAC), and international cooperation (US, UK, Czech Republic) has led to the speedy development, implementation, and use of InChI.

While InChI is a public domain system for creating a unique computer-readable identifier (“name”)  it is NOT a registry system.  InChI’s are created only by those who choose to adopt and use the algorithm.  Registry systems which index the literature are complimentary to any InChI databases that anyone creates.