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	Giovanni Ferraris, as Chair of the ''Commission on Inorganic and Mineral Structures'', Massimo Nespolo, as Chair of the ''Commission on Mathematical and Theoretical Crystallography'' and Peter Strickland, Managing Editor of IUCr publications, as observer, subsequently joined the group. Howard Flack also provided sample entries and useful feedback.		Giovanni Ferraris, as Chair of the ''Commission on Inorganic and Mineral Structures'', Massimo Nespolo, as Chair of the ''Commission on Mathematical and Theoretical Crystallography'' and Peter Strickland, Managing Editor of IUCr publications, as observer, subsequently joined the group. Howard Flack also provided sample entries and useful feedback.
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 = APPENDIX 2: Technical considerations =
-A major goal of the initial pilot project was to identify a software platform capable of supporting collaborative work on an online dictionary by the distributed authorship that the project seems to require. The pilot is not specifically directed towards identifying a dissemination mechanism, but clearly it is helpful to consider tolls that create a version of the dictionary already suitable for public access.
+A major goal of the initial pilot project was to identify a software platform capable of supporting collaborative work on an online dictionary by the distributed authorship that the project seems to require. The pilot is not specifically directed towards identifying a dissemination mechanism, but clearly it is helpful to consider tools that create a version of the dictionary already suitable for public access.
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		+	The initial membership of the Working Group established in Florence consisted of:
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		+	* Andre Authier (Chair)
		+	* John Helliwell
		+	* Bill Clegg
		+	* Paola Spadon
		+	* I. David Brown
		+	* Brian McMahon
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		+	Giovanni Ferraris subsequently joined the group as an additional representative of the Teaching Commission, and Peter Strickland, Managing Editor of IUCr publications, as observer. Howard Flack also provided sample entries and useful feedback.
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		+	= APPENDIX 2: Technical considerations =

	A major goal of the initial pilot project was to identify a software platform capable of supporting collaborative work on an online dictionary by the distributed authorship that the project seems to require. The pilot is not specifically directed towards identifying a dissemination mechanism, but clearly it is helpful to consider tolls that create a version of the dictionary already suitable for public access.		A major goal of the initial pilot project was to identify a software platform capable of supporting collaborative work on an online dictionary by the distributed authorship that the project seems to require. The pilot is not specifically directed towards identifying a dissemination mechanism, but clearly it is helpful to consider tolls that create a version of the dictionary already suitable for public access.

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−	This draft of the Report of the Working Group on an Online Dictionary of Crystallography is provided for information to the IUCr Finance Committee at its 2006 Spring meeting.	+	This draft of the Report of the Working Group on an Online Dictionary of Crystallography is provided for information to the IUCr Finance Committee at its 2006 Spring meeting. It is planned to present a full report to the Executive Committtee in August, following the recommendations of the Finance Committee.

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 = Remit =
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 The project as currently envisaged in its project definition phase will rely heavily on volunteer scientist labour and existing hardware resources, but there may be a need for editorial honoraria, or other costs that the Working Group can specify, such as hardware, technical editing, secretarial help, ''etc.'' The Working Group will report its findings to the Finance Committee.
 = Medium =
 The project should be executed initially as solely an online project because of the flexibility of the online medium, the fact that there is no limit on the number of entries, the possibility of hyperlinks to IUCr and other web resources. It is  possible to consider at a later stage a physical book with a CD containing all the hyperlinks.
 = Scientific scope =
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 The number of entries is not predetermined. There is no technical limitation requiring this and the project can grow with time. The Working Group has contributed a small number of terms (~60) in order to get the pilot project operational. The project has recently been opened to the whole Commission on Crystallographic Nomenclature and a number of around 500 terms should be established as a target for when the web pages are first opened to the public. If the idea is successful, it will probably grow to some thousands of distinct terms over the years.
 = Granularity of definitions =
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 Note that the Wiki software allows searches on headwords, but also full-text searching of the entire corpus, so that the user has available a large number of query-based informational retrieval strategies.
 = Audience =
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 The General Secretary discussed with the Research & Development Officer the possibility that the Dictionary could include links to educational web sites. There is no objection to the idea of enriching the value of the dictionary in this way (although it is difficult to see how such compendia of links would fit into an alphabetic structure). However, it may be worth considering whether such a project is better considered as a companion to the Dictionary (sponsored, ''e.g.'' by the Commission on Crystallographic Teaching), and managed separately - although with close collaboration between the sponsoring bodies - so as not to dilute attention to the Dictionary project itself.
 = Organization of contributors =
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 The initial experience of the Working Group has been, however, that even the greatest enthusiasts for the project are so busy that they find it difficult to spend the time necessary to make substantial contributions. The authoring privilege has been extended only recently to the rest of the CCN, so it is too early to assess how responsive the Commission as a whole will be to the challenges of authorship. Early indications are that, again, the rate of accretion of new definitions is slower than we would like to see. However, we are optimistic that the project will build up momentum as new contributors begin to experience the satisfaction of seeing their definitions on the web, and as the usefulness of the dictionary increases with its growing number of definitions.
 = Presentation =
 It is expected that the resource would appear as a single web site. However, it should also act as a companion to ''International Tables'' and to the Journals, as well as to educational resources such as the Teaching Pamphlets and any new educational initiatives arising from the Teaching Commission. As the ''Online Dictionary of Crystallography'' would be an important and useful service to researchers, students and authors, it is desirable that it should be open access, bearing in mind that most definitions will have links to IT Volumes, which are not open access. This last point may encourage people to subscribe to ''International Tables Online''.
 = Financial implications =
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 The Finance Committee should monitor the possible need for payment of editorial honoraria. It is expected that the project will require an Editor-in-Chief responsible for its overall shape and direction (at present this role is filled by the project initiator, Professor Authier). The roles of such an Editor-in-Chief will also cover the possible appointment of subsidiary editors to supervise the collection of definitions in topic areas where they have particular expertise, and the commissioning of definitions or sets of definitions to address topics not currently covered. The number and roles of secondary editors will depend in part on the readiness of the volunteer pool of contributors to identify deficiencies and provide needed definitions without prompting. The experience of the ''Wikipedia'' project suggests that this is possible in principle, but the early experience of the pilot suggests that significant effort will be needed, at least in the early stages, to build an initial critical mass of content that will inspire more active involvement by volunteer contributors. It is intended to return to this point when the project produces its next report. In the mean time, it is not unreasonable to provide conservatively for the appointment of a small number - six to a dozen - of specialist Editors responsible for commissioning content within their fields of expertise, and possibly paid a modest honorarium in recognition of their successes (by analogy in some way with journal editors' handling of manuscripts).
 = Timescale =
 A Pilot Project with an initial set of trial entries has been implemented. Some guidelines for further development and an indication of financial implications are given in this draft of the report supplied to the Finance Committee meeting at the end of March 2006. A further assessment of progress will be reported to the Executive Committee in August 2006.
 = APPENDIX: Technical considerations =

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 = Organization of contributors =
-The Editorial Board should consist of the members of the CCN, with representatives from the other Commissions as consultants for the various fields of crystallography. It is clear that, as Editors of the various IUCr publications, the members of the CCN are the people whose duty is to say how crystallographic terms should be used. Efficiency requires that the work should be done under the supervision of a Main Editor and Editors (and subeditors) for the various categories (and subcategories), chosen among the CCN members and consultants.
+The Editorial Board should consist of the members of the CCN, with representatives from the other Commissions as consultants for the various fields of crystallography. It is clear that, as Editors of the various IUCr publications, the members of the CCN are the people whose duty is to say how crystallographic terms should be used. Efficiency requires that the work should be done under the supervision of a Main Editor or Editor-in-Chief and Editors (and subeditors) for the various categories (and subcategories), chosen among the CCN members and consultants.
 = Presentation =

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 The primary goal is to be a reference for authors and referees of IUCr Journals and to research professionals in general: it will give the “official” IUCr acceptance of terms. As such it will also be useful to students and to the general public.
-The work forms part of a multi-level resource in the sense that besides the short definition hyperlinks will be provided either to a longer definition or to appropriate existing IUCr resources. It will complement ''International Tables''.
+The work forms part of a multi-level resource in the sense that, besides the short definition, hyperlinks will be provided either to a longer definition or to appropriate existing IUCr resources. It will complement ''International Tables''.
 = Organization of contributors =