What is Rock Maker XML?
Anyone who has ever tried to enter screen information into a crystallization LIMS system will tell you it’s not fun:
- Each screen vendor has their own format for screen formulations so you can’t just import text files
- The ingredient names are often inconsistent from screen to screen and critical information such as buffer titration data is not easily available
- There is usually no information to specify what stocks are needed to reproduce a particular condition
- Finally, it does not make sense for each customer to hand-enter this data into their LIMS system - it’s a very error prone process and should be done once by the vendor.
To solve these problem Formulatrix has created Rock Maker XML – an XML-based file format for screen formulations and ingredient information.
Benefits
Rock Maker XML will provide you with the following benefits:
- Screens can be downloaded directly from the vendor’s website. You know the data has been entered and checked by the screen vendor themselves.
- Each screen condition contains the part number of stocks needed to reproduce the condition.
- Each screen file comes complete with detailed Ingredient information: harmonized names, aliases, CAS numbers, buffer data, and preparation notes.
Vendors
Formulatrix has made Rock Maker XML a free and open file format and we welcome all vendors to join these early adopters:
Technical Specification
Please click the link below for more details.
Description of elements | Download XML Schema | View Sample XML
Terms of Use
Our intent is to make RMXML an open format that can be used free of charge and we welcome its use by all. The only restrictions to the use of Rock Maker XML are defined in the following notice.
Notice: Rock Maker XML schema copyright (c)2006, 2007 by Formulatrix, Inc., www.formulatrix.com
For more information on this file format visit http://www.formulatrix.com/rmxml.shtml
This XML file is generated according to the Rock Maker XML schema. Formulatrix grants you the license to freely use, generate and redistribute XML documents conforming to the Rock Maker XML schema PROVIDED
(1) you do not extend or modify the schema and
(2) this entire notice appears unmodified at the top of every file.
End of notice. |
Icons
The following Icons may be used to represent files in the Rock Maker XML format.
Want to see some screens in XML format? Hampton research already has all of their screen and ingredient information available in XML on their website. To download a Rock Maker XML screen from Hampton simply go to a screen on the Hampton website and click on the Rock Maker XML |
