FACSS—Federation of Analytical Chemistry and Spectroscopy Societies

Sharing is a fundamental of part of our early development in part because it helps maintain civility, but primarily because it broadens our experiences. In the scientific world sharing information is one of the key factors in the advancement of science. Fortunately for IR spectroscopists and to a slightly lesser extent Raman Spectroscopists, there exists a number of excellent text books where the authors have shared with us their compiled information about spectrum structure correlations. These correlations help us understand and interpret the spectra we work with every day.

In a corporate environment it is common for individuals to have detailed knowledge about the correlation between some spectral features and the materials they work with every day. This knowledge can often exceed the more general information available in the text books. However that knowledge generally resides in the mind of the individuals or sometimes is hand written on a chart and filed away. There has been no other method available to capture that knowledge. This paper will look at a method available which allows a spectroscopist to capture their knowledge in a manner allowing sharing of the information across the corporate environment and with future spectroscopists.

Processing and managing analytical data is part of our everyday tasks. For many scientists, for example those working in material analysis or material characterization, this work typically requires a multi-discipline approach involving a number of analytical techniques. Mastering all of these techniques is impossible for a single individual, so often a team approach is used.

From those working with a single analytical technique to teams working with multiple analytical techniques, access to "historical" data is also a desire not often achieved. This presents its own set of problems, from getting access to someone else’s data to having the software to view that data.

In this paper we will look at some of the problems and solutions which can be made available for the desktop environment up, through a corporate enterprise environment.

Processing and managing analytical data is part of our everyday tasks. For many scientists, for example those working in material analysis or material characterization, this work typically requires a multi-discipline approach involving a number of analytical techniques. Mastering all of these techniques is impossible for a single individual, so often a team approach is used.

From those working with a single analytical technique to teams working with multiple analytical techniques, access to "historical" data is also a desire not often achieved. This presents its own set of problems, from getting access to someone else’s data to having the software to view that data.

In this paper we will look at some of the problems and solutions which can be made available for the desktop environment up, through a corporate enterprise environment.