The chemical information system and spectral databases

From 1970 to 1984, the U.S. Government cooperated with various organizations in the support of the development, maintenance, and distribution of a computer-based chemical information system of spectral and other numeric databases, known as the NIH/EPA Chemical Information System (CIS). This presentation discusses the history of the project and related activities in the area of numeric database activities and summarizes the current state of the project.