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AIST TODAYNo.13 Summer 2004


Information on AIST research activities
Databases, software, and web pages

Feature

Research Information Database
RIO-DB
http://riodb.ibase.aist.go.jp/riohomee.html
RIO-DB is a multimedia one concerning various research information, which are developed and accumulated as AIST R&D projects. Many items are published as RIO-DB (See table below.).

Database for research publications
RRPDB
http://www.aist.go.jp/aist_e/database/rrpdb/index.html
RRPDB (DataBase for Research Result Presentations) is a database, which covers various research publications of AIST. It contains published articles, oral presentations, books, databases, software, measurement standards, geosciences, events and press releases.

Database of intellectual properties (in Japanese)
IDEA
http://www.aist.go.jp/aist-idea/
IDEA (database of Information on DEvelopment of technology in AIST) provides the information of Japanese patents and utility models maintained by AIST.

Software and databases available on the web pages of individual research units
AIST offers the public access to our research activities through the Internet. All research units have the English web pages. On some web pages, you can download software or use databases.

Table : Examples of the databases in RIO-DB concerning environment and energy research
C1-Catalyst Database It consists of a reaction data about the catalytic synthesis of ethylene glycol, ethanol and acetic acid from C1 compounds (CO, methanol).
Fluorine Compounds Database It provides the various data (physical properties, toxicity, NMR and IR spectra, etc.) for about 800 fluorine compounds.
Energy Technology Database It has numerous technological data concerning energy supply, energy transportation and energy demand


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