Chemical Markup support for Wikimedia Commons

Chemical Markup support for Wikimedia Commons

 * Public URL: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Chemical_Markup_support_for_Wikimedia_Commons
 * Bugzilla report: bugzilla:16491
 * Announcement: link to the announcement of your proposal at the wikitech-l mailing list.

Name and contact information

 * Name: Rainer Rillke
 * Email: rainerrillkeÄThotmailDOTcom
 * IRC or IM networks/handle(s): rillke
 * Web Page / Blog / Microblog / Portfolio: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Rillke
 * Resume (optional): http://osrc.dfm.io/rillke
 * Location: Germany
 * Typical working hours: 16:30 - 22:00 UTC (weekday)

Synopsis
Wikipedia articles covering chemical reactions or chemical compounds are often illustrated with SVG graphics showing chemical equations or compounds. However, SVG is a graphic format. It is therefore not possible to easily re-mix these fils and one has to draw the whole compound again (or pull it from a database). A common scenario is "Quack" started an article about a compound and "Cheming" wants to contribute how to synthesize that compound. "Cheming" has to re-draw the whole compound.

Goals
Allow uploading MDL-molfiles. The format is specified and commonly used. There are client-side JavaScript creators for web browsers available and 2image converters for the server side.
 * Server-side support

Provide a JavaScript molecule editor so editors do not have to install software and then go through the hoops, choosing the correct format(ting) and uploading the files. File upload can be accomplished by AJAX.
 * Client side molecule editor


 * Possible mentors: Gilles Dubuc, Brian Wolff, Bryan Davis