Users have to spend more hours learning different system interfaces.
On the other hand, problems associated with handling chemical data objects and complexity of development of Web-enabled applications often preclude quick deployment of chemical information resources on the Internet, raising final costs for both vendors and end users. The Open Server Interface will provide an easy way to connect chemical information resources to the ILab, reusing the existing Web interface and server utilities and thus dramatically reducing efforts needed to deploy a chemical information resource on the Internet. A unified user interface is the additional benefit for end users. We will provide an API, toolkits and examples of connecting chemical information resources to the ILab.