Section 24.3.5.1. Release mechanisms

The CSD system, comprising the CSD and CSD-Use databases, and all of the applications software described above, is available on CD-ROM for Unix and DEC-VMS platforms and for PCs operating under Linux. At the time of writing (mid-2000), ConQuest alone is available for PC-Windows platforms, but the full availability of other components of the CSD system is currently being addressed. The CSD is released twice yearly, in April and October, as an indexed sequential binary file, with full installation instructions contained within the CD. Versions of the CSD have been reformatted for use with proprietary software systems: the MACCS3D/Isis system from Molecular Design Limited, and the Sybyl-UNITY system from Tripos Associates.

Subscribers in academic and other not-for-profit institutions may obtain the CSD system through their local National Affiliated Centre (NAC). The names, addresses and other coordinates of these centres are contained in the CCDC's web pages (see below). Users in countries not covered by NAC arrangements, or users from for-profit companies and organizations, should contact the CCDC directly.

The IsoStar library, for Unix systems only, is released after each library update, currently planned to occur on an annual basis. IsoStar forms part of the distributed CSD system, and CDs are available through the same mechanisms as the main system.