MolViewSpec: a Mol* extension for describing and sharing molecular visualizations

Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216224%3A14310%2F25%3A00142767" target="_blank" >RIV/00216224:14310/25:00142767 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="https://academic.oup.com/nar/article/53/W1/W408/8125619" target="_blank" >https://academic.oup.com/nar/article/53/W1/W408/8125619</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/nar/gkaf370" target="_blank" >10.1093/nar/gkaf370</a>

Result language
angličtina
Original language name
MolViewSpec: a Mol* extension for describing and sharing molecular visualizations
Original language description
Data visualization is a pivotal component of a structural biologist's arsenal. The Mol* Viewer makes molecular visualizations available to broader audiences via most web browsers. While Mol* provides a wide range of functionality, it has a steep learning curve and is only available via a JavaScript interface. To enhance the accessibility and usability of web-based molecular visualization, we introduce MolViewSpec (molstar.org/mol-view-spec), a standardized approach for defining molecular visualizations that decouples the definition of complex molecular scenes from their rendering. Scene definition can include references to commonly used structural, volumetric, and annotation data formats together with a description of how the data should be visualized and paired with optional annotations specifying colors, labels, measurements, and custom 3D geometries. Developed as an open standard, this solution paves the way for broader interoperability and support across different programming languages and molecular viewers, enabling more streamlined, standardized, and reproducible visual molecular analyses. MolViewSpec is freely available as a Mol* extension and a standalone Python package.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
10201 - Computer sciences, information science, bioinformathics (hardware development to be 2.2, social aspect to be 5.8)

Project
<a href="/en/project/GM22-30571M" target="_blank" >GM22-30571M: Cell*: a web platform for visualization, modelling and dynamics of organnel- and cell-sized structures</a><br>
Continuities
P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Publication year
2025
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

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