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Title: OPTIMADE, an API for exchanging materials data
Abstract The Open Databases Integration for Materials Design (OPTIMADE) consortium has designed a universal application programming interface (API) to make materials databases accessible and interoperable. We outline the first stable release of the specification, v1.0, which is already supported by many leading databases and several software packages. We illustrate the advantages of the OPTIMADE API through worked examples on each of the public materials databases that support the full API specification.  more » « less
Award ID(s):
1921909 1921973 2022040
PAR ID:
10286529
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Publisher / Repository:
Nature Publishing Group
Date Published:
Journal Name:
Scientific Data
Volume:
8
Issue:
1
ISSN:
2052-4463
Format(s):
Medium: X
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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