1. Website established (www.mascgroup.co.uk) Concentrating initially on establishing a mass spectral database Data will be collected in JCAMP-DX format to avoid problems of differing software –JCAMP-DX – essentially x-y data with header containing data fields Data will be distributed in NIST library format and also as simple JCAMP-DX files Catherine Higgitt

2. Free software available to view JCAMP-DX files and to convert between NIST library formats and instrument software Submission – intended to be on-line (hope to move website to ECHN site) but may initially use an Excel template

4. Free software available to view JCAMP files and to convert between NIST library formats and instrument software Submission – intended to be on-line (hope to move website to ECHN site) but may initially use an Excel template Some technical/computing assistance would be very helpful here – can Eu-ARTECH help?

5. Next meeting and workshop – September 2005 in Amsterdam, just before the ICOM-CC meeting –Details on website – contributions welcome –Workshop will focus on MS techniques including SIMS, DTMS, etc. Hope mass spectral database will go ‘live’ by then!

6. MaSC is also interested in establishing a database of PDA UV  visible spectra –Can Eu-ARTECH group help to design the appropriate data fields required for the collection and use of PDA data?