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ChEMBL Data Deposition Guide
  • Introduction
  • Overview
    • Source Identifier
    • Depositor-Defined Identifiers
      • AIDX
      • RIDX
      • CIDX
    • File types and names
  • File structure
    • File hierarchy
    • Simplified input data schema
    • Deposition file list
    • Field names and data types - basic submission
      • The CONTACT field
      • ACTION_TYPE valid names
      • TARGET_TYPE list
      • Adding context using the ACTIVITY_PROPERTIES file
    • The ASSAY_DESCRIPTION field
  • Complex results sets
    • Linking files through depositor defined IDs
    • Linking multiple result types using TEOID
    • Supplementary data in the ACTIVITY_SUPP file
    • Flexible SAMID mapping
    • Field names and data types - more complex data types
  • Example dataset
  • Common data issues
  • Advanced features and documentation
  • Depositing activities against other depositors entities
  • Creating a COMPOUND_CTAB file from a file containing SMILES strings
  • FAQs
  • Glossary
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The CONTACT field

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Last updated 11 months ago

This field shall contain a contact profile of someone willing to be contacted about details of the dataset (ideally an ORCID ID, RESEARCHER ID, potentially LinkedIn, Academia.edu profile etc.; up to 3 contacts can be provided).

This information is not equivalent to a corresponding author, but should be a stable point of contact at the main institution(s) involved. To simplify everyone’s data protection needs, we need it to be a link to a profile, rather than something directly personally contactable like an email address. See

https://support.orcid.org/hc/en-us/articles/360006897674-Structure-of-the-ORCID-Identifier