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ChemML is an application that uses XML (or XHTML) allowing developers to use
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society of electrical, electronic, and computer engineers and technicians. Details
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Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and Online Teaching (MERLOT)
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Library, an NSF initiative to establish a digitally based repository of educational
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XML is an acronym for extensible Markup Language, a flexible text format
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