Simplified Molecular-Input Line-Entry System
It is a specification in form of a line notation for describing the structure of chemical species using short ASCII strings that can be imported by most molecule editors for conversion back into two-dimensional drawings or three-dimensional models of the molecules.
In July 2006, the IUPAC introduced the InChI as a standard for formula representation. SMILES is generally considered to have the advantage of being slightly more human-readable than InChI. It also has a wide base of software support with extensive theoretical backing.
The term SMILES refers to a line notation for encoding molecular structures and specific instances should strictly be called SMILES strings. However, the term SMILES is also commonly used to refer to both a single SMILES string and a number of SMILES strings which are the exact meaning is usually apparent from the context.
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