Wikipedia:Using Jmol to display molecular models
Work is in progress to use the Jmol applet to display molecular models of chemical and biochemical molecules in Wikipedia articles. Jmol is now frequently used in standard HTML pages to display molecules which can then be manipulated using the mouse. However, the use within Wiki pages still needs some more work. NicoV has put up a MediaWiki article and more detail in a Folding@Home article. The latter uses Jmol to show a medium sized molecule with buttons to control the rotation of the molecule near the bottom of the page. Your browser needs to be Java enabled. This page should be consulted as an example of what is possible.
The new Jmol Wiki using MediaWiki is now online. The reference page for the Jmol extension can be found there. Work is in progress to make this extension fully functional. Please, post suggestions on the Jmol extension in the discussion page of the Jmol extension.
This is quite different from files in the Image space. While the use of Jmol in HTML pages downloads a data file containing the atomic types and cartesian coordinates, this data on a wiki page can be in the page itself between tags.
Use of Jmol in Wiki pages is available for several wikis (see Jmol-Wiki extensions), and contributions have been made several people. NicoV has made a start with adding support for Jmol in MediaWiki. It is now proposed to get this fully working in a way that editors can easily add Jmol molecules to pages on chemistry and biochemistry.
If you are interested in helping please add your name below using ~~~~ and keep a watch on this page and on Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Chemistry.