Method for tagging reference materials of interest in spectroscopic searching applications

A non-transitory computer readable storage medium having computer readable code thereon for tagging reference materials of interest in spectroscopic searching applications, the medium including instructions in which a computer system performs operations comprising:

• obtaining a reference list of materials to be considered as part of a final analysis of a spectroscopic analysis of a sample material;
• providing a watchlist of at least one material to be retained for a final analysis of said spectroscopic analysis of a sample material:
• performing a final analysis of said sample material using said watchlist of at least one material and said reference list of materials;
• and
• determining whether a spectrum of said sample material matches at least one spectrum of materials on said watchlist and on said reference list.

A spectrometer comprising:

• a memory;
• a processor;
• a communications interface;
• an interconnection mechanism coupling the memory, the processor and the communications interface;
• and
• wherein the memory is encoded with an application providing tagging reference materials of interest in spectroscopic searching applications, that when performed on the processor, provides a process for processing information, the process causing the computer system to perform the operations of:
• obtaining a reference list of materials to be considered as part of a final analysis of a spectroscopic analysis of a sample material;
• providing a watchlist of at least one material to be retained for a final analysis of said spectroscopic analysis of a sample material:
• performing a final analysis of said sample material using said watchlist of at least one material and said reference list of materials;
• and
• determining whether a spectrum of said sample material matches at least one spectra of materials on said watchlist and on said reference list.