Published online by Cambridge University Press: 13 February 2013
KIDA (for KInetic Database for Astrochemistry) is a project initiated by differentcommunities in order to 1) improve the interaction between astrochemists andphysico-chemists and 2) simplify the work of modeling the chemistry of astrophysicalenvironments. KIDA was designed to group at the same place and with the same format allgas-phase chemical reactions useful for astrochemical simulations of the interstellarmedium and planetary atmospheres. From KIDA, a subset of chemical reactions has beenextracted for the cold and dense interstellar medium: kida.uva.2001.