Crystallography Open Database (COD): an open-access collection of crystal structures and platform for world-wide collaboration.
Nucleic Acids Res
; 40(Database issue): D420-7, 2012 Jan.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-22070882
ABSTRACT
Using an open-access distribution model, the Crystallography Open Database (COD, http//www.crystallography.net) collects all known 'small molecule / small to medium sized unit cell' crystal structures and makes them available freely on the Internet. As of today, the COD has aggregated ~150,000 structures, offering basic search capabilities and the possibility to download the whole database, or parts thereof using a variety of standard open communication protocols. A newly developed website provides capabilities for all registered users to deposit published and so far unpublished structures as personal communications or pre-publication depositions. Such a setup enables extension of the COD database by many users simultaneously. This increases the possibilities for growth of the COD database, and is the first step towards establishing a world wide Internet-based collaborative platform dedicated to the collection and curation of structural knowledge.
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MEDLINE
Main subject:
Databases, Factual
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Crystallography
Language:
En
Journal:
Nucleic Acids Res
Year:
2012
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
France