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Tables for Crystallography Volume F Crystallography of biological macromolecules Edited by M. G. Rossmann and E. Arnold © International Union of Crystallography 2006 |
International Tables for Crystallography (2006). Vol. F. ch. 24.5, p. 680
Section 24.5.8. PDB advisory boards
H. M. Berman,a* J. Westbrook,a Z. Feng,a G. Gilliland,b T. N. Bhat,b H. Weissig,c I. N. Shindyalovc and P. E. Bourned
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Department of Chemistry, Rutgers University, 610 Taylor Road, Piscataway, NJ 08854-8087, USA,bNational Institute of Standards and Technology, Biotechnology Division, 100 Bureau Drive, Gaithersburg, MD 20899, USA,cSan Diego Supercomputer Center, University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA 92093-0537, USA, and dDepartment of Pharmacology, University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA 92093-0537, USA |
The PDB has several advisory boards. Each member institution of the RCSB has its own local PDB Advisory Committee. Each institution is responsible for implementing the recommendations of those committees, as well as the recommendations of an international advisory board. Initially, the RCSB presented a report to the advisory board previously convened by BNL. At their recommendation, a new board has been assembled which contains previous members and new members. The goal was to have the board accurately reflect the depositor and user communities and thus include experts from many disciplines.
Serious issues of policy are referred to the major scientific societies, notably the International Union of Crystallography (IUCr). The goal is to make decisions based on input from a broad international community of experts. The IUCr maintains the mmCIF dictionary as the data standard upon which the PDB is built.
