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Published on: July 16, 2017
The Protein Data Bank and lessons in data management
Philip E Bourne1, John Westbrook, Helen M Berman
1Department of Pharmacology and San Diego Supercomputer Center, University of California San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA 92093-0537, USA. bourne@sdsc.edu
Abstract:
The Protein Data Bank (PDB) is a widely used biological database of macromolecular structures with a long history. This history is treated as lessons learned and is used to highlight what are believed to be the best practices important to developers of biological databases today. While the focus is on data quality, data representation and the information technology to support these data, the non-data and technology issues cannot be ignored. The role of the human factor in the form of users, collaborators, scientific society and ad hoc committees is also included.
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