title: Crystallography Open Database (COD): an open-access collection of crystal structures and platform for world-wide collaboration.
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 A newly developed website provides capabilities for all registered users to deposit published and so far unpublished structures as personal communications or pre-publication depositions.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.
authors: Department of Protein - DNA Interactions, Vilnius University Institute of Biotechnology, Graiciuno 8, LT-02241 Vilnius, France. grazulis@ibt.lt
authors: Saulius
authors: S
authors: Gražulis
authors: Adriana
authors: A
authors: Daškevič
authors: Andrius
authors: A
authors: Merkys
authors: Daniel
authors: D
authors: Chateigner
authors: Luca
authors: L
authors: Lutterotti
authors: Miguel
authors: M
authors: Quirós
authors: Nadezhda R
authors: NR
authors: Serebryanaya
authors: Peter
authors: P
authors: Moeck
authors: Robert T
authors: RT
authors: Downs
authors: Armel
authors: A
authors: Le Bail
mesh_terms: D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D003461:Crystallography; D016208:Databases, Factual; D008958:Models, Molecular; D014584:User-Computer Interface