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. 2012 Jan;40(Database issue):D420-7.
doi: 10.1093/nar/gkr900. Epub 2011 Nov 8.

Crystallography Open Database (COD): an open-access collection of crystal structures and platform for world-wide collaboration

Saulius Gražulis  1 , Adriana Daškevič, Andrius Merkys, Daniel Chateigner, Luca Lutterotti, Miguel Quirós, Nadezhda R Serebryanaya, Peter Moeck, Robert T Downs, Armel Le Bail
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Crystallography Open Database (COD): an open-access collection of crystal structures and platform for world-wide collaboration

Saulius Gražulis et al. Nucleic Acids Res. 2012 Jan.

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 A newly developed website provides capabilities for all registered users to deposit published and so far unpublished structures as personal communications or pre-publication depositions.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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Typical search results obtained over the Web interface.
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Extended description of a single structure.
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