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. 2014 Oct;70(Pt 10):2520-32.
doi: 10.1107/S1399004714005185. Epub 2014 Sep 30.

How to make deposition of images a reality

J Mitchell Guss  1 , Brian McMahon  2
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How to make deposition of images a reality

J Mitchell Guss et al. Acta Crystallogr D Biol Crystallogr. 2014 Oct.

Abstract

The IUCr Diffraction Data Deposition Working Group is investigating the rationale and policies for routine deposition of diffraction images (and other primary experimental data sets). An information-management framework is described that should inform policy directions, and some of the technical and other issues that need to be addressed in an effort to achieve such a goal are analysed. In the near future, routine data deposition could be encouraged at one of the growing number of institutional repositories that accept data sets or at a generic data-publishing web repository service. To realise all of the potential benefits of depositing diffraction data, specialized archives would be preferable. Funding such an initiative will be challenging.

Keywords: data deposition.

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Example of a research publication (a) providing links (as supplementary materials) to copies of the experimental diffraction images (Tanley et al., 2013 ▶) on a server at the University to which some of the authors are affiliated (b) and mirrored within the MyTARDIS system (c). The MyTARDIS interface summarizes the number of data sets, the number of files within each, the size of the individual data sets and access rights. It alo provides facilities to download individual data sets or the entire collection (but not individual files). On the local website established at their institution (b) the authors provide similar summary metadata, but have chosen also to supply photographs of the diffractometers used, which give additional information about the experimental geometry.
Figure 1
Figure 1
Example of a research publication (a) providing links (as supplementary materials) to copies of the experimental diffraction images (Tanley et al., 2013 ▶) on a server at the University to which some of the authors are affiliated (b) and mirrored within the MyTARDIS system (c). The MyTARDIS interface summarizes the number of data sets, the number of files within each, the size of the individual data sets and access rights. It alo provides facilities to download individual data sets or the entire collection (but not individual files). On the local website established at their institution (b) the authors provide similar summary metadata, but have chosen also to supply photographs of the diffractometers used, which give additional information about the experimental geometry.
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