TY - JOUR
AU - Le Bail, Armel
AB - 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 150000 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 A newly developed website provides capabilities for all registered users to deposit published and so far unpublished structures as personal communications or pre-publication depositions.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.
TI - Crystallography Open Database (COD): an open-access collection of crystal structures and platform for world-wide collaboration
JF - Nucleic Acids Research
DO - 10.1093/nar/gkr900
DA - 2012-01-08
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/oxford-university-press/crystallography-open-database-cod-an-open-access-collection-of-crystal-Ojxb1Uep9m
SP - D420
EP - D427
VL - 40
IS - D1
DP - DeepDyve
ER -