Dear all,
Founded in 2003, the Worldwide Protein Data Bank (wwPDB) is dedicated to
archiving, management, and public dissemination of structural biology
data, and is committed to the FAIR Principles (Findability,
Accessibility, Interoperability, Reusability) that are emblematic of
responsible stewardship of public domain information.
wwPDB operations are governed by the wwPDB Charter (which can be read
at:
https://cdn.rcsb.org/wwpdb/img/about/2021_wwPDB_Charter_with_Appendix.pdf),
which was most recently renewed in 2021. The renewed agreement provides
for two types of wwPDB membership--Full and Associate.
Current wwPDB Full Members include three founding members [Research
Collaboratory for Structural Bioinformatics Protein Data Bank (RCSB PDB,
USA), Protein Data Bank in Europe (PDBe, United Kingdom), and Protein
Data Bank Japan (PDBj, Japan)] and two specialist data resource members
[Biological Magnetic Resonance Bank (BMRB, USA and Japan; joined in
2006) and Electron Microscopy Data Bank (EMDB, United Kingdom; joined in
2021)].
Full Members jointly manage three wwPDB Core Archives, including the
Protein Data Bank, the Biological Magnetic Resonance Bank, and the
Electron Microscopy Data Bank. Data safety and security and periodic
archival updates are the primary responsibility of three
wwPDB-designated Archive Keepers, including RCSB PDB for the Protein
Data Bank, BMRB for the Biological Magnetic Resonance Bank, and EMDB for
the Electron Microscopy Data Bank.
The wwPDB acknowledges the importance of global equity in the ability to
deposit and access data, and the need for international involvement and
collaboration in maintaining the wwPDB Core Archives.
The renewed wwPDB Charter describes the Associate Membership program,
wherein Associate Members are expected to contribute to some of the
wwPDB activities (deposition, validation, biocuration, remediation,
storage, dissemination of public-domain structural biology data stored
in one or more wwPDB Core Archives). The responsibilities of an
individual wwPDB Associate Member for deposition, validation,
biocuration, remediation, storage, and/or dissemination of public-domain
structural biology data stored in one or more wwPDB Core Archives must
be agreed upon by all wwPDB Full Members.
At the discretion of wwPDB Full Members, an external organization may be
invited to apply to become a wwPDB Associate Member, following
preliminary discussions and successful completion of due diligence and
demonstration of sufficient technical expertise, adequate
infrastructure, and sustainable funding. The decision to admit a new
wwPDB Associate Member must be by unanimous vote of the current Heads of
the existing wwPDB Full Members, supported by a simple majority of the
voting members of the wwPDB Advisory Committee.
Full details of the arrangement are provided in the wwPDB Charter (read
at:
https://cdn.rcsb.org/wwpdb/img/about/2021_wwPDB_Charter_with_Appendix.pdf).
Kind regards,
Deborah Harrus
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Deborah Harrus, Ph.D.
Lead Annotator
PDBe - Protein Data Bank in Europe
European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI)
European Molecular Biology Laboratory
Wellcome Trust Genome Campus
Hinxton
Cambridge CB10 1SD UK
http://www.PDBe.org
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