Re: [ccp4bb] Announcement: two crystallographic wikis
To add to Kay's announcement... There is also going to be another, "official", ccp4 wiki, distinct from Kay's wiki, and fulfilling a different purpose. We're in the early stages of developing it at the moment. The precise roles will probably evolve over time, but currently we see them as follows: "Official" CCP4 wiki: This is primarily aimed at providing more up-to-date and more easily updated documentation for the software, as well as a broader crystallographic knowledge base. It will be GUI-oriented, unlike the existing documentation. It will be written mainly by developers and experienced users, and will be curated - so editing will not be completely open. I hope to be able to release it by the end of the month (but I've been saying that for several months already). "Community" wiki: (i.e. Kay's announcement). This will be far more community oriented, open to all contributors, and hopefully will collect good stuff from the bulletin board, as well as any other material people want to add. I hope, also, that because it is not hosted by CCP4, that it will be able to provide an independent voice! It is certainly useful to have a forum in which unofficial, and if necessary, critical viewpoints can be expressed. We also hope to link between the two wikis, and when appropriate, copy material between them. This is all developing rapidly though, so things may change!
Re: [ccp4bb] Announcement: two crystallographic wikis
Dear Kay, That looks to be an excellent start. I should like to add SHELXL as well as SHELXC/D/E, there are regularly questions about it in CCP4bb. I'm not quite clear about how to generate enough material to make it useful, obviously you don't want to simply copy the SHELX manual, and similar comments would apply to other programs. To make it more complicated, crystallographic programs are moving targets (though some move faster than others). Perhaps the best way would be to go through the CCP4bb archive and try to extract a useful consensus, though even that would be a lot of work. Best wishes, George Prof. George M. Sheldrick FRS Dept. Structural Chemistry, University of Goettingen, Tammannstr. 4, D37077 Goettingen, Germany Tel. +49-551-39-3021 or -3068 Fax. +49-551-39-2582 On Thu, 7 Feb 2008, Kay Diederichs wrote: > Dear all, > > I want to bring two crystallographic wikis to your attention, asking for your > contribution: > > 1) CCP4 user community wiki: > http://strucbio.biologie.uni-konstanz.de/ccp4wiki/index.php/Main_Page > > This wiki was planned by Tassos and me, and Artem and Clemens joined us > lately. Unfortunately this has almost no contents so far, but we hope that > people who post answers on the CCP4 mailing list will take the time and > compose/edit the corresponding articles of the wiki. The intention is that the > wiki will capture the breadth of topics on CCP4BB, which will make it a useful > resource e.g. for "frequently asked questions", offloading some of the > question/answer traffic on CCP4BB to a more permanent mode of storage. > > 2) XDSwiki: http://strucbio.biologie.uni-konstanz.de/xdswiki/index.php/XDS > for XDS users. This has quite a bit of information already. The purpose of > this wiki is to provide an accurate resource for XDS users, and to provide > explanations and hints for the successful use of XDS. It has Tips and Tricks > for XDS usage, explanations of its output, and recommendations for the > parameters in XDS.INP (if it appears useful to deviate from their defaults). > > Hoping that these wikis will be useful, and that many people contribute! > > Kay Diederichs > -- > Kay Diederichshttp://strucbio.biologie.uni-konstanz.de > email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]Tel +49 7531 88 4049 Fax 3183 > Fachbereich Biologie, Universität Konstanz, Box M647, D-78457 Konstanz > >
[ccp4bb] Announcement: two crystallographic wikis
Dear all, I want to bring two crystallographic wikis to your attention, asking for your contribution: 1) CCP4 user community wiki: http://strucbio.biologie.uni-konstanz.de/ccp4wiki/index.php/Main_Page This wiki was planned by Tassos and me, and Artem and Clemens joined us lately. Unfortunately this has almost no contents so far, but we hope that people who post answers on the CCP4 mailing list will take the time and compose/edit the corresponding articles of the wiki. The intention is that the wiki will capture the breadth of topics on CCP4BB, which will make it a useful resource e.g. for "frequently asked questions", offloading some of the question/answer traffic on CCP4BB to a more permanent mode of storage. 2) XDSwiki: http://strucbio.biologie.uni-konstanz.de/xdswiki/index.php/XDS for XDS users. This has quite a bit of information already. The purpose of this wiki is to provide an accurate resource for XDS users, and to provide explanations and hints for the successful use of XDS. It has Tips and Tricks for XDS usage, explanations of its output, and recommendations for the parameters in XDS.INP (if it appears useful to deviate from their defaults). Hoping that these wikis will be useful, and that many people contribute! Kay Diederichs -- Kay Diederichshttp://strucbio.biologie.uni-konstanz.de email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]Tel +49 7531 88 4049 Fax 3183 Fachbereich Biologie, Universität Konstanz, Box M647, D-78457 Konstanz smime.p7s Description: S/MIME Cryptographic Signature
