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10/03/2017

A new FTP repository, ftp-versioned.wwpdb.org, now hosts versioned structural model files in PDBx/mmCIF and PDBML formats.

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09/19/2017

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09/05/2017

wwPDB and the wwPDB Integrative/Hybrid (I/H) Methods Task Force announce the public release of a prototype system for depositing I/H structural models, PDB-Development (or “PDB-Dev”) at pdb-dev.wwpdb.org.

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