%A Gražulis, Saulius
%A Daškevič, Adriana
%A Merkys, Andrius
%A Chateigner, Daniel
%A Lutterotti, Luca
%A Quirós, Miguel
%A Serebryanaya, Nadezhda R.
%A Moeck, Peter
%A Downs, Robert T.
%A Le Bail, Armel
%T Crystallography Open Database (COD): an open-access collection of crystal structures and platform for world-wide collaboration 
%0 Journal Article
%D 2012 
%8 January 1, 2012 
%J Nucleic Acids Research 
%P D420-D427 
%R 10.1093/nar/gkr900 
%V 40 
%N D1 
%U http://nar.oxfordjournals.org/content/40/D1/D420.abstract 
%X 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 ∼150 000 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 A newly developed website provides capabilities for all registered users to deposit published and so far unpublished structures as personal communications or pre-publication depositions.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.