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Welcome to the discussion list for the Consortium on Management of
Experimental Data in Structural Biology (MEDSBIO).  Our first discussion
topic will be to make any necessary refinements and adjustments to
our goals.  Our starting point is given below.  Please submit your
comments and suggestions to medsbio-l at iucr.org.  We should have a
medsbio.org web-site by the middle of next week.


   1. Collaboratively resolve the interface issues among multiple
structural biology data management protocols, including imgCIF,
NeXuS, vendor data formats, instrument control and signalling
protocols, local and remote experiment control protocols, etc.
with the objective of making the collection, transfer and archiving
of data for experiments in structural biology as efficient as
practicable.

   2.  Maintain an archive of documentation on standards and
proposals for ontologies, software, hardware specifications, web
templates and other documentation related to  such protocols.

   3.  Maintain an archive of open source software related to such
protocols.

   4.  Maintain a archive of samples and test cases related to such
protocols.

   5.  Run annual workshops on issues relating to such protocols.

   6.  Contribute open source software to fill gaps in the
infrastructure related to such protocol.

   7.  Gather and where necessary create curricular material to
assist in training experimenters in issues related to such protocols.


     -- H. J. Bernstein


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