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README for MyTARDIS
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MyTARDIS is a multi-institutional collaborative venture that
facilitates the archiving and sharing of data and metadata collected
at major facilities such as the Australian Synchrotron and ANSTO and
within Institutions.

An example of the benefit of a system such as MyTARDIS in the protein
crystallography community is that while the model coordinates and
(less often) the structure factors (processed experimental data) are
stored in the community Protein Data Bank (PDB) the raw diffraction
data is often not available. There are several reasons why this is
important, which can be summarised as:

 * The availability of raw data is extremely useful for the
   development of improved methods of image analysis and data
   processing.

 * Fostering the archival of raw data at an institutional level is one
   the best ways of ensuring that this data is not lost (laboratory
   archives are typically volatile).


Contributing
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Send wishes, comments, patches, etc. to tardis-devel@googlegroups.com.