On Thu, Oct 27, 2011 at 1:47 PM, Adrian Goldman <[email protected]>wrote:
> 1) this is not a matter of science, but science (internal) policy, and so > the majority actually SHOULD count. > It's worth keeping in mind that there was once strong opposition to the current rules on PDB deposition - the best example I could find is here: http://www.nature.com/nsmb/journal/v5/n6/pdf/nsb0698-407.pdf Notably, nearly a third of scientists polled thought they should be allowed to publish without releasing coordinates. If this had been a majority, should the journal editors have meekly submitted and allowed the old policy of 1-year holds to continue? Admittedly, the issue of archiving raw images is not the same, since they are of much less use to the community, but it's a good example of why some opinions should be ignored. -Nat
