Always deprecated, hopefully never common!


On 14 Nov 2013, at 11:27, Mark J van Raaij <[email protected]> wrote:

> It used to be common to only include reflections for which I > x sigma(I) in 
> refinement, with x often being 3.
> However, nowadays this is not considered good practise, as reflections with 
> small Is are likely to have I < 3 sigma(I), but are also important for 
> refinement.
> 
> In small molecule crystallography I think it is still common to have a sigma 
> criterion.
> 
> if, in this respect, you have used default settings in data reduction and 
> refinement, you should select "none" or "n.a." in the deposition process.
> 
> Mark J van Raaij
> Lab 20B
> Dpto de Estructura de Macromoleculas
> Centro Nacional de Biotecnologia - CSIC
> c/Darwin 3
> E-28049 Madrid, Spain
> tel. (+34) 91 585 4616
> http://www.cnb.csic.es/~mjvanraaij
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On 14 Nov 2013, at 12:06, Faisal Tarique wrote:
> 
>> Dear all
>> 
>> I request you to please explain the "Observed criterion sigma" value
>> required during pdb deposition. Does it depends on the methods of data
>> integration and scaling ? if yes then what are the values for the data
>> processed through scalepack2mtz (HKL2000) and scala (mosflm)..
>> 
>> -- 
>> Regards
>> 
>> Faisal
>> School of Life Sciences
>> JNU

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