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   The policy doesn't say you can "supersede" someone else's entry.
It says you can deposit your own version, if you have a publication.
Then there will be two bogus structures instead of one.  Pretty soon
the PDB will start to look like one of the crappy Matrix movies.

Dale Tronrud

On 5/14/2014 6:47 PM, James Holton wrote:
> 
> A little "loophole" that might make everyone happy can be found
> here: http://www.wwpdb.org/policy.html search for "A re-refined
> structure based on the data from a different research group"
> 
> Apparently, anyone can supersede any PDB entry, even if they
> weren't the original depositor.  All they need is a citation.
> Presumably, someone could re-refine 2hr0 against the "data" that
> were deposited with it. Possibly showing how to get an R-factor of
> 0% out of it.  I'd definitely cite that paper.
> 
> -James Holton MAD Scientist
> 
> On 5/14/2014 11:01 AM, Nat Echols wrote:
>> On Wed, May 14, 2014 at 10:53 AM, Mark Wilson <[email protected] 
>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>> 
>> As for the meaning of integrity, I'm using this word in place of 
>> others that might be considered more legally actionable.  A
>> franker conversation would likely more clearly draw the line that
>> we're wrestling with here.
>> 
>> 
>> The reference to "integrity" was Bernhard's - quoting the PDB
>> mission statement; I just disagree with his interpretation of the
>> meaning.  As far as 2hr0 is concerned, I think we're quite safe
>> calling it "fraudulent" at this point, since (ironically) Nature
>> itself has said as much:
>> 
>> http://www.nature.com/news/2009/091222/full/462970a.html
>> 
>> -Nat
> 
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