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From Shared Databases to Communities of Practice: A Taxonomy of Collaboratories

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The Protein Databank (PDB) is the single worldwide repository for the processing and distribution of 3-D structure data of large molecules of proteins and nucleic acids (Berman, Bourne, & Westbrook, 2004). Model organism projects in biology are prototypical Community Data Systems. Virtual Community of Practice. Berman, H.