[3dem] EMDB accession code format

[Reza Khayat]

?Hi Ardan,


You will face the same problem down the road when you reach 100,000 entries. Why not use the same format as the PDB -include letters in the mix?


Best wishes,
Reza


Reza Khayat, PhD
Assistant Professor
City College of New York
Department of Chemistry
New York, NY 10031
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Subject: [3dem] EMDB accession code format

Dear all

The current format of the EMDB accession code is EMD-#### (4 digits starting at 1001).

Due to the rapid growth in EMDB we are running out of 4 digit accession codes. You will therefore see entries released in the coming weeks with accession codes in the range below 1001 but padded with leading zeros to 4 digits, e.g., EMD-0011 or EMD-0221. Once these are exhausted we will continue with 5 or more digits.

In other words EMDB accession codes will have the format:
EMD-##### where ##### is a number. If the number is less than 1000, it will be padded with leading zeros to a minimum length of 4 digits.

If you have any queries about the change please feel free to contact me.

Best wishes


Ardan Patwardhan
Team Leader - Cellular Structure & 3D Bioimaging
EMDB & EMPIAR
European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI) European Molecular Biology Laboratory
Wellcome Trust Genome Campus
Hinxton, Cambridge CB10 1SD
Tel: +44 1223 492649

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