[3dem] Reuse Metadata from Previous PDB Depositions

[Justin Flatt]

Many structural biologists deposit multiple related entries: mutants, 
ligand-bound forms, re-refinements, or follow-up EM maps from the same 
project. Re-entering authors, citations, funding, macromolecules 
information and experimental details for each new deposition is 
repetitive and error-prone.

The wwPDB OneDep deposition system has long offered a "Based on a 
previous wwPDB deposition" option on the File upload page. This feature 
has been substantially refactored and improved to make metadata reuse 
faster, more selective, and more reliable across X-ray, NMR, and EM 
depositions.

In order to use this feature, depositors need to provide the previous 
deposition ID (with its password, or by using ORCID authentication), 
choose which metadata categories to copy, and upload new files as usual. 
Selected mmCIF metadata is merged into the new entry before annotation. 
The upload Summary page then shows what was imported, skipped, or 
blocked. The previous entry must be deposited at the same wwPDB site as 
the current entry.

Key improvements include:

  	* ORCID search: authenticated users can search their own past 
depositions and don't need to re-enter the password
  	* Re-upload support: the feature can be used during re-upload
  	* Selective import: depositors choose specific categories (authors, 
citation, funding, keywords, macromolecules (new option), 
method-specific experimental information)
  	* Macromolecule checks: entity metadata is copied only when polymer 
chains align between structures
  	* Method-aware safeguards: X-ray, NMR, and EM options appear only when 
both depositions are compatible; EM reconstruction sub-method must also 
match for EM experimental information
  	* Authoritative mmCIF source: metadata is copied from the related 
entry's annotated mmCIF record

The feature is available on the File upload page at deposit.wwpdb.org 
[1].

Further guidance is in the wwPDB deposition FAQ [2] and wwPDB tutorial 
page [3].

_Based on Previous Pipeline_


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