PDB
format goes back to first myoglobin deposit at Brookhaven (~1960)
Public
structure data banks are improving storage and serving of structures
Biotechs
need improved storage for proprietary structures too
PDB
format is 40 years old
RCSB has
assumed control and they are pushing mmCIF ontology
Richer
data model
Better
for relational DB implementation
Providing
a Java API (CORBA) for low-level query
Rapid increase
in proprietary structures through high-throughput crystallography