Use Shortlinks to Transition to the PDB Beta Archive

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Use Shortlinks to Transition to the PDB Beta Archive

08/15

The PDB Beta Archive will replace the current archive July 21, 2027. The PDB Beta Archive organization supports the transition to extended PDB IDs. Users are strongly encouraged to start using this new directory structure and extended PDB IDs now.

“Shortlinks” are URLs that can be used for downloading data from the beta archive today without the need to know or code specific file paths, e.g.,

https://files-beta.wwpdb.org/download/pdb_00001abc.cif.gz

When the PDB Beta Archive becomes the main PDB Archive, shortlink users will only need to update the domain name for these shortlinks:

https://files.wwpdb.org/download/pdb_00001abc.cif.gz

wwPDB recommends that users with automated workflows adopt shortlinks today.

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08/15 wwPDB News: Use Shortlinks to Transition to the PDB Beta Archive

08/06 wwPDB News: New tools support deposition of structures to the wwPDB PDB and 3DEM Core Archives directly from structure determination software packages

07/28 wwPDB News: Reuse Metadata from Previous PDB Depositions

07/20 wwPDB News: Big PDB Changes Are One Year Away: Extended PDB IDs, the PDB Beta Archive, and PDBx/mmCIF

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05/25 Computed Structure Models (CSMs) at RCSB.org Updated from AlphaFold, ModelArchive

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05/18 wwPDB News: Updated rsync information for PDB Versioned and NextGen archives

04/28 wwPDB News: New Syntax for PDB DOIs for Entries Deposited After July 20, 2027

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04/26 wwPDB News: July 21, 2027: PDB Beta Archive Will Replace Current Archive

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