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This wiki is meant to be a collection of crystallographic knowledge centered around the CCP4 project. It may contain information about anything relevant to protein crystallographers, be it methods-related ("what is the best program for purpose X?"), problem-oriented ("my crystals melt if I look at them"), or even concerning hardware ("what is your opinion on robot X / computer Y?"). Please see Topics for a list of (possible) items.
The intention is that this wiki reflect the breadth of topics on CCP4BB, which will make it a useful resource e.g. for "frequently asked questions", offloading some of the question/answer traffic on CCP4BB to a more permanent mode of storage. Many interesting questions are currently being answered on the CCP4 bulletin board, but the answers are not easily accessible for others after some time. A wiki has the additional advantage that mathematical formulas and images may be presented nicely.
When there is an official CCP4 wiki, all pages from this wiki could be transferred to the official one.
What is CCP4?
CCP4 is a crystallographic program system, and can be downloaded from [1]. It is free for academic use; the license is at [2]. Documentation is at [3], and a mailing list (CCP4BB) is at [4].
How to contribute to this CCP4 wiki
Everyone is invited to contribute. Please create an account with a name related to your true name. This CCP4 wiki is under the same Copyright as Wikipedia. We'll see how this goes. A number of experienced crystallographers, who are also contributors to CCP4BB, have agreed to take a role as editors.
Getting started
Consult the User's Guide for information on using the wiki software.