Outcome of the First wwPDB Hybrid/Integrative Methods Task Force Workshop

Structures of biomolecular systems are increasingly computed by integrative modeling that relies on varied types of experimental data and theoretical information. We describe here the proceedings and conclusions from the first wwPDB Hybrid/Integrative Methods Task Force Workshop held at the European Bioinformatics Institute in Hinxton, UK, on October 6 and 7, 2014. At the workshop, experts in various experimental fields of structural biology, experts in integrative modeling and visualization, and experts in data archiving addressed a series of questions central to the future of structural biology. How should integrative models be represented? How should the data and integrative models be validated? What data should be archived? How should the data and models be archived? What information should accompany the publication of integrative models? The workshop was supported by funding to PDBe by Wellcome Trust 088944; RCSB PDB by NSF DBI 1338415; PDBj by JST-NBDC; BMRB by NLM P41 LM05799; EMDataBank by NIH GM079429; and tax-deductible donations made to the wwPDB Foundation in support of wwPDB outreach activities.