biostudies-literatureUnknown49(Pt 1)Kachala MRecent advances in small-angle scattering (SAS) experimental facilities and data analysis methods have prompted a dramatic increase in the number of users and of projects conducted, causing an upsurge in the number of objects studied, experimental data available and structural models generated. To organize the data and models and make them accessible to the community, the Task Forces on SAS and hybrid methods for the International Union of Crystallography and the Worldwide Protein Data Bank envisage developing a federated approach to SAS data and model archiving. Within the framework of this approach, the existing databases may exchange information and provide independent but synchronized entries to users. At present, ways of exchanging information between the various SAS databases are notJournal of applied crystallography302-310https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC4762569biostudies-literatureExtension of the sasCIF format and its applications for data processing and deposition.PMC4762569Kachala MWestbrook JSvergun DfalseExtension of the sasCIF format and its applications for data processing and deposition.Recent advances in small-angle scattering (SAS) experimental facilities and data analysis methods have prompted a dramatic increase in the number of users and of projects conducted, causing an upsurge in the number of objects studied, experimental data available and structural models generated. To organize the data and models and make them accessible to the community, the Task Forces on SAS and hybrid methods for the International Union of Crystallography and the Worldwide Protein Data Bank envisage developing a federated approach to SAS data and model archiving. Within the framework of this approach, the existing databases may exchange information and provide independent but synchronized entries to users. At present, ways of exchanging information between the various SAS databases are not2016-01-01T00:00:00Z2016 Feb2025-04-06T10:12:27.829Z2019-03-27T02:09:36ZS-EPMC47625692693724210.1107/S1600576715024942