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PDBHeader.getDescription meaning #662
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What's the intended meaning of PDBHeader.getDescription? It is populated in mmCIF with the _struct_keywords.pdbx_keywords field, the same as getClassification() (e.g. lyase, oxidase, etc). It seems to be unused in PDB files. It's also modified in a couple places for partial structures, e.g. "subset of 1ABC".
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lafita commentedon Mar 11, 2018
It seems that this field is quite general in use.
I propose to create a new method
getKeywords()to store the data on_struct_keywords.pdbx_keywordsand leave thegetDescription()method to maintain the other use cases (additional information). I will also document the two.lafita commentedon Mar 12, 2018
After looking a bit more into these methods, it seems that the main problem is their documentation, as they seem to be differently used when parsing from PDB or mmCIF formats. I think this could be something we can check when we test for consistency in #679, so I it will not require API changes and we can leave it for later.
aalhossary commentedon Oct 31, 2021
related to #946