RCSB PDB Data API boundary

Evidence-backed facts

1. The RCSB PDB Data API exposes REST and GraphQL access to commonly used metadata, sequences, experimental details, annotations, and computed structure-model records. informative
2. Public reads require no record-depositor identity and do not grant deposition, remediation, annotation, embargo, publication, or experimental authority. informative
3. Clients must select REST core resource and identifier or a bounded GraphQL query, request only needed fields, handle 404 responses, and preserve entry and model provenance. informative
4. Available API attributes are a subset of PDBx/mmCIF metadata and can include external annotations or computed models; they do not prove biological function, experimental reproducibility, or clinical relevance. informative

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