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_category.mandatory_code
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Item name
_category.mandatory_code
Category name
category
Attribute name
mandatory_code
Required in PDB entries
yes
Used in currrent PDB entries
No
Item Description
Whether the category must be specified in a dictionary.
Data Type
Data type code
code
Data type detail
A single word
Primitive data type code
char
Regular expression
[^\t\n "]*