This section contains FAQs that provide general information about how SNP data is structured and organized in dbSNP, as well as FAQs that provide the table location of specific SNP data, and definitions or directions to definitions of these tables. There are also FAQs about schema changes and build changes, as well as the relationship between the two, and FAQs that will show you how to download schema tables, and even how to create and maintain a local copy of dbSNP.

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Contents

• Locating Schema Tables that Contain Specific SNP Data
• SchemaTable Definitions/Locations
• Field Definitions
• Schema Changes and Updates
• dbSNP Build Updates and Schema Changes
• Downloading Specific Schema Tables
• How does dbSNP draw the Schema Tables
• Local Copies of dbSNP