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Some improvements can be made• This catalogue has become a useful referencefor observers and theorists, but is notwithout its shortcomings:– Reliance on RXTE pointed observations resulted inlittle exposure for many sources. Wide-fieldinstruments (e.g. BeppoSAX) gave much moreexposure, particularly in the Galactic centre– RXTE data consequently had a poor detection ratefor rare events like intermediate-duration bursts– RXTE has no imaging capability so localisingbursts, particularly in crowded regions such as theGalactic centre, is a challenge• RXTE has continued observations of burstsources, so there are additional bursts innew public data -> need to keep updatingGalloway, “The Multi-INstrument Burst ARchive – MINBAR”