Chapter
Specification of the Crystallographic Information File (CIF)
Abstract
The Crystallographic Information File (CIF) is an electronic file containing specific data items relevant to crystallographic structure determinations and descriptions in the form of numbers and text, which are represented as ASCII character strings. The structure and format of a CIF are based on a restricted subset of the syntax of a Self-defining Text Archive and Retrieval (STAR) File. The CIF is intended as a general, flexible and extensible …
Authors
Hall SR; Westbrook JD; Spadaccini N; Brown ID; Bernstein HJ; McMahon B
Book title
International Tables for Crystallography
Series
International Tables for Crystallography
Volume
G
Pagination
pp. 20-36
Publisher
International Union of Crystallography (IUCr)
DOI
10.1107/97809553602060000728