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CIF (Crystallographic Information File): A Standard for Crystallographic Data Interchange

Abstract

The Crystallographic Information File (CIF) uses the self-defining STAR file structure. This requires the creation of a dictionary of data names and definitions. A basic dictionary of terms needed to describe the crystal structures of small molecules was approved in 1991 and is currently used for the submission of papers to Acta Crystallographica C. A number of extensions to this dictionary are in preparation. By storing the dictionary itself …

Authors

Brown ID

Journal

Journal of Research of the National Institute of Standards and Technology, Vol. 101, No. 3, pp. 341–346

Publisher

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

Publication Date

May 1996

DOI

10.6028/jres.101.035

ISSN

1044-677X