Journal article
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