This directory contains software and other resources relating to the
Crystallographic Information File (CIF).

Refer to http://ndbserver.rutgers.edu:80/software/index.html and
         http://www.sdsc.edu/CompSci/pb/cif/cif.html
for further information.

                   Last Update: Nov. 7, 1995 - Phil Bourne


Sub-directory                         Description
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ddl1.x.tar.Z            Several applications (see below) written using 
                        Objective C for the manipulation of CIF files
                        conforming to version 1.x of the DDL
                        (compressed tar file).

ddl2.x.tar.Z            Several applications (see below) written using
                        Objective C for the manipulation of CIF files
                        conforming to version 2.x of the DDL
                        (compressed tar file).

The applications are:

Aca2Html       - Convert a CIF file conforming to the dictionary developed
                 for the ACA Montreal Meeting to HTML.
StarHtml       - Convert a CIF file to an HTML file with appropriate links.
parser         - Parse a STAR compliant file.
stargrep       - Return data values associated with data names in a CIF file.
startuple      - Flaten the data loop structure in a STAR file and present them 
                 in a tabular form.

The bin directory contains compiled versions of these programs for SunOS 4.1.3.
The src directory contains all the Objective C source code.
The lib directory contains the libraries built from the source.

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