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International Tables for Crystallography

Volume G: Definition and exchange of crystallographic data

First online edition (2006)

Edited by S. R. Hall and B. McMahon
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CIF dictionaries

Describes CIF, the data exchange standard of crystallography. Provides: information for scientists who wish to record or use the results of a single-crystal or powder diffraction experiment; the data ontology necessary for designing interoperable computer applications; accompanying software including machine-readable CIF dictionaries, libraries and utility programs.

An essential guide and reference to CIF for programmers, data managers handling crystal-structure information and practising crystallographers.

DDL dictionary version 1.4.1 definitions

Definitions are arranged alphabetically by category and within category.
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