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Re: Coping with the units extension on core dictionary data names.

John Westbrook (jwest@ndbdev.Rutgers.EDU)
Mon, 27 Nov 1995 17:11:58 -0500 

Hi..

Sorry for the delay in responding to this units issue.    The latest DDL paper for the
core dictionary has done away with the units extension.  Instead, DDL 1.4 uses a units
code much like DDL 2.   As I understand it, the core dictionary will shortly be recast
in DDL 1.4.  I hope that Brian will correct this if I am incorrect on this.  I do not
know what the plan is for maintaining compatibility with the old units mechanism but
I believe that it may have been a feature that was used very little in the existing
collection of small molecule CIFs.

Regards,

John

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