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Geometric operations on atoms.

Peter Keller (bsspak@bath.ac.uk)
Thu, 18 Jul 1996 16:21:24 +0100 (BST)


Hello everyone,

There is a potential problem with some of the geometric properties of
atoms in mmCIF, in that related values can possibly become 'uncoupled'
from each other. For example, if a matrix is applied to the coordinates,
the rotational part should also be applied to the standard deviations of
the coordinates, and anisotropic temperature factors and their standard
deviations. I think that there may be scope for defining a subcategory
which could be used to group these items together.

Regards,
Peter.