(IUCr) Online Access to Information About CIF

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On-line Access to Information About CIF

There are a number of methods for accessing CIF-related information via Internet. Much of the information is independent of the method used for access, but World Wide Web (WWW) and gopher offer a more friendly user interface and more introductory material.

WWW (using Mosaic, Lynx,...)

Connect to URL http://www.iucr.ac.uk/welcome.html and follow references to bring you to the CIF home page.

Gopher:

Point your favorite rodent to gopher.iucr.ac.uk (port 70). Look for the section titled "CIF Dictionary files." Of greatest interest: the "draft powder" and "draft revised core" dictionaries.

Also see "General CIF-related" files for some software (ciftbx, ciftex, quasar and cyclops).

Anonymous ftp:

Connect to ftp.iucr.ac.uk. Look in directory cifdics. Files of interest are: cifdic.c94 (core dictionary) and cifdic.p94 (powder dictionary). Also note the PostScript versions of these files (with added suffix .ps)

Also, see directory pub for some software (ciftbx, ciftex, quasar and cyclops).

E-mail:

Send a message to SENDCIF@IUCR.AC.UK containing the single word "help." Most of the files listed above are available through SENDCIF.

If all else fails, contact:

Brian McMahon, Research and Development Officer, IUCr, 5 Abbey Square, Chester CH1 2HU, England. (tel: +44 1244 342878, fax: +44 1244 314888, or e-mail bm@iucr.ac.uk)

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