Crystallographic Information Framework

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Twinning dictionary

The twinning CIF dictionary contains names and definitions of twinning data items recognized by the International Union of Crystallography for the exchange of data between laboratories and submissions to journals and databases.

Current official release

Development versions

Ongoing development of the twinning dictionary using the DDLm dictionary definition language can be viewed on GitHub.



Last updated 23 June 2022