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DDLm dictionary version 4.1.0

_type.container

Name:
_type.container

Definition:

   
    The structure of values for the defined data item.

Type: Code


The data value must be one of the following:


Single 		Single value.

List 		Ordered set of values. Elements need not be of same contents type.

Array 		Ordered set of values of the same type. Operations across arrays are equivalent to operations across elements of the Array.

Matrix 		Ordered set of numerical values for a tensor. Tensor operations such as dot and cross products, are valid cross matrix objects. A matrix with a single dimension is interpreted as a row or column vector as required.

Table 		An unordered set of id:value elements.

Implied 		>>> Applied ONLY in the DDLm Reference Dictionary <<< The value structure is taken from _type.container in the definition in which the defined attribute appears.

Enumeration default: Single

Category:
type


International Tables for Crystallography

Volume G: Definition and exchange of crystallographic data

First online edition (2006)

Edited by S. R. Hall and B. McMahon

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