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DDLm dictionary version 3.14.0

_method.purpose

Name:
_method.purpose

Definition:

   
     The purpose and scope of the method expression.

Type: Code


The data value must be one of the following:


Evaluation 		method evaluates an item from related item values

Definition 		method generates attribute value(s) in the definition

Validation 		method compares an evaluation with existing item value

Enumeration default: Evaluation

Category:
method


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.