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Re: Draft 2019 report for IUCr exec
- To: james.r.hester@gmail.com, "Discussion list of the IUCr Committee for theMaintenance of the CIF Standard (COMCIFS)" <comcifs@iucr.org>
- Subject: Re: Draft 2019 report for IUCr exec
- From: kaduk@polycrystallography.com
- Date: Fri, 20 Mar 2020 08:09:55 -0500
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Hi, James: Looks fine to me. Jim Kaduk On 2020-03-19 20:49, James Hester wrote: > Dear COMCIFS, > > Please see below a draft report for last year. Please let me know if > I have missed anything that you think worthy of mention. In > particular, if the wwPDB has some CIF-related news that would be > excellent. And Herbert, did the NIAC do anything relevant to CIF last > year that we should make a note of? > > thanks, > James. > +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > > COMCIFS report 2019 > =================== > > COMCIFS is responsible for maintaining and developing the suite of > standards known as the Crystallographic Information Framework (CIF) on > behalf of the IUCr. The committee consists of five voting members and > a broad collection of advisers and observers. The current voting > members are James Hester (Chair), John Bollinger (Co-Secretary), > Brian McMahon (Co-Secretary), Herbert Bernstein, and John Westbrook. > > New dictionaries > > No new dictionaries were approved this year. > > Legacy dictionaries > > No further legacy dictionaries were transferred to DDLm this year. > The method for doing this has been finalised for the modulated > structure and electron density dictionaries. > > International Tables Volume G > > COMCIFS members are closely involved with the preparation of the > second edition of International Tables Volume G ("Production and > exchange of crystallographic data"). Progress has been slow due to > clarification of the new foundational standards being a prerequisite > to producing on the Volume. Further information is available in the > report of the Commission for International Tables. > > Macromolecular standards > > The wwPDB is responsible for a large and rapidly expanding collection > of CIF definitions that encompass concepts and techniques used in the > macromolecular community. In 2019 submission of entries in mmCIF > format became mandatory as one of the final steps in moving away from > the 1970s era PDB format. > > Interactions with other groups > > Herbert Bernstein represents COMCIFS on the NeXus international > advisory committee (NIAC). In 2019... > > COMCIFS is also closely involved with the IUCr Committee on Data > (CommDat). > > Events > > This year's AIC International Crystallography School in Naples > ("CIFiesta") > had a strong focus on Crystallographic Information, and included > several > hours of lectures on the CIF system and dictionaries from CIF experts. > > Looking forward > > As flagged in previous years, an ever-shrinking group of people is > drawn upon to support CIF maintenance and development. This situation > is not sustainable, particularly as the first generation of CIF > experts move into retirement. This situation did not improve in 2019. > -- > T +61 (02) 9717 9907 > F +61 (02) 9717 3145 > M +61 (04) 0249 4148 > _______________________________________________ > comcifs mailing list > comcifs@iucr.org > http://mailman.iucr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/comcifs
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