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Re: COMCIFS 2023 draft report for your consideration

Hi James
Looks very good.
[1] > preview volume ... drafts of almost all chapters
Perhaps "of most chapters"? I personally wouldn't describe aroundthree-quarters as "almost all".
[2] Is it worth mentioning that DOIs are being assigned to newlypublished dictionaries, or is that still considered work in progress?
[3] Ongoing involvement by COMCIFS with "checkCIF for raw data" andRaw Data Letters should be mentioned.
RegardsBrian

On 05/04/2024 03:01, James H via comcifs wrote:> Dear COMCIFS,> > Please see a draft report for COMCIFS for 2023 below. As this was due at > the end of last month, I'd like to send it off to Chester on Monday. > With apologies for that short turnaround time, if there is any important > CIF-related news that I've missed please advise by Monday morning and I > will edit it in - I'm 100 words below the new 500 word allowance.> > thanks,> James.> > COMCIFS Report 2023> ===================> > COMCIFS is responsible for development and maintenance of the> CIF standard.> > Membership> > COMCIFS consists of a relatively large number of ordinary members, and> a few members who cast votes in the case that consensus is not> reached.  In 2023 Stephen Burley was nominated as a voting member to> replace John Westbrook. Other voting members are James Hester> (Chair), John Bollinger (Co-secretary), Brian McMahon (Co-secretary), > and Herbert> Bernstein.> > International Tables Volume G> > With some key dictionaries in flux and the fundamental chapters> essentially complete, the focus of work on Volume G shifted to the> latter chapters covering applications of CIF. A preview volume> containing the current drafts of almost all chapters was exhibited at> the IUCr meeting in Melbourne.> > Dictionary development> > After more than a decade, a new version of the core dictionary has> been formally released. This is the first time the latest version on> the IUCr website has been presented using the DDLm dictionary> definition language and is the culmination of many years of work.> > Following this, a new dictionary for use with data spread over> multiple data blocks has been published. This is part of ongoing work> to allow CIF to handle more complex data sets containing related data> originating from multiple sources in a rigorous way.> > In other news, both Quantum Crystallography and High Pressure> commissions indicated interest at the IUCr meeting in developing> discipline-specific dictionaries; the magnetic CIF dictionary saw> significant additions from the Commission on Magnetic Structures; a> working group was formed after the IUCr meeting to develop a crystal> structure prediction dictionary; the imgCIF dictionary was placed on a> firmer footing going forward after agreement to separate it out from> the CBFLib distribution; and the powder dictionary expanded rapidly> after many years of stasis.> > IUCr 2023> > COMCIFS ran a Dictionary Development Workshop prior to the IUCr> meeting in an attempt to broaden the pool of contributors. Around a> dozen attendees were introduced to the concepts behind CIF> dictionaries and participated in live development of a toy dictionary> using online tools.> > COMCIFS and CommDat were joint sponsors of a number of stimulating> Microsymposia, and CIF was noted in a positive light by a number of> speakers in other sessions.> > Looking forward> > In the run-up to publication of Volume G all dictionaries will see> formal releases. Work is ongoing to finalise the non-core> dictionaries, with particular focus on powder CIF.
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