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Reserved prefixes

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  • Subject: Reserved prefixes
  • From: Simon Westrip via comcifs <[email protected]>
  • Date: Tue, 21 Jul 2026 17:45:14 +0100
  • Cc: Simon Westrip <[email protected]>, Simon Westrip <[email protected]>
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The page at https://www.iucr.org/cgi-bin/cifreserve.pl describes 'reserved prefixes', primarily allowing developers to create 'local' data names without necessarily publishing an associated dictionary.
As the IUCr is leaning towards 'opening up' CIF-related content development and discussion by migrating to GitHub (while still promoting/publishing/maintaining CIF content on its websites and through its publications), I have a couple of questions:
1) Do COMCIFS (and contributors) want to continue/encourage this practice?
NB  the registry seems to be active (3 registered prefixes in 2026)
2) Should this facility be migrated to the COMCIFS GitHub repository?
For example, a simple repository containing a list of 'approved' prefixes (along with associated metadata, ideally in CIF format), with ability to request additions via GitHub's issue mechanism.

Any thoughts?

Cheers
Simon

S. P. Westrip




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