(IUCr) COMCIFS Minutes

Record of COMCIFS deliberations

September 1993 - September 1998

The business of COMCIFS is conducted by email. Prior to September 1998 contributions were collated and issued in digest form by the Coordinating Secretary. These digests are accessible from this page.

Discussions from September 1998 forwards have been conducted through a private discussion list.

Messages are arranged in reverse order (most recent at the top).

• Search

• (85) Terms of reference; powder DMG; new comcifs-l discussion list (03/09/98)
• (84) Procedural matters: terms of reference, discussion lists, DMGs (03/09/98)
• (83) Discussion mode; BNF; mmCIF extensions from EBI (03/09/98)
• (82) BNF; magic string; extension to mmCIF (03/09/98)
• (81) Call for votes on revised terms of reference; coreDMG list (03/09/98)
• (80) Multipole coefficients; mailing lists; coreDMG (03/09/98)
• (79) Proposed report and recommendations to the IUCr Executive (10/12/97)
• (78) Core extensions; electron density CIF; absolute structure (09/12/97)
• (77) Core extensions; mmCIF; absolute structure; multipole coeffs; DDL (24/11/97)
• (76) COMCIFS review; imgcif workshop; core 2.1beta; towards mmCIF 2.0 (17/11/97)
• (75) mmCIF Workshop; imgCIF/CBF Workshop; review of COMCIFS (24/10/97)
• (74) Working practices, abbreviations in data names (09/10/97)
• (73) msCIF, Community Review, Dictionary Working Group, data exchange (16/09/97)
• (72) pdCIF dictionary approved; Review of COMCIFS (09/07/97)
• (71) CIF Core 2.0 and SHELXL; Review of COMCIFS (23/06/97)
• (70) Future directions for COMCIFS: a discussion paper (09/06/97)
• (69) mmCIF dictionary approved (08/06/97)
• (68) pdCIF categories still lack proper keys (23/05/97)
• (67) Call for votes on pdCIF and mmCIF (21/05/97)
• (66) Further thoughts on pdCIF categories (19/05/97)
• (65) more on pdCIF categories (16/05/97)
• (64) Response to pdCIF category critique (12/05/97)
• (63) more on pdCIF categories (09/05/97)
• (62) pdCIF category semantics (07/05/97)
• (61) pdCIF: category concerns (06/05/97)
• (60) Powder indexing; final call on pdCIF 1.0 (14/03/97)
• (59) Powder indexing; closing on pdCIF (12/03/97)
• (58) pdCIF categories; pdCIF minutiae; mmCIF remarks (18/02/97)
• (57) Further review of pdCIF (12/02/97)
• (56) pd data categories; new core data names; latest mmCIF draft; su's (10/02/97)
• (55) Call for approval: pdCIF, mmCIF (03/02/97)
• (54) Observer; CIF Core 2.0; CIF Core 2.1 (27/11/96)
• (53) Observer from Nomenclature Commission (19/11/96)
• (52) Fine tuning of CIF Core version 2.0 (12/11/96)
• (51) Approval of extended Core - update (15/10/96)
• (50) Call for approval of CIF Core dictionary version 2.0 (02/10/96)
• (49) Remaining issues: block id, disorder, diffrn (25/09/96)
• (48) Extended Core: interblock links; DIFFRN categories (23/08/96)
• (47) Extended Core: last round before Seattle (05/08/96)
• (46) A further round of changes to the submitted Core (28/07/96)
• (45) Further discussions on the submitted Core (19/07/96)
• (44) More substantial changes to submitted Core dictionary (09/07/96)
• (43) Minor changes to submitted Core dictionary (05/07/96)
• (42) Submission for approval of Core dictionary version 2.0 (28/06/96)
• (41) F(000)/Ueq/table joins/area detectors/new audit, publ categories (12/06/96)
• (40) F(000); neutron diffraction; Uequiv; symmetry-generated sites; MIF (20/05/96)
• (39) IT volume?; image standard; front of dictionary; data collection (20/12/95)
• (38) Review of status; length of data names (12/12/95)
• (37) Length of data names in mmCIF; 'include' preprocessor directive (28/08/95)
• (36) Comings and goings; IUPAC formula; H bonds; _type_construct (06/07/95)
• (35) Mostly units and R factors (02/06/95)
• (34) _units simplification; history of DDL (11/05/95)
• (33) Modulated structures dictionary, R factors, DDL2, ACA abstracts (04/05/95)
• (32) Perils of electronic submission (31/03/95)
• (31) su; R factors; hydrogen bonds; matrix types (24/02/95)
• (30) DDL version 2; hydrogen bonds; su; R factors; _type_construct (15/02/95)
• (29) Symmetry, R factors again, SIF, final DDL version 1.4 (24/01/95)
• (28) Definitions and redefinitions; unweighted R(F^2^) (13/10/94)
• (27) _type_construct, enumerations, category overviews... (19/08/94)
• (26) Powder draft; enhancements to core; new dictioanries (05/08/94)
• (25) _local_ (again), radiation types, MIME, HTML, DDL, dict's (14/07/94)
• (24) Notice of circulation of draft powder dictionary (07/07/94)
• (23) Review; diffraction standards (21/06/94)
• (22) For information: NMR Information File (20/06/94)
• (21) Draft Dictionaries: matters arising (31/03/94)
• (20) New dictionaries. Date/time, multimedia (02/03/94)
• (19) DDL types, filename handles and other matters (08/02/94)
• (18) New Consultants, _include_file, matters arising (19/01/94)
• (17) Intellectual Property Rights, new DDL, matters arising (21/12/93)
• (16) Restraints again; dates; _su (?) (07/12/93)
• (15) Restraints, name space, schedule ... (26/11/93)
• (14) Continuing discussions on (10)-(13) (19/11/93)
• (13) CIF and PDB: report from Paula (18/11/93)
• (12) Schedule; STAR extensions and naming conventions, etc. (12/11/93)
• (11) Restraints; naming data blocks and external files (08/11/93)
• (10) STAR changes, DDL, dataname character sets (04/11/93)
• (9) Review of the CIFtools workshop (02/11/93)
• (8) restraints, dict files, *_[], comments (02/11/93)
• (7): private restraints descriptors, etc (14/10/93)
• (6) procedural matters, restraints, dictionary introductions (11/10/93)
• (5) Procedural refinement (04/10/93)
• Restraints; *_intro; etc. (30/09/93)
• Macromolecular restraints/constraints; 'y' or 'yes' (27/09/93)
• Dictionary introductory sections; core/extension relationships (27/09/93)
• Procedural matters; consultants (21/09/93)
• Modus operandi (17/09/93)