[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]
Reply to: [list | sender only]
Re: Seattle Discussions
- To: Multiple recipients of list <imgcif-l@bnl.gov>
- Subject: Re: Seattle Discussions
- From: Yves Epelboin <Yves.Epelboin@lmcp.jussieu.fr>
- Date: Wed, 18 Sep 1996 08:00:28 -0400 (EDT)
>.... > Similarly, would it be possible to define a strict ordering of certain > data items. I don't think this occurs in CIF, but it would make writing > CBF software much easier if certain restrictions on the ordering of data > items could be imposed. e.g. in the above example the > '_array_intensities.offset' and '_array_intensities.scaling' could be > restricted to occur only after the '_array_intensities.linearity' item > has "introduced" them. Can these sort of restrictions be defined ? > Or maybe there are better suggestions for how to enbody these requirements > in a CIF format. I am not a great specialist of CIF, however this restriction seems to be against the spirit of CIF where it does not seem to me that the order is important. I fully agree that it would make the writing of software much easier but future users might make mistakes because they would not understand the reason for an order. Thus I prefer more complexity for the writing of the software (not too much I believe) and easier use later. Andy's suggestion about the delimiters is fine to me. Regards, -- ------------------------------------------------------------- : Yves EPELBOIN : +-----------------------------------------------------------+ : Lab. Mineralogie-Cristallographie, UA 09 CNRS, : : Case 115, 4 place Jussieu : : F-75252 PARIS CEDEX 05 : : phone: 33 1 44 27 52 11 : : Fax: 33 1 44 27 37 85 : : E-Mail: epelboin@lmcp.jussieu.fr : : WWW : http://www.lmcp.jussieu.fr/~epelboin : +-----------------------------------------------------------+ : UNIVERSITE PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE PARIS FRANCE : +-----------------------------------------------------------+
Reply to: [list | sender only]
- Prev by Date: Re: Seattle Discussions
- Next by Date: Re: Seattle Discussions
- Prev by thread: Re: Seattle Discussions
- Next by thread: Re: Seattle Discussions
- Index(es):