CIF Dictionary Writing Workshop

A Companion Workshop to the 26th Congress and General Assembly of the International Union of Crystallography

Room 206, Melbourne Convention & Exhibition Centre, Melbourne, Australia
August 21, 2023

The workshop will provide an introduction to writing and working with CIF dictionaries. Topics covered will include an introduction to CIF dictionaries, writing individual definitions for existing dictionaries, writing new dictionaries for topic areas, creating dREL methods, and writing software that uses CIF dictionaries.

The CIF dictionaries underpin the crystallographic data management framework that has been so successful over the last 30 years. This workshop aims to grow the pool of competent CIF dictionary authors, which is more important than ever as the previous generation of CIF authors moves toward retirement.