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Core CIF dictionary
The core dictionary is a set of data names designed to cover the requirements of archiving and exchanging raw and processed data and derived structural results for single-crystal small-molecule and inorganic crystal studies.Current official release
- Version 2.4.5 of 21 November 2014
- Search for a data name.
Development versions
Ongoing development of the core dictionary using the DDLm dictionary definition language can be viewed on GitHub.
Core CIF dictionary (DDLm version)
Core CIF dictionary (legacy DDL1 version to track data names added since the last official release)
DDLm dictionary
Archival versions
- Version 2.4.4 of 20 May 2014
- Version 2.4.3 of 16 May 2012 (differs from version 2.4.4 only in the article codes listed in _publ_requested_category)
- Version 2.4.2 of 29 June 2010
- Formatted pdf version [Updated version of Chapter 4.1 of International Tables for Crystallography Volume G: Definition and exchange of crystallographic data, First edition (2005)]
- Differences between versions 2.4.3 and 2.4.2
- Version 2.4.1 of 29 June 2010
- Version 2.4 of 10 March 2008
- Version 2.3.2 of 27 March 2007
- Version 2.3 of 4 October 2002
- Version 2.2 of 11 January 2001
- Version 2.1 of 24 March 1999
- Version 2.0.1 of 20 January 1997
- Version 1.0 of 20 September 1991
Work in progress
The working discussions of the Core Dictionary Maintenance Group, a COMCIFS subcommittee responsible for the maintenance of the Core dictionary, may be reviewed for indications of current areas of evolution within the dictionary.
Updated 23 June 2022