Specification of the Crystallographic Information File format, version 2.0

Abstract

Version 2.0 of the CIF format incorporates novel features implemented in STAR 2.0. Among these are an expanded character repertoire, new and more flexible forms for quoted data values, and new compound data types. The CIF 2.0 format is compared with both CIF 1.1 and STAR 2.0, and a formal syntax specification is provided.

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Computer scienceSyntaxFile formatProgramming languageCharacter (mathematics)RepertoireData formatData fileNatural language processingPhysicsComputer hardwareMathematics

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Year: 2015
Type: article
Volume: 49
Issue: 1
Pages: 277-284
Citations: 54
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                                    H. J. Bernstein, 
                                
                                    John C. Bollinger, 
                                
                                    I. D. Brown
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (2015). 
                            Specification of the Crystallographic Information File format, version 2.0. 
                            Journal of Applied Crystallography
                            , 49
                            (1)
                            , 277-284.
                            https://doi.org/10.1107/s1600576715021871
                        

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DOI: 10.1107/s1600576715021871