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STAR File utilities
N. Spadaccini, S. R. Hall and B. McMahon. International Tables for Crystallography (2006). Vol. G, ch. 5.2, pp. 488-498  [ doi:10.1107/97809553602060000752 ]

Abstract

The STAR File is a general-purpose data format that explicitly tags data values with identifiers, allowing them to be extracted and manipulated without needing to conform to a particular data model. Star_Base is a powerful stand-alone program that parses STAR Files and extracts specific items according to requests formulated in a simple, flexible but powerful query language. Several examples of its use are described, illustrating how the context of a data item is returned along with its value. Star.vim and StarMarkUp are applications for editing and browsing STAR Files. Some libraries and object classes for STAR and generalized CIF applications are also reviewed.


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International Tables for Crystallography is the definitive resource and reference work for crystallography. The multi-volume series comprises articles and tables of data relevant to crystallographic research and to applications of crystallographic methods in all sciences concerned with the structure and properties of materials.