3.8. Classification and use of symmetry data
I. D. Brown
Abstract
The symmetry CIF dictionary (symCIF) is a small dictionary of data items that refine and extend the definition of symmetry beyond the pragmatic requirements of the core CIF dictionary. The aim is to reflect the current state of space-group theory, as well as to provide rigorous definitions suitable for use in future applications such as software representations of the symmetry properties of space groups, and inclusion of higher-dimensional symmetry in CIFs reporting quasicrystal, magnetic and modulated structures.
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Dictionaries
The following CIF dictionary is referenced in this chapter:
symmetry CIF dictionaryReferences
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(2001). International tables for crystallography, Vol. B,
Reciprocal space, edited by U. Shmueli, 2nd ed.,
Appendix A1.4.2.3. Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Publishers.
International Tables for Crystallography
(2002). Vol. A, Space-group symmetry, edited by Th. Hahn,
5th ed. Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Publishers.