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

• Core dictionary (IUCr site)
• HTML version
• Search for a data name

Version (2.3.1 of 27 June 2005) on this disk

• ASCII file for software applications [ Unix | DOS/Windows | MacOS ]
• HTML version indexed by data items and categories
• PDF file of the printed chapter (4.1)

Archival versions

• Version 2.2 of 11 January 2001
  • Differences between versions 2.3 and 2.2
• Version 2.1 of 24 March 1999
  • Differences between versions 2.2 and 2.1
• Version 2.0.1 of 20 January 1997
  • Differences between versions 2.1 and 2.0.x
• Version 1.0 of 20 September 1991
  • Differences between versions 2.0.x and 1.0

Supporting materials

• Template form for the submission of single-crystal diffraction studies to Acta Crystallographica Section C, E
• A single-crystal template for use with SHELXL97
• Example submission to Acta Crystallographica Section C
• Example submission to Acta Crystallographica Section E

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.